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Multistrada critics ignored

19 August 2002

Multistrada critics ignored

As our latest spy-shot reveals Ducati looks set to fly in the face of its critics by retaining the controversial styling of its forthcoming Multistrada. The bike, captured outside the firm’s factory...

Don’t miss the new MCN Sport

19 August 2002

Don’t miss the new MCN Sport

MCN Sport magazine is a heady stew of life, death, sex and immortality for race fans. In this fantastic fifth issue, out August 23, we’ve taken three top racers to see two psychologists to find out...

Phoning and driving could be outlawed

19 August 2002

Phoning and driving could be outlawed

The Government is about to begin a 12-week consultation period that could see drivers banned from using mobile phones behind the wheel. From August 20, the Department of Transport, together with...

Down the aisle, biker-style

19 August 2002

Down the aisle, biker-style

How about this for arriving at your wedding in style? Bride Ann Ramsden arrived at her wedding to Kevin Selvey on her Kawasaki ZXR400 followed by her five minimoto riding bridesmaids. The service was...

Spot ‘dpc’ on tour on Wednesday

19 August 2002

Spot ‘dpc’ on tour on Wednesday

JUST two days left to spot MCN’s David Cushman on tour. Pull it off and you could win a great prize. All you have to do is go up to him at one of his frequent stops, hand over your name, address and...

Ducati sale rumours continue

19 August 2002

Ducati sale rumours continue

Rumours of an imminent sale of its Ducati shareholding are continuing to dog Texas Pacific Group (TPG). Market watcher Bloomberg.com is carrying a story from Italian broadsheet Borsa & Finanza that...

Rumours of Ducati sale start

19 August 2002

Rumours of Ducati sale start

The future of Ducati could be put in jeopardy if rumours of a pull-out by parent company Texas Pacific Group prove true. The BBC is reporting that the Texas Pacific Group is looking for buyers for its...

Guzzi goes Techno

19 August 2002

Guzzi goes Techno

In the latest issue of MCN, out August 21,we’ve got the first pictures of Moto Guzzi’s wicked Technocustom prototype. The new design is a giant leap forward for the Italian factory, better known for...

Spot ‘dpc’ on tour on Thursday

19 August 2002

Spot ‘dpc’ on tour on Thursday

JUST two days left to spot MCN’s David Cushman on tour. Pull it off and you could win a great prize. All you have to do is go up to him at one of his frequent stops, hand over your name, address and...

Cross the Sahara for charity

19 August 2002

Cross the Sahara for charity

Do you like beach holidays and biking? Yes? Then why not combine the two with a trans-Saharan trek to raise cash for a deserving charity. Mungo Williams is looking for another eight riders to join him...

Brolly babe special is coming

19 August 2002

We’ve busy collecting the finest brolly babes in the world for a one-off special FREE with the September 4 issue of MCN. If you can’t wait ‘til then here’s just a small selection of the kind of fine lay-deez lined up to decorate our eight-page giveaway. And over the following weeks there’ll be four more FREE supplements, guaranteed to deliver the best of biking. The first, given away with the...

Honda offers update for ‘sensitive’ Blade

19 August 2002

Honda offers update for ‘sensitive’ Blade

Honda is responding to what it says is a handful of complaints about its 2002 FireBlade’s sensitive steering, with a ” product update ” . It’s not a safety recall, you don’t have to have the work...

Top pop band for NEC Youth Day

19 August 2002

Top pop band for NEC Youth Day

Top popsters Liberty X will be making a special appearance at this year’s Youth Day at the NEC Show on November 21. Organiser Anna Rogers says getting the band was a real scoop because they are so...

Camera survey highlights safety doubts

19 August 2002

Camera survey highlights safety doubts

A new survey appears to cast doubt on the Government’s claims that speed cameras are situated only on accident blackspots. It was carried out on by Autocar magazine and Morpheus, manufacturers of the...

Spot ‘dpc’ on tour on Tuesday

19 August 2002

Spot ‘dpc’ on tour on Tuesday

WHERE is MCN’s David Cushman today? He’s touring Scotland on his ZZ-R1200 and if you spot him you could be in with a chance of a great prize. All you have to do is go up to him at one of his frequent...

Barry Sheene diagnosed with cancer

19 August 2002

Barry Sheene diagnosed with cancer

Barry Sheene has been diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus and stomach it has been announced. Although tired, the two times world 500cc champion is in reasonable spirits. He told MCN this morning: ...

Last chance to spot dpc on tour

19 August 2002

Last chance to spot dpc on tour

MCN’s David Cushman is heading south now, after spending most of the week in Scotland. If you can spot him on his silver Kawasaki ZZ-R1200 you could be in line for a prize. Cushman (user name dpc on...

AA and RAC oppose phone ban

19 August 2002

AA and RAC oppose phone ban

Two of Britain’s leading motoring organisations have come out against the complete ban on mobile phone use behind the wheel currently being considered by the Government. The AA argues that there are...

Arashi helmet winner

12 August 2002

Arashi helmet winner

Congratulations to Tony Kenneford from the Forest of Dean, he’s our winner of a limited edition Arashi Tsunami helmet, worth £230. Tony correctly identified Tilium as the product that Arashi uses for...

