September

Year: 2009

Month: September

2010 Honda CB1100 production bike revealed

30 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

These leaked pictures finally reveal the production-spec Honda CB1100 plus an unseen café-racer concept. The two CB1100s will be revealed officially at the Tokyo show next week alongside an electric...

2010 Moto Guzzi Aquila Nera California, Nevada and Bellagio

30 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

Moto Guzzi is adding matt-black ‘Aquila Nera’ models to the California, Nevada and Bellagio models for 2010. Moto Guzzis for sale The technical side of the bikes is unchanged – the difference only...

Countdown to New Brutale 990R and 1090RR first ride

29 September 2009 by MCN

MCN’s Senior Road Tester is in Italy for the launch of MV Agusta’s new Brutale 990R and 1090RR. He says: “We’ve just arrived close to Misano race track near Rimini in Italy, where tomorrow we get to...

Video: Honda V4 test rider's thoughts revealed

29 September 2009 by Guy Procter

Honda test rider Dave Hancock features in the latest Honda VFR1200 promo video, in which he claims the bike’s most at home on twisty roads, where its effortless torque makes it fast for a rider of...

Video: 2010 MV Agusta Brutale 990 and 1080

29 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

This is MV Agusta’s official promotional video for the new Brutale 990 and 1080 released as MCN’s Michael Neeves flies out to test the bike. We’ll post our first test as soon as we’ve ridden the bike...

2010 Triumph Rocket III: more power, torque, ABS and a new name

28 September 2009 by Guy Procter

Triumph‘s 2300cc Rocket has more power, more torque, ABS as standard, a different riding position and a new name – making it the Hinckley firm’s most dramatically uprated bike in 2010. The...

2010 Triumph Tiger SE gets ABS as standard

28 September 2009 by Guy Procter

The new-for-2010 Triumph Tiger SE gets a host of spec upgrades to keep it competitive in 2010. ABS is standard for the first time, with the choice of two exclusive colour schemes (matt black and matt...

2010 Triumph Sprint is last of the 'real' sports-tourers

28 September 2009 by Guy Procter

Triumph’s Sprint ST will be the last sports-tourer standing in 2010, and to celebrate it’ll wear this refreshingly un-muted Tornado Red paintscheme. It’ll be the last of the sport-tourer genre as...

New colours for Triumph Street Triple, Street Triple R and Daytona

28 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

Triumph is leaving the Daytona 675 and Street Triple unchanged for 2009 with new colours to keep the MCN test winners looking fresh. The Street Triple R keeps the same Daytona 675-sourced frame and...

Motus MST-01 is brutal US rival to new Honda V4

25 September 2009 by Guy Procter

The US firm co-founded by the man behind the Confederate Wraith will launch a brutal rival to Honda’s new VFR1200 in 2011. The Motus MST-01 packs a an all-new 1400+ cc across-the-frame engine with an...

New cheaper Aprilia RSV4-R is £2500 less than Factory version

25 September 2009 by Andy Downes

Aprilia has revealed a new, cheaper version of the stunning RSV4 superbike. The RSV4-R keeps the 180bhp V4 motor and high tech fly-by-wire systems of the RSV4 Factory, but has lower specification...

Aprilia RSV4-R official video

24 September 2009 by Andy Downes

This official Aprilia video has just appeared ahead of tomorrow’s launch of the new cheaper Aprilia RSV4-R superbike which will cost over £3500 less than the Factory version. Aprilia motorcycles for...

Two new Kawasaki 125cc motorcycles

24 September 2009 by Andy Downes

Kawasaki has introduced its first 125cc four-stroke road bike since the BN125 cruiser. The all-new air-cooled engine will power the new KLX125 and D-Tracker supermoto 125. Choosing a 125cc...

Gordon Murray reveals: "The new 916 Ducati asked me to design"

23 September 2009 by Guy Procter

Ducati could have had an ultralight, carbon-framed roadgoing superbike years before its GP9 debuted the technology in MotoGP – and a sexier successor to the 998 than the unloved 999. Gordon Murray,...

Rever Corsa’s £33k all-carbon Ducati 1198

23 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

This is the first picture of the ultimate Ducati 1198 – the £33,000 carbon-fibre clad Rever Corsa 1198 Nero Strada. Just ten of the stunning machines will be built in either road or race spec.

New Ducati Hypermotard 796

23 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

This is the new Ducati Hypermotard 796, with an all-new engine and a lighter, lower chassis. Ducati’s says the air-cooled two-valve v-twin is an all new engine, though in reality the 81bhp engine...

Malaguti Moto 2 bike

22 September 2009 by Oberdan Bezzi

The new Moto 2 racing class could give smaller manufacturers the chance to build a race bike. Here’s what I htink Malagutis Moto 2 race bike could look like.

