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Do you have to wear it?

27 May 2005

Do you have to wear it?

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

Good Fortuna

27 May 2005

Good Fortuna

How on earth can he sit there without turning round?

Radar love?

27 May 2005

Radar love?

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

Busy time for Vermeulen

27 May 2005

Busy time for Vermeulen

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

Kagayama on WSB pole

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

Jacque/Checa in for GPs

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

Windy first session for TT

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

Silverstone WSB: Friday

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

WSB stars swap sport

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

Rider dies in TT practice

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...

Ducatis top WSB practice

27 May 2005

Ducatis top WSB practice

The factory Ducatis of Regis Laconi and James Toseland head the first free practice session for the WSB round at Silverstone this weekend. Regis Laconi completed 22 laps with a fastest time of...

Results: Silverstone WSB

27 May 2005

Results from the Silverstone round of the World Superbike championship: World Supberike race one: 1. Laconi. 2. Corser. 3. Toseland. 4. Vermeulen. 5. Chili. 6. Walker. 7. Neukirchner. 8. Bussei. 9. Cardoso. 10. Muggeridge. 11. Kagayama. 12. Sanchini. 13. Pitt. 14. Velini. 15. Praia. 16. Nickmans. Retired: Haga. Gimbert. Velini. Nieto. World Superbike Race Two...

Toseland wins race two

27 May 2005

Toseland wins race two

World Supersport: The French invasion of the Silverstone WSb round has continued with Sebastien Charpentier taking the win from Kevin Curtain. Sadly the promising wildcard entries of Cal Crutchlow...

TT schedule 2005

27 May 2005

TT schedule 2005

Below is the timetable for practices and races at the Isle of Man TT. See the related articles for the latest from the Island Saturday evening May 28 Sidecar Practice Solo Practice (all...

Renner wins freestyle MX

20 May 2005

Renner wins freestyle MX

KTM factory rider Ronnie Renner has won the Red Bull X-Fighters freestyle MX event in front of more than 42,000 spectators in Mexico City. Only three riders made the final, with Renner defeating...

Don't turn away...

20 May 2005

Don't turn away...

The seductive ‘looking back over one shoulder look’. It either means that she’s trying to see if we fancy her, or the photographer has shouted ‘Oi’ at the top of his lungs.

WSB at Silverstone

20 May 2005

WSB at Silverstone

The World Superbike champion arrives at the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire this weekend (May 27-29), and preparations are well under way to make this the biggest and best biking event held at...

Business and pleasure?

20 May 2005

Business and pleasure?

She might not be dressed ina revealing outfit, but she’s still very sexy.

The model pose

20 May 2005

The model pose

Chris Walker and his brolly girl compete to perform the best ‘staring into middle distance’ catalogue pose.

Look behind you...

20 May 2005

Look behind you...

He was nervous as the brolly girl snuck up behind him, but we can’t be sure exactly why…

Mellow yellow...

20 May 2005

Mellow yellow...

This looks like an in-depth discussion, but are they chatting about nail varnish, or the effects of rebound damping?

NW200 race results

20 May 2005

NW200 race results

British superbike star Michael Rutter bagged one superbike win at the NW200 in Northern Ireland on Saturday but missed out on his second successive double when a rain shower made tyre choice something...

Follow NW200 live!

20 May 2005

Follow NW200 live!

One of Great Britain’s biggest bike races takes place this weekend in front of up to 120,000 fans – the North West 200. The public roads race, which runs from Portstewart, Coleraine to Protrush in...

Hose drama hits Hodgson

20 May 2005

Hose drama hits Hodgson

Neil Hodgson was just one place out of a points-scoring psoition at the Pikes Peak AMA Superbike round on Sunday, May 22, after he was forced to pit with a water hose ‘issue’. Hodgson had qualified...

A lovely pair...

20 May 2005

A lovely pair...

What a lovely pair of happy, smiling faces…

The lady in red

20 May 2005

The lady in red

We might as well have not bothered captioning this picture, because noone is going to be looking here, anyway.

'Nitro Nori' for UK WSB

20 May 2005

'Nitro Nori' for UK WSB

Noriyuki Haga has promised his British fans explosive action at the Silverstone round on Sunday, May 29, 2005, after admitting his season has been lacklustre so far. “So far I have not been able to...

Rossi on Le Mans pole

13 May 2005

Rossi on Le Mans pole

Valentino Rossi has put himself on pole position for Sunday’s Le Mans GP after setting his best laps in the closing seconds of the session. Rossi’s team mate Colin Edwards was holding a solid pole in...

Rea takes BSB pole

13 May 2005

Rea takes BSB pole

Johnathan Rea has taken a surprise pole position at the Mondello Park round of the British Superbike championship. The young Northern Irish rider was sitting high in the times throughout the weekend...

Hodgson 2nd on grid

13 May 2005

Hodgson 2nd on grid

Niel Hodgson will start Sunday’s AMA Superbike race in second position. Suzuki rider Matt Mladin set the best lap to take his 41st pole position with the time he set in the Friday qualifying session,...

Edwards tops 1st session

13 May 2005

Edwards tops 1st session

Colin Edwards has topped the first practice session for the French GP at an overcast Le Mans circuit. The track was barely dry and riders struggled to get anywhere near lap record pace. Edwards took...

Blowing in the wind

13 May 2005

Blowing in the wind

Just out of shot is a bloke with a huge fan to provide the perfect windswept look…

I saw the sign

13 May 2005

I saw the sign

Normally with young ladies you have to look for subtle signs, but it’s always easier when the signs are this obvious.

MotoGP: Le Mans test

13 May 2005

MotoGP: Le Mans test

Many of the MotoGP teams took part in a two-day test at Le Mans in France, immediately following the French GP. After three days of wet racing, the riders started late in the morning to take...

Going bug-eyed

13 May 2005

Going bug-eyed

This young lady has eyes for you, even if you can’t see them behind the world’s biggest sunglasses!

Never mind blue skies

13 May 2005

Never mind blue skies

Whatever the colour of the sky, these young ladies always lift your mood.