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Launched in 1955, MCN has been bringing its readers exclusive news stories about bikes for 60 years. Every week, MCN’s team of expert test riders & journalists will: • Review new and used motorcycles • Help bikers make the very best buying decisions • Provide the latest MotoGP and Superbikes news MCN is also famous for its unrivalled motorcycle sport news and insight. From the white-knuckle world of MotoGP to the elbow-clashing action of World Superbikes and British Superbikes, MCN gives the inside story. There are also thousands of motorcycles for sale in MCN. So if you’re thinking about buying a new machine there’s almost definitely a fantastic bargain waiting to be snapped up!

7 DAYS IN 60 SECONDS • Your whistle-stop tour of this week's hottest stories

‘It's up to us to spread the biking love’

Suzuki new bike deals

The brawler from Bologna • New 211bhp Streetfighter V4 is the most powerful naked ever

To Istanbul - on a Honda moped • Adventurer travels 2800 miles on SS50

‘KTM is my life's work’ • CEO Stefan Pierer announces ‘self-administration’ for orange Austrian brand

Refresh for retro range • Fantic's Caballero 500 family gets new Motori Minarelli engine

Triple gets a tech tickle

DEALS OF THE WEEK • MCN's Nye Davis sniffs out bikes at the best prices

Time machine • BMW expand boxer twin retro family with 1970s-inspired café racer

Scot speed limit review

Sideways special • New Enfield FT450 flat tracker is set to hit the dirt in 2025

BUY IT NOW • Our used bike anorak reveals this week's smartest buys

It's woof justice! • Police dog apprehends bike thief who's jailed just two days later

Norton branch out

Frunk-tional changes

Cruise update on radar • Moto Guzzi's V100 Mandello gets radar-guided cruise control

Twins get tweaked

THIS WEEK'S HOT DEALS BARGAIN HUNTER • MCN product guru, Justin Hayzelden, hunts down this week's hottest online bargains. Get them while you can!

NEW KIT JUST IN

Scanning for danger • Crash protection firm R&G embrace scanners and computer modelling

MCN NEXT WEEK

SAVING TIME

Stripped-back track stunner • Krämer launch naked GP2-890 XX

Talking point

MCN LAW • Your tricky legal questions answered

YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST BIKE • A blast down memory lane

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Miller's marvels • Devitt Insurance MCN London Show welcomes the cream of Sammy's collection

CHRISTMAS OFFER! BOOK NOW AND SAVE!

‘Rain and snow back home? Book yourself a Spanish trackday’ • Former BSB racer, and Guinness World Record holder in MCN every month

‘HOW DO I GET STARTED?’

HEAD TO GREEN HUT CAFÉ, OLLERTON ‘A biking breakfast pitstop’ • Great sausages plus views of Sherwood Forest

YOUR TRIP • Where you went and why it was amazing

THIS WEEK

WHAT'S ON • YOUR GUIDE TO THIS WEEK'S BIKING EVENTS

MILEAGE HUNTERS • #R5K members chasing their riding goals

Price fighter • Voge's 900 DSX is based on BMW's F800GS, with a higher spec for less money – but is it better?

DIVE INTO THE DETAILS

‘I OWN A BMW GS…

DIVE INTO THE DETAIL

MCN VERDICT

THE WORLD'S GREATEST BIKES #33 HONDA CBX1000 • Inspired by six-cylinder GP bikes, the CBX is one of Honda's boldest machines

GREATEST FAILURE

PERFORMANCE TARGET

IT'S NEW BUT IS IT WORTH IT? The Twin with the sharpest teeth • Triumph gives the Speed Twin 1200 the RS treatment – and it's every inch the racy retro

MCN VERDICT

‘An alpine romance with a Mediterranean lover’ • We head to southern Switzerland to...