Riders ‘strike fear’ into motorists

12 August 2002

Riders ‘strike fear’ into motorists

Next time you pull behind a car, spare a thought for the poor driver. According to a new nationwide survey conducted by Bennetts the insurers, a third of all motorists are intimidated by...

Longterm report: CCM R30

12 August 2002

Longterm report: CCM R30

Choosing between two bikes in the garage in the morning is a luxury I’m not accustomed to and before I get accused of being a free-loading hack, let me make it clear that I actually own the Yamaha...

MCN wants replica riders

12 August 2002

MCN wants replica riders

Foggy, Ben Bostrom, John Reynolds and Karl Harris are just some of the racers with replica bikes created in their honour. If you’ve got one, we want to hear from you. MCN is planning a feature on...

Video: R1 for sale

12 August 2002

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1999 Kawasaki ER-5

12 August 2002

Picture this. I’m 24, it’s January, I’m living in London and after spending a year listening to my housemate talk about the freedom, liberation and sheer excitement of owning a motorbike I have decided to bite the bullet and do my test. After all, why shouldn’t I? My dad passed his test last year and my girlfriend (now fiancée) has always loved bikes. But here’s the rub. I’m 24, it’s January...

This is what makes us tick…apparently

12 August 2002

This is what makes us tick…apparently

Rider skills experts The Edge has commissioned a university researcher to examine what makes motorcyclists tick. Geoff Crowther, from Huddersfield University, is working on a three-year project for...

Play ‘Spot dpc’ all next week

12 August 2002

Play ‘Spot dpc’ all next week

MCN’S David Cushman (or dpc, to give him his motorcyclenews.com user name) is touring the UK on his Kawasaki ZZ-R1200 from Sunday (August 18) until the following Friday (August 23). If you spot him on...

Joey TT scholarship announced

12 August 2002

Joey TT scholarship announced

A scholarship in commemoration of Joey Dunlop has just been launched for budding TT racers. It’s backed by MCN and our parent company Emap, the ACU and the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCI). The...

2002 Suzuki GSX-R600 (1)

12 August 2002

So the new GSXR 600 leans casually on its stand looking like it’s doin’ 90 standing still – maybe its the Telefonica graphics, the luminous green chequered flag on the electric blue paint or just the sharp styling of the whole package ,anyway ,whatever it is it sure does it for me and I have a feeling it would still do it if it was wearing a coat of grey primer. Most people who stop for a look...

Swansea is worst Gatso hotspot in UK

12 August 2002

Swansea is worst Gatso hotspot in UK

Spare a thought for the people of Swansea, their home town is the easiest place in the UK to lose your licence. On one single 1.2-mile stretch of road in the city’s Fforest-fach area there are an...

US Marine Corp enlist Harleys

12 August 2002

US Marine Corp enlist Harleys

Recruiters for the United States Marine Corp will receive new two-wheeled weapons to entice young men to sign up to serve their country. 16 Harley-Davidson Fat Boys have been custom painted red with...

CBR600 will get Suzuka RCV lights

12 August 2002

Honda’s RCV-inspired CBR600, revealed exclusively in MCN, will debut the firm’s new high-tech headlight design – as seen on the RCV GP bike that Mick Doohan showed off at Suzuka last week. The lights looked ready to go into production when they appeared on the RCV. They will certainly help to make the radically-restyled CBR, first shown in MCN on July 31, stand out from the crop of other new 600s...

FireBlade now tops the user reviews

12 August 2002

FireBlade now tops the user reviews

A flurry of entries overnight and into today has seen Peter Bullock’s review of his 1997 Honda FireBlade sweep past James Apps’ GSX-R600 to top our user review poll. A strong third is Stephen Badham’s...

2002 Kawasaki ZX-6R J2

12 August 2002

A 600cc sportsbike, brand new, for under £5k? In yellow? (I know, humour me). Trade-in the svs? Certainly sir, walk this way. Difficult with these legs, but thank you, I’ll have one, no test ride needed. All that took place in February this year, and in March I was the proud owner of said new ZX-6R. In truth, being a short arse, the ZX6 was the best option for my height of all the 600cc sports...

Kawasaki’s wild muscle bike revealed

12 August 2002

Kawasaki’s wild muscle bike revealed

This is the machine everyone is going to be talking about. In the latest issue of MCN, out August 14, you can see the first picture of Kawasaki’s new ZX-9-powered muscle bike. The image has been...

Spot ‘dpc’ on tour on Sunday

12 August 2002

Spot ‘dpc’ on tour on Sunday

MCN’S David Cushman (user name dpc) is touring the UK this week on his Kawasaki ZZ-R1200 long termer. Look out for his panniered-up silver bike today as he makes his way from Cambridgeshire, west on...

One in the eye for Gatsos

12 August 2002

One in the eye for Gatsos

Some people lash out on sophisticated Gatso-dodging electronica, some people just slow down for them. But one rider has come up with a method of avoiding a speeding ticket James Bond would be proud...