First rides & tests

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Kawasaki Ninja buying guide: Part 4 - late 2000

17 August 2009 by Chris Newbigging

This week Kawasaki is celebrating 25 years of the Ninja series – one of the most famous model lines in the motorcycle world. Thinking of trading in? Sell your bike with MCN for £9.99 MCN has...

Video: Piaggio Vespa LX50 review

13 August 2009 by MCN

It may not be fast, but the Piaggio Vespa LX50 is very stylish, lots of fun and very practical. Watch the video to see the Vespa in action and hear about some of the features that make it the perfect...

Kawasaki Ninja buying guide: Part 3 - The late 90s/Early 2000.

12 August 2009 by Chris Newbigging

This week Kawasaki is celebrating 25 years of the Ninja series – one of the most famous model lines in the motorcycle world. Thinking of trading in? Sell your bike with MCN for £9.99 MCN has...

Kawasaki Ninja buying guide: Part 2 - early 90s

12 August 2009 by Chris Newbigging

This week Kawasaki is celebrating 25 years of the Ninja series – one of the most famous model lines in the motorcycle world. Thinking of trading in? Sell your bike with MCN for £9.99 MCN has...

Kawasaki Ninja buying guide: Part 1- the 80s

11 August 2009 by Chris Newbigging

This week Kawasaki is celebrating 25 years of the Ninja series – one of the most famous model lines in the motorcycle world. Thinking of trading in? Sell your bike with MCN for £9.99 MCN has...

First ride: Harley-Davidson CVO Street Glide

11 August 2009 by Trevor Franklin

The half-faired Street Glide tourer gets an upgrade treatment including higher spec strereo, enough chromed goodies to keep plating and polishing companies in work for a millennium or more. The...

Peugeot Satelis 125: full review

31 July 2009 by MCN

The Peugeot Satelis 125 has been ridden and rated by MCN – you can read the full web review in the bike reviews section. Read the MCN Peugeot Satelis 125 review 5 great 125cc scooters “Peugeot’s...

Video: BMW R1200GS Adventure longterm test report

31 July 2009 by Marc Potter

MCN Editor Marc Potter has clocked up 5500 trouble free miles on his long term test BMW R1200GS. Here’s a short video review of the bike in action showing it’s more than capable of anything Potter can...

Video: Triumph Thunderbird vs. the best of the rest

31 July 2009 by MCN

MCN has already discovered that although the new Triumph Thunderbird is a great bike, it still can’t tempt riders who have their hearts set on a Harley. But how does it compare to the other cruiser...

The bargain alternative to the... BMW K1300GT

24 July 2009 by Rupert Paul

The BMW K1300GT arguably has more road-focussed new technology on it than any other bike: sat nav, fuel-sipping engine management, mega-grunty top gear performance, a totally stable Hossack front end...

Judgement Days on tour: Test ride a Harley-Davidson near you

23 July 2009 by James Keen

Harley-Davidson’s Judgement Days test ride campaign earlier this year proved so popular that Harley are taking it on the road. Find a Harley-Davidson for sale A Judgement Days demonstrator truck...

Video: Ducati Streetfighter longterm test report

23 July 2009 by MCN

MCN road tester Michael Neeves has the Ducati Streetfighter on longterm test for the summer of 2009. So far he’s had the bike for a month and covered over 2,500 miles. Watch the video for his...

First ride: Race-ready Harley-Davidson XR1200

16 July 2009 by Adam Child

Unless you’re from Springfield, Illinois or have a brother named ‘Bubba’, the idea of a Harley-Davidson race bike is probably as foreign as ‘grits’ for breakfast. Not any more. Harley-Davidson are...

Video: Onboard the Harley-Davidson XR1200 racer

13 July 2009 by MCN

The Harley-Davidson XR1200 race bike has been developed in conjunction with Harris Performance for a one-make race series due to be launched next year. Read the Harley-Davidson XR1200 review Find...

Piaggio MP3 Hybrid: MCN rides the world’s first hybrid motorcycle

10 July 2009 by Chris Newbigging

Piaggio’s MP3 Hybrid is the first motorcycle in the world to combine a petrol engine with an electric motor to reduce emissions and increase economy – but our first ride shows the technology isn’t...

Video: Onboard the Desmosedici RR at Donington

09 July 2009 by James Keen

Go onboard with Ducati test rider Vito Guareschi as he puts in a few fast laps on the Desmosedici RR at Donington Park. Find a Ducati for sale Read the MCN Ducati Desmosedici RR review

Can't wait for the Honda V4? Try one of these...

08 July 2009 by MCN

Honda is uncharacteristically bullish about the new Honda V4, as revealed in MCN’s recent interview with boss Shigeru Takagi. If this confidence is well founded, Honda’s rivals need to be very...

Video: The world's best all-rounders?

08 July 2009 by James Keen

The new breed of trailie-style all-rounders are put to the test in a 450-mile day trip to Le Touquet via Calais and Bologne. Watch the video to see if the Ducati Multistrada 1100S, Triumph Tiger 1050...

Video: 2WD Yamaha R1 ridden

07 July 2009 by MCN

MCN is the only publication in the world to have ridden the Ohlins two-wheel-drive Yamaha R1. Watch the video for a tech explaination of the 2WD system and see MCN’s Trevor Franklin take a test ride...

Piaggio MP3 125 Hybrid first ride

06 July 2009 by Chris Newbigging

MCN has just ridden the world’s first production hybrid motorcycle – the Piaggio MP3 125 Hybrid. Piaggio MP3 LT – the scooter the law says is a car The new motorcycle combines a conventional 125cc...

TTS Triumph Speed Triple - first ride

03 July 2009 by Adam Child

There’s no getting away from it: Triumph’s Speed Triple is an excellent bike. Its superb handling, amazing triple engine, inimitable style and decent value makes it the class leading super naked. So...

Piaggio MP3 400 full review

03 July 2009 by James Keen

The Piaggio MP3 400 has been ridden and rated by MCN – you can read the full web review in the bike reviews section. Read the MCN Piaggio MP3 400 review “The largest incarnation of the...

Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX full review

03 July 2009 by James Keen

The Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX has been ridden and rated by MCN – you can read the full web review in the bike reviews section. Read the MCN Moto Guzzi Stevlio NTX review “The Moto Guzzi Stelvio is...

Moto Guzzi V7 Café Classic vs. Triumph Thruxton

03 July 2009 by Laura Kennerley

Guzzi’s new V7 Café Classic is, like Triumph’s Thruxton, a romantic take on café racers of yesteryear. The satin-finished lime green Moto Guzzi is a café racer version of the current V7 Classic, so...

New Indian Chief - first impressions

03 July 2009 by David Folch

MCN gets the first ride on the Chief, the latest bike from Indian, America’s oldest motorcycle company. The new Chief is Indian’s entry level bike, costing £15,500. Find a cruiser for sale First...

Very impressed with the Honda DN-01

24 June 2009 by Gerry Fett

I bought an 09 DN-01 and am totally pleased. I’m a 62 year old male with a 28″ inseam and have been riding since I was 16. Video: Honda DN-01 test My recent motorcycles (I own a few) include an HD Softail deluxe (boring), a BMW R1200C cruiser(a poor handling vibrator), a 1300 VTX(copy of an HD, boring too), a Yamaha Royal Star tour deluxe (absolutely awesome but heavy and tall for me), a Honda...