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Honda VFR400 NC24 wanted for Practical Sportsbikes

Chris Newbigging, 19 April 2011 10:50

MCN’s sister magazine Practical Sportsbikes is looking for a Honda VFR400 NC24 (If you haven't got one, check out Honda VFR400s for sale right now) to borrow for a test this Thursday (April 21) – can you help?The magazine needs a bike in standard or mostly standard condition – small modifications are fine, but the paint and mechanics need to be ...

Kawasaki ZX-10Rs from £3875!

Chris Newbigging, 27 January 2011 16:10

Kawasaki’s certifiably-loony ZX-10R superbike has now dipped below £4000 for tidy used examples – less than a third of the cost of the new 2011 model. For anyone who can’t raise £11,699 (or £12,699 with ABS!) to get the latest model, a trawl of www.mcnbikesforsale turns up a huge choice of used examples in great condition for sensible money. The ...

Milan bike show: Honda Crosstourer concept revealed

Chris Newbigging, 02 November 2010 10:05

Honda has just revealed the Crosstourer concept – a brand new adventure sport bike powered by the VFR1200F engine. The Honda Crosstourer adopts the Dual-Clutch version of the VFR’s V4 engine in a unique chassis with clear off-road intentions, unlike the road-only Crossrunner also revealed today. It has an alloy beam frame with Honda’s advanced shaft drive, and wire-wheels carrying ...

2011 Honda CBR250R first pictures

Chris Newbigging, 27 October 2010 10:17

Honda’s new CBR250R will go head-to-head with the Kawasaki Ninja 250R in 2011, these pictures released today reveal. The all-new single cylinder CBR250R makes 26bhp from the new liquid-cooled, four-stroke, four-valve single cylinder engine, and weighs 162kg fully-fuelled and ready to ride, compared to the Ninja 250R’s claimed figures of 32.2bhp and 169kg. Honda is claiming impressive fuel range for ...

Cologne Bike Show: 2011 BMW K1600GT gallery

Chris Newbigging, 05 October 2010 11:27

BMW’s leviathan six-cylinder tourer is set to be the world’s most advanced, most luxurious and most powerful tourer. The K1600GT and K1600GTL are being revealed this week at the Intermot Show in Cologne, and feature some of the most advanced technology seen on two wheels – not to mention the inline six-cylinder engine at the heart of both bikes. The ...

Triumph leaks new 2011 Speed Triple by mistake

Chris Newbigging, 27 September 2010 15:13

Triumph has accidentally unveiled its 2011 Speed Triple on the Triumph Accessories website ahead of the official launch next week. There is no official information about the machine but from the pictures it’s clear the iconic naked bike has been given a complete makeover to include new lights, new lighter cast alloy chassis, new wheels, swingarm and clocks. Find a used ...

Roland on racing Harley XR1200s: ‘I’m f***** scared man!’

Chris Newbigging, 06 August 2010 16:24

MCN caught up with custom builder Roland Sands as he prepares to race a Harley-Davidson XR1200 at Brands Hatch this weekend – the Californian tested the Shaw Racing machine at Mallory, and will practice at Brands today. “The bike’s good, it turns well, brakes well and it’s real flickable. It weaves a bit, but I’ve had an inch of width ...

Video: New Triumph adventure bike teaser

Chris Newbigging, 07 July 2010 11:25

Following MCN’s exclusive pictures of Triumph’s new middleweight adventure bike in today’s MCN (July 7 2010), Triumph has activated a new teaser website with the first of four videos. www.triumphadventure.com went live today with a video showing a bike entering a UK testing ground in the back of the van – distant, intentionally blurred footage shows both models MCN revealed ...

Staff bikes blog – Victory Hammer S: 48mpg!

Chris Newbigging, 23 April 2010 13:09

When you don’t have a fuel gauge, you get tuned in to how many miles you can do on a tank. My Hammer S usually gets around 125 miles before I fill up, returning 38mpg on a country roads blat – fairly respectable for a big engine like the Victory 1731cc lump. Yesterday I used the Victory to visit Shaw ...

BMW gears up for liquid-cooled GS

Chris Newbigging, 23 April 2010 10:57

BMW is in the early stages of making an all-new, super-efficient, Euro4 compliant water-cooled replacement for its iconic Boxer engine. The new engine is being developed because of tough Euro4 emissions which come in to force from 2012, and the current air-cooled engine doesn’t meet the new standards. Air-cooling is a problem for engineers seeking lower emissions and reduced ...