September

Year: 2013

Month: September

Staff Blog: Are you a year round Yamaha Fazer8 rider?

25 September 2013 by Alison Silcox

Those of you who read my blog on a regular basis will remember I recently requested your top tips for winter riding. Thanks to all those who replied to the blog and took the time to e-mail me, I’m...

Staff Blog: To Jet Wash or Not to Jet Wash?

25 September 2013 by Alison Silcox

I lent my bike to a colleague last week for the MCN Awards ride out and after an awfully wet ride down to the venue in Dorking, followed by a couple of hours riding through the Surrey Hills, the bike...

Video: New Kawasaki Z1000SX first ride

25 September 2013 by MCN

Kawasaki’s underrated Z1000SX sports-tourer may have arrived quietly in 2010, but thanks to its blend of Z1000 fun, ZX-10R performance, upright comfort and impressive value, it’s proven a big hit. One...

Video: KTM 390 - Headbanger?

24 September 2013 by MCN

We go to Box Hill to find out if the funky KTM single can lay claim to being the new hooligan on the block. Is the KTM the modern-day equivalent of those 250/350cc two-strokes and 400 two-strokes, we...

Staff Blog: A Week of Two Wheels but not the Motorised Kind!

20 September 2013 by Alison Silcox

I’ve not turned a wheel on the Yamaha Fazer8 for the last couple of weeks. Instead of being power assisted I’ve been producing my own power and cycled, along with a group of ten family and friends,...

Video: Royal Enfield GT Continental 2013, First Ride

17 September 2013 by MCN Staff

Indian-owned Royal Enfield is aiming to join the big boys on the global stage. There’s a new factory, ambitions to double production and plan to grow exports with a family of mid-range, affordable,...

Royal Enfield Continental GT first ride

11 September 2013 by MCN

The Royal Enfield Continental GT is currently getting its world first ride in and around London in the hands of MCN Executive Editor Phil West. Here are his first impressions: “At first glance the new...

Staff Blog: Triumph Street Triple R at Silverstone

10 September 2013 by MCN

Two years ago, MCN Consumer Editor Tony Hoare almost died after an accident at Cadwell Park. He hadn’t been back on track since, until he took his Triumph Street Triple R for a trackday on the...

V-twin sports bike owners needed!

04 September 2013 by MCN

V-twin sports bike owners needed! MCN are looking for owners of some v-twin sports bikes upcoming test. Specifically we’re looking for owners of: Aprilia Falcos Suzuki TL1000Rs Honda VTR1000F...

Fancy coming on an MCN road test?

02 September 2013 by Michael Neeves

We’re putting a road test feature together next week and we’re after owners of the following bikes to come along and get involved: Yamaha TDR250 Yamaha RD350 LC Kawasaki ZXR400 The plan will be to...