August

Year: 2004

Month: August

Long termers on track

25 August 2004

A host of MCN long term test bikes and their riders enjoyed a cracking night at Rockingham on Wednesday. Editor Marc Potter was there with his blade, road tester Michael Neeves took his R1 out, road...

GSX-R tweeks tested

25 August 2004

The tweeks to my GSX-R1000’s suspension have made a significant improvement to the way the bike handles on track. I rode Rockingham on August 18. Harris’s Ohlins suspension experts adjusted my...

Crunch time for our RVF

18 August 2004

Our long term test RVF400RR (on loan from DK Motorcycles) is in need of cosmetic repair work after a bit of off road action at a rain-soaked Rockingham on Wednesday night (Aug 18). Used Bikes Editor...

Meet us at Rockingham

18 August 2004

Meet members of the MCN team at Rockingham track evenings this month – the latest is on Wednesday, August 25. It’s our third evening of this current season – and they continue every Wednesday up to...

MCN tours Ireland

11 August 2004

After another night back in Bray, the pair set out to make the long trip back all in one go. 100 miles to the ferry, a two and a half hour crossing and 350 miles across Britain seemed like a do-able...

MCN tour hits NW200

11 August 2004

MCN’s dynamic touring duo, Angus Farquhar and Marc Abbott, have spent the afternoon in Joey’s Bar on their trip around Northern Ireland and Eire. Farquhar says the weather is good and spirits are...

Calling GSX-R owners

11 August 2004

Got a GSX-R? So have three of MCN’s long term test team and we’ll be taking all of them to Crescent Suzuki’s performance centre in Verwood, Dorset for an open weekend all GSX-R owners will enjoy. It’s...

MCN rides Rockingham

11 August 2004

The consensus amoung the other riders was the same, with everyone having a great time. And in the paddock we had been joined by other memebers of the MCN staff, including Editor Marc Potter. It felt...

MCN tour hits first snag

11 August 2004

MCN’s Angus Farquhar and Marc Abott have reached Ireland after an eventful first stage of their trip to the Emerald Isle. Used Bikes Editor Farquhar was enjoying the sun started to go down – and he...

Follow MCN on tour

04 August 2004

MCN’s Angus Farquhar and Marc Abbott are off on a tour of the Emerald Isle this week on their long-term test bikes Farquhar and Abbott will be pilling on the soft luggage and taking the Honda CBR600F...