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Schwantz returns to racing

18 March 2003

Kevin Schwantz is returning to full time professional racing with the launch of the AMA Red Bull Supermoto championship. The 1993 500 GP champion retired from professional racing in 1995 with an...

Harris tops British Supersport times

18 March 2003

Karl Harris hammered out a warning to his British Supersport rivals after topping the supersport times at Donington on his new Honda CBR600RR. He was a second inside the lap record and beat the best...

BSB riders test at Valencia

11 March 2003

British Superbike riders have been using the Valencia test to make last minute alterations to their bikes before the first round at Silverstone on March 30. Steve Hislop spent the three days making...

Waldmann quits WCM

11 March 2003

Ralf Waldmann has quit the Harris WCM MotoGP team saying it is too late in his career for him to make the move from two-stroke to four-stroke bikes. The German rider rode the bike for the first time...

Heckles waits for WSB in British Supersport

11 March 2003

Mark Heckles has decided to compete in the first four rounds of the British Supersport championship, after Rumi Honda failed to raise enough money for him to compete in the opening rounds of World...

Stripped and special

11 March 2003

The bike is pretty trick as well.

The future’s so bright

11 March 2003

The future’s so bright, Yukio’s gotta wear shades.

Rossi pays tribute to Sheene

11 March 2003

Valentino Rossi led the tributes to the late Barry Sheene at the IRTA MotoGP test on Sunday with a specially commissioned helmet design. The reigning MotoGP champion took the opportunity to make two...

Strike a pose

11 March 2003

The ringleaders of the brolly babe gang have been caught on film at last

Pretty in pink…

11 March 2003

Pretty in Pink… and pretty much any other colour you can think of.

Melandri Struggles, Checa goes fastest

11 March 2003

Ducati brought four Desmmosedici’s to Catalunya yesterday, March 13, to join the Honda Pons, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Proton, and WCM teams at the circuit for a packed session ahead of the official...

God bless America

11 March 2003

Time to give the US credit, where credit is due… Great bikinis.

From West to West

11 March 2003

No-one noticed there were two Wests, and no North, South or East

Capirossi hits 204mph on Ducati GP bike

11 March 2003

Loris Capirossi clocked a record-setting 203.9mph and set the fastest lap at the weekends IRTA tests in Catalunya. For a full report on the weekend’s activity, see this week’s issue of MCN, out March...

Valencia MotoGP tests

11 March 2003

Both Suzuki and Honda Pons had to cut short their test sessions at Valencia after rain kept them in the garage. But the weather cleared this week allowing the 250 and 125 bikes to take to the...

Sword and Crockard share spoils

11 March 2003

Gordon Crockard and Stephen Sword won their respective classes at the opening round of the British Motocross Championship on Sunday (March 16) The first round took place at Canada Heights in Kent,...

Kagayama on WSB front-row pace

11 March 2003

John Reynolds and Yukio Kagayama completed the latest test of their new GSX-R1000s at Valencia over the weekend, with the two riders setting times that would have placed them on the front row of the...

Stop hiding behind her

11 March 2003

When two brolly babes merge, can they transform into one ‘superbabe’?

Ladies in red

04 March 2003

Quite literally, cheek to cheek

Proton V5 not ready for Catalunya

04 March 2003

Jeremy McWilliams and Nobuatsu Aoki are likely to be testing on their old 500cc two-stroke machines at the Moto GP Winter Test in Catalunya. The Proton 990cc V5 four stroke is so far behind in its...

Suzuka revamped for MotoGP test

04 March 2003

Suzuka, one of the two MotoGP circuits in Japan, has been altered with a new tighter corner and additional chicane. The changes at ‘130R’ corner and ‘Casio Triangle’ chicane are designed to improve...

Feel free to try it…

04 March 2003

We don’t think Jeremy McWilliams will mind having MCN girls clambering over his machine.

Marks out of two…

04 March 2003

She deserves an award just for turning up and looking good.

Honda take top three at Daytona 200

04 March 2003

Honda riders filled the podium at the Daytona 200 race on Monday, March 10. The race was postponed from Sunday, when Daytona was blighted by torrential rain. Miguel DuHamel won the race on his Honda...

Max knows something she doesn’t

04 March 2003

Just why does Max have that quizzical expression?

The cat that got the cream?

04 March 2003

Maybe a catwoman/brolly girl is a good luck omen?

Happiness…

04 March 2003

It isn’t all fun on the GP grid you know.

Double double for Fila Ducati

01 March 2003

The second race at Valencia quickly fell in to the pattern set by the first with factory Ducati 999 riders Neil Hodgson and Ruben Xaus leading HM Plant Ducati 998 riders James Toseland and Chris...

British Motocross GP cancelled

01 March 2003

Dorna, the FIM-appointed promoter of the Motocross GP, has announced that it is axing the 2003 British Motocross GP at Rushmoor Arena because event promoter Andy Nicholls has failed to meet the...

Back to basics

01 March 2003

All the basics are here. Take one attractive woman, one motorbike, and enjoy.

Fila Ducati 1-2 in Race 1

01 March 2003

Neil Hodgson and Ruben Xaus dominated the first race of the WSB season taking their Ducati 999’s to first and second place. Hodgson with a total time of 36:56.205 and Xaus four seconds behind at...

Hodgson on pole

01 March 2003

Neil Hodgson managed to better his qualifying time to get the pole position for tomorrow’s two races despite the blustery wind. Hodgson beat former team-mate James Toseland by 0.566 seconds and was...

Hodgson in line for pole position

01 March 2003

The second qualifying session has finished at Round 1 of World Superbikes in Valencia, with Neil Hodgson retaining the top spot. Hodgson only managed to come in 0.210 seconds under his Friday best...

Carmichael takes sixth AMA win of the season

01 March 2003

Honda’s Ricky Carmichael continued his winning streak with his sixth AMA 250cc Supercross victory of the year at Saturday’s round in Indianapolis. He led the race from the first lap and claimed an...