2004

Make a date with racey babes

Make a date with racey babes

The FREE brolly babe calendar you’ll find with MCN, out on Wednesday, April 7, will not only bring pleasure to your eyes, it’ll also mean you won’t miss a major race all year. The eight-page pull-out...

It’s got to be the shades…

It’s got to be the shades…

All the ladies love a man in Top Gun shades…

You could look happy to see us…

You could look happy to see us…

You think she’d be happier to have us around….

She’s still there…

She’s still there…

We thought you might one last look at her…

Roberts second quickest… behind Rossi

Roberts second quickest… behind Rossi

Defending world champion Valentino Rossi set the fastest time in rain-interrupted official MotoGP tests at Jerez on Wednesday (March 31). His domination on his new Yamaha comes after setting the...

BBC to show MotoGP live until 2009

BBC to show MotoGP live until 2009

The BBC has announced a new five-year contract to show MotoGP and this year it will show 12 of the 16 races live. The corporation says all rounds will be shown in full whether live or not. The...

Biaggi tops final rain-ruined tests

Biaggi tops final rain-ruined tests

Max Biaggi would normally have been delighted. But being top gun on the final day of these official MotoGP tests could hardly be considered setting the benchmark. Rain ruined the Thursday testing at...

Record crowd watches MCN-backed supermoto

Record crowd watches MCN-backed supermoto

Karting North East, near Sunderland, saw its biggest ever spectator crowd watch the finest supermoto riders in the country do battle for vital championship points and the biggest prize fund in the...

Hang on, where’s the bike

Hang on, where’s the bike

The season might have started but there’s no bike on the grid…

Catching 40 winks

Catching 40 winks

As the saying goes; ” Let sleeping brolly babes lie ”

Rose-tinted glasses

Rose-tinted glasses

Everything looks nicer in her rose-tinted glasses…

Bennetts Babe gets thoughtful

Bennetts Babe gets thoughtful

So this is what a Bennetts babe looks like on her day off…

How to make some babes happy…

How to make some babes happy…

The brolly babes always cheer up when they can wave goodbye to the MCN team…

Name your daughter after your bike

Name your daughter after your bike

British superbike star Yukio Kagayama is being urged to name his daughter after the Suzuki he races. On Saturday (April 3) we revealed how Kagayama’s wife had given birth to his second daughter and...

Things are looking up…

Things are looking up…

Things are definitely looking up for our photographers…

Name Kagayama’s new daughter

Name Kagayama’s new daughter

British superbike star Yukio Kagayama has become a father for the second time. Which is all very nice… trouble is the Japanese Suzuki rider and wife Kiyomi can’t think of a name. “Already my daughter...

Watch those hands...

Watch those hands...

Brolly girls always have to be on the lookout for wandering hands, but they don’t normally have to keep an eye on each other…

Haga tries to stay focused

Haga tries to stay focused

It’s hard to keep your concentration when there are brolly babes about.

Ticket to ride?

Ticket to ride?

She hasn’t got a ticket to ride, but she don’t care…

Reynolds wins Silverstone race two

Reynolds wins Silverstone race two

John Reynolds has added another win to his career total with victory in the second race at the Silverstone round of the British Superbike championship. Reynolds finished ahead of the HM Plant Honda...

Oi! Over here…

Oi! Over here…

She tried to ignore us, but we didn’t give up….

It must be the hat

It must be the hat

It’s got to be the hat. The ladies love the hat.

Laconi and McCoy share wins in Australia

Laconi and McCoy share wins in Australia

Regis Laconi and Garry McCoy shared one victory each at the second round of the World Superbike championship today, Sunday March 28. The first race was initially led by Britain’s Leon Haslam, but...

Sign up for MotoGP text alerts

Sign up for MotoGP text alerts

Keep up to date with the latest MotoGP tests, qualifying and race results with our new mobile phone text service from MCN. To subscribe to this great-value service just text MCN MOTOGP to...

MotoGP prepares for test showdown

MotoGP prepares for test showdown

MotoGP teams will go head-to-head on Friday (March 26) at the start of a three-day test at the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona, Spain. It’s the first real chance for all the teams to compare progress...

Rutter wins season opener

Rutter wins season opener

Michael Rutter has won the first race of the 2004 BSB season, with team-mate Ryuichi Kiyonari taking second for the HM Plant Honda team. Rutter started from pole at the Silverstone track and managed...

You could be a winner at Silverstone

You could be a winner at Silverstone

Visit this weekend’s MCN-backed opening British superbikes round at Silverstone and you could get your picture taken with some of the lycra-clad girls from the MCN Babe Squad. They will be seeking you...

Quit staring at us!

Quit staring at us!

Wherever you go in the room, their eyes seem to follow you….

Toseland confident despite poor Oz record

Toseland confident despite poor Oz record

James Toseland is feeling confident for this weekend’s Phillip Island WSB round – despite crashing at the Australian circuit in pre-season testing. The 23-year-old Brit, who leads the WSB title fight...

Laconi leads Oz first qualifying

Laconi leads Oz first qualifying

Regis Laconi heads the timesheets after first qualifying at Phillip Island in Australia on Friday, March 26. The Frenchman has returned to form after a disappointing opening round of the series by...

When brolly babes attack…

When brolly babes attack…

Why is she trying to Karate chop Regis Laconi?

Rossi fastest in first shoot-out

Rossi fastest in first shoot-out

Valentino Rossi showed the rest have still got it all to do when he set the fastest time at the MotoGP test at Catalunya at the weekend. Rivals had hoped his switch from the all-conquering Honda to...

Looking shady

Looking shady

Cool shades are an important part of the brolly babe wardrobe.

Murray Walker's History of the TT: The Island race

Murray Walker's History of the TT: The Island race

If you that didn’t happen to listen to BBC Radio 4 on Saturday night (March 20), you’ll have missed an hour long programme on the history of the Isle of Man TT, narrated by Murray Walker. But thanks...

What should I write?

Here are some examples of the key points you should consider when writing… To: Alun Michael MP Trail riding is a legitimate activity for many people who care for the countryside and others who use it. Legislation that restricts their legitimate interest to satisfy the selfish anxieties of organisations that wish to make the countryside more exclusive is not acceptable. Almost every road in the UK...

Superbike stars tackle supermoto’s best

Superbike stars tackle supermoto’s best

The eight round, MCN-backed British Supermoto Championship ignites this weekend at Lydd International Raceway on the Kent coast with superbike star James Haydon on a Bracken KTM in both the 450 and...