February

Year: 2005

Month: February

Deals on new Guzzis

25 February 2005

Get your hands on a new Moto Guzzi before the end of March and not only will you get it interest free but you could win a trip to Italy. The Italian firm is offering an interest free finance package...

Two new Piaggios

18 February 2005

Piaggio has announced the arrival of two new scooters for 2005, the latest in the Vespa family and a new member of the X family with vast acres of storage space. The new Vespa LX will replace the...

Mad Fireblade fighter

18 February 2005

German bike firm Spaehn Racing has launched the latest in it’s range of customised naked bikes, offering styling to rival some of the top production machines. The Deep Bull is based on a Honda...

Video: MZ SF first test

18 February 2005

You can see the MZ 1000SF in action during the world first test ride by downloading the video, below. MCN’s Matt Wildee flew out to Malaga in Spain to test the bike, and the full report will be in...

GSX-R1000 group test

18 February 2005

MCN’s crack road testers are off riding Suzuki’s new GSX-R1000 against its hottest rivals and you can read our full verdict in the March 9 issue of MCN. You’ll be glad to know we’ve left our...

Video verdict: 05 Hornet

11 February 2005

MCN’s Trevor Franklin has been testing the updated 05 version of Honda’s Hornet 600F. You can read his full, exclusive report in MCN – out on Wednesday February 16, 2005 (alongside our world first...

Video verdict: MZ1000SF

11 February 2005

MCN’s Matt Wildee was in Malaga, Spain earlier this week a world first ride on MZ’s new 1000SF. You can read his full report and see great action pictures in MCN out on February 23. We’ll be adding...

Peugeot cuts prices

04 February 2005

Peugeot has cut the prices of some of Britain’s biggest selling scooters. The 50cc Speedfight is now under £1600 while the 100cc Vivacity is under £1500. Peugeot is also now offering a 2-year...

Win trip to Aprilia launch

04 February 2005

An official club for Aprilia owners has been launched with the offer of an all-expenses-paid trip to the world launch of the new Aprilia Pegaso Strada for one lucky member. The club says it is just...

First test: MZ 1000SF

04 February 2005

The fuel injection is still snatchy (though better than on the S) and can be confused with a big handful at low revs. Vibration can prove intrusive and tiring and the generator cover can cook your...

Video: Malaguti Drakon

04 February 2005

We’ve been testing funky new Malaguti Drakon that takes the naked bike trend to 16-year-olds everywhere. MCN road tester Adam Child reckons this little geared 50 is very cool. The braced swingarm,...

05 Barrus range on test

04 February 2005

Motorcyclenews.com has been testing a new range of bikes imported by Barrus, including the Italian Malaguti Spider Max, Phantom Max and Drakon, Reiju’s RS2 Matrix and SMX 125, and the Moto Roma Urban...

New bikes from Barrus

04 February 2005

Barrus, importer of Malaguti, Reiju, Moto-Hispania and Moto-Roma, has unveiled new bikes and ambitious plans for the next year. The firm outlined its plans on Wednesday, February 9, and gave...

Enfield offers retro trials

01 February 2005

Demand from UK riders has prompted Royal Enfield to go intor production with a trials-styled Bullet Sixty-5 after previewing it at last year’s NEC bike show. The UK special is based on the perennial...

2005 price guide

01 February 2005

MCN has put together a price guide for the key bikes in 2005 and you can download it by clicking the link below. There are a number of price rises this year but there are also plenty of bargains to...

Sportiest moped ever?

01 February 2005

MCN man Matt Wildee has just stepped off the new Derbi GP1 scooter and reckons it could be the coolest 50 yet. Wildee called back from the launch of the scooter in Spain and raved about the handling,...

Indian bike sales boom

01 February 2005

India’s second-biggest bike maker sold almost as many bikes in January 2005 as the entire UK bike industry sold in all of last year. Bajaj sold 132,028 motorcycles in the month. The total number of...