Motorcycle Reviews and Motorcycle Tests | MCNews.com.au https://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycle-news/motorcycle-reviews/bike-reviews/ Motorcycle News, Sport and Reviews Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:02:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.mcnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Icon-32x32.png Motorcycle Reviews and Motorcycle Tests | MCNews.com.au https://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycle-news/motorcycle-reviews/bike-reviews/ 32 32 2025 Triumph TF 450-RC Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-triumph-tf-450-rc-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-triumph-tf-450-rc-review-motorcycle-test/#respond Tue, 18 Mar 2025 02:38:35 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=519849 2025 Triumph TF 450-RC Review Britain’s Industrial Revolution of the late 19th century transformed its economy, shifting from agriculture to large-scale industry and manufacturing. Amid this wave of innovation, Siegfried Bettman founded the Triumph Cycle Company in 1887, initially producing bicycles. By 1902, Triumph had built its first motorcycle, the Triumph 1, marking the beginning […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-triumph-tf-450-rc-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 0 2025 Honda CB500 Hornet Review | LAMS Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-honda-cb500f-hornet-review-lams-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-honda-cb500f-hornet-review-lams-motorcycle-test/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2025 02:35:51 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=515762 Honda CB500 Hornet Review Quite the little charmer this one. The CB500F has long been a favourite here amongst all of us at MCNews.com.au. And now its continued evolution sees it join the Hornet family, alongside the terrific CB750 Hornet we tested back in mid-2023 (crikey time flies!). The headline story with the move to […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-honda-cb500f-hornet-review-lams-motorcycle-test/feed/ 1 2025 Royal Enfield Classic 350 Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-royal-enfield-classic-350-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-royal-enfield-classic-350-review-motorcycle-test/#respond Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:07:10 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=513873 2025 Royal Enfield Classic 350 Review So, you’re after a retro machine—something with timeless charm rather than a high-strung modern performance bike or a futuristic, Transformer-like design. Royal Enfield has you covered, and for 2025, the Classic 350 is better than ever, boasting a few well-chosen upgrades to enhance its appeal. The retro gentleman’s – […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-royal-enfield-classic-350-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 0 2025 Ducati Panigale V2 S Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-ducati-panigale-v2-s-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-ducati-panigale-v2-s-review-motorcycle-test/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:48:05 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=516375 2025 Ducati Panigale V2 S Review Normally, when a motorcycle journalist says a bike has lost horsepower it’s a tragedy. Tears are shed. Forums erupt in outrage. But Ducati? Ducati does things differently. Enter the 2025 Ducati Panigale V2 S. Yes, it’s down a whopping 35 horsepower from last year’s V2. Yes, Ducati shrank the […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-ducati-panigale-v2-s-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 2 2025 Ducati Multistrada V2 S Review – Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-ducati-multistrada-v2-s-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-ducati-multistrada-v2-s-review-motorcycle-test/#respond Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:25:29 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=515759 2025 Ducati Multistrada V2 S Review The last five years or so have seen Ducati focus almost entirely on their stupendous V4 motor and all the bikes it powers (Panigale, Streetfighter, Diavel, Multistrada). Fair enough, you might say, as the Desmosedici Stradale V4, and GranTurismo V4, have proven themselves to be one of Ducati’s greatest […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-ducati-multistrada-v2-s-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 0 Triumph Speed Twin 1200 Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/triumph-speed-twin-1200-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/triumph-speed-twin-1200-review-motorcycle-test/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:33:23 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=516376 Triumph Speed Twin 1200 Review Triumph really do a great job with their modern classics range, particularly the big-bore models powered by the now long-running parallel-twin.  Across the range, it is fair to say that Triumph do the best job of marrying old-school appeal to modern-day performance and convenience. The boys at Hinckley rarely miss […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/triumph-speed-twin-1200-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 0 2025 Husqvarna Vitpilen 801 Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-husqvarna-vitpilen-801-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-husqvarna-vitpilen-801-review-motorcycle-test/#comments Wed, 12 Feb 2025 01:10:55 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=513069 2025 Husqvarna Vitpilen 801 Review Test by Rennie Scaysbrook This motorcycle marks a significant milestone for Husqvarna. The Vitpilen 801—along with its scrambler-inspired sibling, the Svartpilen 801—represents the brand’s first-ever proper twin-cylinder street bikes equipped with 17-inch wheels. This launch not only expands Husqvarna’s lineup but also cements its presence in the performance-oriented street bike […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-husqvarna-vitpilen-801-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 1 Honda CB650R E-Clutch Review https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-cb650r-e-clutch-review/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-cb650r-e-clutch-review/#comments Sat, 25 Jan 2025 03:41:47 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=511011 Honda CB650R Review It’s not bad on the peepers eh? Probably not quite as nicely proportioned and muscular as its bigger, older brother the CB1000R that I tested back in 2019, but I think it still comes up pretty nicely. What we have here is the Honda CB650R, which Honda dubs a ‘Neo-retro’ design – […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-cb650r-e-clutch-review/feed/ 5 Wayne looks back on his year of testing and names his favourites… https://www.mcnews.com.au/wayne-looks-back-on-his-year-of-testing-and-names-his-favourites/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/wayne-looks-back-on-his-year-of-testing-and-names-his-favourites/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2025 23:53:43 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=510360 Wayne looks back