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Tell us your servicing stories

04 March 2003

If you’ve just had a dealer service your bike, MCN would like to hear about it. Whether you were impressed with the quick service, or found that every garage was booked for weeks, we’d like you to...

Sheene loses battle with cancer

04 March 2003

Barry Sheene died peacefully in hospital yesterday, March 10, after an eight-month battle against cancer of the oesophagus and upper stomach. The 52-year-old 1976 and 1977 world 500 champion leaves...

Hodgson reveals amazing injury secret

04 March 2003

Neil Hodgson had more than 30 painkilling injections to be able to race at the opening World Superbike round at Valencia on Sunday (March 2). The injury was even kept secret from his Ducati team, but...

Barry Sheene – An amazing life

04 March 2003

Barry Sheene’s death has touched the world beyond motorcycling, because he was not just a motorcyclist. He was an icon, a legend; the grinning Cockney who came good against all the odds. Even today,...

Rockster hits the shops

04 March 2003

BMW has announced that it’s new Boxer engined Rockster will be available in dealers from March 15, priced at £7295 on the road. The company first showed the bike as a concept at the Intermot show in...

Ronnie remembered

04 March 2003

North Yorkshire Road Racing Supporters Club is holding a charity night on March 18 in memory of racer and road testerRonnie Smith, who died in January this year. The main focus of the evening will be...

See the MCN Babe Squad and much more at the Scottish Show

04 March 2003

The members of the 2003 MCN Babe Squad are just some of the attractions at Scotland’s biggest ever bike show. The 2003 Scottish Motorcycle Show runs from tomorrow March 8, until Sunday March 9.

Bikes in bus lanes starts in Swindon

04 March 2003

Swindon Borough Council has become the latest authority to start allowing Motorcycles to use bus lanes. The council has started the scheme as a part of twelve-month trial on selected routes and...

Speed camera loophole discovered

04 March 2003

A Welsh motorist had his speeding charges dismissed due to a legal loophole which could lead to many more cases being dropped. Phillip Dennis, 34, of Whitford, North Wales, had his case dropped due to...

The Scottish Motorcycle Show, March 8-9

01 March 2003

This year will see the biggest Scottish Motorcycle Show yet at Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Centre. The show, in association with MCN, features the major 2003 bikes, the Carol Nash Classics Pavillion...

Join MCN’s growing team

01 March 2003

MCN is getting bigger from March 19. To help us deliver an even better paper every week, we need four extra full-time editorial staff. We’re looking for two Staff Writers, one Sub-Editor and one...

Meet Foggy at Tesco

01 March 2003

World Superbike legend and team boss Carl Fogarty will be at Tesco’s Horwich store in Lancashire on March 7. But he’s not just popping in for a tin of beans and some toilet roll. He’ll be signing...

C1 rider wins court case

01 March 2003

BMW C1 rider Peter Parker has won the right to ride without wearing a lid in a ground-breaking court case. Parker, 44, from Bedford, was found not guilty of three charges of riding a motorcycle...