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JT on electronics focus

11 November 2006

While he may have been fastest yesterday in the first day of the WSB Valencia two-day test, James Toseland has revealed that his team is more concerned at developing the new electronics package fitted...

Toseland tops test

11 November 2006

James Toseland has made an impressive start to the world Superbike winter testing season after he topped the timesheets at the first day of the major Valencia test taking place yesterday and today. ...

Revised '07 BSB dates

11 November 2006

The 2007 British Superbike Championship calendar has undergone a radical revamp. It’s due to changes to the Formula One car calendar which, in turn, affects TV scheduling of all other televised...

MCN racer wins award

11 November 2006

MCN has followed 15-year-old Alex Gault throughout his 2006 season, and the young rider has been awarded “The Ross Leigh Challenge Trophy”, to add to his 2006 Honda CB500 Cup title. Read the full...

Kawasaki and Eckl split

11 November 2006

Kawasaki has taken its entire MotoGP racing operation in-house after splitting with long-time team manager Harald Eckl. Eckl has run Kawasaki’s MotoGP programme, and before that the firm’s WSB...

Suzuki top at Sepang

11 November 2006

Suzuki proved the surprise package at the second day of the major Sepang MotoGP test today, with Rizla men John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen finishing top two. Hopper set a best time of 2:02.73 in a...

Rookie supermoto series

11 November 2006

The Husqvarna SM125 Challenge begins in 2007 as a cost effective entry to supermoto racing for riders between 14 and 19 years of age. The series is also a stepping stone for riders who have already...

McGuinness' 160 miss

11 November 2006

John McGuinness had a moment as close as any other in his glittering roads racing career, after a huge moment at over 160mph in Macau today. The 11-time TT winner had the biggest moment of the day on...

Rutter confirms pole

11 November 2006

Michael Rutter took a step nearer a record-breaking seventh Macau GP win, after sealing pole position for Saturday’s race around the street circuit on his Stobart Honda Fireblade. He retained pole...

Curtain to miss first test

11 November 2006

2006 World Supersport runner-up Kevin Curtain will miss the first official winter test in Valencia next week as he continues to spend time in Australia. Curtain arrived at the final round of the 2006...

In the blues

11 November 2006

All dressed up and ready to go…

Honda's HM Plant deal

11 November 2006

Honda’s top BSB team will continue to carry their HM Plant livery for at least the next three years, after the firm committed to a new sponsorship deal. HM Plant Chairman John Jones has said that his...

Singing in the rain

11 November 2006

Want to see how fast the weather changed in Malaysia at the ongoing GP test? Our MotoGP reporter Matt Birt caught some dramatic video footage of the third turn completely under water after lashing rain brought the first day’s riding to a premature halt. Earlier in the day, Matt had been stood at the exact same corner and was more worried about being bitten by cobras in the grass than being...

Limited trophy places

04 November 2006

Places are now limited for the 2007 ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy next year following a successful unveiling of the bike at the International Motorcycle and Scooter Show. Series organisers were assisted by...

Winstanley takes GP win

04 November 2006

Matt Winstanley secured the first Grand Prix win for a British rider at the Supermoto World Championship final. The weekend started well for the Wigan rider as he squeezed into the shoot-out for...

Not enough umbrellas

04 November 2006

You’re looking the wrong way…..

All knotted up

04 November 2006

Thank goodness I look better than the girl behind me……

Mackenzie's return

04 November 2006

Three-times British Superbike champion, Niall Mackenzie, is to return to Yamaha as ambassador for the Virgin Mobile Cup. The 45-year-old, who also rode GP bikes, will carry out this role as well as...

Red mist

04 November 2006

Trapped by the red umbrella

Biaggi gets head start

04 November 2006

Max Biaggi got a head start on his WSB rivals after testing his Alstare Suzuki at Valencia a week before the first official test. In a high security, secret test at the Spanish circuit, Biaggi got...

Kiyo visits North East

04 November 2006

2006 British Superbike Champion Ryuichi Kiyonari has been visiting HM Plant’s headquarters in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear to celebrate his BSB success. The 24-year-old secured his title at a rain-soaked...

Kallio proves popularity

04 November 2006

F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen, who replaces Michael Schumacher at Ferrari next year, has been beaten in the Finnish motorsport’s man of the year poll by motorcycle rider Mika Kallio. Kallio, runner up...

Croft set for revamp

04 November 2006

RACE fans could be looking forward to better improvements at Croft, if pledges by the new owners of the circuit are carried out. Running of the north Yorkshire track has been taken over by the...

All leathered up

04 November 2006

So that’s why they resigned Lorenzo Lanzi…..

Barros testing early

04 November 2006

Alex Barros will make his Ducati GP7 800 debut two months ahead of schedule after impressing at last week’s Valencia test session. The veteran Brazilian wasn’t expecting to make his 800 debut until...

Muggeridge on the move

04 November 2006

Karl Muggeridge is set to continue racing for Honda in WSB next season after signing to ride for the Alto Evolution Bertocchi squad. Muggeridge has spent the last two years onboard the Ten Kate...

Rossi: F1 door still open

04 November 2006

Little more than days after losing his MotoGP world crown to Nicky Hayden, Valentino Rossi has reignited the F1 ‘Will he, won’t he?’ debate after suggesting he could yet race in the series in the...

Lavilla talks to MCN

04 November 2006

Gregorio Lavilla is coming back to BSB in 2007 for a third successive season with Airwaves Ducati. The 2005 BSB champion spoke to MCN about why his deal took so long to finalise and how he aims to...

Supermoto finale

04 November 2006

Andy Mitchell secured the Open and 450 Championship titles with an almost flawless score sheet. The quads were first out on Saturday. Aaron Ebbitt and Mike Taylor had a clear run ahead of Matthew...

Sunshine girls

04 November 2006

These girls are preparing for the paddock staring competition

Pedrosa stays silent

04 November 2006

Dani Pedrosa did little to defuse his frosty relationship with the Spanish and world media in Valencia as he refused to speak on both days at last week’s big MotoGP test. Despite finishing fastest...

Yukio wins in Japan

04 November 2006

World Superbike star and former British Superbike fan favourite Yukio Kagayama took victory in his first race in Japan since 2002. Kagayama rode a Suzuki GSX-R1000 in his own team, “JK Suzuki with...

Hayden targets title No.2

04 November 2006

Nicky Hayden may have barely shrugged off the hangover from winning the MotoGP world title in dramatic fashion last week, but he’s already got his eye on a second championship. Hayden, who won the...

BSB popularity increase

04 November 2006

Record audience figures watched the 2006 Bennetts British Superbike Championship as the battle for the title went down to the wire. Figures for both television audiences and spectators attending race...

Toseland's 4-wheel fun

04 November 2006

There’s no doubt that James Toseland is fast on two wheels, but now he’s shown that he’s also a natural when it comes to racing cars. In a unscheduled test last week, Toseland got his first ever...

Gibernau bows out

04 November 2006

Veteran MotoGP rider Sete Gibernau has announced his retirement from the sport with immediate effect. The 33-year-old called a press conference on Wednesday, November 8 where he told reporters he...