2004
Need a bigger brolly?
08 December 2004
Either this young lady is rather petite, or Kawasaki are going for the record for the biggest umbrella in the world…
Carmichael rules US SX
08 December 2004
Ricky Carmichael has continued a dominant start to the THQ World Supercross Grand Prix Series with a second consecutive win at the second round in Vancouver. Carmichael made the best of a tricky...
Hodgson to use Dunlops
08 December 2004
Neil Hodgson’s new team, Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin, has decided to ditch the Michelin tyres it ran with in the American superbike series in 2004 and move to using Dunlops for the next two years. ...
Good start to the week
08 December 2004
What better way to start your week than with two lovely young ladies…
She's a battle-axe?
01 December 2004
We’ve heard some gentlemen describe their wives as battleaxes, but it seems a little unkind to make her wear the name as a tattoo…
DVD extras?
01 December 2004
When we see the phrase ‘DVD Extras’, this is what we like to think about
Call for off road action
01 December 2004
A recent parliamentary debate on off road riding has shown the government is beginning to recognise the issues faced by dirt riders in the UK. Welsh MP Huw Irranca-Davies, who is a keen off-roader,...
WSB tests announced
01 December 2004
The third week of February will be your first chance to see the 2005 World Superbike machines line up side by side. The dates for the official World Superbike tests have been announced and the first...
Summer loving...
01 December 2004
Remember the warm weather and big events of the summer? If you were at Brands Hatch WSB, you might have seen these ladies about…
Standing tall...
01 December 2004
All the other girls looked up to her. Well, at her height, they didn’t have any choice!
MRO rookie wins award
01 December 2004
Richard Keohane has been awarded the Most promising Newcomers Award at the MRO/Bemsee Awards Dinner, after winning his class with four rounds remaining in his first year of racing. Keohane won 28 of the 32 races he competed in, having never ridden on a race track before 2004. Having dominated the Rookie 400 class, he also acquired a Honda CBR600RR for the final round of the season, and took three...
Ice Speedway for Brit
01 December 2004
British speedway rider James Mann will be one of the main contenders for the 2004/5 World Championship ICE Racing Series. “Mad Dog” Mann won the 2003 Nitro Speedway class for nitromethane-fuelled,...
Brolly babes on parade
01 December 2004
You might not believe this, but brolly babes go through years of rigourous training before they become qualified to stand on the grid. Here we see the training in progress at Brolly Babe Academy.
Are you a Rossi fanatic?
24 November 2004
Are you the world’s biggest Valentino Rossi fan? Or do you jump around the living room when Sete Gibernau wins a MotoGP race? MCN is looking for five die-hard Rossi fans and five equally staunch...
Aprilia to quit MotoGP?
24 November 2004
Shane Byrne and Jeremy McWilliams could be looking for work later this week as rumours grow that the Aprilia team will not compete in MotoGP in 2005. The team has faced an uncertain future since the...
Rossi packs up for winter
24 November 2004
Yamaha completed its three-day test in Sepang today with Valentino Rossi posting the fastest time of the test. Rossi put in 44 laps, mostly on the 2005 version of the M1, including an endurance test...
Bayliss fastest in test
24 November 2004
After the first wet day of testing at Valencia in Spain, Troy Bayliss has gone fastest on the Honda RC211V. In intermittent rain, the Australian former WSB champion was working alone in the Camel...
Proton V4 sets hot pace
24 November 2004
It looks like the Proton MotoGP team may get a reprieve from running at the back of the grid in 2005 with the shake-down test of its new V4 engine at Jerez last week showing a lot of promise. The...
Checa tops Jerez test
24 November 2004
Carlos Checa has ended the three-day Bridgestone tyre test at Jerez with a fastest lap that beats the time Valentino Rossi set to take pole position at the circuit earlier this year. Checa was at the...
Help Toseland win award
24 November 2004
Newly-crowned World Superbike champion James Toseland is one of three finalists in the Yorkshire Sports Personality of the year, and the winner will be decided by a public phone vote. Toseland is up...
Stoneleigh sets new high
24 November 2004
The Dirt Rider Expo which closed at Stoneleigh Park on Sunday (Nov 28) has proved to be the biggest yet with a 5 per cent rise in visitor numbers to “well in excess of 20,000” over the four days –...
Xaus signs for Yamaha
24 November 2004
Ruben Xaus has confirmed the rumours that he will be riding a Yamaha next year by signing for the Tech 3 Fortuna squad. The Spanish rider impressed the team with his third place finish in the Qatar...
Lady in red...
17 November 2004
Well strictly speaking, ‘Lady in front of a red wall’, but that wouldn’t have made a short enough headline.
Camel riders named
17 November 2004
Camel Honda has announced its official 2005 MotoGP rider line-up: Alex Barros and Troy Bayliss. Both riders will be riding the yellow Camel Honda RC211Vs on Michelin tyres. Bayliss, WSB champ in...
We're going crossing
17 November 2004
Not many offices get cluttered up with bikes on a Friday lunchtime. MCN’s is one. Here’s Marc Potter admiring the new race exhaust and exclusive GP sticker set gracing his KX250F. It’s nice and warm...
She sees right through us
17 November 2004
Why do we get the feeling she’d rather be somewhere else?
Macau GP first practice
17 November 2004
John McGuinness has gone fastest in the opening practice session for the Macau Grand prix which takes place on Saturday, November 20, riding the MonsterMob Ducati 999. Austrian Thomas Hinterreiter...
Pitt debuts R1 Superbike
17 November 2004
Andrew Pitt has debuted the 2005 Yamaha R1 World Superbike machine in testing at the Valencia circuit in Spain. The three-day test began yesterday with the 28-year-old former Supersport champion...
Corser back on top
17 November 2004
After a season hiding in the middle of the pack on the Foggy FP-1, Troy Corser is back on top taking the best time at a packed Pirelli test in Valencia. Corser, who is now riding for Alstare Suzuki,...
What's Toseland doing?
17 November 2004
The bemused brolly girl looks on as James Toseland either stretches his leathers before a race, or lets fear get the better of him…