April

Year: 2017

Month: April

2017 Super naked of the year: Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 Factory

26 October 2017 by Adam Child

Aprilia didn’t need to do much to their fiery supernaked to impress us, but as well as tweaking it to meet Euro4 regs this year they’ve improved the ride, handling, brakes and electronics… not that...

Harley-Davidson Street Rod: To V-twin or not to V-twin?

20 April 2017 by Liam Marsden

We’ve spent the day riding Harley’s 2017 Street Rod around the roads of southern Spain and the new bike, which is based on the Street 750 has surprised us a little. The Street Rod is much more like a...

Harley-Davidson Street Rod 750 first ride incoming

19 April 2017 by Liam Marsden & Adam Child

We’re on the south coast of Spain for the launch of the new Harley-Davidson Street Rod 750, first unveiled in March. The new Street Rod XG750A, to give it its full name, uses a new High Output...

Video: We ride Honda's CB1100 RS and EX

13 April 2017 by Jon Urry

At the moment we are spoilt for choice in the UK when it comes to retro bikes. From the large capacity machines such as the Triumph Thruxtons and Bonnevilles to the smaller capacity Ducati Scrambler...

Yamaha X-MAX 300 first ride incoming

11 April 2017 by Jon Urry

MCN is in Italy, the heart of scooter country, to test Yamaha’s new X-MAX 300 around the streets of Florence. The X-MAX 300 replaces the older X-MAX 250 in Yamaha’s maxi-scooter range and sits...

Video: Why the Ducati Scrambler Café Racer's beauty is more than skin deep

11 April 2017 by Michael Neeves

Ducati’s new £9305 Café Racer is more than just a generic Scrambler with clips-ons and a black and gold, 70s-inspired 900SS Darmah paintjob. While the rest of the six-strong Scrambler range (Desert...

Video: 2017 superbike shootout

09 April 2017 by Liam Marsden

2017 sees the return of two huge names in the superbike class in the guise of Honda’s Fireblade SP and Suzuki’s GSX-R1000R. Both Honda and Suzuki were left behind when the BMW S1000RR moved the goal...

Superbike shootout: The tale of the tape

05 April 2017 by Liam Marsden

It’s that time of year again, when we take the best superbikes on the planet and put them through their paces, and this year our superbike shootout is more thorough than ever before. Over seven days...

First ride of new Ducati Scrambler Café Racer incoming.

05 April 2017 by Michael Neeves

We’ll be riding Ducati’s new Scrambler Café Racer at its world launch in Italy on Friday The £9305, 803cc air-cooled, 50bhp L-twin Café Racer is the latest addition to the hugely popular Scrambler...

First Ride: New range-topping Indian Chieftain Elite

04 April 2017 by Richard Newland

Factory custom specials have long been the preserve of Harley-Davidson’s Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO) department, but this is new territory for Indian. Yes, there have been specials (the two Jack...

BMW R1200GS Rallye: A trail blazer

03 April 2017 by Adam Child

At the end of 2016 BMW updated its R1200GS to make it Euro 4 compliant. While the GS was in the workshop they made some cosmetic changes and revised and smoothed the drivetrain. For 2017 BMW have...