November

Year: 2012

Month: November

MV Agusta Brutale 800 first ride: "Instant grunt in any gear"

29 November 2012 by MCN

MV Agusta’s new Brutale 800 is currently being put through its paces by MCN’s Andy Downes in the south of France. These are his first riding impressions: “I’ve been riding it for about an hour and...

MV Agusta Brutale 800 launch

29 November 2012 by MCN

MCN is at the press launch of the new MV Agusta Brutale 800 in Cannes this morning. MCN’s Andy Downes is just about to set off on a three hour test ride on the roads of the South of France and will...

Needed: Yamaha XJR1300 and Kawasaki ZRX1200 owners!

12 November 2012 by MCN

We’re putting a feature together on used naked big bikes, and need some reader help! We’d love to hear from you if you’ve owned a Yamaha XJR1300 or a Kawasaki ZRX1200. We’d like to know what you like...

Video: 2013 Triumph Street Triple R first ride

08 November 2012 by MCN

The current Triumph Street Triple, the British firm’s best selling machine in the past five years (they’ve sold 50,000), weighs just 189kg, full of fuel and ready-to-go, which is bugger-all. This new...

Picture gallery: Kawasaki W800 Spirit

08 November 2012 by MCN

Specialist bike builders Spirit of the Seventies were commissioned by Kawasaki UK to build a one-off W800, with styling and key spec details chosen by Facebook fans. Spirit then created designs and...

MV Brutale 800 announced

02 November 2012 by Phil West, Executive Editor

This is the brand new MV Agusta Brutale 800 – a new three-cylinder roadster based on the Brutale 675, fitting between it and the bigger, four-cylinder 1090 Brutales and set to challenge the likes of...

New Triumph Street Triple R ridden

01 November 2012 by MCN News Team

Triumph’s new 2013 Street Triple R is currently being put through its paces in southern Spain by MCN Senior Road Tester Michael Neeves. Here are his first impressions.: “The big news is Triumph have...