New MCN March 18: World first ride of the Triumph Thunderbird

In this week’s edition of MCN, we get a World first ride on the new Triumph Thunderbird cruiser.

The test reveals that the 1596cc parallel twin engined cruiser is easily good enough to shame its Japanese rivals and it even mimcs the sound of a V-twin to tempt mainstream cruiser buyers.

• Every reader this week will also receive a £5 voucher to spend on anything they want at www.busters-accessories.co.uk

Also in this edition, we test the 2009 1000cc sportsbikes over 1170 miles of roads to see which one will rule the road.

Also in this edition:

New Kawasaki GTR gets night vision

MCN fights the proposed 50mph speed limit

The first ride of the Kawasaki ER-6f

Eugene Laverty on his first race win in three years