First ride: 2018 Honda Gold Wing is 'light years ahead of the old Wing' 09 March 2018 by Adam Child 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... Read more ...
Video: Kawasaki's supercharged SX appeal 07 March 2018 by Adam Child 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,... Read more ...
First ride: Triumph's Bonneville Speedmaster custom 'desirable, practical and cool' 19 January 2018 by Adam Child 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,... Read more ...
MCN head to Spain to ride Triumph's Bonneville Bobber Black 09 December 2017 by Jon Urry MCN is off to Spain to ride Triumph’s new Bobber Black on Monday. Now I know what you are thinking - it’s just a Bobber with a fat front tyre, isn’t it? Well no, actually it is quite a bit more than... Read more ...
First ride: The new Kawasaki Z900RS 'oozes 70s charm' 01 December 2017 by Michael Neeves The new Kawasaki Z900RS (Retro Sport) is an unashamed nod to the bike that started the whole Zed story for Kawasaki: the 1972, 83bhp, 903cc, inline four-cylinder ‘900 Super 4’ Z1. Having ridden the... Read more ...
New Norton California marks 50th anniversary 02 November 2017 by Richard Newland It’s 50 years since the first Norton Commando was revealed to the world at the Earls Court Show, starting a 10-year run. It was such hot property that MCN readers voted it their bike of the year for... Read more ...
Honda PCX Electric and Hybrid: The most important bikes ever? 01 November 2017 by MCN News Honda unveiled two new versions of their PCX scooter at the Tokyo Motor Show to little fanfare, but between them they could be two of the most important motorcycles ever made. The first one is the PCX... Read more ...
Video: BMW release F850GS teaser 31 October 2017 by James Archibald BMW are the latest manufacturer to release a teaser video. Giving us just enough info of their new F850GS to keep us excited ahead of next week’s Milan show, where most of 2018’s bikes will be... Read more ...
Video: The Yamaha MOTOROiD lives! 31 October 2017 by Liam Marsden Yamaha revealed some pretty bonkers stuff at this year's Tokyo Motor Show. There was the Niken three-wheeler, which grabbed all the headlines, and the artificial intelligence-powered MOTOROiD. Yamaha... Read more ...
Suzuki’s V-Strom range gets GT upgrades 30 October 2017 by James Archibald Suzuki are making it easier to smash out those epic trips by producing GT versions of the bikes in their mile-munching V-Strom 650 and 1000 range. Essentially, the biggest difference between the GT... Read more ...
New MV Agusta Dragster 800 RC drops 27 October 2017 by James Archibald MV Agusta have dropped the new Dragster 800 RC, announcing a number subtle tweaks to the engine for 2018. Gearing has been improved throughout the engine to help reduce noise emissions across the... Read more ...
Video: Triumph Tiger teaser 27 October 2017 by Liam Marsden With the start of the Milan motorcycle show less than two weeks away, Triumph have released a teaser video for the new Tiger they will unveil there – although they don't say exactly which model of... Read more ...
Suzuki RG500: 'It really was a copy of the race bike' 26 October 2017 by Mat Oxley ‘The RG500 was a proper GP replica’ Mat Oxley, former TT winner and MCN road tester The mid-1980s were heady, smoky years. The Japanese factories knew that the writing – or to be more precise, the... Read more ...
National Motorcycle Museum Live 26 October 2017 by Justin Hayzelden The National Motorcycle Museum is based around the largest collection of British motorcycles in the world and features examples from some 171 different domestic manufacturers. The total number of... Read more ...
Amazing Kawasaki Z900RS customs at Tokyo Motor Show 26 October 2017 by Jordan Gibbons To celebrate the release of the Z900RS, Kawasaki also showed three customs at the Tokyo Motor Show – all dripping in fancy parts but each with their own distinctive style. The first is the Z900RSC, so... Read more ...
Honda’s Neo Sports Café is nearly here 25 October 2017 by James Archibald Alongside the much-anticipated release of their new Gold Wing today, Honda have also whetted our appetite for new machinery with the unveileing of their Neo Sports Café Concept at the Tokyo Motor... Read more ...
Yamaha reveal stunning new Niken three-wheeler 25 October 2017 by Richard Newland One of the most dramatic bikes to be revealed at the Tokyo show this morning was this astounding production three-wheeler from Yamaha, based on the hugely popular MT-09 platform. Aiming to take the... Read more ...
Kawasaki unveil new-for-2018 Ninja 400 25 October 2017 by Richard Newland The old Ninja 300 couldn’t haul itself through Euro4, so was killed off to make way for this new Ninja 400, boasting greater performance than its predecessor from an all-new engine and chassis – the... Read more ...
Video: Kymco tease two new scooters 20 October 2017 by Liam Marsden Another day, another teaser. Just show us the bikes already! The latest video to grace our screens comes courtesy of Taiwanese manufacturer Kymco, who will be unveiling two new scooters at the... Read more ...
