2015

Year: 2015

Month: ALL

Victory announce 2016 model range

04 September 2015 by MCN News

Victory Motorcycles have announced their 2016 range, with a raft of subtle design updates and new colours across most of its cruiser, bagger and touring bikes – but no new models. So how does the...

Updated Confederate P51 Combat Fighter revealed

27 August 2015 by MCN News

This is the updated version of the American Confederate P51 Combat Fighter that was unveiled last week; yours for £72,000 with just 61 being built. Confederate showed a computer rendering of this...

Husqvarna café racer breaks cover

26 August 2015 by Andy Downes

New 690 single cylinder prototype spotted on the road The rebirth of the Husqvarna brand under KTM ownership has taken another leap forward with this first sighting of a new café racer, which uses a...

KTM parallel twin 800 spied

26 August 2015 by Andy Downes

New mid-range twin confirms fresh direction for KTM These are the first images of KTM’s new mid-range model – the first bike in the firm’s history to have a parallel-twin engine layout. KTM bosses...

New Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight and Iron 883

24 August 2015 by Andy Downes

The new Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight and Iron 883 are part of the range the firm calls Dark Custom range and both models get a host of revisions for 2016. We’ve ridden the latter, so click here for the...

New basic Triumph Bonnie breaks cover

10 August 2015 by James Archibald

This is the first glimpse of the most important new variant of Triumph’s all-new Bonneville – the base model. Spy shots back in April had confirmed the existence of an all-new 1100cc Bonneville, due...

Bultaco gets UK importer

07 August 2015 by Liam Marsden

After relaunching earlier this year with the Brinco, historic Spanish manufacturer Bultaco has found an importer to bring the electric-assisted mountain bike into the UK. Urban Moto, who already have...

Analysis: Why the Africa Twin is so important to Honda

04 August 2015 by MCN News

After months of teasing and years of rumour surrounding a new Africa Twin, Honda have finally taken the wraps off the new bike it calls the CRF1000L Africa Twin. This is a completely new machine from...

New Triumph Explorer spotted testing

31 July 2015 by MCN

Triumph’s 1215cc Tiger Explorer was the UK’s third-best-selling big bike last year, but despite its success the firm is putting the finishing touches to a heavily revamped version. Why rush to...

Victory reveals road-legal electric Empulse TT

29 July 2015 by Andy Downes

Just six months after American firm Victory bought electric motorcycle company Brammo the firm has released the first motorcycle wearing a Victory logo and some hefty work to improve it. MCN has an...

Honda’s new CRF1000L Africa Twin revealed

24 July 2015 by Andy Downes

Japanese giant finally reveals official details of the all-new CRF1000L Africa Twin After months of teasing and years of rumour surrounding a new Honda Africa Twin, Honda have finally taken the wraps...

Video: Honda Africa Twin revealed

23 July 2015 by Andy Downes

Honda is set to release full details and photos of the all-new CRF1000L Africa Twin later this week but before they’ve had a chance to do that this video appears to have leaked a little early. The...

VIDEO: See the new Yamaha XSR700 in action

22 July 2015 by MCN News

Yamaha’s Sport Heritage family adds the new XSR700 to its ranks – here’s the new bike in action, along with the Faster Sons bike that teased the new model.

Yamaha reveal retro-inspired XSR700

22 July 2015 by MCN News

Yamaha’s Sport Heritage family has spawned another member in the shape of this retrosexual new street roadster. Related: 2015 Yamaha XSR700 review on MCN Visually, the new XSR700 – the name pays...

Zec00 brings sci-fi to electric bikes

17 July 2015 by James Archibald

The new Zec00 is the wet dream of a child’s sci-fi fantasy. Unlike most electric motorcycle ideas, the Zec00 is using a motor from California’s Zero Motorcycles, with proven technology that is readily...

Street Triple 800 on the way

15 July 2015 by Andy Downes & Ben Purvis

Triumph are readying a new Street Triple roadster range, which will feature larger-capacity engines developing up to 125bhp, and a host of new technology, from digital full-colour clocks to multiple...

Horex saved

08 July 2015 by Andy Downes

German motorcycle company Horex is returning to production after being rescued from financial ruin by a new owner, who promises finished bikes will be shown in just a few months. And these official...

Triumph Bonneville Bobber revealed

08 July 2015 by Andy Downes

Triumph will release a whole new range of heritage models over the next two years, all based around a new large- capacity water-cooled parallel-twin engine, which MCN has spied being used in a wide...

