October

Year: 2005

Month: October

Paris opens to public

01 October 2005

The Paris Bike Show opens to the public today and runs until October 9. Tickets are just 12 Euros for adults, six Euros for 12-18 year olds and free for under 12s. When in Paris, take the Metro on...

Site soars to new record

01 October 2005

Thanks for making September 2005 another record month for motorcyclenews.com. Your visits helped as to record a massive 5,675,915 page impressions in the month – our highest yet. And the number of...

06 Suzuki muscle cruiser

01 October 2005

Suzuki is preparing to unveil a new ‘muscle cruiser’ for 2006 – the Boulevard M105. Updated October 3 U.S. sources suggested it may be rolled out at a Suzuki dealer meeting on that side of the...

Honda has revealed a new concept bike ahead of the Tokyo show, which combines the specs of a superbike with the styling of a scooter. The new machine might look like a scooter but it is expected to...

Meet Boorman at NEC

01 October 2005

Long Way Round star and soon-to-be Dakar racer Charley Boorman will attend the opening weekend of the International Motorcycle and Scooter Show at the NEC in Birmingham. Boorman is facing his biggest...

Test BMW's at Butlins

01 October 2005

A selection fo the current BMW range will be available for test rides through the MCN Butlins weekend in Skegness from october 7-10, 2005. Bikes available for test rides include the 167 bhp K1200S,...

BMW HP2 best in show

01 October 2005

BMW’s R1200GS based HP2 enduro bike has been voted best bike at the Paris bike show by a team of design experts. The Motorcycle Design Association (MDA) looked at everything at the show, judging on...

Tokyo Show Yamahas

01 October 2005

Yamaha has released early details of the concept bikes it will be showing at the Tokyo motor show, including an R6 powered electric hybrid 60s style cruiser. All of the new concept designs focus on...

Protest ride success

01 October 2005

Hundreds of British bikers crossed the Channel on Saturday October 1, to join a mass rideout through Brussels to protest new licensing regulations. The ride-out was led by MCN, the British Motorcycle...

Triumph shows three

01 October 2005

Triumph unveiled its Scrambler, Daytona 675 and Rocket III Classic at the Paris Bike Show which opened to the public on Saturday (Oct 1). in the official press launch on Friday (Sep 30) the firm...

Lunch time, MCN time...

01 October 2005

Lunch anyone? It’s coming up to that time of day. If you’re going out any time soon to grab a bite keep an eye out for the latest issue of MCN – on sale from Wednesday October 5. This week’s issue...

BBC test mobile cameras

01 October 2005

Mobile speed cameras aren’t always accurate, according to a BBC investigation airing tonight, Monday, October 3, 2005. The Inside Out programme has used an American model of the LTI 20.20 camera and...

Butlins bash at weekend

01 October 2005

MCN – Britain’s best selling motorcycling publication – is 50 years old and you can join us in our celebrations at the MCN Live event on October 7-10 at Butlins, Skegness. The weekend event promises...

Women get right to ride

01 October 2005

Iranian women are being allowed to ride solo again for the first time in 25 years. The ruling – from the chief of the nation’s traffic police – says it is now not an offence for women to ride and...

We bag a 'classic'

01 October 2005

Which brings the saga up to date. I now have a Benly which reaches the heady speeds of 65mph on the dual carriageway, starts pretty much first time, and only needs constant revving to stop it stalling...

New MCN out on Oct 5

01 October 2005

Get this week’s MCN and you’ll get all the tech spec and detail on a host of new metal exposed at this week’s Paris Bike Show. This week’s issue includes: 16-page Paris Show Special Yamaha’s MT-0S...