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Read about the life and career of former MCN staffer Chris Dabbs who died in May 2024.

After endless spy shots and teaser trailers, the eagerly anticipated KTM 890 SMT is here – the first bike to bear the Supermoto Touring name since the V-twin 990 SMT of the late noughties.



Designed to provide a halfway house between long distance comfort and supermoto scratching, it tips the scales at 194kg and sits between the existing arsenal of 890 Dukes and 890 Adventures as a leggy corner carver, powered by the firm’s Euro5-compliant 889cc parallel-twin engi...

Read MCN's expert 2020 Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP review - flagrantly aimed at the well-healed, hardened trackday addict or racer.

Read our expert, in-depth Ducati Multistrada V4 Rally review on MCN - It has to be ridden to be believed that a V4, 170bhp adventure bike can be so capable yet so user friendly.

Read MCN's in-depth expert Ducati Streetfighter V4 S review - a stripped back naked version of the Panigale V4 S superbike.

Read our in-depth, expert 2020 Ducati Panigale V4 S review - a stunner – if you have the minerals for it.

Read MCN's in-depth expert Ducati Streetfighter V4 S review - a stripped back naked version of the Panigale V4 S superbike.

Watch our latest head-to-head motorbike video review on MCN - BSA Gold Star vs Royal Enfield Interceptor 650.

We’re on the hunt for a new Road Tester to join MCN’s crack team – riding and writing about the latest and greatest motorcycles for our passionate and dedicated readership.



You’ll be putting your riding skills and in-depth biking knowledge to the test in this full-time position, crafting group tests, features, and attending new model launches – sampling the latest machinery before anyone else.



Guiding you along will be our ...

Chief road tester Michael Neeves gets to know the new for 2022 Triumph Tiger 1200 GT Explorer.