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Suzuki set for Sepang

14 January 2005

The Suzuki MotoGP squad will begin testing at Sepang in Malaysia on January 21, with riders Kenny Roberts Jr, John Hopkins, and new team boss Paul Denning. The latest version of the Suzuki GSV-R will...

WSB entry lists revealed

14 January 2005

The FIM has published the final entry lists for WSB and World Supersport and provisional lists for the Superstock FIM Cup series. Check them out and you’ll know exactly who is racing for who this...

Dakar cow calamity

14 January 2005

Australian Andy Caldecott won yesterday’s stage of the Dakar despite have a very uncomfortable encounter with a cow. The KTM rider took his second win of the race by over two minutes on second placed...

New British race series

14 January 2005

A new junior cup to unveil British racing talent will run next year due to a link up between Dorna Sports, the Autocycle Union (ACU) and the Motorcycle Circuit Racing Control Board of Great Britain...

Superbike National dates

14 January 2005

The second annual Superbike Grand National invitational race at Castle Combe will take place on July 30-31,2005, after a change in the British Superbike calendar. The non-championship was originally...

Despres nears Dakar win

14 January 2005

On the penultimate day of the Dakar rally, Frenchman Cyril Despres has moved closer to his first-ever overall win. Despres started the 569km stage with a lead of just over three minutes after...

Walker fined and banned

14 January 2005

Chris Walker has been fined £1000 and banned from driving for 60 days after being clocked at 130mph in his Subaru car. WSB star Walker was driving in Leicestershire on a 70mph stretch of the A46...

Oi! Over here!

14 January 2005

Try as she might to ignore the photographer, he took the picture anyway…

Sofa, so good...

14 January 2005

The MCN girls are so considerate, they even spend time warming up the sofa before shows open…

For the weekend, sir?

14 January 2005

In case you weren’t feeling good enough that it’s the weekend…

£27K for Tsunami victims

07 January 2005

The governing body of international bikesport – The FIM – has donated just over £27,000 to the victims of the southern Asia tsunami. FIM President Francesco Zerbi says the 60,000 Swiss Francs...

Thousand yard stare

07 January 2005

The constant danger for brolly girls is smiling so much you get frozen in that position when the wind changes…

Proton's cracking curves

07 January 2005

KR’s team have some of the sleekest bodywork in the paddock.

Dakar Rally resumes

07 January 2005

After the forced cancellation of the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally yesterday, Friday, January 7, the racing resumed with KTM rider Isidre Esteve claiming his first stage victory on this year’s...

BSB riders for 2006

07 January 2005

Here is the full list of known riders for the 2006 British Supersport championship. AIM Racing: Chris Burns. Ekerold Honda: Cal Crutchlow. Leon Camier. Red Bull Honda: Eugene Laverty. Here is the full...

Devil makes work...

07 January 2005

This brolly babe is clearly no angel…

KTM to quit rallies?

07 January 2005

After the death of top rally rider Fabrizio Meoni on Tuesday, January 11, KTM has urged all of its teams to pull out of the race and said it may quit rally racing completely. Meoni is the second top...

Meoni dies on Dakar

07 January 2005

Two-time Dakar winner Fabrizio Meoni has died after an accident on stage 12 of the Dakar rally. The KTM rider, who was holding second place in the race, crashed minutes after refuelling at checkpoint...

Dakar stage cut short

07 January 2005

Dakar organisers have decided to shorten today’s stage by over 200km because visibility is as low as 300 metres. Stage 11 from Atar to Kiffa was expected to be the hardest yet and with the weather...

Musical chairs...

07 January 2005

Noriyuki Haga makes the most of the last empty chair in the paddock

Toseland's Tsunami aid

07 January 2005

WSB champion James Toseland has pledged to play a charity gig with his band for the victims of the south Asian Tsunami. MCN is looking into staging the gig so if you can help with a venue or want to...

KTM riders continue

07 January 2005

All the KTM riders have decided to finish the Dakar in respect for their fallen team-mate Fabrizio Meoni, who died on Tuesday. KTM team bosses had urged the riders to quit the rally but they have all...

Despres wins on sad day

07 January 2005

Stage ten of the Dakar Rally was won by Cyril Despres but clouded by the news of the death of José Manuel Perez after his crash on stage 7. Despres started the 483km loop stage in seventh place but...

Haga back to Yamaha

07 January 2005

Noriyuki Haga has now been confirmed to return to the Yamaha World Superbike team in 2005. Haga will race a YZF-R1 for the Milan-based Yamaha Motor Italia team, having rode for Renegade Ducati last...

Strike a pose

07 January 2005

Her impression of a little teapot wasn’t far off…

All smiles

07 January 2005

The girls always enjoyed hiding from people under their giant umbrellas…

Meoni back in front

07 January 2005

The lead changed hands in the Dakar Rally yesterday, Sunday January 9, despite it being a rest day for the riders. Fabrizio Meoni strayed from the corridor of GPS locations that mark out the race on...

Dakar stage cancelled

07 January 2005

Organisers have been forced to cancel the eighth stage of the Paris-Dakar Rally after terrible weather conditions during the previous stage yesterday, Thursday January 6. Several motorcyclists, cars...

Molson signs Swanie

07 January 2005

Molson Kawasaki has announced that South African teenager Gareth Swanepoel and British rider Tom Church will front Kawasaki UK’s 2005 assault on the world and British MX2 Championships on four-stroke...

Got a lotta bottle...

07 January 2005

We can only imagine what he’s thinking as he fiddles with his water bottle…

Dakar's toughest yet?

07 January 2005

Frenchman David Frétigné took another stage win on Thursday (Jan 6), in what many are saying was one of the toughest Dakar rally stages ever – the 660km marathon stage. It was competed almost...

Classic race awards

01 January 2005

The International Historic Motorsport Show is now looking for nominations for its Historic Motorsport Awards, which gives awards to people, race meetings, clubs and classic vehicles. Anyone is...

Kurtis Roberts to AMA

01 January 2005

Kurtis Roberts has accepted an offer to ride in the 2005 AMA Superbike Championship just minutes before a soft deadline for new riders. Roberts will ride a Honda CBR1000RR for the Erion Honda team,...

Hodgson starts AMA test

01 January 2005

Neil Hodgson has shown early promise on day one of the Daytona tyre test which marks the start of the AMA Superbike season. At the end of the first day of testing, the top two times belonged to the...

Wind hampers Dakar

01 January 2005

The wind was what caused the most problems in stage six of the Dakar – that and the kitchen tent burning down. This was the first stage of the race held on soft sand and as if riding through dunes...

Chili on WSB Fireblade

01 January 2005

After months of rumours Frankie Chili has finally confirmed that he will be riding a Fireblade in World Supebikes this year. The Italian was forced to abandon the Ducati 998/999 hybrid he ran last...