2008

Year: 2008

Month: ALL

Vote: Should new BMW G650GS single come to UK

01 January 2009 by Chris Newbigging

BMW is considering bringing the new the G650GS to the UK market if it thinks there is strong enough demand. The new motorcycle is largely the same as the F650GS which was discontinued at the end of...

MV Agusta and BMW plan new middleweights

31 December 2008 by Chris Newbigging

BMW and MV Agusta are planning to take on the Japanese manufacturers with two all-new middleweight supersport motorcycles. BMW has already publicly announced its keen interest in entering the 600...

Terblanche back with motorcycles

30 December 2008 by MCN Mole

After a fairly long time away from bikes, my man tells me ex-Ducati designer Pierre Terblanche is ‘helping out’ with some consultancy work at the Piaggio Group with his old Cagiva mate Miguel Galuzzi...

BMW F650 single returns

27 December 2008 by Andy Downes

BMW is bringing the old 650cc single cylinder F650GS back – but calling it the G650GS and it’s only for America at this stage. Due to big demand from police and the military in the US – the old bike...

Video: New Lambrettas unveiled

25 December 2008 by MCN News Desk

LAMBRETTA scooters have returned to the world stage after an Italian firm unveiled three new Chinese-made models. The Pato 50, 125 and 150 made their public debut earlier this year in a flurry of publicity. The scooters are only going to be available in Italy, through Italian firm Motom. Watch the clip to see the new scooters in action.

Save £1500 on a new Kawasaki ZX6R

25 December 2008 by MCN News Desk

A Wiltshire dealership is offering 100 Kawasaki ZX-6R at 1998 prices…knocking £1500 off the 2008 list price. The one-off deal is being offered by George White’s superbike centre to mark owner Steve...

Honda CB1100F set for launch

24 December 2008 by MCN News Desk

While Honda officially launched the majority of its 2009 range months ago it’s held back one of the most exciting bikes that will hit dealers next year – the CB1100F. But newly published patents...

Samurai Type 9 Shogun: off-the-shelf show bikes

24 December 2008 by Ben Purvis

Despite appearances this isn’t just another money-no-object Harley-based special created to win custom bike awards – in fact it’s the latest production bike from new Japanese manufacturer Samurai...

Your reaction to the ABS Honda Fireblade

22 December 2008 by MCN News Desk

It seems the ABS Honda Fireblade road test in this week’s MCN has caused a big stir among sportsbike riders. This is the first ever electronically-controlled Combined ABS-assisted superbike and it...

Revised BMW G650 Xcountry for 2009

18 December 2008 by James Keen

An updated version of the BMW G650 Xcountry will be available in dealerships from January 2009. The revised Xcountry features a new paint scheme and a number of subtle changes designed to make the...

Video: Valentino Rossi on 2009 YZF-R1

18 December 2008 by Rob Hull

Check out this advert for the new ‘cross plane crank’ 2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 featuring Valentino Rossi. Rossi has already appeared in Yamaha adverts in the past including the 2007 R1 and last year’s...

Honda electric motorcycle in two years

18 December 2008 by Phil West

Honda boss Takeo Fukui has today announced the Japanese giant will have a battery-powered motorcycle on the market in two years. The announcement was made as part of a speech regarding the summary of...

First Yamaha V-maxs hit dealer floors

11 December 2008 by Andy Downes

Yamaha dealer Flitwick Motorcycles have taken delivery of the first three V-Maxs in the UK, with owners hoping to pick up their new 197bhp £16,000 machines very soon. Flitwick’s Saul Towers said:...

Poll: Should the Kawasaki ZRX1200 come to the UK?

09 December 2008 by Liam Marsden

Kawasaki has just unveiled the new Kawasaki ZRX1200 based on the original ZRX concept motorcycle raced by Eddie Lawson. Unfortunately Kawasaki UK have no plans to bring the retro-cool ZRX1200 to the...

Poll: Should Honda build the CB1100R?

08 December 2008 by Andy Downes

Honda staff at the NEC had to disappoint a number of buyers so desperate to get their hands on the prototype CB1100R on show for the first time in the UK they were willing to write a cheque for the...

Aprilia ManaX wallpapers

08 December 2008 by Andy Downes

Aprilia has just released proper studio photographs of the stunning ManaX concept bike first seen at the Milan motorcycle show in November. So far, only images of the bike at shows and inside...

NEC Show: Cagiva Mito 525 reaches UK

05 December 2008 by Chris Newbigging

Cagiva importer MotoGB will be bringing in the first of the updated Mito 525 in the first half of next year. The new 525 (actually 125cc – the 525 tag is a nod to Cagiva’s 500GP past) was revealed at...

NEC Show: New Honda Hornet

05 December 2008 by Chris Newbigging

Honda has introduced the revised 2009 model Hornet 600 at the NEC Show. The 2009 Honda Hornet 600 differs from the current model by having compression damping adjusters on the rear shock and forks...

This week in MCN: The all-new Kawasaki ZRX1200

03 December 2008 by Steve Farrell

Here’s a first glimpse of Kawasaki’s stunning new ZRX1200. The retro muscle bike has been given a new lease of life with a ground-up redesign. Kawasaki ZRX1200s for sale Get MCN, on sale December...

NEC Show: World’s first electric superbike unveiled

30 November 2008 by Laura Kennerley

This is the first prototype of the world’s first electric road legal bike. The TTX01 has been unveiled at the 2008 NEC Bike Show by a team of British engineers and is due to go in to production in...

Poll: Should Aprilia put the Mana X into production

26 November 2008 by Liam Marsden

Aprilia recently unveiled the Mana X prototype at the Cologne Show – a wild flat-track style motorcycle based on the semi-automatic Aprilia Mana 850. As oppose to the plain, commuter style of the...

Video: Aprilia RSV4 road bike

26 November 2008 by Andy Downes

MCN was granted exclusive access to the new Aprilia RSV4 superbike at the Noale factory last week and we were also able to get this video of the bike showing details of the 180bhp V4 machine. See pictures of the Aprilia RSV4 World Superbike racer The bike will not be on show at the NEC bike show so this will be the closest many people can get until the bike hits dealers in the middle of...

Video: Ducati 1198 Promotional video

25 November 2008 by Trevor Franklin

Just as we were all thinking the Ducati 1098 was the best V-twin ever, out of nowhere Ducati’s 1198 appears and you can see it here in our video. Watch Troy Bayliss larking about on the new Ducati 1198 in their promotional video below and read the full article on the motorcycle in MCN, Wednesday, 26 November, 2008.