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Rossi tops Yamaha test

11 March 2005

Valentino Rossi finished the three-day Yamaha Phillip Island MotoGP test with the fastest time. The first two days of the test were drenched with rain and although it did clear for the final session...

Can I interest you?

11 March 2005

For some reason, we just kept coming back for another leaflet. By the end of the Scottish Show we had about 250 of the things…

Club rookie sets records

11 March 2005

At his first ever race meeting, 19-year-old Tom Gazzard won all four races, set the fastest lap, and was awarded the ‘Rider of the Meeting’ Riding for Go Star racing, the RAF trainee engineer...

A classic babe?

11 March 2005

Jodie Marsh shows us an unusual take on the racing crouch on this modern classic, and probably gives at least a couple of elderly Enfield enthusiasts a heart attack. See more of Jodie as Babe of the...

KTM delay 250GP debut

11 March 2005

The new KTM 250cc GP bike will not race until the French GP, the fourth round of the season. “The KTM 250 was always planned as a development project for 2005 so not being present for the opening...

Reed wins Daytona SX

11 March 2005

Chad Reed has won the 35th Daytona Supercross, ending the winning run of championship leader Ricky Carmichael. Carmichael, riding for Suzuki, battled for the lead until lap 17 when he left the track...

Vitrans offer VIP tickets

11 March 2005

You can be part of the paddock action with a VIP offer from the Vitrans Honda team at the first British Superbike round at Brands Hatch. You’ll be able to meet team riders Martin Finnegan and John...

Catalunya tests: 250GP

11 March 2005

125cc Catalunya test times: Day two. 1. Pasini 1:51.538. 2. Luthi 1:51.547. 3. Simoncelli 1:52.005. 4. Talmacsi 1:52.405. 5. Faubel 1:52.545. 6. lai 1:52.567. 7. Nieto 1:52.764. 8. Kallio 1:52.811. 9.

Supermono 2005 dates

11 March 2005

The British Supermono Association has announced its 2005 dates and a new championship sponsor. 90-ONE Education, who provide motor vehicle and road user studies to provide safer riding and driving, have teamed up with the BSA to sponsor this year’s 11-round series. The series kicks off at Brands Hatch on April 9 and 10, which is also the UK round of the European Supermono championship.

Corser tops WSB test

11 March 2005

Troy Corser has set the fastest time at the first day of World Superbike testing at Valencia in Spain. The Australian achieved the quickest time of the day in the dying stages of the second session...

Daytona warm-up

11 March 2005

Britain’s Neil Hodgson has continued his promising AMA debut with the fourth fastest time in warm-up for the first race at Daytona. The session was dominated by the Suzuki GSX-R1000s of Matt Mladin...

Teen star in British 125s

11 March 2005

Fourteen-year-old Alex Gault will enter the 2005 British 125GP Championship, riding one of only five Malaguti GP bikes in the world. Gault, sponsored by Barrus Malaguti, may be entering his teens,...

TT rider in record book

11 March 2005

TT rider Maria Costello will receive her official Guiness World Record Certificate as the fastest woman around the Isle of Man TT course on Saturday March 19. Costello recorded a spead of 114.73mph...

Set your pulse racing...

11 March 2005

To be honest, we’re not sure it’s actually the thought of the Knockhill track that’s affecting our blood flow…

She knows something!

11 March 2005 by Kevin Ash

Only a grid girl can look this shifty and still look gorgeous.

Classic riding attire

11 March 2005

Here’s more of Jodie Marsh, as promised yesterday, modelling riding attire we can’t condone…but can admire…

Four babes on a bike

11 March 2005

And the little one said, “Roll over”

Corser dominates test

11 March 2005

Troy Corser heads the timesheets following at a two-day World Superbike test at Valencia in Spain. The Australian has been fastest from the first session on Saturday, March 12, and only failed to...

18,000 at Hawkstone MX

04 March 2005

A crowd of close to 18,000 saw the International Motocross at Hawkstone Park at the weekend. Rinaldi Yamaha rider Cedric Melotte dominated the MX2 races. He won both MX2 races and took third in the...

Carmichael's seventh win

04 March 2005

Suzuki rider Ricky Carmichael increased his lead in the US AMA Supercross Championship to 35 points with his seventh win of the season at St Louis. The 25-year-old led all the way during the 20-lap...

Knight's enduro double

04 March 2005

David Knight began his defence of the British Enduro Championship with two wins and a limp at the Breckland Enduro on March 5 and 6. Competitors battled against snow, ice and rain over the two days.

Not racer focussed?

04 March 2005

Suddenly the photographer stopped concentrating on WSB rider Ben Bostrom, and noticed this young lady… Obviously we can’t blame him

Rossi unveils new colours

04 March 2005

Yamaha has unveiled the new look YZR-M1 that world champion Valentino Rossi and team-mate Colin Edwards will be riding this year in MotoGP. The pair travelled to Japan to reveal the bike with team...

Byrne back on track

04 March 2005

Shane Byrne got his first chance to ride Kenny Roberts’ Proton KTM MotoGP bike yesterday, after nearly five months away from the track. Shakey has had a difficult winter first waiting to hear if the...

Yamaha test: day two

04 March 2005

The Yamaha MotoGP squads finished their second day of testing at the Phillip Island track in Australia, with the weather still hindering their efforts. For the second day rain hampered progress in...

Building a babe trap...

04 March 2005

All it takes is a couple of bollards and some tape, and you can trap yourself your very own brolly babe and stop her from wandering off…

Tamada tops Qatar test

04 March 2005

Makoto Tamada has won the battle for the fastest lap on the third day of MotoGP testing in Qatar. Both Tamada and Loris Capirossi claimed to have the fastest lap at the end of day tw, with both doing...

Hodgson 6th in practice

04 March 2005

Matt Mladin took the fastest time again in the last AMA practice session before qualifying, with Brit Neil Hodgson taking sixth. Mladin and fellow Suzuki riders Ben Spies and Aaron Yates took the top...

MotoGP racer for hire

04 March 2005

Ex-WCM MotoGP rider Chris Burns is currently looking for a ride for the 2005 race season, but time is running out fast. The 24-year-old British rider has posted a message on the MotoGP message boards...

Hip-hop star backs WCM

04 March 2005

The Blata-WCM MotoGP team have added backing from an unlikely source – the record label of hip-hop star Ludacris. The multi-platinum selling artist and actor runs the Disturbing Tha Peace (DTP)...

Edwards tops damp test

04 March 2005

Colin Edwards has squeezed past his team-mate Valentino Rossi to take the fastest lap on the first day of a damp Yamaha MotoGP test at Phillip Island, Australia, but Rossi pulled a trump card by...

Raga wins Livorno Trial

04 March 2005

Adam Raga has taken the ninth round of the Indoor Trail World Championship in Livorno. The Gas Gas rider took the win with 21 points, six clear of Albert Cabestany on the Sherco, and seven clear of...

Stars sign for IoM TT

04 March 2005

The Isle of Man TT is just 13 weeks away and many stars have already registered their entries. The 2004 Production 600cc winner, Ryan Farquhar, will enter all five races in 2005, backed by the MSS...

Stand up, James...

04 March 2005

What is James Toseland doing down there? He’s obviously got the interest of his brolly girl…

Reality TV hits BSB

04 March 2005

Get under the skin and behind the scenes of British Superbikes this season with a new 14-part documentary to be screened on satellite TV. Official Kawasaki team Hawk Kawasaki are the subject of the...

Looking shadey...

04 March 2005

It appears that sunglasses were essential for the Foggy-Petronas team last season…

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