New MCN March 23: Ducati in crisis

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In this week’s issue of MCN, on sale March 23, we have all the news and gossip from the first MotoGP round of 2011.

We test the Suzuki GSX-R600 against the Triumph Daytona 675R, ride the new Suzuki GSR750 and Neil Hodgson tests used WSB icons.

Also in this week’s MCN, we have a free 16-page Practical Sportsbikes taster

What you’ll find in the March 23 issue of Motorcycle News:

 

Suzuki GSR750 takes fight to Triumph
The biggest surprise with the new Suzuki GSR750 is not that Suzuki has come up with a roadster using a GSX-R750-based engine – but why it didn’t do it years ago.

 

 

 
Triumph 675R vs Suzuki GSX-R600
The new Suzuki GSX-R600 is MCN’s supersport class leader. It dominated our supersport shootout in France but now it has a new rival – the Triumph Daytona 675R.

 

2011 Honda CBR250R and CBR125R
MCN tests the all-new Honda CBR250R and the updated CBR125R in Portugal.

 

 

 

Race winners 10 years ago, bargains today
Neil Hodgson’s epic 2001 World Superbike home win was aboard a Ducati 996. But how good are those road-going superbikes today?

 

 

Superbike classics from £2k
If this week’s 10-year-old superbike test whets your appetite for classic racers, look back further and you’ll find some bargain buys from the cusp of the 1990s.

 

 

 

Cal’s agony and ecstacy debut
Cal Crutchlow proved he’s got the speed to mix it with the world’s best after he out-qualified Valentino Rossi and raced for a top ten finish on his MotoGP debut in Qatar. 

 

 

Stoner in Honda dream debut
Ducati might have MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi, but Casey Stoner showed the Bologna factory what they are missing after he made a dream start to his Honda career in Jerez.

 

Liam Marsden

By Liam Marsden

Former MCN Web Producer