New bikes

At IWM Duxford, under the watchful eye of a Douglas Dakota, Royal Enfield unveiled the Classic 500 Pegasus - a limited edition version of the Classic 500 styled on the WWII-era RE/WD 125cc Flying...

Taking the KTM 300EXC TPI off-road in Hertfordshire is a far cry from the world launch I was lucky to attend at Erzberg in Austria last year. At the launch it was all about flat out, monster third...

In a continued effort to fulfil their promise to release 100 new models over the next 10 years, Harley-Davidson have unveiled two new Sportsters powered by the 1200cc Evolution engine: The Iron 1200...

Ducati’s 959 Panigale is the connoisseur’s sportsbike. Just like the still-brilliant Suzuki GSX-R750 it’s less about brute power and more about big corner speed.  With a relatively modest 148bhp...

MCN will be riding Yamaha’s new Tracer 900 and Tracer 900GT models tomorrow in Spain. And, rather predictably for this year, it’s probably going to be raining… Both Tracer models feature an updated...

Kawasaki may be late to the electronic semi-active suspension superbike party, but they reckon they’ve got a few tricks up their sleeve that could make it the best of the breed.  The new £18,949...

MCN will be riding Husqvarna’s two new 401 models tomorrow – the café racer-styled Vitpilen and the more rugged-looking Svartpilen. Priced at £5599, both Husqvarna models are powered by KTM’s 390 Duke...

Honda’s new £11,299 Honda CB1000R looks kind of strange. The Japanese firm call it a ‘Neo Sports Café’…no, me, neither. Here at its world launch in Spain it doesn’t take long in saddle to realise...

What can we say about Husqvarna's new 701 Vitpilen? Lightness, combined with a punchy, single-cylinder engine equals fun and creates the best road-going single we’ve ever ridden. The concept Husky was...

Ahead of the Tokyo Motorcycle Show, which we’ll be covering over the next few days, Kymco have unveiled the Ionex electric scooter that they say eliminates all the barriers to going green. What are...

Ducati might have sold 46,000 Scramblers since its January 2015 release, but they’re gunning for an even bigger slice of the retro pie with their big-engined new £10,695 Scrambler 1100. Larger and...

Back when the Bonnie was air-cooled, Triumph’s Scrambler 900 was arguably the coolest retro of the lot. It looked great, it could shift on the road and at the time it was the only model with a...

The BMW R1200RT is the UK’s best-selling tourer, but new spy shots suggest it is getting an update that will bring better tech and a new, more powerful engine to keep it relevant in the face of...

For seventeen years the previous Honda Gold Wing was a staple of Honda’s range. Introduced in 2001, it provided smooth, sophisticated but heavyweight transport to almost an entire generation of...

KTM is set to dethrone the naked middleweight class royalty with their new £8499 790 Duke. Yamaha and Triumph should be worried.  For years the Yamaha MT-07 has been the go-to choice for riders...

Despite what its name might suggest, the H2 SX is neither a supercharged H2 with added panniers and screen nor the best-selling Z1000SX with the H2’s 197bhp engine wedged in. No, the H2 SX is much,...

There are many reasons why you should buy a BMW R1200GS. For its size, it’s an incredible motorcycle. It wins just about every MCN adventure group test and is so universally loved it’s the best...

Given the phenomenal sales success of Triumph’s modern classics it’s easy to forget that the Speed Triple has been a central pillar of every Hinckley model line-up since 1994. Not before time Triumph...

MCN’s Acting Consumer Editor, Dan Sutherland, will be riding Honda’s new CB125R at its launch event in Portugal early next week. The £3949, 125cc single-cylinder, 13.1bhp CB offers a stylish take on...

If you look at Suzuki’s line up of bikes for 2018, you would be forgiven for saying they’re having a fallow year. With the exception of colour changes, the SV650X is their only real new bike and...

In February last year, CCM used the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show to unveil the Spitfire: a handmade flat track styled bike made in limited numbers. It was such a runaway success for CCM,...

With its funky new Öhlins rear shock and reworked KYB forks, the MT-09 now has the poise to match its epic three-cylinder engine. Here at its world launch in southern Portugal, this SP version of...

Three years after its introduction, minor changes have made Yamaha’s R1M faster, easier to ride and simpler to set up. It’s still the booming, intoxicating track weapon it was before, but new...

Looking at the Suzuki SV650X I can’t help but feel a hint of irony. This is Suzuki’s take on a modern retro, however the bike they are basing it on isn’t that far from being classed as a classic in...

Following the world launch of the Panigale V4 S (see below), MCN took the keys to one of the first of Ducati’s new breed of sportsbikes to see if its performance meets rider’s expectations. Not to...

Love the KTM RC390 but it’s not quite sharp enough for you? Well you’re in luck as KTM have announced the RC390 R – a homologated, limited edition version that’s just a race kit away from Supersport...

On my left is the beautiful Pacific Ocean, where perfect waves peel onto empty beaches. To my right niche cafés and cool pit-stop ‘hang-outs’ sit in the shade of an avenue of palm trees. Between them,...

Spyshots show KTM are working on a new 690 Enduro and Supermoto For those of us who have a passion for big singles, 2017 was a sad year as KTM dropped both the 690 Enduro R and the 690 SMC R from...

Bikes for saleOur bargain of the week is this aggressively-styled yet amazingly rider friendly Ducati Diavel Carbon.  SELLER SAYS "Ducati Diavel Carbon Red. Full Termi system and Ohlins rear shock. Immaculate...

Like a government trying to sneak out its bad news on a Friday, Harley-Davidson conveniently trademarked three new model names in the run up to Christmas. Between December 7 and 21, Harley-Davidson...

Hurrah! It's officially 2018, which means there's not long to wait until we get to ride some of the amazing bikes unveiled at the back end of last year. To get us in the mood, we spoke to some of the...

TVS have just released the Apache RR 310, a lightweight sportsbike that should be big news for BMW fans. Eh – BMW? Back in 2013, the German brand struck a deal with Indian motorcycle manufacturer TVS...

Levis motorcycles are blasting back with this stunning – and very clever – torque-laden V6 cafe racer.  The story behind the rebirth of the British bike firm started in 2004 when an English...

Sports-touring took a massive turn for the better when KTM released the 1290 Super Duke GT in 2016 – and now it looks like the wildly entertaining continent-crosser is to get a dose of added...

Ducati’s New £17,195 Multistrada 1260 S proves it has it all, here at its world launch in Gran Canaria. Like a superbike on stilts it delivers giddying levels of performance and is crammed full of the...

The mini adventure segment is hotting up with BMW, Suzuki and Kawasaki all releasing 300cc adventure bikes and now Sym are getting in on the act with the Trazer 200. The Trazer 200 is a lightweight...