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Okada quits – will Edwards go it alone for Honda?

18 November 2001

SPECULATION that Castrol Honda will run just one full-factory SP-2 in WSB next season was reinforced when Tady Okada announced his retirement after finishing second in the final round of the All Japan...

Grand Prix attendance breaks records

18 November 2001

The biggest crowd at the British GP in years helped break new attendance figures for a world championship season. Official figures released by series organisers Dorna said 1,588.635 attended GPs to...

Virgin want Haydon for its R1 rides in 2002 BSB

18 November 2001

VIRGIN YAMAHA is ditching its superbike R7s to run R1s in 2002 Team boss Rob McElnea’s decision has been influenced by his No1 rider James Haydon, who conveniently tested Suzuki’s GSX-R1000 a fortnight ago at Oulton Park. You can chat live to James Haydon, Thursday November 22, at 1pm in our VIP chat room. To join in you must be a registered user and logged in to motorcyclenews.com. Go to the Talk...

Haven’t we seen you somewhere?

18 November 2001

Was that one in the middle in Abba?

NEC Supercross winners

11 November 2001

Here are the 10 winners of our NEC Supercross competition. They each get a pair of tickets to Saturday night’s event. The winners are: Richard Chown, from Beds, David Macklin, from Staffs, Keith Hopkins, from Staffs, Michael Collins, from Middlesex, Paul Sutton, from Glamorgan, Steve Boulton, from Gwent, Tim Holloway, from Berks, Jim McBain, from Wrexham, Paul Laver, from Herts and Robert Perrin,...

Watch the video part of the interview

11 November 2001

Max Biaggi answers your questions at the NEC Show. Choose from Quicktime (MOV) or Real Player (RM) downloads.

Watch Chris Brock in action

11 November 2001

Choose from Quicktime (MOV) or Real Player (RM) downloads to watch stunning stunts from the NEC Show

John Reynolds goes two-up for Children In Need

11 November 2001

John Reynolds took time out from his busy close-season schedule to take former Radio One and current Radio Northampton presenter Liz Kershaw for six high-speed laps of Rockingham circuit to raise cash...

Put a cap on it

11 November 2001

She’s mobile. We’re not guessing about the other bit.

TT rivals to battle it out in Macau

11 November 2001

Next year’s main TT contenders will go head-to-head at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in the early hours of Saturday morning (UK time). John McGuinness and David Jefferies will both be in the...

McGuinness on pole for Macau GP

11 November 2001

John McGuinness will start Saturday’s Macau Grand Prix from pole position after dominating qualifying and setting a time over three-and-a-half seconds faster than second-placed man Roger...

Haga to join Hodgson, Walker and Co in WSB

11 November 2001

Noriyuki Haga is likely to join Neil Hodgson, Chris Walker and James Toseland in WSB next season after signing a letter of intent to ride Aprilia’s RSV Mille in the 2002 championship. Haga has been...

Listen to part one of the Max interview

11 November 2001

Biaggi answers your questions. Choose from RM (Real Player) or Quicktime (MOV) downloads.

Criville on course for Yamaha GP ride

11 November 2001

Former world 500 champion Alex Criville will find out later this week if his career has been saved by a shock move to Yamaha. The Spaniard appeared to be heading for enforced retirement when he was...

Off-road riding returns to IoM

11 November 2001

Footpaths and public rights of way are being re-opened to the public for off-road riding. " We are happy for bikers to come and ride around the island, as long as they take the necessary precautions " said Manx minister for tourism and leisure David Cretney. He also confirmed that next year’s TT will be going ahead even if Foot and Mouth is still on the mainland. " There will be fences put up...

Good news for Mrs Hodgson

11 November 2001

That Neil Hodgson clearly only has eyes for his missus.

Firm and fair

11 November 2001

Pert, I believe, is the word you are looking for

Pump them up

11 November 2001

Clearly, an expert in pneumatics.

You can back Young’s 2002 effort

11 November 2001

British superstock champion Paul Young is starting a supporters club for his 2002 British superbike campaign. For £299, fans get a range of racing-related benefits including paddock passes, team...

Search for a new Eastender

11 November 2001

The Tamsin Outhwaite look-a-like competition drew some quality entries

Rain holds up Bayliss and Xaus

11 November 2001

The second day of testing for the factory Ducati team of Troy Bayliss and Ruben Xaus was severely disrupted by rain. Bayliss and Xaus were only able to do 22 and 24 laps respectively at the Valencia...

Give us a ring

11 November 2001

There’s a ringing in her ears.

Watch freestyle star in video action and win PlayStation 2 games

11 November 2001

If you’ve already been to the NEC Show, here’s your chance to relive the awe-packed moments when you saw Freestyle supercross star Chris Brock in action. If you haven’t been, watch it and you’ll...

McWilliams and Haslam in line for Team Roberts

11 November 2001

British riders Jeremy McWilliams and Leon Haslam are the among the contenders to land a ride in Kenny Roberts’ Banbury-based Proton GP squad next season. McWilliams is a free agent following the late...

Battered Bayliss cracks lap record in Valencia test

11 November 2001

After six weeks of recuperation from a broken collarbone, World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss got straight back into the swing of it on Tuesday by racking up 77 laps and knocking 0.5s of the...

A novel experience

11 November 2001

Finally, something had put her in the shade

What to expect from Hodgson’s new book

11 November 2001

Neil Hodgson’s new book went on sale on Friday. Back On Track is his own review of his WSB season, filled with real insight into life as a top-ranking international racer. He doesn’t hold back, even...

Ducati team boss injured on eve of first tests

11 November 2001

Ducati factory team boss David Tardozzi will be forced to miss the first proper test of the 2002 Ducati 998R this week, after breaking his leg in a car crash. Tardozzi, a former racer and the man who...

Exclusive video and audio interview with Max Biaggi

11 November 2001

While at the NEC Show, we hooked up with GP superstar Max Biaggi for this exclusive video and audio interview, based on the questions you wanted to ask. Your e-mailed in questions were added to our...

McGuinness rules in Macau

11 November 2001

JOHN MCGUINNESS upheld his reputation as the coming man of the road racing scene with a dominant display in the Macau Grand Prix. Riding a 180bhp Honda FireBlade originally built for this year’s...

Honda loses race to get V5 to NEC Show

11 November 2001

Honda’s hopes of putting the 2002 V5 race bike on display at the NEC Show have been dashed by red tape. It had hoped to get the RC211V, which will be its four-stroke entry on next year’s GP grid, to...

GP four-strokes won’t test together until February

11 November 2001

Honda and Yamaha won’t go head-to-head against each other with their new four-stroke GP bikes until the middle of February. So far the Japanese factories have kept tests of the RCV and YZR-M1 separate...

Listen to part two of the Max interview

11 November 2001

Max Biaggi answers your questions. Choose from RM (Real Player) or MOV (Quicktime) downloads.

Could you be our next GP star?

11 November 2001

Entries close on Thursday for a Pop Idol-style competition designed to find two GP stars of tomorrow. So if you can ride and are aged between 14 and 18 (or know someone who is) read on and be prepared...

Show us your belly

04 November 2001

She was keen to show us her piercings…

Walker claims creditable ninth in Sugo

04 November 2001

Chris Walker wasn’t expecting to win at Sugo on Sunday in his first competitive ride for Kawasaki – but ninth place against some of the best bikes and riders in the world felt almost as good. For the...