Official Ben Spies Yamaha R1 and Cal Crutchlow R6 replica

22 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

Yamaha’s French importer has unveiled official Ben Spies and Cal Crutchlow race-replicas celebrating the pair’s World Superbike and World Supersport success. The Ben Spies replica is based on...

First picture of Aprilia’s cheaper RSV4R

22 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

This low-resolution leaked picture reveals the finished RSV4-R – the cheaper version of the WSB homologation RSV4 Factory. Shown here in the white colour option, black is also known to be the second...

Ben Spies replica Yamaha R1 on Sale

18 September 2009 by Andy Downes

A British Yamaha dealer has beaten the Japanese firm to bring out the world’s first Ben Spies World Superbike replica Yamaha YZF-R1. CMC has done the Spies replica as a follow-up to successful...

New cheap off-roaders

17 September 2009 by Trevor Franklin

These new 150cc and 250cc off-roaders aren’t the usual Chinese fare. They’re made for American company SMC (Southern Motorcycles), who aim to deliver affordable and reliable intermediate trail...

Turbo Harley flat-tracker!

17 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

Jesse Rooke’s wild street-tracker shows how to mix flat-track style with street bike design – with a turbo thrown in. Next week’s MCN will have all the details of the 2008 Harley-Davidson Sportster...

World’s best trackday Yamaha R1?

17 September 2009 by MCN

Any idiot can throw 20,000 Euros at a 2009 Yamaha R1. But the race-ready special featured in next week’s MCN (out September 23) is almost five stone lighter than standard and shows how to spend that...

World exclusive: New BMW R1200GS engine spotted

17 September 2009 by MCN

These world exclusive spy shots show BMW‘s new 2010 R1200GS with the new double overhead cam (DOHC) engine first revealed in MCN on August 19. From the pictures it appears there are no changes to the...

MV Agusta Bestiale now in black

16 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

French stunt rider turned designed Yacouba Galle has released a black version of the Bestiale body kit for MV Agusta Brutales. The kit comprises of a tank, seat unit, belly pan, nose fairing and...

BMW S1000RR prices revealed

16 September 2009 by Andy Downes

BMW has set the price of the S1000RR road bike at £10,950 in the UK for the standard model. The S1000RR will also be available in a ‘Sport’ specification costing £12,235 OTR. The eagerly anticipated...

Honda reveal more engine details of VFR1200

14 September 2009 by Andy Downes

Honda has just released this video explaining more technical details of the new 1200cc V4 engine that will power the all-new VFR1200 sports tourer due to be seen in October in finished form. More...

2Evil is craziest scooter ever

11 September 2009 by Guy Procter

This insane little dragster is the most jaw-dropping scooter we’ve ever seen. Dubbed 2Evil by its French creators MXS, the knee-high prototype pumps out an incredible 50bhp from just two 86cc...

New Bike: Suzuki unveil GSX1250FA for 2010

11 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

Suzuki is releasing the GSX1250FA as a new model for 2010 – essentially a fully-faired Bandit 1250. The new machine uses the engine and chassis from the Bandit 1250S, but with a new full fairing...

2010 Suzuki Bandit 1250 N

11 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

Suzuki has just released the 2010 version of the Bandit 1250 N in France with a restyled seat unit, headlight and clocks. Underneath the new look (to match the 2009-spec Bandit 650) the bike is...

Yamaha Stratoliner Deluxe to rival H-D Street Glide

10 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

US riders are getting Yamaha’s new rival for the Harley-Davidson Street Glide, the Stratoliner Deluxe, in 2010. Sold under the Star Motorcycles banner in the USA, the Stratoliner Deluxe is based...

BIMOTA BM1 Moto2

09 September 2009 by Oberdan Bezzi

Might look like this (typically BIMOTA) the new Moto2 call BM1 that the factory in Rimini will provide the teams that will want to buy. The Italian challenge !

Video: See and hear new VFR dual clutch in action

09 September 2009 by John Westlake

Honda has quietly released video of its new VFR1200 going through the gears on a rolling road to demonstrate its new dual clutch. More info on the Honda VFR1200 Honda confirms dual clutch on new...

Yamaha YZF450 turns on its head

08 September 2009 by Andy Downes

Yamaha has turned engine convention on its head by introducing a reverse cylinderhead design for the new YZF450 which is said to give the four-stroke the handling characteristics of a two-stroke. ...

Yamaha R6 gets power boost for 2010

08 September 2009 by Guy Procter

Yamaha has boosted the midrange power of its dominant YZF-R6 in an attempt to broaden the appeal and performance of its 16,000rpm supersport screamer. The firm, keen to re-emphasise the R6 as the bike...

Did you spot the woman's face in the 2010 CBR600?

08 September 2009 by Guy Procter

The new CBR600RR Special Edition colourscheme hides an orgasmic woman’s face. Or doesn’t hide it, depending on how you look at it. It passed us by on first viewing but now it’s hard to imagine how it...