August

Year: 2005

Month: August

Night of the new Bonnies

01 August 2005

New Triumph Bonneville and Thruxton owners are being called together at the Star and Garter pub in Warwick Street, Leamington Spa for their first ‘Bonnie Night’ on Wdnesday August 10. Organisers...

Had your pic taken with a copy of MCN? Your unusual/entertaining/funny ones could win you a great prize. The best will be passed on for possible publication in our weekly paper – the very best will...

Honda India row calmed

01 August 2005

The industrial dispute which brought production to a halt at a Honda plant in India has been calmed with the signing of an agreement between workers and managers, on Friday, August 1. The protest at Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Limited at Manesar in India’s Gurgaon district was over wages, an attempt to reinstate suspended staff and compensation for a dead worker. Last Monday protestors...

Iran's bike firms boom

01 August 2005

Just when you’d got used to the booming bike industries of India and China… here comes Iran. Exports of bike from Iran are expected to be worth two million US dollars by March next year – according to Iran Daily. There are 100 bike factories in the country – and only 15 per cent are currently building bikes. Afghanistan is the key market with half of the exported bikes going there. And...

Italy challenge begins

01 August 2005

Three MCN staffers are on their way from the office in Peterborough to Lake Garda in Italy on Italian bikes they have sourced for less than £1000. Catch up on their last-minute preparations through...

Support fastest TT girl

01 August 2005

Maria Costello will be at a fundraising event on August 11, 2005 to raise cash for her efforts to improve on her Guinness World Record lap of the TT circuit at the Manx Grand Prix. The event takes...

New look MCN out Aug 3

01 August 2005

This week in your new-look MCN – now with Sport on the back page – get a FREE 12-page guide to the Brands WSB weekend. PLUS: NEW 200mph Hayabusa Bikers treated worse than chavs Rossi aims for double:...

What?s on: August 3 on

01 August 2005

We’ve changed our What’s On listings to now show events by their location, making them easier to find. Click the links below to choose the listing for your area and find out what events are on near you this week. Midlands North Scotland South East England South West England Wales

MCN's founder dies

01 August 2005

Cyril Quantrill, the man who founded MCN, has died in our 50th anniversary year. He died peacefully at 12.30pm on Friday, July 29. He was 89. His funeral will be held at Eastbourne Crematorium at...

Council bills dead rider

01 August 2005

Unthinking officials sent a bill to a dad who died after being knocked off his bike – for the damage his crash caused to a bollard and road barrier. Reports in Manchester’s Metro News say Stephen Leeming, 36, died on this way to work last July after a novice driver crashed into him. Three letters requesting more than £300 for the damage have since arrived at the home he shared with his young...

BSB hospitality offer

01 August 2005

Fancy enjoying some special service at the Silverstone round of the British Superbike championship on Sunday, August 21? You could enjoy the day from the Passport 2 Sport Hospitality Suite in the...