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Ducati's 800cc GP bike

01 May 2006

The 800cc Ducati Desmosedici GP7 MotoGP bike has been tested on track for the first time today, Tuesday, May 2, 2006. Test rider Vittoriano Guareschi took the prototype on to the Mugello circuit for the first shakedown test of the new 800cc engine. Read more on the technical details of the bike in MCN, May 3, 2006. Looking to buy a bike? Click here. MCN bike reviews: Click here. Browse over 1700...

Haga tops Monza times

01 May 2006

Friday afternoon’s rain-affected qualifying practice for Sunday’s Monza WSB round has finished with Noriyuki Haga fastest. The top four didn’t change in the last half hour of the session. Many riders...

Brookes splits with team

01 May 2006

Josh Brookes has split from the SC Caracchi Ducati World Supersport team, in a mutual decision. Brookes is in final negotiation with a number of teams to be on the grid for the next round at...

Lavilla tops Fantasy race

01 May 2006

Fantasy Road Race 2006 featured three races this Bank Holiday weekend. MotoGP visited Turkey, while two Bennetts British Superbike races came from Oulton Park. MotoGP rookie Chris Vermeulen took pole...

Babe but no bike?

01 May 2006

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Spend day with champs

01 May 2006

Tickets for the annual MotoGP Day of Champions have gone on sale – offering you the chance to come face to face with the biggest names in the sport. Race fans will be able to see behind the scenes of...

MCN's club racer reports

01 May 2006

For the 2006 season, club racer Nigel Baines is reporting on his racing exploits, riding an FZR400RR. Our first report in March, 2006 covered his preparation. Unfortunately a technical problem delayed...

Is that a minimum time?

01 May 2006

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The usual suspects...

01 May 2006

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BSB: No stopping Lavilla

01 May 2006

Gregorio Lavilla took another double race win at Oulton Park, but had to battle hard in both races to beat Shane Byrne and Karl Harris. Lavilla and Harris broke free of the chasing pack early in race...

Stewart wins in Seattle

01 May 2006

Kawasaki’s James Stewart won the penultimate round of the 2006 AMA Supercross championship at Qwest Field in Seattle on Sunday, April 30. The race was shortened from 20 laps down to 15 due to wet weather, with the heat races dropping from eight laps to just six. Despite the shorted race, Ricky Carmichael still had time to fight back to third after he got a rough start and then stalled in the...

Brolly babes - AMA style

01 May 2006

We can all be grateful a senior member of the MCN team took the chance to snap these young ladies at a recent AMA Superbike round. See 400 sexy two-wheeled models. Click here. Ready to buy a bike?...

Brit MX: Round three

01 May 2006

The third round of the Maxxis British Motocross championship took place on Sunday, April 30, 2006 at Matchams Park in Hampshire with Ken De Dycker dominating the MX1 class. In the absence of reigning...

Striking a pose...

29 April 2006

We’re not sure what pose Lorenzo Lanzi is going for here. It’s either ‘thoughtful’, or possibly ‘sucking a lemon’. See 400 sexy two-wheeled models. Click here. Ready to buy a bike? Click here. Browse...

Haslam on Oulton pole

29 April 2006

Leon Haslam is on pole for the Bank Holiday Monday British Superbike round at Oulton Park. Haslam posted a time of 1:35.120 to qualify first on the grid. Second quickest was Karl Harris for HM Plant...

Byrne fastest at Oulton

29 April 2006

BSB free practice two: 1. Shane Byrne 1:36.543. 2. Leon Haslam 1:36.551. 3. Karl Harris 1:36.589. 4. James Haydon 1:36.796. 5. Gregorio Lavilla 1:37.260. 6. Tommy Hill 1:37.353. 7. Michael Rutter...

Vermeulen's Turkey pole

29 April 2006

MotoGP qualifying times: 1. Chris Vermeulen 2:04.617. 2. Nicky hayden 2:04.823. 3. Sete Gibernau 2:05.003. 4. Loris Capirossi 2:05.540. 5. John Hopkins 2:05.700. 6. Randy de Puniet 2:06.102. 7. Casey...

