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Snetterton MRO, March 22-23

25 March 2003

Snetterton hosted the first Motorcycle Racing Organisation (MRO) meeting of 2003 on March 22-23. 2002 Aprilia Superteen Champion Jon Boy Lee used the meeting to have his first run out of the season...

Excuse me… Over here!

25 March 2003

She was easily distracted by a flashy paddock scooter.

Club racing round-up

25 March 2003

The first of our club racing round-ups starts here. We for your reports of the weekends local race meetings. The links on the right will take you to the first of these reports. We will bring you more...

Looking forward…

18 March 2003

If you could just lean a little further forwards…

Heckles tests at Mallory

18 March 2003

Mark Heckles rode his new CBR600FS for the first time on March 19 at Mallory Park after driving to Belgium to pick it up and pay for it just five days before. The bike was bought for him by his dad...

First outing for KTM GP bike

18 March 2003

125cc riders Arnaud Vincent and Roberto Locatelli have finally ridden their new KTM GP bikes for the first time after delays in construction forced them to miss both of the pre season IRTA tests at...

Hold on tight

18 March 2003

Wouldn’t you want to stay as close as possible?

Ducati release two models

18 March 2003

Two sexy new models from Ducati.

Looking hot in the shade

18 March 2003

She might be in the shade, but she still looks hot to us.

Renegade test on last year’s bikes

18 March 2003

Renegade Ducati riders Sean Emmett and Michael Rutter were testing at Cadwell Park last weekend despite the fact that the bikes they intend to ride in this year’s British Superbikes championship have...

Team Renegade launch. Haslam launches bike

18 March 2003

Team Renegade Ducati celebrated their new look Red Bull livery with an official launch in Manchester on Thursday. The Renegade riders, Sean Emmett, Michael Rutter, Nick Medd and Leon Haslam spent the...

A knowing smile

18 March 2003

What does she know that Haydon doesn’t?

Green meanies

18 March 2003

A very relaxed riding position for the green meanies

Reed defeats Carmichael in AMA Supercross

18 March 2003

Championship rivals Chad Reed and Ricky Carmichael went head-to-head in today’s AMA Supercross race, with Australian Reed coming out on top and reducing his championship deficit. The battle lasted for five laps of the 25 lap race, until championship leader Ricky Carmichael found himself landing on a hay bale after a triple jump. This allowed Reed to take the victory, with Carmichael taking second...

Jay Kay rolls up with £40,000 Rizla

18 March 2003

Jamiroqui front man, Jay Kay, famous as much for his big hats and a love of fast cars as he is for his music, has been persuaded to make the transition to two wheels by the Rizla Suzuki BSB team. The...

Babe training starts early

18 March 2003

Training for the rigours of becoming a brolly babe has to start at an early age

Rutter dominates Donington BSB test

18 March 2003

Michael Rutter set himself up as the hot favourite for this year’s BSB title with a blistering first test on the Red Bull factory Ducati at Donington on Sunday. Using his ex-Bayliss F02 V-twin he set...

Saddam costs Thomas BSB ride

18 March 2003

Saddam Hussein has scuppered Dean Thomas’s BSB season. Thomas’s Dienza Ducati team’s sponsor, Phones4U, has slashed its budget by over 60 per cent because of tensions in the Gulf. The phone firm says...

Schwantz returns to racing

18 March 2003

Kevin Schwantz is returning to full time professional racing with the launch of the AMA Red Bull Supermoto championship. The 1993 500 GP champion retired from professional racing in 1995 with an...

Harris tops British Supersport times

18 March 2003

Karl Harris hammered out a warning to his British Supersport rivals after topping the supersport times at Donington on his new Honda CBR600RR. He was a second inside the lap record and beat the best...

BSB riders test at Valencia

11 March 2003

British Superbike riders have been using the Valencia test to make last minute alterations to their bikes before the first round at Silverstone on March 30. Steve Hislop spent the three days making...

Waldmann quits WCM

11 March 2003

Ralf Waldmann has quit the Harris WCM MotoGP team saying it is too late in his career for him to make the move from two-stroke to four-stroke bikes. The German rider rode the bike for the first time...

Heckles waits for WSB in British Supersport

11 March 2003

Mark Heckles has decided to compete in the first four rounds of the British Supersport championship, after Rumi Honda failed to raise enough money for him to compete in the opening rounds of World...

Stripped and special

11 March 2003

The bike is pretty trick as well.

The future’s so bright

11 March 2003

The future’s so bright, Yukio’s gotta wear shades.

Rossi pays tribute to Sheene

11 March 2003

Valentino Rossi led the tributes to the late Barry Sheene at the IRTA MotoGP test on Sunday with a specially commissioned helmet design. The reigning MotoGP champion took the opportunity to make two...

Strike a pose

11 March 2003

The ringleaders of the brolly babe gang have been caught on film at last

Pretty in pink…

11 March 2003

Pretty in Pink… and pretty much any other colour you can think of.

Melandri Struggles, Checa goes fastest

11 March 2003

Ducati brought four Desmmosedici’s to Catalunya yesterday, March 13, to join the Honda Pons, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Proton, and WCM teams at the circuit for a packed session ahead of the official...

God bless America

11 March 2003

Time to give the US credit, where credit is due… Great bikinis.

From West to West

11 March 2003

No-one noticed there were two Wests, and no North, South or East

Capirossi hits 204mph on Ducati GP bike

11 March 2003

Loris Capirossi clocked a record-setting 203.9mph and set the fastest lap at the weekends IRTA tests in Catalunya. For a full report on the weekend’s activity, see this week’s issue of MCN, out March...

Valencia MotoGP tests

11 March 2003

Both Suzuki and Honda Pons had to cut short their test sessions at Valencia after rain kept them in the garage. But the weather cleared this week allowing the 250 and 125 bikes to take to the...

Sword and Crockard share spoils

11 March 2003

Gordon Crockard and Stephen Sword won their respective classes at the opening round of the British Motocross Championship on Sunday (March 16) The first round took place at Canada Heights in Kent,...

Kagayama on WSB front-row pace

11 March 2003

John Reynolds and Yukio Kagayama completed the latest test of their new GSX-R1000s at Valencia over the weekend, with the two riders setting times that would have placed them on the front row of the...

Stop hiding behind her

11 March 2003

When two brolly babes merge, can they transform into one ‘superbabe’?

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