July

Year: 2011

Month: July

Sheep in Wolf's clothing

29 July 2011 by Dan Aspel

Sym’s latest offering, the Wolf 125, looks familiar and that’s entirely deliberate. The ‘mini Honda CB1000R’ (if you don’t believe me compare the headlamp cowl, wheel design and seat) is the Taiwanese...

Staff bikes: Yamaha Super Tenere: Saddling up the beast

29 July 2011 by Michael Guy

With a few big trips planned in the next couple of months it was time to get the Super Tenere ready for action. I’m heading to the Nurburgring at the start of September for the World Superbike round...

Staff bikes: Ducati Diavel - A do-anything bike with mega attitude

29 July 2011 by Ian Jubb

The weather gods have been smiling upon us, which has meant that the Diavel has hardly stopped running over the last two months, whether it be commuting or a full-on 200-mile round trip to find some...

Video: Triumph Speed Triple buying guide

27 July 2011 by MCN

In our latest buying guide we look at the 2005-2010 Triumph Speed Triple. The Triumph Speed Triple 1050 is one factory streetfighter that delivers the goods. Find a Triumph Speed Triple for sale. It’s...

Foggy and Whit ride again!

27 July 2011 by Adam Child

On the eve of the World Superbikes at Silverstone and with the mouthwatering, all-new Ducati 1199 in prospect, we reckoned there was no better time to look back at the benchmark bikes that gave the...

Video: Kawasaki ZX-6R buying guide

19 July 2011 by MCN

With more Kawasaki ZX-Rs for sale than any other site, we take a look at the 2007 Kawasaki ZX-6R in our latest buying guide. What MCN said at the time: “In the Kawasaki ZX-6R, Kawasaki has built a...

Moto Guzzi V7 chases down the café racer king

15 July 2011 by MCN

Moto Guzzi is on a roll. Under the guidance of Aprilia (itself under the umbrella of Piaggio) one of the oldest names in Italian motorcycling is once again producing modern, practical and desirable...

MRO Powerbike blog: Snetterton 300

12 July 2011 by Michael Neeves

Another good weekend racing in the bag, with two second places and a third. It’s the second time we’ve visited the Snetterton 300 circuit this year and we’re back again in September racing on the...

Staff bikes: MV Agusta Brutale 920 - British GP puts Brutale under strain

12 July 2011 by Andy Downes

Working at the British MotoGP round at Silverstone meant my MV Agusta Brutale test bike got a hard workout…and ended up looking like it had been buried at sea! The bike did more than 350 miles in...

Oliver's Mount racing blog: Barry Sheene Festival

12 July 2011 by Adam Child

My road racing season continues but this time at the tight and twisty Oliver’s Mount, Scarborough. Oliver’s Mount is the last true road racing circuit left in the UK, nearly 2.4 miles of park road,...

Video: Is a Yamaha R6 worth £3000 more than a Benelli Tornado 900?

11 July 2011 by MCN

Not all superbikes costs silly money. The latest offers from Benelli sees its once £11,700 Tornado Tre 900 now priced at just £5999, making the exotic Italian a surprising, alternative, bargain. Let’s...

New Moto Guzzi V7 Racer takes on Triumph Thruxton

08 July 2011 by Phil West

Moto Guzzi’s latest variant of its delectable V7 Classic – the V7 Racer – looks set to be its best yet thanks to a host of cosmetic enhancements and quality detail touches. But is it good enough to...

First ride: New V-Strom wins over the sceptics

07 July 2011 by Phil West

While the timing of Suzuki’s 2012 V-Strom 650 launch remains a mystery, our first ride of the revamped middle-weight adventure bike this week blows away any doubt that it’s been changed for the...

BMW S1000RR racers ridden

07 July 2011 by Michael Neeves

What happens when you take one of the most powerful, best-handling sportsbikes, loaded with the latest electronic rider aids and turn it into a racer? To find out, BMW let us ride four S1000RRs,...

‘Super Ten better than sex’ according to TV’s Adrian Chiles

05 July 2011 by Phil West

Daybreak TV presenter Adrian Chiles has been singing the praises of Yamaha’s XT1200Z Super Tenere after trying one out recently. Find a Yamaha Super Tenere for sale The sometime sports presenter,...

MCN in 3D: Neil Hodgson riding the Ducati 1198

04 July 2011 by MCN

With the latest Aprilia RSV4 R APRC and Ducati 1198, electronic rider aids are becoming more affordable. Both machines are equipped with eight-stage traction control and a quickshifter, which saves...

Electronics for the people: Aprilia RSV4 R v Ducati 1198

01 July 2011 by MCN

With the price of Japanese superbikes edging ever closer to European ‘exotica’, the products of Italian factories such as Aprilia and Ducati are starting to appear better value than ever – especially...