2015

Year: 2015

Month: ALL

Yamaha go retro at 60

18 September 2015 by MCN News

YZF-R1 gets iconic colours for Yamaha’s 60th anniversary Yamaha kicked off their 60th anniversary celebrations at the Bol d’Or this morning, revealing a retro yellow and black speedblock livery for...

HRC's greatest bikes: The rarest, sexiest V4 of all

18 September 2015 by Mat Oxley

Back in the late 1980s Honda made a final bid for racetrack glory with its oval-piston V4 engine. The ultra-rare NR750 racer was built to publicise a new range of road bikes that never made it into...

Ducati promises nine new models for 2016

17 September 2015 by Andy Downes

Ducati has officially announced the new Monster 1200R launched last week is just one of nine new models for 2016 – with the firm due to enter two new motorcycle segments. The new Monster 1200R was...

New Husqvarna FS450 revealed

17 September 2015 by Andy Downes

Husqvarna has released a new-for-2016 FS450 competition model which continues the resurgence of the famous brand under KTM ownership. The new bike features a hefty series of revisions including a new...

MCN 60 greatest bikes; staff picks

17 September 2015 by Michael Neeves

MCN has turned 60 this year and what better way to celebrate this milestone than by naming the top 60 bikes of all time as voted for by you. All this week we will be choosing some of our favourites...

Heavyweight Joshua swaps gold for green

16 September 2015

London 2012 gold medal winner, WBC and Commonwealth heavyweight champion and off-road fanatic Anthony Joshua, has joined Kawasaki’s Team Green today when he took delivery of a brand new Kawasaki...

MCN 60 greatest bikes; staff picks

16 September 2015 by MCN Staff

Michael Rutter versus the 'too-fast-for-the-road' class of 2015

16 September 2015 by Performance Bikes

oly Christ, I thought I was going to die!” When the man uttering the sentiment is one Michael Rutter Esq., whose CV of road racing achievements is longer than most people’s life story, you take...

9 March 1994 – Honda RVF750 RC45 – the first test

16 September 2015 by Kevin Ash

In the first test of Honda’s ready-to-race RC45, MCN’s Kevin Ash pitted it against the already legendary forerunner it was destined never to eclipse. Did we call it right? Taller, lighter, roomier,...

The briefing: are air-cooled bike like this doomed?

16 September 2015 by RiDE magazine

Air-cooled engines are characterful, simple, affordable – and doomed, right? ut hang on a minute, haven’t they been since the dawn of the water-jacket, let alone the EU? Time to get your facts...

New MCN September 16: Special bumper issue

15 September 2015 by MCN

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from September 16: 32 PAGE Greatest Bikes EVER pullout 10 Top Posters Greatest Ever Racers Maddest Monster Yet! Smith &...

The ultimate trackday van?

15 September 2015 by MCN News

If your pockets are deep enough to have an extensive toy budget, then how about this new Volkswagen van unveiled at the Frankfurt show last night? The Multivan PanAmericana concept is specifically...

Video: Marquez rides the new Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin

15 September 2015 by James Archibald

Honda has released a new video of Marc Marquez riding the new Africa twin alongside Spanish Dakar rider John Berreda. The duo are seen to be giving the new machine a thorough work out, taking to the...

Own a 2004 ZX-10R? Kawasaki want to borrow it...

15 September 2015 by Ped Baker

Could you be part of Kawasaki’s Ninja Evolution? Kawasaki UK are looking for owners of 2004 ZX1000-C1H models to be part of their Ninja Evolution at this year’s Motorcycle Live at the NEC. As part...

MCN 60 greatest bikes; staff picks

15 September 2015 by MCN Staff

MCN is getting ready for the RC213V-S Launch

15 September 2015 by Michael Neeves

MCN will be attending the launch of the new and long awaited Honda RC213V-S in Spain on Thursday. After six years of speculation and rumour the bike will finally be ridden in its finished form. We...

Classic or crusher? Ducati 400SS Junior

15 September 2015 by MCN

Created mainly for the Japanese market with its capacity-restricting licence laws, the 400SS of 1991-1996 was a mini version of the 750SS – which is where the problems started. Now, according to DVLA...

Classic or crusher? MZ1000 S

15 September 2015 by MCN

In 2004 the 1000S, and its naked brother the 1000SF, were the first large capacity bikes to roll off legendary German manufacturer MZ’s production lines since its takeover by Malaysian company Hong...

MCN 500K Facebook Giveaway!

