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Fretigne leads Dakar

01 January 2005

Yamaha rider David Fretigne is making all the early running in this year’s Dakar rally. He won the Barcelona super special stage on December 31 and claimed stage 3 special in Granada on Sunday...

Valentino Rossi says Honda has a series of secret plans which could revolutionise motorcycling. The Yamaha riding world champion reveals how he heard about them when he raced for Honda – and why he...

Dakar heads South

01 January 2005

After the excitement of the opening day of the 2005 Paris-Dakar Rally, the competitiors face a long, but non-competitive trip from Barcelona to Granada in Spain. The day begins with a podium...

Got the hump?

01 January 2005

For some reason, we were strangely attracted to the camel’s humps…

Aussie wins Dakar stage

01 January 2005

Bad navigation cost Yamaha rider David Frétigné the lead in the Dakar today as Australian Andy Caldecott took the win on his KTM while Frétigné rode in to the wilderness. Frétigné was going well on...

White in the middle

01 January 2005

Feeling patriotic? That’s why we dressed these girls in red, white and blue. (Also works if you are French)

Supercross legend Q+A

01 January 2005

After missing much of the 2004 AMA Supercross Series due to injury, legend Ricky Carmichael returns this year as the most successful rider ever. In eight years of professional racing Carmichael has...

Jordan bosses bike team

01 January 2005

American basketball legend and sometime film star Michael Jordan has announced he will run a team of Suzuki GSX-R1000s in the AMA Superbike championship. Keen biker Jordan owns a Ducati 998 and 999...