June

Year: 2009

Month: June

BMW GS1250 R

29 June 2009 by Oberdan Bezzi

Totally new but with evolution and not revolution. The new Queen of the Enduro Tourer will be the legitimate heir of the GS. More powerful, lighter new GS has a all new distribution of weight and all...

BMW S1000RR makes public debut at Donington WSB

27 June 2009 by Laura Kennerley

WSB fans are the first British bikers to get up close and personal with the new BMW S1000RR. The new 193bhp in-line four powered machine is not due in dealerships until December. WSB fans are being...

UK Exclusive: New Honda V4 spied in action

24 June 2009 by Marc Potter

The Honda V4 VFR1200F has been spied in action just a day after the first pictures of the finished motorcycle appeared in MCN. The pictures show a Japanese test rider completing final hot-weather...

New Honda V4 sports-tourer revealed

24 June 2009 by Guy Procter

Honda’s new V4 – the beginning of a ‘new breed of bike’ according to the firm – is today revealed in MCN as a 1200cc sports-tourer closely related to the concept revealed in Autumn. World exclusive:...

Video: Two-wheel drive Yamaha R1 teaser

23 June 2009 by James Keen

See this Yamaha R1 spin both its wheels up on paddock stands to demonstrate its two-wheel drive system. You’ll be able to see more footage next week and read all about it in the 1 July issue of MCN,...

World exclusive: official pics of new Honda V4 revealed in MCN

23 June 2009 by Guy Procter

The most eagerly-awaited bike in years – an all new Honda V4 – will be revealed in full in MCN on Wednesday. MCN will scoop the world when we reveal: UPDATE: New Honda V4 sports-tourer revealed •...

2009 Yamaha R1 Rossi Replica

19 June 2009 by Marc Potter

Yamaha has released a £2000 sprayed panel kit for the new Yamaha R1 which turns it into a full Rossi-style Fiat Yamaha replica. The Team Replica body kit comes fully prepared and ready to fit and...

Royal Enfield Trials EFI first ride

19 June 2009 by Chris Newbigging

Royal Enfield motorcycles are true timewarp motorcycling – unlike the Austin Mini and Volkswagen Beetle which eventually morphed in to expensive fashion vehicles, the Enfield Bullet remains as an...

Supermoto style for R1200GS

19 June 2009 by Chris Newbigging

This R1200GS supermoto special shows that adventure bikes aren’t just for touring – they’re for thrashing too. French dealer Panda Moto has turned the softy adventure bike into a supermoto inspired by...

New V-twin will have 3500cc and six-inch pistons

19 June 2009 by Guy Procter

US firm Bad Dog Cycles is working on a monstrous 3.5l bike engine featuring six inch-wide pistons. Owner Bill Price says: “I’m not too happy with the first version of the frame and will be making...

Mysterious bike firm launches Phantom EG bike

19 June 2009 by Guy Procter

A mysterious bike firm claiming hundred-year heritage has launched an excluisve new bike based around a Norton Commando engine. You can read full details in MCN soon, but until then this is what we...

What the 'Lotus' Ev-0RR TTXGP bike finally looked like

19 June 2009 by Guy Procter

The world fell for the Evo Designs Ev-0RR when it was first revealed in MCN in March. But since the bike failed to make the start line in the TTXGP we never got to find out just how it looked – until...

New Honda V4 will be VFR1200

19 June 2009 by Guy Procter

Honda’s all-new V4 will have a 1200cc engine and be called the VFR1200 MCN believes. The information emerged as the firm edges ever closer to releasing what is sure to be the most significant bike of...

Kawasaki launch new motocross bikes

19 June 2009 by Andy Downes

Kawasaki has released information and pictures about the new range of motocross bikes including the KX450F and KX250F which are more powerful and have a host of minor changes. Work on the KX450F has...

Honda boss says new V4 will be ‘a new breed of bike'

19 June 2009 by Andy Downes

Honda’s hotly-anticipated new V4-powered bike will be seen in finished form this autumn and will be in dealers next spring, Honda’s Senior Managing Director Shigeru Takagi has confirmed. In a rare...

BMW S1000RR round the Nurburgring

12 June 2009 by Andy Downes

BMW has just released this great onboard fottage of German racer Jurgen Fuchs on the new BMW S1000RR superbike testing at the old Nurburgring in Germany. Obviously a 1000cc 180bhp superbike is a bit...

Royal Enfield Phileas Fogg and Mistress Aouda

09 June 2009 by Oberdan Bezzi

Two proposals for new range Royal Enfield dedicated to the perss of Jules Verne of the novel “Around the World in 80 Days”, called Phileas Fogg – the version for the gentlemen and Mistress Aouda that...

BIMOTA MMB - 2

07 June 2009 by Oberdan Bezzi

This is the second proposal of new agreement BIMOTA MOTION MORINI. A very aggressive Naked/Fighter!

Exclusive photo: finished MotoCzysz E1pc revealed, claiming V-MAX-beating acceleration

04 June 2009 by Guy Procter

He’s teased with dyno videos, but this is the first time American superbike auteur Michael Czysz has revealed his finished TTXGP competitor, the MotoCzysz E1pc. Not only does it look the business, but...