February

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...

Belly nice

04 February 2002

If you press that button, does it turn her on?

She sucks

04 February 2002

What do you think the Chupa Chups girls offer their riders?

Rutter Webchat: full transcript added

04 February 2002

Michael Rutter says he won’t be able to ride in the TT because of the Snetterton BSB, TT clash. ” I don’t know who, but there is someone in the wrong, ” he said. Rutter won’t be able to ride because...

Ducati reveals plan for V4 engine

04 February 2002

Ducati has broken with its V-twin tradition with its proposed GP engine: It’s going to be a V4. And while company bosses were giving little away when they released the news at 3pm CET on February 4,...

Nods as good…

04 February 2002

She was strangely amused by the constant poking of her one good eye

Moodie back in the saddle

04 February 2002

It’s been more than a year, but Jim Moodie has finally returned to full-on riding action in preparation for the World Supersport season. He has been out of action recovering from a badly smashed...

R1 makes its BSB test debut

04 February 2002

Yamaha’s BSB R1 made its track debut at the Almeria circuit in Spain on Wednesday. Steve Plater completed over 100 laps of the 2.5-mile track in the cool and windy conditions and declared that the...

First Hodgson column of 2002

04 February 2002

MCN has again signed up top British rider Neil Hodgson to write a regular column for us throughout the new World Superbike season. In the first instalment of 2002, Neil gives you a behind the scenes...

First pictures: Kawasaki’s GP four-stroke

04 February 2002

KAWASAKI’S new four-stroke GP bike has tested at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia – and this early prototype is said to have a lot in common with the firm’s ZX-7R superbike. Underneath the fairing is a...

Do you measure up?

04 February 2002

Not sure what she’s describing… probably the last fish she caught

MZ unveils ‘250bhp’ V4 GP bike

04 February 2002

THESE are the first pictures of MZ’s contender for the new four-stroke MotoGP series. At the bike’s launch in Leipzig, Germany, the firm announced that a version of the bike’s 250bhp, 90-degree V4...

They must work out

04 February 2002

That’s a fine six-pack you ladies share…

Parrish quits truck racing, Rymer takes over

04 February 2002

Steve Parrish has retired from European Truck Racing. The former GP racer won five European and five British Championships during his 17 years with Atkins Racing. Parrish, 47, said, ” It will only...

Michael Rutter: In his own words

04 February 2002

Monkeyman2000: What’s the new bike like? MichaelRutter: You know, fantastic, to be honest with you. So smooth and easy to ride to be honest with you. Any gear you want to be in, it just pulls like a train monkeyman2000: Do you think it’s a gamble riding for a new team? MichaelRutter: No, not really, because sometimes when you’ve got a new team, some teams are stuck in their ways sometimes, and a...