Four in a row for Spies

29 April 2006

Suzuki’s Ben Spies took his fourth consecutive victory in today’s (Sunday) AMA Superbike race at Fontana in California. Spies drafted team mate and six times AMA Champion Matt Mladin on lap 18 and...

Blonde or brunette?

29 April 2006

It’s good to see Yamaha catering for fans of blondes and brunettes. But where’s a red-head? See 400 sexy two-wheeled models. Click here. Ready to buy a bike? Click here. Browse over 1700 product...

Mladin slips further

29 April 2006

Matt Mladin’s dominance of the AMA Superbike championship slipped further today as he finished second to team mate Ben Spies at today’s race in Fontana, California. After his third non-win of the...

Melandri wins in Turkey

29 April 2006

Marco Melandri has won the Turkish GP in a race which fully lived up to the drama of the 125 and 250cc classes. Pole sitter Chris Vermeulen led from the start, but his joy only lasted three corners...

MotoGP: Turkey results

29 April 2006

Full results from the MotoGP round at the Istanbul Park circuit in Turkey on April 30, 2006. MotoGP results: 1. Melandri 2. Stoner 3. Hayden 4. Rossi 5. Elias 6. Capirossi 7. Vermeulen 8. Nakano 9.

Smallest babe ever?

22 April 2006

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Hayden fastest in Turkey

22 April 2006

Nicky Hayden has gone fastest in the second practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday April 30, 2006. The factory Honda rider moved from eighth in the final few minutes to post a time of...

Doohan gets hitched

22 April 2006

Five-times 500cc world champion Mick Doohan married long term love Selina Sines on an island off the Queensland coast in Australia on Friday (April 21). The ceremony was held at All Saint’s Chapel on...

Spies does US double

22 April 2006

Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies raced to his first-ever double-header victory at the weekend’s two US Superbike races at Barber, Alabama, taking the lead in the series after three rounds. Neil Hodgson...

Corser on pole

22 April 2006

Troy Corser took his 34th career pole position at Valencia almost two tenths of a second ahead of Troy Bayliss. Bayliss went out last and set a storming lap despite running on a race tyre instead of...

Happiness is a babe...

22 April 2006

Happiness might be a fresh babe every day, but this babe looks far from happy… See 400 sexy two-wheeled models. Click here. Ready to buy a bike? Click here. Browse over 1700 product reviews. Click...

Honda win at Le Mans 24

22 April 2006

National Motos Honda won the Le Mans 24 hour endurance race after an eventful day of racing. The Suzuki 1 and 2 teams looked set to clear up but the number 1 team crashed out halfway through and had...

Fantasy leaders revealed

22 April 2006

MCN Fantasy Road Race 2006 continued with the first World Superbike action of Game Month 2 in Valencia. The event turned into something of a party for the Australians, with the two Troys, Bayliss and...

Bayliss does the double

22 April 2006

Troy Bayliss did the double at Valencia leading two identical podiums ahead of Troy Corser and team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi. Both races played out pretty much the same with Corser dominating the first...

Hodgson: Your questions

22 April 2006

MCN Editor Marc Potter is flying out to California this weekend to meet former World Superbike champion Neil Hodgson. We’ve got an exclusive chance to meet up with the Brit, who now races in the AMA...

Friday feeling babe...

22 April 2006

She’s obviously as excited as we are by a Bank Holiday weekend full of MotoGP and British Superbike racing… See 400 sexy two-wheeled models. Click here. Ready to buy a bike? Click here. Browse voer...

Get set for Oulton BSB

22 April 2006

The British Superbike championship arrives at Outlon Park in Cheshire this weekend for the fourth round of the 2006 championship. Racing takes place on Bank Holiday Monday, May 1, with plenty or...

Babe feeling weak?

22 April 2006

The poor love appears to need some help holding up her brolly. Either that or it’s to stop her getting blown away by the wind…. See 400 sexy two-wheeled models. Click here. Ready to buy a bike? Click...

Making a pass....

22 April 2006

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