April

Be a winner at Brands

07 April 2004

If you fancy getting your picture taken with one of our gorgeous MCN babes then you’d better head down to Brands Hatch this weekend for the second round of the MCN-backed British Superbike...

Watch Hodgson star in pop video

07 April 2004

Neil Hodgson has made his screen acting debut playing the part of a gang leader in an R&B video. You can download and watch it now. See the link right to download it. But be warned, there is 11mb of...

Easter ride-outs, roads and events

07 April 2004

If you’re not out buying a new bike this weekend chances are you’ll be riding somewhere or looking for somewhere to ride on your current machine. Our quick guide will set you up nicely. Places to go...

The great Gatso sham exposed

07 April 2004

Speed cameras don’t work. How do we know? The Government’s own figures prove it. Despite huge rises in speeding convictions safety on the roads has barely improved. In fact the number of people dieing...

One down… ill-placed Gatso switched off

07 April 2004

Gatso operators have been forced to switch off a camera because they could not justify where it had been placed. The camera in Grapes Hill, Norwich, has been “temporarily decommissioned” by the...

Bike-specific signs beat Gatsos

07 April 2004

Money-grabbing bureaucrats will hate to hear it but an experiment with bike-specific warning signs has worked so well it’s hard to see why anyone serious about safety wouldn’t use them instead of...

New Classic from Bieffe

07 April 2004

Italian helmet firm Bieffe has launched its stylish new 405 Monza Classic lid. It’s ECE 2205 approved, with a composite Kevlar/fibreglass shell claimed to weigh just 1350g. The Monza Classic features...

Let's nail this speed lie

07 April 2004

Got a road safety problem? Blame speed. Need a scapegoat for rising death tolls on the roads? Blame bikes. Nice and easy. And fatuous too. That’s not to say we shouldn’t all try to ride safer, train harder and think quicker to protect ourselves. But it is showing a cavalier disregard for the true causes of accidents. Speed is the big stick they keep beating us over the head with. And let’s...

Buy used at £5000 to land a gem

07 April 2004

Thinking of spending up to £5000 on a used bike this weekend? Make sure you’ve checked our BIKES FOR SALE first because we’ve spotted some gems. You can search for those added today, in the last two...

How was the weekend for you?

07 April 2004

I hope you had as good an Easter as I did. The family was down. Which was nice. But more importantly on the Thursday before Easter I got my hands on my spanking new GSX-R1000. Ok, so I only got four...

Nexus hits the UK

07 April 2004

Gilera has aimed its newly launched Nexus 500 scooter squarely at the weekend sports bike rider in a bid to tempt them out of the car during the week. And with the offer of an easy, no hassle, but...

TNT just blows us away

07 April 2004

MCN road tester Michael Neeves took a world exclusive first ride on Benelli’s explosive TNT on the mountainous roads of northern Italy this week. His full report is in MCN out on Wednesday, April 14,...

Chocs away for Easter egg runs

01 April 2004

Are you organising or joining in an Easter Egg run this Bank Holiday weekend? Let us know and we’ll share the details with Britain’s biggest online motorcycle audience right here on...

Riders whisk eggs to good causes

01 April 2004

Easter Egg runs are making life sweet for good causes across the country this Easter The annual Egg run took place in Cork on April 4 with around 800 bikes taking part. Eggs were distributed to...

Superstars-style shootout for Britain’s best

01 April 2004

A multi-discipline shootout to find Britain’s best all-round rider will see top road race, motocross, trials and enduro and supermoto racers go head to head. In the spirit of the BBC TV Superstars...

Best-selling Triumphs to be replaced

01 April 2004

Triumph is set to remodel some of its biggest selling bikes with cosmetic and mechanical changes. The Speed Triple and the Sprint ST will get the most major updates and Triumph’s cruiser line-up is...

Click to win a BMW F650GS

01 April 2004

Fill in a quick online MCN survey and you could land yourself a £5160 BMW F650GS or one of seven other great BMW prizes. Click here to take part now. The GS is the top prize. The second prize winner...

Need rescuing? MCN can help

01 April 2004

We want to hear from you if you need rescuing from a motorcycling mess. Here are just a few of the areas we can help you in… Are you buying replacement riding kit on a limited budget? Can’t sell your...

Supermoto inspires Prexport gloves for urban riders

01 April 2004

Prexport’s new Track gloves are a hybrid inspired by supermoto aimed at urban road riders looking for comfort, as well as off-roaders. Launched today (April 1, 2004) they are made of mesh and...

Save 10 per cent with M&P deal

01 April 2004

You could save 10 per cent on M&P parts and products if you place an order before April 12, 2004. The firm is offering the online-only deal to celebrate the launch of its new website. All you have to...

What £4000 will buy you today

01 April 2004

Scrape together £4000 (or a fraction less and hard-haggling helmet) and you could be setting yourself up with something special for the summer. We found the following great used bike deals in our...

Book your ad by 8pm Thursday this week

01 April 2004

Easter means a fantastic weekend of warm-weather riding (fingers-crossed) but it also means you’ve got less time to place your ad to sell your bike in MCN this week. Usually the deadline to place ads online is 8pm Friday evening to appear in the following Wednesday’s MCN. This week, because of the Bank Holiday, it is 8pm Thursday evening. If you miss that deadline don’t despair, you can place your...