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Lady fails 51st bike test

01 July 2005

A 59-year-old hairdresser has just failed her bike test for the 51st time. Lee Hsu Shui-mian manages to ride to the required standard. But she keeps cocking up the oral part of the test, according to Taiwanese site MyEGov She’s been trying to pass for 20 years. And despite pleas from her friends and family that she should give up, she says she’s going to carry on trying.

Limiters get thumbs up

01 July 2005

As if speed cameras weren’t enough the Government is now looking to install automatic speed restrictors to limit how fast we can go. A team from Leeds University has been running a trial of the...

Firms can help bikers

01 July 2005

Over one-third of people would ride a bike or scooter to work if employers offered financial incentives and better facilities. Research carried out by the Motorcycle Industry Association (MCI)...

More Kawasakis all round

01 July 2005

Reports from the Japanese business media suggest Kawasaki intends to grow its bike sales in Europe by 10 per cent by next March. Insiders say the strategy includes expanding its product range (which...

Video: bike v car

01 July 2005

Many people say if you ride a bike as big as the BMW K1200LT you might as well drive a car, well we’ve put it to the test and you can see the video below. We took the huge supertourer and put it up...

Welsh charity rideout

01 July 2005

Join in a ride out on Sunday July 17 and you’ll help raise much-needed cash from the Air Ambulance Wales and the Children’s Hospital of Wales. The event, organsed by the Mynydd Mawr Riders Club and...

Chili leathers raise £655

01 July 2005

Our auction of Frankie Chili’s leathers from his 2003 WSB season has raised £655 for Riders for Health after it was won by a huge Chili fan. Steve Brand from Gwent knew he had to have the leather as...

Video: Supersize motos

01 July 2005

We wanted to see whether the new mass produced KTM 950 SM could ever beat the hand built quality of the little known Highland 950 Motard so we took them both off to Olivers Mount and you can see the...

Sheene Run: your pics

01 July 2005

We asked for you to send in your pictures of the Sheene Run, which took place in Rugby at the weekend and here are some of the best. Over 10,000 people turned out to the event to pay homage to one of...

Bike parade record bid

01 July 2005

An attempt for the ‘longest or largest motorcycle parade’ in the world will take place at the Negros Oriental Buglasan festival in the Philippines later this year. The festival runs from October...

Meet the stars at P & H

01 July 2005

If you’re at a loose end this weekend then get yourself down to P&H Motorcycles in Crawley for the chance to meet a whole host of stars. To celebrate the re-opening of the newly refurbished showroom...

Bikes join fire brigade

01 July 2005

A Honda Pan European will be used by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service to get through traffic and assess the scene at incidents in a 12-month pilot scheme. The bike will attend automatic fire alarm...

Triumphs in car dealers

01 July 2005

Triumph has been trying to expand its network of dealers by offering franchises to car dealers. The British manufacturer has gaps in its network in Reading and Cambridgeshire and hopes that it can...

Get riding this weekend

01 July 2005

There is some great riding weather heading our way this weekend and plenty of reasons to get out on your bike and enjoy it. Get yourself up to Scarborough on Saturday and Sunday to catch some of the...

Video: CB13S hooned

01 July 2005

My long term test Honda CB1300S had just been through its 600 mile first service at Peterborough Honda when our road test crew asked if they could borrow it for a couple of days. A test of muscle old...

Another reason to ride

01 July 2005

London’s Congestion Charge has risen from £5 to £8 – effective from July 4, 2005. The move offers even greater incentive for car drivers to switch to two wheels. The previous £5 levy for cars saw a...

MCN joins Wheel party

01 July 2005

MCN and our babes squad joined 658 riders at the Wheel at Worfield on Wednesday night (July 6) to celebrate a memorable victory for biker power. The popular bike meet at The Wheel had been shut down...

Video: ER6 latest details

01 July 2005

Kawasaki has released new details and video of its aggressively styled new budget bike, the ER-6n. The new bike, which is expected to go on sale for around £4500, combines styling touches normally...

