MCN Motorcycle News

Browse Motorcycle News

Make

Honda (2)
Kawasaki (2)
Ducati (1)
Aprilia (1)
Show Less

Date

Find Dealers & Services

You looked for...

and found 27 items

Results 1 - 10 of 27

Video: Bimota DBX first ride

MCN, 24 May 2013 07:00

Bimota has a reputation for taking engines from the likes of Ducati or one of the Japanese big four and building something rather special around it. It's done the same here, but with a twist - taking a 1078cc Ducati V-twin and coming up with a 120mph dirt bike packed with advanced electronics and classy components. Madness. brightcove.createExperiences();

Video: MCN ride Norton's TT challenger

MCN, 23 May 2013 07:30

With just days to go before the 2013 TT MCN gained exclusive, extended access over two days to the Norton team. They were preparing to test their new 200bhp V4, £100,000 Senior TT machine, which will run active/semi active suspension from Ohlins. And while we were with them, MCN road tester and TT racer Adam Child was given a world-first ...

Video: African adventure - part two

MCN, 22 January 2013 16:26

After riding through Spain and putting the Ducati Panigale S and BMW S1000RR through their paces on a track day at Almeria, our intrepid explorers head for the ferry to Africa before heading back to the UK.

Video: Britten V1000 ridden

MCN, 09 January 2013 12:35

The ultimate nonconformist race bike, the Britten V1000 was hand-built by a dedicated team led by maverick engineer John Britten in New Zealand in the early '90s. Only 10 bikes remain, and after a year of negotiations, MCN's Adam Child flew half way around the world to ride it.

MV Agusta Brutale 800 launch

MCN, 29 November 2012 09:35

MCN is at the press launch of the new MV Agusta Brutale 800 in Cannes this morning. MCN's Andy Downes is just about to set off on a three hour test ride on the roads of the South of France and will report back later on what the 800cc inline three cylinder bike with 125bhp is like. MV Agusta hope ...

2012 Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 first ride!

MCN, 06 March 2012 17:47

Aprilia’s updated 2012 Dorsoduro 1200 is currently being put through its paces in the foothills of Mount Etna, Sicily, by MCN Senior Road Tester Adam Child. Here are his first impressions: "We’ve got the perfect roads for this type of bike: switchback hairpin after switchback hairpin. For 2012 the Dorsoduro 1200 has shed some weight – over 2kg just from ...

Video: 2012 Husqvarna enduros tested

MCN, 10 November 2011 10:38

Husqvarna's 2012 range has been revitalised as a direct result of winning both the E1 and E2 world championships. MCN's Michael Guy tests all the new 2012 models to see how they perform. Husqvarna WR125The only two-stroke in the range, at 98kg it's incredibly agile. Two-stroke engine characteristics and lack of engine braking make corner entry a real joy.Husqvarna TE250This ...

Vyrus 986 M2: The future of Moto2?

MCN, 03 August 2011 12:07

This is the 986 M2, a Honda CBR600RR-powered Moto2 racer, built by tiny Italian manufacturer Vyrus - or, in other words, one man called Ascanio Rodrigo. Ascanio helped develop the original Bimota Tesi and, being based in the Rimini area, the home of Italian motorcycle racing, he knows everyone from Rossi to Simoncelli, to all the engineers at Ducati. You ...

Video: Kawasaki ZX-6R buying guide

MCN, 19 July 2011 15:48

With more Kawasaki ZX-Rs for sale than any other site, we take a look at the 2007 Kawasaki ZX-6R in our latest buying guide. What MCN said at the time: "In the Kawasaki ZX-6R, Kawasaki has built a race ready 600 which is road legal, just. Everything about the ZX-6R is track focused, you could enter a standard Kawasaki ZX-6R into ...

Electronics for the people: Aprilia RSV4 R v Ducati 1198

MCN, 01 July 2011 10:33

With the price of Japanese superbikes edging ever closer to European 'exotica', the products of Italian factories such as Aprilia and Ducati are starting to appear better value than ever - especially these base model machines. Actually, it's a bit unfair to call the RSV4 R APRC or 1198 'base' models, because they're a long way from being basic. They ...