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Sort your CBR Sport’s suspension

06 May 2002

Sort your CBR Sport’s suspension

Honda’s CBR600 Sport has a better engine than chassis – if you stick to the standard fork and shock adjustment settings. It isn’t until you spend a day dialling in your suspension that a good bike...

Ride a new Blade with Honda Chiswick

06 May 2002

Ride a new Blade with Honda Chiswick

Honda Chiswick is throwing its doors open to a complete riding weekend. You can join them on May 18-19 for rideouts on the latest bikes, meet the delicious TV-type Vicki Butler-Henderson, blow some...

Aprilia Tuono first ride

06 May 2002

Aprilia Tuono first ride

MCN has been lucky enough to get the inside line on what the new Aprilia Tuono is like to ride – ahead of its official launch. For the full story on the new Tuono and what it’s like to ride you can...

What’s Britain’s most stopped bike?

06 May 2002

What’s Britain’s most stopped bike?

Most of us have been pulled over for a chat with the boys in blue at some point in our lives. But we’d like to know which bikes get stopped the most. Is it GSX-R riders? Or perhaps it’s BMW owners?...

Harley bash faces axe

06 May 2002

Harley bash faces axe

Celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of Harley-Davidson are under threat following the gang killings that hit last month’s River Run rally in Nevada. Officials in Old Bridge, New Jersey, are...

Couriers bottom of the love list

06 May 2002

Couriers bottom of the love list

Sorry lades, but if you’re an unattached courier and you’re looking for Miss Right, you might want to consider a change of career. Website www.fish4jobs.com surveyed 500 women to find the most and...

‘Rocketman’ targets 322mph

06 May 2002

‘Rocketman’ targets 322mph

It’s been a long, long time but Richard ” Rocketman ” Brown is set to bring the motorcycle speed record back to Britain. The record, set by American Dave Campos, of 322mph has stood for 12 years but...

Britain’s potholes "getting worse"

01 May 2002

Britain’s potholes "getting worse"

According to a new report by the Institution of Civil Engineers the backlog of road repairs is bad – and getting worse. The survey estimates it will cost £7.4billion to clear the backlog – the...

Triumph’s TT600R spied

01 May 2002

Triumph’s TT600R spied

Caught on camera: Triumph’s new TT600R, and you can tell the factory test-rider’s not very happy about it. You can see all the pictures and read the details on Triumph’s new TT600R in the latest issue...

Scottish protest details

01 May 2002

Scottish protest details

Organiser Gary Thompson has sent MCN the final details of Saturday’s Scottish protest ride: We have a two- bike police escort all the way in. The Evening News should be running a story tomorrow which...

Lost: two £30,000 KTMs

01 May 2002

Lost: two £30,000 KTMs

Ever spent a relaxing day on the beach only to find at the end of the day you’ve lost a few quid or your keys in the sand? Well spare a thought for KTM, which mislaid two £30,000 rally bikes in the...

Honda goes it alone

01 May 2002

Honda goes it alone

Honda has revealed a five-year plan to take its bikes out of showrooms which sell its rivals’ bikes alongside its own and put them into Honda-only dealers instead. The Japanese giant has devised the...

Make your voice heard

01 May 2002

Make your voice heard

Saturday May 4 will see thousands of riders from England and Scotland descend on their respective Parliaments to protest at proposed anti-biker legislation. We’ve had the final updates from the...

Riding the Motopower Firehawk

01 May 2002

I am sat at the lights. They’re on red and everyone’s getting twitchy. I slip the Honda into first, holding the revs at 7000rpm. Red and amber then green and I’m feeding out the clutch, the front wheel swinging left and right, pulling just inches from the ground. The revs climb, the quickshifter allows me to snick up to second without backing off and I’m charging for the first corner, Laser full...

Buell to launch Bolt-based tourer

01 May 2002

Buell to launch Bolt-based tourer

Buell will launch a touring version of its revolutionary Firebolt sports bike later this summer. You can read the full story on the new Buell tourers in the latest issue of MCN, but here’s our first...

800 bikes for you to try free

01 May 2002

800 bikes for you to try free

You should have no problem getting a test ride at Britain’s biggest dealer chain after it revealed a fleet of over 800 demo bikes. For more details on how you can grab yourself a test ride don’t miss...

Biking’s room 101

01 May 2002

Biking’s room 101

George Orwell had some cracking ideas. One was a cell where you faced your worst nightmares. Room 101 was a place of torture central to his novel 1984. The BBC picked the idea up and ran with it for a...

Live BSB to continue on ITV Digital

01 May 2002

Live BSB to continue on ITV Digital

BSB bosses have announced that live BSB coverage will continue on ITV Digital – at least for the short term. In a statement released Friday, May 1 British Motorsport Promoters (BMP) said; ” ITV Sport...

