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 ...
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- 19 April 2011
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 ...
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- 27 January 2011
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 ...
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- 02 November 2010
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 ...
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- 27 October 2010
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 ...
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- 05 October 2010
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 ...
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- 27 September 2010
Berik 8320 one-piece suit, £499.99 Miles covered/time: Three months/1000 milesWhat’s good? Fit, style, price and protection. Disappointingly I’d only spent a 1000 miles in this suit before gravel came between the road and my tyres, and I came to earth with a heavy thump at 35mph, sliding across rough tarmac chippings into a ditch. Save cash on motorcycle leathers The ...
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- 10 September 2010
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 ...
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- 06 August 2010
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 ...
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- 07 July 2010
NCR is set to unveil the world’s most extreme Desmosedici road bike on June 10: a carbon framed, 200bhp, 145kg version of the already exclusive Ducati MotoGP replica. The outrageous limited-run machine will have a carbon fibre monocoque chassis designed with a matching carbon swingarm. The wheels and all of the bodywork will be made from carbon fibre for minimal ...
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- 01 June 2010
