New Motorcycles from Eicma | 2024 and Upcoming Models

New motorcycles for 2024 at Eicma - upcoming bike models and in-depth features from the world's best motorcycling publication, MCN.

From extreme in-line fours to hybrid nakeds, there’s a lot of new metal on show in Milan – and MCN is on the ground to give you all the breaking news and in-depth analysis first. Check this page for more on the Eicma show throughout the day.

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New deals add up to our biggest savings on new bikes yet

20 May 2001

Visit our Bikemart section right now and you’ll find some of the biggest savings on selected new bikes we’ve ever been able to offer. They include £1500 off a 2001 ZX-6R, £1800 off a 2001 R1 and £1400...

First ride on Voxan’s new Scrambler

20 May 2001

Voxan’s new Scrambler is cute, stylish and a joy to ride. The French firm build their own motors and bikes with such panache that you’d be forgiven for thinking they come from a little further south…...

First ride on Honda’s VTX1800

20 May 2001

You want big bore? You want V-twin? You want cruiser? Well they don’t come much bigger bore and certainly no more V-twin or cruise-worthy than Honda’s new VTX1800. It’s strangely ironic that in a...

FJR to get ABS as option

20 May 2001

Yamaha is planning to offer ABS as an option on its FJR1300. Yamaha’s. Dan Harris, said: ” The bike has proved incredibly popular, but a lot of fleet users, such as the police, are reluctant to use...

Sachs Beast going into production

20 May 2001

Sachs is going to make a production version of its Beast, as seen at September’s Munich Show. The 1000cc V-twin weighs just 145kg and comes complete with sensational styling designed by Target – the...

Ex-Piaggio designer reinvents the Monster

13 May 2001

French firm Reflex Group has come up with this new take on the Ducati Monster, the Fast Forward – or FFWD. It is the work of ex-Piaggio stylist Jean-Michel Tarallo. French specialist Yves Kerlo will...

Two dedicated sections added to bikes

13 May 2001

What’s new on the site? Well apart from all the very regular updates to our news and racing sections, babes, videos and tips, there’s two whole new sections in Bikes. One is dedicated to the KTM Duke...

Custom bike costs £60,000

13 May 2001

The El Diablo costs a devil of a big price, £60,000. But then it is completely hand-built, right down to the last nut and bolt. Maker West Coast Choppers, of Long Beach, California, is a household...

Save a fortune on new bikes

13 May 2001

We’ve just updated the prices of new bikes in the Carnell-City section of Bikemart TM You’ll be amazed how much you can save. You could save £2000 on a Yamaha R1 or £1300 on an R6. If you’d prefer a...

German style plus Italian engineering…say what?

06 May 2001

If you can’t wait to get your hands on the naked Aprilia RSV Mille due next year, Scottish dealer Moto Ecosse could provide you with the next best thing. It is importing all the parts you’ll need to...

Green machines could do 170mph

06 May 2001

AMERICAN firm eCycle reckons it can build an environmentally friendly diesel-electric hybrid superbike which will hit 170mph. It’s making the claim after turning out a 125 hybrid which will wheelie as...

Now we’ve ridden the new 955i on both road and track

06 May 2001

After Thursday morning’s track session, we’ve now been able to ride the new Triumph 955i Daytona on the road, too. MCN’s Marc Potter, said: ” The roads in the immediate area of the Estoril circuit...

Army goes diesel

06 May 2001

THE army has spent a quarter of a million pounds developing a diesel-fuelled bike which goes 120mph on one gallon, but makes just 24bhp. Based on a Kawasaki KLR650, the 580cc Combat Military...

New Laverda coming soon

06 May 2001

Laverda is launching a scooter, it’s first addition to the range since the firm was taken over by Aprilia. The 150cc twist-and-go will arrive later this year to keep attention bubbling while an...

Something big in the city

06 May 2001

THE slack-jawed man can’t take his eyes off the biggest commuter bike he’s ever seen. He approaches and asks: ” How big is it? ” ” 8.2 litres, ” is the reply. ” Wow, two litres! ” he responds. ...

What’s new on the 2001 955i

06 May 2001

ENGINE: Essentially the new Daytona’s three-cylinder is the same basic lump as the old engine but there’s quite a lot of detail changes. It breathes better and is more efficient than the old engine...

First test on production MV Agusta Brutale

06 May 2001

Park a bike as stunning as the new MV Agusta Brutale outside a bar in the town of Varese, northern Italy and out they swarm for a look and a fondle. Italians love motorcycles and style in equal...