Video shows Honda RC213V-S warming up

18 June 2015 by Andy Downes

Video has emerged of the all-new Honda RC213V-S road-legal MotoGP replica being warmed up in the back of a truck at the recent Asama hillclimb event in Japan. The short video, shot on a camera phone,...

New colours for 2015 MV Agusta Brutale

09 June 2015 by Andy Downes

Iconic Italian manufacturer MV Agusta has given the naked Brutale range a makeover for 2015 to include new paintschemes for all models. MV has worked hard in recent years to simplify the Brutale range...

Victory Project 156 revealed

03 June 2015 by Andy Downes

American firm Victory have fully revealed the all-new Project 156 racing bike that it hopes will be good enough to take a win at the famous Pikes Peak International Hillclimb later this month. The...

Africa Twin spied on the road

29 May 2015 by Andy Downes

Honda’s new CRF1000F Africa Twin has been spied testing on the roads near the German Research and Design centre in Frankfurt, Germany, where bikes are tested for European regulations and to carry out...

Launch: Moto Guzzi Eldorado & Audace

22 May 2015 by Adam Child

Moto Guzzi’s Eldorado and Audace are being launched today at the historic Moto Guzzi factory in northern Italy. MCN Senior Road Tester Adam ‘Chad’ Child is just about to embark on a full day’s riding...

Ducati Diavel Titanium arrives in UK

14 May 2015 by Andy Downes

The limited-edition Ducati Diavel Titanium is now in production and the first examples of the 500 being built are arriving in UK dealers. The Diavel Titanium is a new range-topping model for the...

Honda 'Tease' new Africa Twin with leaked video

14 May 2015 by Andy Downes

Just three days after Honda officially revealed images of the all-new CRF1000F Africa Twin with two ‘teaser’ images comes this slightly suspicious and rather odd bit of video that is being presented...

Two new Triumph Tiger 800s revealed

29 April 2015 by Andy Downes

Triumph have added two new Tiger 800s to expand the range to six with the firm claiming the latest two – named XRT and XCA – are more travel focussed. The two bikes have been pitched as range-toppers...

Suzuki's New Turbo Secrets

18 April 2015 by Richard Newland

Suzuki look set to unleash a production version of the turbo-charged Recursion concept bike. The latest patents filed by the firm suggest it will be a seriously well-engineered machine with the...

BMW Scrambler is coming

17 April 2015 by Richard Newland

German firm creates a cost effective new range of stylish bikes based on the R nineT BMW are on the verge of revealing a range of lower cost R nineT-based bikes, with a Scrambler version leading the...

Aprilia RSV4 RF and Tuono V4 1100 RR first ride

14 April 2015 by Liam Marsden

MCN Senior Road Tester Michael Neeves was in Italy riding the new Aprilia RSV4 RF and Tuono V4 1100 RR yesterday. We updated this page throughout the day, with all of the latest news, first...

New Yamaha XV950 Racer revealed

25 March 2015 by Andy Downes

Yamaha have revealed this new XV950 Racer version of the V-twin sport heritage bikes as an additional model to join the range. Yamaha has been working over the past 18 months or so with some of the...

Honda Bulldog concept unveiled

20 March 2015 by Andy Downes

Honda has added a third concept model to those bikes being shown at the Osaka motorcycle show with this new 400cc parallel-twin ‘fun’ bike called Bulldog. MCN has already shown both of the other...

Honda CRF250 concept

17 March 2015 by Andy Downes

Honda will be taking the wraps off this CRF250 Rally at this weekend’s Osaka motorcycle show – at this stage it’s only being billed as a concept bike but production looks certain. The CRF250 Rally is...

Honda SFA roadster concept

17 March 2015 by Andy Downes

Honda will be showing this SFA concept bike at the Osaka motorcycle show in Japan this weekend alongside the CRF250 Rally machine. This isn’t the first time the SFA has been seen; it was shown in...

Suzuki confirms new GSX-S1000 prices

16 March 2015 by Andy Downes

Suzuki has officially confirmed prices for the new GSX-S1000 in the UK with the base model costing £8999 and the fully-faired model with ABS costing £9999. The prices for the new GSX-S1000 have been...

Are Brough Superior doing the right thing?

26 February 2015 by MCN

Revived Brough Superior will have its first all-new bike in 75 years on its way to customers by the end of the year. Are they doing the right thing by putting a modern twist on an old label? Are they...

New R1 launch today!

23 February 2015 by Michael Neeves

MCN Senior Road Tester Michael Neeves is at the launch of Yamaha’s eagerly-awaited R1 launch at the Eastern Creek circuit in Sydney, Australia today. It’s the first new R1 for six years and will cost...