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Budget: Brown leaves us alone

17 March 2004

Chancellor Gordon Brown has made it a no-change Budget for bikes. Speaking in the Commons today (March 17), he announced he is freezing road tax at present levels and keeping the insurance premium tax...

WIN £100 of kit for your best biking road

17 March 2004

If you’ve ridden a great road on your bike recently, it could win you up to £100 of Oxford kit. Send us directions with road numbers and pictures of you and your mates on the route if you’ve got them.

Play Hodgson jump game online now

17 March 2004

Get your jumping style right in this new online stunt game and you’ll be rewarded with pictures of the Bennetts Babes like you’ve never seen them before. We’ve got exclusive first access to The Neil...

Essential maintenance improves performance

17 March 2004

This site will be down for essential maintenance on Monday, March 22, 2004, for one hour from 7am. We’ll be back from 8am with a much improved service. One further outage is required on the evening of Tuesday March 23. This outage will last a maximum of 12 hours from 7pm. We’ll be back with a faster more efficient service from 7am on Wednesday morning. We’d like to apologise in advance for any...

3pm-5pm is bike crash danger time

17 March 2004

If you’re a bit fed up about being stuck behind a desk on a decent afternoon, take comfort from the fact that you’re avoiding the dodgiest part of the day to be out on a bike. Cumbria safety...

Insurers offer one for the ladies

17 March 2004

Bikesure is offering women riders 10 per cent off the cost of insurance and free breakdown cover in a new Lady Rider package launched on March 23. The ladies (and Bikesure says 10 per cent of bike...

Save on online HPI check with MCN

17 March 2004

MCN has teamed up with HPI to save you cash and give you access to an online MCN Bike Check. For just £35.95 the MCN Bike Check will instantly inform you if the bike you are thinking of buying is...

Neville’s Specials replace Buster at Butlins

17 March 2004

They did too much, much too young… and they haven’t finished yet. Neville Staple’s Specials are joining the party at the MCN Butlins Spring Spectacular, at Skegness from March 26-28. The former Fun...

What will £5000 buy you today?

17 March 2004

Summer-like temperatures sweeping much of the country on Wednesday mean you’re likely to have itchy fingers browsing for a new bike for the season. We’re feeling the same, so we’ve gone looking through our latest online ads to see what £5000 will get you today. Here’s some great examples of those we found in our BIKES FOR SALE section. Fancy the big European tour this year? £4850 is the asking...

750 is best of 04 GSX-Rs

17 March 2004

Awesome power? Pin-point precision handling? You get both in varying degrees with Suzuki’s GSX-R1000 and GSX-R600. So how does the new GSX-R750 fit in? The answer is a brilliant combination of both...

Bos launches cans for 04 RSV

17 March 2004

Dutch firm Bos has launched oval race cans (that’s louder than your local traffic cops will like, then) for the 2004 Aprilia RSV 1000-R. In dyno tests they raised power to 126bhp. The standard bike...

Hot deals we’ve spotted this week

10 March 2004

Looking for a new bike? Dealers are reporting a rush through their doors in the early part of the year with us lot all starry-eyed about the 04 superbikes… but not so dazzled that we aren’t keen to...

Not sorry mate, just didn’t see you

10 March 2004

Research released today (March 15, 2004) reveals that we believe one of the biggest dangers on the roads isn’t diesel, potholes or pensioners in Metros… it’s the lack of respect for motorcyclists...

RSV1000 for £2100? Yes, really

10 March 2004

A quick browse of our Bikes For Sale section reveals some rock bottom prices. We’re not saying these are the best buys on offer right now – but they are certainly among the lowest prices. Check out...

DK makes it our lucky day

10 March 2004

Jammy, spawny, lucky? whatever you want to call us, we?re thrilled to accept two brilliant bikes on long term test courtesy of those thoroughly agreeable chaps at DK Motorcycles. motorcyclenews.com...

Surf Bikes For Sale, win £1000 off

10 March 2004

Join us at the MCN Scottish Motorcycle Show and you could end up £1000 better off. motorcyclenews.com is running an exclusive competition at the two-day event on March 13-14. All you have to do is...

Racetec rubber grips harder for longer

10 March 2004

MCN’s Trevor Franklin has tested the new Metzeler Racetec race and track day tyre at Valencia in Spain and reckons they are a step up in class compared to the tyre they replace. He tried the rubber –...