New bike sections added to 200-plus already on site

06 May 2001

Ducati’s ST4S and the latest incarnation of the legendary 916, the 996R, are our latest additions to the 200-plus bike sections on this site. By following the ‘BIKES’ link at the top of the page...

Ex-demo covered 5000 miles more than the clock showed

06 May 2001

A Triumph customer is threatening legal action after buying a TT600 which had done 5000 more miles than shown on the clock. In January, Michael Hastings travelled from his home town of Dumfries to buy...

Bikemart arrives online

01 May 2001

WE’RE adding Bikemart TM to the range of services on offer here at motorcyclenews.com. In phase one we’ve added a whole load more dealers in new and used bikes to browse alongside the offers from...

Renault launch two-wheelers

01 May 2001

Renault has launched a new range of bikes developed with Benelli. Rival French car maker Peugeot is already a big player in the scooter marker and it seems Renault wants to grab a bit of the same...

Honda recalls 2001 Wing

01 May 2001

The all-new 2001 Honda GoldWing has been recalled just weeks after going on sale. There are two faults which can cause the engine to cut at speed, although they are not serious enough to lead to any...

First ride on bigger-bore C1

29 April 2001

Riding a 175cc bike from Bracknell, around the M25 then up the M1 to Kettering may not sound like a lot of fun to most people. But then, you probably haven’t tried it on one of the oddest looking ”...

Can’t tour on an on-the-edge 600? Think again

29 April 2001

THERE were some decent enough reasons for making this voyage of intense pleasure and crippling pain. My new 2001 GSX-R600, in its glorious black and yellow, needed a good thousand miles of running in...

Bonnie gets the cafe treatment

29 April 2001

German tuner LSL has taken a new Triumph Bonneville and created a real café racer called the LSL Bonneville Clubman. LSL has changed as few parts as possible to keep the price down. The most obvious...

KTM reveals official sketches of LC8 Rallye

22 April 2001

KTM is planning a Rallye version of its new monster trailie, the LC8 Adventure. The bike, which will make its racing debut at Dakar 2002, will form the basis of a production race replica version which...

Why you can rely on a buy from New Bikes Direct

22 April 2001

COLIN KAY is a Scot. He is also a senior bank manager for a major High Street concern. In short, he knows a thing or two about the value of money. Perhaps that’s why he is the first person to have a...

First test of the best sports twins

22 April 2001

It’s twice the price of an SP-1. It’s six grand dearer than the RSV-R… It can’t be that much better, can it? I mean, how can you need more than the Honda or Aprilia? On the road, or anywhere? The fact...

Mugello test reveals Tornado almost ready

22 April 2001

TESTS earlier this week in Mugello reveal Benelli’s WSB hopeful, the Tornado, is almost ready for action. The Italian firm first presented their three cylindered hopeful to a receptive audience at...

Four new bike sections now open

22 April 2001

Follow the ‘BIKES’ link at the top of the page and you’ll immerse yourself in a world of facts and figures, tests and tips on the motorcycles you own, admire and lust after. The latest additions to...

Take one Monster and add £6000 of Gallic flair

15 April 2001

DUCATI specialist Desmo Shop has employed all its engineering skill and used thousands of pounds-worth of carbon-fibre to create this year 2000 Monster 900-based special. The anodised blue frame,...

Buell to build full-on 1000cc sports bikes

15 April 2001

BUELL is finally going to make the bikes its founder has always wanted to – full-on, sports bikes. So far the Buell badge has been standing for grunt-laden bikes which are bags of fun but not quite on...

Moriwaki offers 150bhp SP-1

15 April 2001

Japanese tuner Moriwaki is launching a 150bhp version of the Honda SP-1. Called the MP101, they are hand built to order, with a range of specifications for use either on the road or track. The firm...

£50,000-worth of retro Harley

15 April 2001

THE Trakker might be a Harley under the skin, but its looks might make fans of more sporting bikes drool. Designed to resemble a Harley board-track racer of the 1920s, it harks back to a time when the...

SV650 gets a winning makeover

15 April 2001

Suzuki’s V-twin SV650 is winning races in America against Ducati 750s, 250GP bikes and 400cc in-line fours. And all the parts that make it a winner are available to SV owners in the UK. Most of the...

KTM reveals plans for muscle bike

15 April 2001

KTM’S plans to place more focus on road bikes have taken a major step forward with proposals for a 1000cc naked musclebike. The Austrian firm’s chief executive Stefan Pierer says it will be a bike in...