on 2024 Another year, another ‘this is not an official MCNews.com.au bike of the year as Trev doesn’t do them and thinks they are a crock, but this is just what I think from what I’ve ridden this year’. OK? Great – carry on. There’s been a bit going on this year. […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2024-honda-nx500-review-lams-motorcycle-test/feed/ 2 Honda CBR500R Review | LAMS Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-cbr500r-review-lams-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-cbr500r-review-lams-motorcycle-test/#respond Sun, 29 Dec 2024 05:47:12 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=507294 Honda CBR500R Review I’ve had more than a few nostalgic moments on the little red CBR500R these last couple of weeks as I’ve been putting it through its paces. It brought back memories of some of my own past rides. Two of my road going CBRs were red. So sitting on board looking through the […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-cbr500r-review-lams-motorcycle-test/feed/ 0 BMW R 1300 GS Adventure Trophy X Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/bmw-r-1300-gs-adventure-trophy-x-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/bmw-r-1300-gs-adventure-trophy-x-review-motorcycle-test/#comments Sat, 28 Dec 2024 02:50:38 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=510198 BMW R 1300 GS Adventure Trophy X Motorcycle Test Review by Wayne Vickers Been a big year of testing GS’s for yours truly. Obviously the new 1300 this year is a massive update. First I threw the leg over the road oriented Pure, then the more off-road ‘regular-sized’ Trophy X, now I’m on the big […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/bmw-r-1300-gs-adventure-trophy-x-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 4 2025 Yamaha WR250F Review – Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-yamaha-wr250f-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-yamaha-wr250f-review-motorcycle-test/#comments Wed, 25 Dec 2024 23:59:07 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=510003 2025 Yamaha WR250F Review Motorcycle Test by Aaron Clifton Conventional motorcycle wisdom always advises you to take the road less travelled. And in this case, it wasn’t like I had a choice. The Australian press launch of Yamaha’s iconic 2025 WR250F was held on a property owned by two-time Thumper Nats champion Lyndon Heffernan. His […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-yamaha-wr250f-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 2 Royal Enfield Bear 650 Review | LAMS Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/royal-enfield-bear-650-review-lams-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/royal-enfield-bear-650-review-lams-motorcycle-test/#comments Tue, 24 Dec 2024 07:01:05 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=509380 Royal Enfield Bear 650 Review With the motorcycling world embracing the adventure bike craze, Royal Enfield has finally released a 650-twin with some off-road intent. Meet Royal Enfield’s Bear 650.  Rather than a big version of the Himalayan or a full-fledged adventure machine, the Bear is more of a scrambler-style motorcycle. This means capitalising on […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/royal-enfield-bear-650-review-lams-motorcycle-test/feed/ 3 2025 Triumph Trident 660 Review – Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-triumph-trident-660-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-triumph-trident-660-review-motorcycle-test/#comments Wed, 11 Dec 2024 02:52:50 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=509137 2025 Triumph Trident 660 Review Launched in 2020, Triumph’s Trident 660 was a near-instant sales success. The retro-modern roadster from team Hinckley was available in Europe in both restricted and unrestricted guise, while Aussie punters only had the LAMS-restricted model available to us. I said at the Aussie launch back then, that it was arguably […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-triumph-trident-660-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 4 2024 Moto Guzzi Stelvio Review – Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2024-moto-guzzi-stelvio-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2024-moto-guzzi-stelvio-review-motorcycle-test/#comments Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:24:28 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=503169 2024 Moto Guzzi Stelvio Review To the uninitiated, Moto Guzzi, the brand that builds its motorcycles in Mandello del Lario on the banks of the beautiful Lake Como, complete with views to the Swiss Alps, is somewhat of an enigma. I guess when motorcycles are made by Italians in such whimsical surroundings, then it should […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/royal-enfield-guerrilla-450-review-lams-motorcycle-test/feed/ 0 BMW S 1000 RR M Sport at Phillip Island with CSS https://www.mcnews.com.au/bmw-s-1000-rr-m-sport-at-phillip-island-with-css/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/bmw-s-1000-rr-m-sport-at-phillip-island-with-css/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:29:41 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=498412 BMW S 1000 RR M Sport Phillip Island Ride Days I’ve just spent the most amazing couple of day’s putting myself and the M Sport through our respective paces at Phillip Island. I’m sitting here still buzzing a day later as I try to gather my thoughts into something resembling a coherent stream of words. […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/bmw-s-1000-rr-m-sport-at-phillip-island-with-css/feed/ 0 Zero Motorcycles SR/S Review | Electric Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/zero-motorcycles-sr-s-review-electric-motorcycle-test-zero/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/zero-motorcycles-sr-s-review-electric-motorcycle-test-zero/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2024 01:50:56 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=501590 Zero SR/S Review Test by Wayne Vickers I’m pleased to say that despite my range anxiety being on overdrive following my Livewire experience a couple of years ago, this time, the manufacturer’s range claims seem pretty legit. While the Zero SR/S won’t handle my unusually long, mostly highway 230 km return commute on one charge, […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/video-review-an-820-km-day-out-on-the-updated-tiger-1200-rally-pro/feed/ 1 Husqvarna Svartpilen and Vitpilen 401 Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/husqvarna-svartpilen-and-vitpilen-401-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/husqvarna-svartpilen-and-vitpilen-401-review-motorcycle-test/#respond Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:15:56 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=494377 Husqvarna Svartpilen and Vitpilen 401 Review Test by Rennie Scaysbrook For a company that seems to be updating its model line-up every six months, it seems odd we’re talking about six full years since the KTM-endowed Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401 models received any significant changes. Released in 2018 as a modern take on […]

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