February

Year: 2006

Month: February

Free insurance on Buells

25 February 2006

The Buell Lightning XB12S and Firebolt XB12R come with free insurance for a year, but only if you buy before March 31, 2006. The deal also includes a £500 trade-in bonus on the Firebolt XB12R, while...

Ducati updates Monster

25 February 2006

Ducati has made its new budget monster available almost a year ahead of schedule. The bike was slated as a 2007 model but will now be available by April this year The Monster 695 retains the classic...

Grab an R1 SP

18 February 2006

If you fancy getting your hands on one of the very limited special edition Yamaha R1 SPs this could be your last chance. Only 50 of 500 machines came to the UK and most sold straight away, but after...

0 per cent KX MX bikes

18 February 2006

Kawasaki has extended the current one year interest free finance deal on the KX motocross range until April 2006. The deal is based on a minimum 10 per cent deposit, which can be cash or part...

Buying an '06 R6?

11 February 2006

If you are buying a new 2006 Yamaha R6, or you’ve already put a deposit down, then MCN would like to hear from you. We’d like to gather some opinions for an upcoming feature we’re working on, but...

VFR tops sales charts

11 February 2006

Honda’s VFR800 is currently the most popular new bike in the UK. The do-it-all sports tourer has proved so popular that 184 were sold in January this year, beating it’s nearest rival, the Kawasaki...

ZZR not quite 200bhp

04 February 2006

Kawasaki’s ZZR1400 wont be the 200bhp bike that everyone thought it would be – but it gets pretty close. The firm has released official power figures and without ram-air the bike is claimed to make...

Discount scooter cover

04 February 2006

You can now get a 10 per cent discount on fully comprensive insurance for top-of-the-range scooters with insurance firm Bikesure. With high end Vespas costing over £3000, and super scooters like the...

BMW's development bike

04 February 2006

BMW has unveiled a new bike that it says is purely for testing and developing new systems for future production. The bike has been designed with a ‘high power output and lightweight construction’ in...

Cagiva cuts 125cc prices

01 February 2006

Cagiva has cut the prices of its 125cc learner-legal models. The liquid cooled two-stroke Cagiva Mito has an alloy beam frame and 4-piston floating calliper Brembo disc brake at the front. For 2006...

Derbi GP1 review added

01 February 2006

We’ve added the Derbi GP1, one of the coolest scooters you can buy, to our Bike Reviews section. You can see a full review of the scooter and loads of pictures and video so you can take a look at it...

0% on Honda 600s

01 February 2006

If you buy a new Honda CBR600RR, CBR600F or Hornet 600 before the end of March you’ll be able to get it with two years 0% finance. Honda is offering the deals to celebrate the launch of its in house...