Come to Kelso bike fest

01 July 2005

Head to the fantastic riding country of the Scottish borders for the BMF Kelso Bikefest on July 17. It’s held in Kelso’s Springwood Park on the banks of the river Tweed. Sunday features stunt riders...

Love bikes? Work for us

01 July 2005

Is work getting in the way of your passion for bikes? Move to Motorcycle News and you’ll get 37 hours more bike time every week! We have five exciting opportunities. Trainee journalist* We’ll give you...

Celebrate at the Wheel

01 July 2005

Join MCN and a few of our babes as we celebrate victory at The Wheel at Worfield tonight (Wednesday, June 6). We’re taking a couple of bottles of bubbly along to toast the success of a fantastic...

1000 protest at Wheel

24 June 2005

Around 1000 riders turned out in less-than-perfect weather on Wednesday night to protest against police moves to close down the weekly bike meet at The Wheel in Worfield, Shropshire. MCN’s Steve...

Big bid lands Foggy bike

24 June 2005

Carl Fogarty’s own Foggy rep is on its way to a new home after Ed Vernon landed it in an MCN Auction. Ed, from Belfast, waded in with his winning £21,350 bid with less than four minutes to go in the...

Harley arrives in Russia

24 June 2005

The first official Harley-Davidson dealership has now opened in Moscow with several thousand people watching the opening parade through the streets of the Russian capital. The weekend-long...

What's On: June 29 on

24 June 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...

In MCN out on June 29

24 June 2005

This week’s issue of MCN includes exclusive news of the hot new bikes we’ll be gagging to ride NEXT summer…PLUS 15 prizes to be won in our Lucky Numbers competition How cops shut a top bike...

Council boss's bike meet

24 June 2005

A borough council leader has started a council-backed bike meet in St Anne’s town centre. Cllr John Coombs is leader of Fylde Borough Council, which covers the Fylde coast between Preston and...

Riding safest for 7 years

24 June 2005

We’re riding safer than we have in years – according to the latest official stats from the Department for Transport. The figures have just been released for 2004 and show that 16 per cent fewer...

Cops given points target

24 June 2005

North Wales police have been set targets for the numbers and kinds of traffic offenders they catch each month. In a scheme reminiscent of the snooker game traffic police notoriously play when bored,...

Stolen: Manx Norton

24 June 2005

Thieves have broken into a lock-up in Worcester and made off with two prized Nortons. The two bikes, a 1946 Garden gate Manx Norton and a 1936 Norton International, were last seen on Thursday last...

Video: Goodwood festival

24 June 2005

The Goodwood Festival of Speed took place at the weekend and we’ve got some great video from the event. The weekend saw three days of amazing machinery and countless stars riding up the short but...

Boss v Idol auction is on

24 June 2005

It’s time for the boss to go up against the Road Test Idol in our MCN Auctions slider-off! MCN Editor Marc Potter has put a pair of his used kneesliders up for auction on the site, following on from...

Kawasaki ER-6n revealed

24 June 2005

First pictures and details of Kawasaki’s radical ER-6n big-value bike are revealed in MCN – out on June 29. The taster picture shown here reveals revolutionary styling in a bike that’s set to be...

Electric scoots on charge

24 June 2005

American electric scooter maker Evader Inc is tieing up with a Brazillian manufacturer with a plan to build 20,000-plus electric and petrol scooters a year for the next five years. Rio-based Garini...

Spa party this weekend

24 June 2005

Take one of our ferry deals to get you and your bike over to the Continent this weekend and you could join in the party at the third annual Bikers Classics weekend at Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps. On...

Grab a sportbike bargain

24 June 2005

The June 29 edition of MCN gives you the first look at next year’s crop of sports bikes but if you can’t wait that long we’ve found some cracking bargains in our bikes for sale section. Check out the...

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