New KTM Freeride E-XC unveiled 19 October 2017 by Jordan Gibbons KTM have just unveiled the new Freeride E-XC at Hangar-7 in Austria (a collection of all things Red Bull), which they say is their statement of intent. KTM want to sing loud and proud about ‘urban... Read more ...
Toro, Toro, Toro! 18 October 2017 by MCN News Established Spanish off-road firm, Toro Trail, have launched a new adventure break, dubbed Toro Adventure, and using BMW’s R1200GS Rallye. Based in a luxurious mountain top villa, Toro Adventure is... Read more ...
Kawasaki Ninja 400 on the way 18 October 2017 by Richard Newland Kawasaki have been busy building a gorgeous Z900RS and an all-new supercharged H2-based sports-tourer – both revealed by MCN last week. But if your wallet, or licence entitlement, won’t stretch... Read more ...
Video: Yamaha jump on the teaser bandwagon 18 October 2017 by Liam Marsden Not wanting to be left out, Yamaha have now joined in the fun with the release of a teaser video teasing something on October 25 - bang in the middle of the Tokyo Motor Show. Mark October 25 on your... Read more ...
Yamaha’s MT-09 new model barmy 18 October 2017 by Richard Newland After a year of rampant success with their hot SP version of the already bonkers MT-10, the Japanese rumour mill suggests that Yamaha are on the verge of releasing an SP version of the MT-09, too. The... Read more ...
MV Agusta reveal new F4 RC 18 October 2017 by Richard Newland After the recent announcement of the Lewis Hamilton-designed F4 LH44, MV Agusta are battling back with another stunning new bike, following months of financial turbulence. The immediate fruits of... Read more ...
Zero Motorcycles get a bit more range for 2018 17 October 2017 by Liam Marsden Zero Motorcycles have now made their 2018 range a l-i-t-t-l-e bit more exciting by adding 10% more range and faster charging. The electric motorcycle manufacturer has introduced three new batteries;... Read more ...
Monster upgrade 17 October 2017 by Richard Newland Twenty-five years after the original M900 Monster emerged from the Ducati factory, starting a dynasty that has seen them churn out well over 300,000 Monsters since, the firm have revealed an updated... Read more ...
BMW’s 2018 R1200GS Adventure arriving in dealers now 11 October 2017 by Richard Newland The new-for-2018 incarnation of the R1200GS Adventure has arrived in dealers, bringing all the updates enjoyed by the 2017 R1200GS to conform to Euro4 regulations – and adding a whole host of optional... Read more ...
Alta Motors unveil Redshift EX 11 October 2017 by MCN News American electric bike builders Alta Motors have been steadily developing their line-up and now they’ve added another: the Redshift EX, an enduro version of the existing MX model. The changes are... Read more ...
Tacita reveal radical electric cruiser concept 11 October 2017 by Jordan Gibbons Cruisers are large, thunderous brash things – they’re not smooth and silent, so you might not think of them as primed to lead the electric revolution, but that hasn’t stopped Tactica releasing the... Read more ...
Crouching Tiger, hidden engine 11 October 2017 by Jordan Gibbons When Triumph opened their new visitors centre, they regaled us with stories of legendary victories at the TT and on the saltflats but there was a distinct gap. While they’ve had off-road bikes in... Read more ...
Kawasaki to reveal new supercharged bike 10 October 2017 by James Archibald Kawasaki have got us very excited with the release of a new video that’s teasing a new supercharged motorcycle at EICMA next month. It’s that time of year when the teaser mill is turning in full... Read more ...
Watsonian Sidecars get, er, sporty 09 October 2017 by James Archibald British manufacturer Watsonian-Squire have released a new sidecar to mark the company’s 105th anniversary. Called the Flight, the sidecar has been designed to suit modern motorcycles. It features... Read more ...
Vespa go RED for charity 06 October 2017 by James Archibald Vespa have teamed up with charitable organisation RED to produce a (Vespa 946)RED and (Vespa)RED VXL scooter. Matching the Italian flair and style with the charity’s distinctive red colour scheme is... Read more ...
Are Triumph targeting a 2020 return for the Daytona with a Moto2 developed 765 engine? 05 October 2017 by Richard Newland Triumph’s headlong entrance into the biggest motorcycle racing spotlight on Earth in 2019, as the Hinckley firm become the official engine supplier for Moto2, poses an immediate and obvious question:... Read more ...
2018 Triumph Speedmaster and Bobber Black: Reaction 04 October 2017 by Liam Marsden Last night Triumph took the wraps off the new Speedmaster, which features the same 1200cc T120 high-torque as used in the Hinckley firm's popular Bobber. The new model is also built around the same... Read more ...