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Lavilla/Kiyo share wins

03 June 2005

BSS Race positions: 1 , Stuart EASTON , 90.94 2 , Leon CAMIER , 0.340 3 , Craig JONES , 5.557 4 , Tom SYKES , 6.280 5 , Pere RIBA , 22.013 6 , Jamie ROBINSON , 22.351 7 , Rob FROST , 38.719 8 , Sam...

Here's looking at you...

03 June 2005

Shortly afterwards she decided the MCN staffers looked better with her dark glasses on…

Jacque back to GPs

03 June 2005

Frenchman Olivier Jacque has signed to race for the factory Kawasaki MotoGP team at the German and Valencia rounds. Jacque has ridden for the squad already this season with a second place result in...

Lougher wins Junior TT

03 June 2005

Ian Lougher has won the Junior Supersport TT onboard a Honda CBR600RR. After taking a second place in the Superstock race Lougher went on to take his seventh TT race win in the 600 race. Lougher,...

An enigmatic babe

03 June 2005

What are these young ladies thinking about?

Rutter on Croft pole

03 June 2005

Michael Rutter has taken his HM Plant Honda to its third pole of the season at the Croft round of the World Superbike championship. Rutter just managed to hold off Kawasaki rider Dean Thomas by 0.004...

Camel's finest features

03 June 2005

Camel girls always have the nicest… er, smiles…

Dunlop backs Moto1 race

03 June 2005

Dunlop has announced it will sponsor the Moto1 race event, which pits the top British motorcycling stars from a variety of disciplines against each other. The racing takes place at Mallory park in...

Farquhar wins Junior 'B'

03 June 2005

Ryan Farquhar took victory in the Isle of Man TT Supersport Junior B race, winning by 14 seconds from Jason Griffiths. Farquhar overcame the disapointment of retiring from two earlier races to...

Kiyo tops Croft practice

03 June 2005

Ryuichi Kiyonari has beaten his HM Plant Honda team-mate Michael Rutter to the fastest time on the first day of practice for the Croft round of the British Superbike championship. Kiyonari set the...

MotoGP: Mugello

03 June 2005

250cc GP free practice: 1. Porto 1:54.444. 2. Lorenzo 1:54.726. 3. Stoner 1:54.745. 4. De Angelis 1:55.075. 5. De Puniet 1:55.196. 6. Pedrosa 1:55.548. 7. Barbera 1:55.626. 8. Ballerini 1:56.053. 9.

Rossi on Mugello pole

03 June 2005

Valentino Rossi has taken pole position for his home grand prix at Mugello Italy. Rossi spent most of the session getting race settings and waited right to the last moment to set his fastest lap...

McGuinness' TT win

03 June 2005

John McGuinness has taken the win in the first solo race at the 2005 Isle of Man TT. The Superbike TT was postponed from Saturday becuase of mist and rain but the weather held out for the rescheduled...

Rossi takes tough win

03 June 2005

Valentino Rossi has taken the win at his home Grand Prix in Mugello, Italy, after one of the most exciting and close races of the season. Rossi initially got off to a bad start dropping down to...

Croft BSB kicks off

03 June 2005

British Superbikes first practice: 1. Rutter 1:21.958. 2. Thomas 1:22.523. 3. Kiyonari 1:22.614. 4. Plater 1:22.682. 5. Harris 1:22.722. 6. Smart 1:22.741. 7. Hill 1:22.862. 8. Haslam 1:22.987. 9.

Seeing red

03 June 2005

Something tells us that isn’t her natural hair colour…

Hodgson's first AMA win

03 June 2005

Neil Hodgson has claimed his first victory in his debut AMA superbike season at the Road America track on Saturday, June 4. Hodgson, who qualified eighth, made the most of wet conditions to win a...

An enigmatic pout

03 June 2005

We can only imagine the pout Sete Gibernau managed after crashing out of the Mugello GP, so here’s our model reconstruction.

Water babe

03 June 2005

Rain never seems so bad when it’s falling on an attractive lady in Lycra.

Types of bike

01 June 2005

Here are the main types of small capacity motorcycle: Minimoto: Normal engine size for a minimoto bike is 37cc two-strokem which requires unleaded fuel premixed with two-stroke oil. Styling to mimic full-size road bikes, or off road bikes. There are several different power ranges, for different classes of racing. The lowest power is 2.5hp which is normally used for playing around. The 4.2hp...

Too many choices

01 June 2005

How on earth could you choose from this selection…

Seeing eye-to-eye

01 June 2005

Somehow they both managed to look everywhere, except at the camera…

2005 road race calendars

01 June 2005

The dates have been released for the 2005 race season with MotoGP heading to China for the first time and WSB going to Qatar. The World Endurance championship was the first international race to be...

Cops target Croft fans

01 June 2005

North Yorkshire police are also warning of a potentially dangerous mix of traffic this Sunday evening – horse-drawn caravans bikes on the ride home from Croft. Sunday evening sees the end of Appleby...

Minimoto safety kit

01 June 2005

If you’re riding a minimoto and you’re adult sized, there’s a huge range of kit available for you. You’ll need a helmet, suit, and gloves as a minimum. A back protector is also highly recommended. ...

Hello ladies...

27 May 2005

Does Sir prefer blonders or brunettes?

Do you have to wear it?

27 May 2005

Even friends and team-mates wonder whether Chris Vermeulen has to look like a stray fisherman…

Good Fortuna

27 May 2005

How on earth can he sit there without turning round?

Radar love?

27 May 2005

Can you make a tenuous link between these young lady, Golden Earring, and ‘Radar Love?’

Busy time for Vermeulen

27 May 2005

Chris Vermeulen not only spent time racing and signing autographs at Silverstone World Superbikes, but he also had to spend time with two of the MCN babe squad.

Kagayama on WSB pole

27 May 2005

World Supersport Saturday practice: 1. Charpentier 1:29.924. 2. Parkes 1:30.524. 3. Jones 1:30.683. 4. Fujiwara 1:30.806. 5. Curtain 1:30.879. 6. Corradi 1:30.883. 7. Nannelli 1:31.054. 8.

Jacque/Checa in for GPs

27 May 2005

Olivier Jacque and David Checa will both race at the next round of the MotoGP championship at Mugello as replacements for the injured Alex Hoffmann and Toni Elias. Jacque has raced for the factory...

Windy first session for TT

27 May 2005

The new and updated Isle of Man TT kicked of on Saturday evening with the first practice for this years event. The high winds that have been blowing across the whole of the UK also affected the...

Silverstone WSB: Friday

27 May 2005

World Superbike first qualifying: 1. Laconi 1:27.578. 2. Toseland 1:27.627. 3. Corser 1:27.696. 4. Kagayama 1:27.832. 5. Chili 1:28.145. 6. Muggeridge 1:28.189. 7. Haga 1:28.240. 8. Vermeulen...

WSB stars swap sport

27 May 2005

As part of the publicity for the World Superbike round at the Silverstone circuit on Sunday, May 29, 2005, the stars of the championship swaps bikes for balls to take part in a special football...

Rider dies in TT practice

27 May 2005

The second practice session for the Isle of Man TT was marred by the death of a Swedish rider on the first lap. 39-year-old Joakim Karlsson from Habo Jonkoping in Sweden crashed his Suzuki GSX-R1000...