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Make up your own

02 December 2001

Ladies holding helmets. Make your own jokes up.

2002 Kawasaki KX125 and 250 tested

02 December 2001

IN recent years Kawasaki’s machinery and Ricky Carmichael’s brilliance have produced some inspiring results in the blue riband US motocross and supercrosss series. RC won three straight AMA 125...

If only all Hondas came as well upholstered

02 December 2001

One VFR with all the right equipment…

The paper ball challenge

02 December 2001

The ladies were convinced their rivals in the inter-stand NEC Show paperball fight couldn’t hit a cow’s butt with a banjo.

2002 KX250 Key features and changes

02 December 2001

Engine: Reshaped porting for more power throughout the rev range and better over-rev power; New two-piece power valve with increased valve width, and new spring and lever shape for better sealing and increased mid-range power; Piston skirt lengthened for better exhaust-port sealing; Connecting rod redesigned to allow more oil into the big-end bearing for improved durability and with smoother...

Full transcript of webchat with Suzuki GP boss

02 December 2001

Suzuki GP boss Garry Taylor took the time to join us for a live webchat on Thursday November 29. In it, he revealed that he only applied for the job thinking it was a Formula One team, that he thinks...

Getting to grips

01 December 2001

These ladies guarantee a gripping encounter.

Crockford sticks with Suzuki superstock for 2002

25 November 2001

JOHN CROCKFORD will continue to lead Suzuki’s superstock challenge after signing up with the Roundstone squad for 2002. The Southampton-based rider, third in last year’s series, had hoped to return to...

Looks like we’re in trouble

25 November 2001

What time do you call this then?

Team work

25 November 2001

Suzuki’s lovelies… and we don’t mean the GSX-R range

Here’s some we made earlier

25 November 2001

It’s amazing what you can do with some old fishnets

Take a shine to her

25 November 2001

A can of Mr Sheen and a duster could keep you happy for hours

The background to Petronas

25 November 2001

PETRONAS is one of the biggest names to join WSB since the championship started in 1988. It was formed in 1974 as the national petroleum company of Malaysia and having established itself in the...

Lavilla is sole factory Suzuki in World Superbikes

25 November 2001

The team will continue to compete in the Superbike and Supersport series as a factory supported team, but with a slight change in personnel. Japanese rider Katsuyaki Fujiwara will continue in the...

Katoh and two-stroke NSR blast back at Jerez

25 November 2001

DAIJIRO KATOH blew away the myth that the four-strokes will blitz old two-stroke 500s with an awesome performance at Honda’s test yesterday in Jerez. With only his second appearance on the works NSR...

Rossi smashes Jerez lap record in first four stroke test

25 November 2001

VALENTINO ROSSI’S first serious test on Honda’s new V5 four-stroke GP at Jerez saw him demolish his own lap record by over half a second. Rossi completed 46 laps on his RCV on the first day of the...

The Foggy/Petronas road bike is coming

25 November 2001

CARL FOGARTY road bike will be in our showrooms later next year after the four-times World Superbike champion announced one of the biggest deals in British motorcycle history last week. He has signed...

Video exclusive: Rossi tests 2002 GP bike

25 November 2001

Click on the link on the right for our unmissable video exclusive of Valentino Rossi as he gets to grips with his new RCV four stroke around the Jerez circuit in Spain. At this test Rossi sliced over...

Ellison set for Kawasaki Supersport ride

25 November 2001

European superstock champion James Ellison is likely to race alongside Andrew Pitt in Kawasaki’s 2002 World Supersport team. The 20-year-old from Cumbria has won the superstock title for the past two...

Exclusive: Foggy, "This deal is a gamble – but it’ll pay off"

25 November 2001

IN an exclusive chat with MCN Carl Fogarty has admitted that his WSB deal is risky, but he reckons it will pay off. With the preliminary stages already well under way, Foggy believes with his name and...

All white on the night

25 November 2001

Kind of like a Guinness, only upside down

First pictures of the Suzuki XREO GP bike

18 November 2001

SUZUKI’S all-new GP four-stroke will be a surprise entrant to the new-look 2002 world championship series. The Japanese factory initially said it would use 2002 as a development year for the bike code...

Dobb cleans up in NEC Supercross

18 November 2001

Jamie Dobb made a World champion’s return to racing by winning the Pro Open class of the MCN-backed UKSX supercross at the NEC Arena on Saturday night. Dobb might have been sidelined from racing with...

She had to improvise

18 November 2001

It’s amazing what you can do with a couple of handkerchiefs

Kiss my glass

18 November 2001

Only this damned screen separates them from you

Smmmmoking!

18 November 2001

And they say smoking is bad for you…

Reynolds moves to Suzuki

18 November 2001

John Reynolds has rocked the British Superbike paddock by sensationally dumping Red Bull Ducati for a move to Paul Denning’s Crescent Suzuki squad with a ride alongside fellow reigning British...

Do the locomotive

18 November 2001

Look… they’re going like a train…

Rossi and Bayliss collide

18 November 2001

World champions Troy Bayliss and Valentino Rossi will race head-to-head on equal machinery for the first time next month although sadly it will be on four wheels and not two. World Superbike champ...

Think lubricants

18 November 2001

The Castrol girls look slick

World exclusive: Foggy / Petronas deal sealed

18 November 2001

It’s official. The lid on Foggy’s top secret plans has been lifted with the four-times World Superbike champion announcing “a once in a lifetime opportunity ” with Petronas. Foggy has agreed an...

James Haydon aproaches final decision

18 November 2001

James Haydon was in Geneva at the weekend – looking at a race-spec R1 similar to the one Yamaha boss Rob McElnea wants him to ride in next season’s British Superbike championship. He visited Yamaha’s...

Down in the mouth

18 November 2001

The gift of giant earrings did nothing to lift her mood

Haslam forced to 250s

18 November 2001

LEON HASLAM is expected to confirm this week that he will ride in next year’s world 250 championship. The 18-year-old British rider has been forced to drop into 250s after he couldn’t secure a ride in the 500 class. After an up and down rookie season in the world 500 championship, he looked like he would be retained by the Shell Advance Honda squad to ride a production Honda NSR V-twin. That...

Foggy and Ducati split

18 November 2001

FOUR-TIMES World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty officially split from Ducati today. And he’s now expected to be installed as the man to spearhead Sauber’s surprise World Superbike effort in 2002. Ducati announced this afternoon that they have decided to end their long-standing relationship with the British legend, who is currently still recovering from a broken leg he suffered while testing a CCM...

Hislop rejects Sauber WSB offer

18 November 2001

STEVE HISLOP has turned down an offer to ride Sauber’s triple in WSB next year – though Carl Fogarty is likely to be involved. The Scot wants to concentrate on winning the British title that evaded...