2002

McCoy faces race to be fit

18 February 2002

TOP GP rider Garry McCoy has been flown by private plane to Austria for a specialist assessment on a double break of his right leg. The Red Bull Yamaha 500 rider was airlifted from Estoril in Portugal...

Criville: I’ll be back… I hope

18 February 2002

Former world 500 champion Alex Criville’s ” retirement ” will be short-lived, if he can win his battle against fainting fits. Criville revealed his decision to pull out for at least six months, on...

Davies, 15, makes GP test debut

18 February 2002

Chaz Davies clocked the 29th fastest time on day one of the 125cc IRTA tests at Valencia, which conclude on Tuesday. British schoolboy Davies, 15, only completed 27 laps but managed a respectable time...

Walker’s face paralysed by illness

18 February 2002

Chris Walker has partial paralysis of the face caused by a disease known as Bell’s Palsy. One of his eyes doesn’t blink, he can’t move his lips or swallow properly. He’s having to wear a patch over...

Dim view

18 February 2002

If she took the shades off you’d know where she was looking

Harada crashes in testing

18 February 2002

Honda rider Tetsuya Harada’s 2002 world championship preparations have suffered a massive blow after he highsided his NSR500 and broke a collarbone in tests at Estoril. The former world 250 champion...

On a pedestal

18 February 2002

We can see right up your nose

Details of Ducati GP bike emerge

18 February 2002

Details of Ducati’s GP V4 four-stroke are emerging and there is now confirmation that a road bike based on it " is in the plans " . First pictures of the race bike are expected to emerge in three to four weeks. They will show a Ducati unlike any other. The bike is currently being wind-tunnel tested to ensure optimum efficiency. It will have a long nose, a minimalist five-tube trellis frame and be...

So which company do you work for?

18 February 2002

” And this is Keiko from…erm….nope, sorry, who was it again? ”

Please stand up

18 February 2002

The REAL Slim Shady?

Dobb sees off Pichon and Everts at Hawkstone

18 February 2002

World 125cc motocross champion Jamie Dobb dealt his rivals the first psychological blow of the season when he took his brand new KTM 250 to victory in all three of his races at the Hawkstone Park...

Roberts’ test feedback inspires next XRE0

11 February 2002

Suzuki is already working on the next generation of its XRE0 four-stroke engine based on feedback from Kenny Roberts and Sete Gibernau current winter testing at the Eastern Creek circuit in...

Suzuki & Kawasaki four-strokes have it all to do

11 February 2002

SUZUKI and Kawasaki look to have their work cut out to catch Valentino Rossi and the Honda V5 this season… or the next. All three factories tested at Sepang last week, and while Rossi and the RCV were...

The bottom line

11 February 2002

You know where to come…

Plastic coated

11 February 2002

She was always good at the Rowntrees pastel challenge

Is that a bin bag she’s wearing

11 February 2002

Rubber wear or plastic bag?

Vuillemin pips RC for supercross win

11 February 2002

DAVID VUILLEMIN stretched his points lead in the U.S. 250 supercross championship after passing Ricky Carmichael on the last lap in the final at the RCA Dome, Indianapolis. It was the Frenchman’s...

£10m Rossi THREE seconds under lap record

11 February 2002

VALENTINO ROSSI and the new Honda RCV four-stroke have gone an incredible THREE SECONDS faster than lap record pace in tests at Sepang, Malaysia. The reigning world champ’s unprecedented performance...

Ray Stringer web chat: full transcript added

11 February 2002

Technical expert and boss of not one, but two British Superbike teams next year, Ray Stringer joined motorcyclenews.com users for a live webchat this on Thursday February 14. In between solving your...

Chat live with Neil Hodgson

11 February 2002

WSB star Neil Hodgson will be in our VIP Lounge for a live web chat on Friday, February 22. The session will be held in the afternoon, as soon as he’s finished his first day of WSB testing at...

Criville announces retirement

11 February 2002

Former world 500 champion Alex Criville is retiring from racing. Criville, who became Spain’s first world 500 champion in 1999, was expected to hold a press conference during the second day of the...

Sorry to disappoint

11 February 2002

Less Swedish porn than Swedish pop

Be her valentine?

11 February 2002

Stop staring at her, and start dialling Interflora you fool!

Ride the TT without tears

11 February 2002

The most accurate bike racing simulation of the TT ever is being promised by games maker Jester Interactive. It is being developed for the PlayStation 2 and will include every bump and ripple of the...

Modelling the new range

11 February 2002

Available from your Littlewoods catalogue…

Ray Stringer: In his own words

11 February 2002

R1basher: Hi Ray, I’m gonna be club racing a ’98 Blade in the open class…obviously I’m gonna be down on power against R1’s. The engine is currently standard, what sort of power do you think is achievable? RayStringer: Well basically it depends on how much money you want to spend. The best value for money is a good quality exhaust pipe, a set of flat-slides and an airbox. Gsxer400: What does it...