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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

750 is best of 04 GSX-Rs

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

Bos launches cans for 04 RSV

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

Hot deals we’ve spotted this week

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

Not sorry mate, just didn’t see you

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

RSV1000 for £2100? Yes, really

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

DK makes it our lucky day

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

Surf Bikes For Sale, win £1000 off

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

Racetec rubber grips harder for longer

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

Stands to deliver easier maintenance

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

Meet Bayliss at Ducati London

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

Top act to replace Buster at Butlins

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

Harley dealer is doubling in size

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

Scottish Show babes on parade

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

Place your ad by 8pm Friday night

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

Help make roads better for bikes

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

Join 5000-plus at our Butlins bash

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

Film star McGregor set for global bike trek

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

Barry Sheene: One Year On

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

Cut your costs with bargain rubber

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

All you want for Spring…

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

We challenge ‘Cameras in right places’ ruling

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 adds race style to lid range

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

Screen updates for 2004 superbikes

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

Diesel spills: The truth exposed

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

Win signed Walker slider and much more

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

Benelli designer blown away by TnT

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

Sheene lids raise £100,000 for CLIC

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...

Riders protest over seaside parking charge

03 March 2004

Riders protest over seaside parking charge

Hundreds of riders protested at new parking rules at one of the coast’s most-popular bike gatherings, on Saturday, March 6. Hunstanton, on the north Norfolk coast, was home to big bike meets most...

Devil launches cans for three Suzukis

03 March 2004

Devil launches cans for three Suzukis

Aftermarket exhaust maker Devil has launched new cans for the Suzuki SV1000, SV650 and GSX-R1000. The SV1000 cans, which carry the model name Trophy are claimed to be of heavy duty construction with...

R1 named superbike of the year

03 March 2004

R1 named superbike of the year

MCN names Yamaha’s 2004 R1 our superbike of the year in Wednesday’s issue because it’s stable, exciting and fast. In our March 3 issue you’ll see the R1 pitched against all its key competitors:...

Got a problem? We can help

03 March 2004

Got something you want sorting out for you? MCN is launching a new section devoted to your problems. We want to hear from you if you’ve got a problem with your bike, your kit or your dealer and you don’t know what to do. We’ll use the full might of MCN to sort out the most needy cases… We’re also upping our offensive on bad roads, the one that put our lives at risk. Tell us about those accidents...

Hottest used bike deals of the moment

03 March 2004

Hottest used bike deals of the moment

We’ve been browsing our BIKES FOR SALE section to keep you up to date on how the used bike market is shaping up and the good news for sports bike fans is that bikes that may have once seemed out of...

Daytona Bike Week: racing, stunts and babes

03 March 2004

Daytona Bike Week: racing, stunts and babes

MCN’s Steve Farrell and Rich Beach are in Daytona to join in the mayhem of Bike Week. And we’ll be bringing you first pictures from the event later this week. Farrell and Beach are hanging out with a...

Remember Hizzy at Scottish Show

03 March 2004

Remember Hizzy at Scottish Show

Scottish racing legend Steve Hislop will be remembered at the MCN Scottish Motorcycle Show this weekend (March 13-14). The 2003 Virgin Mobile Yamaha R1 he raced in the British superbike championship...

Ask a question, win Dainese prizes

03 March 2004

Ask a question, win Dainese prizes

MCN is flying out to Dainese’s HQ in Vicenza later this week to probe the company’s top men. And our trip could make you a winner. Send in any question you want the company to answer and you could win...