Stands to deliver easier maintenance

10 March 2004

German firm SW Motech is offering centrestands for bikes that don’t come with them as standard. They should make chain lubing, adjusting and other maintenance much easier to carry out. The stands are...

Meet Bayliss at Ducati London

10 March 2004

If want to meet Ducati MotoGP rider Troy Bayliss, get yourself down to the new Ducati London Central store next weekend. The new Ducati store is opening with an all weekend launch party on March 20-21...

Top act to replace Buster at Butlins

10 March 2004

You’re going to have to get by without the delights of Buster Bloodvessel belting out Lip Up Fatty at the MCN Butlins Spring Spectacular this month. The world class pie eater has been forced to pull...

Harley dealer is doubling in size

10 March 2004

Hog fans have made an East Anglian dealer so successful it is having to double in size to meet demand. Black Bear Harley-Davidson in Newmarket has started on a major expansion which will double its...

Scottish Show babes on parade

10 March 2004

As promised yesterday, here’s our picture round up of the girls who made your days at the MCN Scottish Motorcycle Show. You’ll find links to our previous Scottish Show coverage at the bottom of the...

Place your ad by 8pm Friday night

10 March 2004

Sell your bike fast by placing an ad online to appear in the next issue of MCN – and online within minutes.* You could reach more than 500,000 dedicated motorcyclists. If you want your ad to appear in...

Help make roads better for bikes

10 March 2004

MCN wants to improve UK roads and make them safer for bikers, and we’d like your help to do it. We’re taking positive action against the people who control our safety, but we need you to tell us about...

Join 5000-plus at our Butlins bash

10 March 2004

Time is running out if you want to be among the thousands of partying bikers at the MCN Butlins Spring Spectacular. There are 5000 of us already booked and ready for the March 26-29 bash and only a...

Film star McGregor set for global bike trek

10 March 2004

EWAN McGregor is preparing for a 20,000-mile round-the-world motorbike trip which will be made into a TV documentary. McGregor, and his actor friend Charley Boorman, will be riding BMW R1150GS...

Barry Sheene: One Year On

10 March 2004

Tomorrow, March 10, marks a year since we lost Barry Sheene. MCN remembers this true racing legend with a Memorial Special in our issue out on Wednesday. We include a moving interview with Barry’s...

Cut your costs with bargain rubber

10 March 2004

MCN has been shopping around to find you the best deals on tyres and discovered savings of up to £120 a pair. We target seven popular sets of rubber in today’s MCN (Wednesday, March 10) to see the...

All you want for Spring…

03 March 2004

If there’s one bike for 2004 you’d put at the top of your wish list, what would it be? We are creating a list of the Most Wanted bikes of the year and want to know what you’d make your no1...

We challenge ‘Cameras in right places’ ruling

03 March 2004

MCN is preparing to challenge the Government’s ruling that all speed cameras are in the right places. A Government review released this week has concluded cameras are all in the right places and that...

Craft adds race style to lid range

03 March 2004

Craft will launch new race-style helmets next month, building on the firm’s traditional strength in the streetfighter market. The R1 Raptor and VX7 Firehawk lids are made from carbon, fibreglass and...

Screen updates for 2004 superbikes

03 March 2004

Skidmarx is already offering standard and double bubble screens for some of the hottest new bikes of the year. Included in the new line up are those for the 2004 Blade, ZX-10R, R1, GSX-R600 and 750...

Diesel spills: The truth exposed

03 March 2004

Wednesday’s MCN will reveal startling proof that some police are failing to meet their own guidelines over diesel spills. In one case our investigation reveals traffic cops ignoring a diesel spill...

Win signed Walker slider and much more

03 March 2004

We’re moving the office around this weekend – and that means that some of the great stuff that has been accumulating on (and under) our desks is up for grabs. The collection ranges from a signed and...

Benelli designer blown away by TnT

03 March 2004

The British designer of Benelli’s new naked TnT triple says his first ride on the bike left him shaking. Adrian Morton, emailed MCN to share his excitement… so this is in his own words… ” Hello. Just...

Sheene lids raise £100,000 for CLIC

03 March 2004

Arai Europe visited the MCN offices today, Tuesday, March 10, to present a cheque for £100,000 to Barry Sheene’s nominated charity Cancer and Leukemia in Children (CLIC) Chief Executive of the...