Voxan on verge of saying ‘au revoir’

01 May 2002

Voxan on verge of saying ‘au revoir’

The future for French manufacturer Voxan is looking increasingly bleak after the failure of a takeover bid. For the full story on the collapse of the Voxan deal don’t miss the latest issue of MCN, out...

Alligator bites back

01 May 2002

Alligator bites back

Twenty six years after the idea first raised its head, a radical sportsbike is about to go into production. For the full story on the new Alligator, don’t miss the latest issue of MCN, out May 1. The...

Win a customised Arashi lid worth over £1000

01 May 2002

Win a customised Arashi lid worth over £1000

Win an Arashi crash helmet painted to your own design worth over £1000 in our new competition. And second place will get another lid from the existing Arashi range worth up to £200 with 10 runners up...

We want your modified bikes

01 May 2002

We want your modified bikes

Have you given your bike a makeover and knocked years off its looks – then tell us about how you did it.We’re looking for owners who have modified their bikes with new bodywork, seat units, anything...

Catch Hodgson and Toseland at Infinity

01 May 2002

Catch Hodgson and Toseland at Infinity

You can catch up with British WSB heroes Neil Hodgson and James Toseland at Infinity Motorcycles in York, Saturday May 4. The HM Plant Ducati team-mates will be there signing T-shirts and meeting...

Bike awareness campaign launches tonight

01 May 2002

Bike awareness campaign launches tonight

A shocking new advertising campaign gets under way tonight aimed at raising motorists awareness of motorcyclists and scooter riders. If you don’t want to wait until tonight, you can download a Real...

TT travel information

29 April 2002

TT travel information

This year’s TT promises to be a belter. Race entries are amongst the highest for years and there’s an awful lot of partying to do to make up for last year’s disappointment. Ferry places are available...

BMW enters GP race

29 April 2002

BMW enters GP race

This is the bike that will change the way you think about BMWs. It is a totally new three-cylinder four-stroke designed to compete in GPs. You can get the full story on the new BMW GP bike in MCN, out...

Make our voice heard

29 April 2002

Make our voice heard

Protest organiser Christopher Coleman has sent us his final update before the planned May 4 protest ride to Westminster. Over 4000 bikes are expected to descend on the capital to protest about planned...

Speed trap cops a parking fine

29 April 2002

Speed trap cops a parking fine

There is justice after all. An unnamed Welsh policeman has been booked for parking illegally as he sat in a van trying to catch speeding motorists. The constable from Gwent Police was on duty in Cwm,...

Get a company bike on Gordon

29 April 2002

Get a company bike on Gordon

The Chancellor’s not exactly know for his generosity. But thanks to the Prudent One hundreds of company car drivers are taking advantage of a change in the tax laws to grab themselves a great bike.

Give us a sign

29 April 2002

Give us a sign

You’re belting along when a rider coming the other way flashes his lights. Is he simply saying ” Hello ” or is he trying to tell you there’s a speed trap ahead? We’d like to establish a common sign...

May 4 is protest day in Scotland, too

29 April 2002

May 4 is protest day in Scotland, too

The protest ride to Westminster on May 4 will be matched by a similar protest north of the Border, too as Scottish riders lobby their Parliament against proposed anti-biker legislation. Organiser Gary...

Join our ultimate road test

29 April 2002

Join our ultimate road test

In the new issue of MCN, out Wednesday, May 1, we’re launching the biggest ever road test of bikes, bolt-ons and kit, and we want you to take part in it. We’ll be bringing you our weekly updates on...

Three die in biker shootout

29 April 2002

Over 200 bikers are being questioned by police in Nevada, USA after a shootout in a casino between rival biker gangs left three dead and 16 injured over the weekend. The gunfight erupted on Saturday night after an argument broke out in the Harrah’s resort. Gamblers ran for cover as around 70 members of the Hell’s Angels and Mongol gangs fought with pistols and knives. Within minutes more than a...

You’re our pillion in a million winner

22 April 2002

You’re our pillion in a million winner

Thanks you for your entries to our pillion in a million ride competition. Congratulations to Neil Summers from Liverpool, he’s won a pillion ride with with Randy Mamola at this weekend’s Boxer Cup...

We want to be together

22 April 2002

We want to be together

Is this what’s meant by close control riding?

Kawasaki’s ZZ-R1200 takes on its rivals

22 April 2002

Kawasaki’s ZZ-R1200 takes on its rivals

In the new MCN, out Wednesday April 24, we’ve taken some of the world’s fastest tourers and pitched them against Kawasaki’s blistering new ZZ-R1200. It went head-to-head with Yamaha’s belting FJR1300,...