14 September 2015 by Ped Baker

Five pairs of Assen BSB tickets to be won today! The MCN Facebook page is rapidly approaching 500,000 likes and to celebrate this incredible milestone we’re giving away a bunch of bike related prizes...

Ariel Ace: full test + extra pics of the best British bike you can buy

14 September 2015 by MCN

It seems odd to say it, but there’s never been a better time to buy a British bike – and there’s possibly never been a better British bike than the Ariel Ace. hile revived Triumph, Norton and Brough...

MCN Plus - SIX Bikes with Extremely DAFT names

14 September 2015 by MCN

They’ve called it what? Neil Murray on biking’s oddest model names and what they mean… Yamaha Diversion The only explanation is that ‘diversion’, in French, means an amusing pastime, a hobby,...

Dream garage: one man's 80s/90s neverland

13 September 2015 by Practical Sportsbikes

What do you do when collecting the bikes of your dreams becomes an addiction. Book into a clinic, give the wallet to the wife and go cold turkey? Rob Elliott took the easy way out. He got rid of the...

Kawasaki reveals model updates

12 September 2015 by Andy Downes

Kawasaki’s Z1000SX has been upgraded for 2016 with the model getting a race-inspired FCC clutch assist system (slipper clutch) for a lighter feel at the lever, and ABS as standard. It will remain at...

Honda reveal MotoGP powered four-wheeler

11 September 2015 by James Archibald

While it may not be a motorcycle, the Honda Project 2&4 car is about as close as it gets, boasting light weight, minimalist bodywork, and the engine from an RC213V-S; Honda’s road-going MotoGP...

Poll: New or used?

11 September 2015 by MCN Staff

In this week’s MCN we look at which option is best when it comes to buying your next dream machine; PCP or outright. Do you think PCP is the way to go?

Poll: Ready for electric?

11 September 2015 by MCN

Yamaha are on target to produce versions of their two concept electric bikes into showrooms next year. But would you be interested in an electric bike?

Triumph gives new Speed Triple a major makeover

11 September 2015 by Ben Purvis

The best pictures yet of Triumph’s 2016 Speed Triple have emerged of the bike undergoing final tests in the UK. The latest shots confirm the Speed Triple updates that have previously been revealed in...

Honda’s exhaustive new swingarm spied

10 September 2015 by Ben Purvis

Look back over production bikes of the last few years and it’s hard to ignore the fact that exhaust pipes are gradually getting bigger and bulkier as manufacturers struggle to confirm to...

Win a year’s supply of t-shirts

10 September 2015 by Ped Baker

We’re looking for fresh designs for the MCN T-shirt shop. If you fancy yourself as a bit of a designer or just have an awesome idea for a t-shirt, email it to us and if we like it enough we’ll add it...

Brough Superior in race to be ready

10 September 2015 by Andy Downes

Reborn British brand Brough Superior is undergoing intensive final testing of the new in-house developed V-twin engine that will be the centrepiece of the all-new SS100, expected to reach owners in...

Annual Boundary 500 Santa ride to take place on Saturday 28 November

10 September 2015 by James Archibald

The annual Boundary 500 Santa ride is set to take place on Saturday 28 November in Cleveland, UK. The event raises money for Zoë’s Baby Hospice, which supports and looks after infants that have life...

Yamaha set to flick electric switch

10 September 2015 by Ben Purvis

Newly-registered patents in Japan reveal that Yamaha are beavering away at the detail design of their 2013 PES-1 and PED-1 concept bikes – suggesting that the firm could be on target to get production...

The bikes of Phil Read's life – after 60 years in the saddle

10 September 2015 by MCN

60 years ago this year, a teenage Phil Read got the keys to his first road bike. It kickstarted a life defined by motorcycles – of thrashing them, racing them, crashing them… And the small matter of...

2016 Yamaha MT-03 revealed

09 September 2015 by Andy Downes

Yamaha is poised to extend its successful MT naked range to include this MT-03 – shown here in pictures released by Yamaha Japan in advance of the major bike shows. The official line is that the MT-03...

BMW superbike shootout in Valencia

09 September 2015 by Adam Child

Valencia is currently reverberating to the sound of BMW S1000RR superbikes, as six different racing incarnations are put through paces in BMW’s annual superbike mega-test. I started the day on the...

2016 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R launched next month

09 September 2015 by James Archibald

Kawasaki have confirmed the new Ninja ZX-10R is to be launched at an exclusive unveiling in Barcelona next month. The new model will have many subtle updates, the most notable being uprated brakes and...