June

Year: 2014

Month: June

Harley-Davidson Livewire: First Test

24 June 2014 by Steve Hunt

When the news broke last week that Harley-Davidson – that American bastion of tradition, big cubes, petrol and iron – had a ready-to-ride all-electric naked roaster waiting in the wings, we were as...

500cc two-stroke for £60,000

23 June 2014 by MCN

If you hanker after 500cc two-strokes and have £60,000 burning a hole in your wallet then the Ronax 500 might be your ideal track bike. The Ronax, built in Germany, is powered by a two-stroke V4,...

Video: Harley-Davidson Livewire in New York

23 June 2014 by MCN

Harley-Davidson has just released this video showing a group of Livewires – their new electric bike – being ridden through the streets of New York. Harley claims the bike makes the equivalent of 74bhp...

Harley goes electric with Livewire

19 June 2014 by Andy Downes

Harley-Davidson has now officially released information and images on the all-new Livewire which is the firm’s first foray into the world of electric power and also makes it the first mainstream...

Return of the Urban Tiger Fireblade

17 June 2014 by MCN

Honda Racing rocked up to Snetterton at the weekend with Julien Da Costa riding an Urban Tiger liveried Fireblade, enough to get any red-blooded Fireblade fan reminiscing about the second-generation...

New Hesketh 24 unveiled

13 June 2014 by Richard Newland

These are the first images of the all-new Hesketh 24, unveiled this morning at the firm’s headquarters. It is the first new Hesketh to be produced under the ownership of Paul Sleeman, who bought the...

Ducati makes official announcement on Scrambler

09 June 2014 by Andy Downes

Ducati has at last officially confirmed the existence of the new Scrambler model and also presented a prototype model to the workers at the factory in Bologna on Monday. There are still no official...

BMW's naked revolution

06 June 2014 by Andy Downes

BMW revealed this stunning, hardcore boxer-engined roadster in Italy last weekend with bosses promising the production version will be on sale within a year. The Concept Roadster is a vision of the...

Vertemati reborn

06 June 2014 by Michael Neeves

Niche Italian manufacturer Vertemati, best known for wild off-roaders and supermotos, is back and planning three new road bikes, starting with this Infect NVR1 super naked. Powered by the firm’s own...