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A healthy young girl

12 August 2002

You can tell by that rosy red glow…

This season, we’ll all be wearing tin foil

05 August 2002

It’s all the rage with the most fashionable brolly girls

What lovely bouncers

05 August 2002

You wouldn’t mind too much even if they did tell you that you couldn’t come in

Chris Walker webchat cancelled

05 August 2002

MCN are very sorry to announce, that due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not be able to host the webchat with Chris Walker originally scheduled for Thursday August 8. Unfortunately...

Her name is Helga, she is from Sweden

05 August 2002

We’re not just saying that because she is tall, blonde and has pigtails…

I used to be an actress you know…

05 August 2002

Well I was in a crowd scene….now look at me….

Now that’s a tan

05 August 2002

This is how brolly babes look, when you’re bike racing on Mars…

Emmett swops 998 for a Virgin R1

05 August 2002

Sean Emmett’s dream of winning the 2002 British Superbike title has taken a battering following the announcement this week that his IFC Ducati team had run out of cash. For more details on Emmett’s...

First pics from Ducati’s V4 and 999 track test

05 August 2002

These are the first pictures from Ducati’s debut track test of both its V4 Desmosedici MotoGP machine and 999 World Superbike at Mugello. You can read about the test in detail in the next issue of...

Rutter and Byrne share Thruxton victories

05 August 2002

Michael Rutter took an overall win in a two-part MCN British Superbike race one at Thruxton today ahead of Steve Hislop and Sean Emmett in third. Rain called a halt just as pole man Rutter had built...

Come back….Hodgson’s mine…

05 August 2002

Brolly girls can be awfully competitive when it comes to rich and athletic racers

Sweden cruises to speedway final

05 August 2002

Sweden will join Australia in the speedway world cup final at Peterborough on Saturday. The Swedes, led by world individual champion Tony Rickardsson, cruised past Denmark, Finland and Hungary at...

Aussies strike gold in speedway final

05 August 2002

AUSTRALIA lived up to their favourites tag by winning the speedway world cup final at Peterborough on Saturday night. The Aussies wrapped up the title with 64 points, seeing off Denmark (58), Sweden (54), Poland (48) and the Czech Republic (36). It was the second world cup victory for Australia in as many years. Aussie rider Leigh Adams told MCN: “It was a fantastic job from all the boys. It...

‘Joker’ nets Aussies Sheffield speedway win

05 August 2002

Britain’s speedway team will have to battle through a last-chance qualifier this week if they are to be crowned world champions. They finished second in a rain-shortened qualifying round at...

Injury hits UK’s speedway final bid

05 August 2002

Britain’s Mark Loram will definitely miss Britain’s bid to make the speedway world cup final. Loram, the 2000 world individual champion, crashed head-first into the starting gate as Britain slipped to...

But where are the bikes?

05 August 2002

With such lovely girls on the grid, nobody seemed to have noticed that the bikes were missing…

Czechs bounce Britain from speedway final

05 August 2002

Britain narrowly missed out on the final places for the World Speedway final on August 10 on Thursday night. An on-form Czech Republic took the win with Denmark snaring the final qualification...

Scooter with a roof and a babe?

01 August 2002

That free brolly babe is one hell of an incentive

Edwards leads Eight Hour 1-2-3 for Honda

01 August 2002

Colin Edwards and his Cabin teammate Daijiro Kato lead a clean sweep of the podium at the Suzuka Eight Hour on Sunday. You can read about Honda’s Suzuka victory in more detail in the latest issue of...

Someone’s dropped a fiver…

01 August 2002

Someone’s dropped a fiver…

Checa extends contract with Yamaha

01 August 2002

Carlos Checa has extended his contract with Yamaha to run for another two years. He will continue the ride the YZR-M1 that has taken him to fifth so far this season. The 29-year old Spaniard has raced...

Pere Riba aims for Brno return

01 August 2002

Pere Riba says his broken leg won’t be 100 per cent in time for the Czech GP at Brno on August 25, but he’s going to race anyway. Riba says; ” I’m feeling better and my condition is improving. I...

Remember when…

01 August 2002

Troy will be back on the FP-1, but in the meantime here’s a reminder of when he was a podium regular.

Edwards steps in for Ukawa at Eight-Hour

01 August 2002

Colin Edwards has been drafted in as a last minute replacement for the injured Tohru Ukawa in Honda’s Suzuka Eight-Hour squad on August 4. The Texan will partner Daijiro Kato on a Cabin SP-2. Edwards...

Crossers escape emissions ban

01 August 2002

Fans of off-road riding can breathe more easily – off-road bikes will escape tough new emission laws – until 2005 at least. The Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations won the reprieve...

Superbike rider swaps Hondas with IndyCar champ

01 August 2002

AMA Superbike contender Nicky Hayden and Indy Car racer Michael Andretti are going to swap their race machines in a one-off test at the Mid-Ohio track in America. Hayden will get to drive the Motorola...

A whole herd of babes

01 August 2002

Do you think they need a shepherd?

Don’t want to see the back of Brands?

29 July 2002

Neither do we, which is why the next few days will be a Brands brolly babe extravaganza

Carmichael keeps on winning

29 July 2002

Ricky Carmichael is still on track for a perfect season in the AMA 250 Motocross championship, taking the win at Washougal, Washington on Sunday July 28. Carmichael now has nine overall wins to his...

Yates takes AMA Supersport title

29 July 2002

Aaron Yates has won the 2002 AMA Supersport championship at Mid-Ohio on Sunday, but his delight was cut short as the Blimpie Yoshimura Suzuki rider crashed in the AMA Superbike race, badly gashing his...

Chris Walker signs for GSE

29 July 2002

Chris Walker has signed to ride alongside James Toseland for GSE Racing in World Superbikes for 2003. You can read more details of Walker’s deal in the latest issue of MCN, out Wednesday July 31. The...

The sunglasses stop her hair going blind

29 July 2002

Terrible thing when your hair needs protection from the sun

Brand Hatch WSB live updates

29 July 2002

5.15pm. European Superstocks Part 2: Chris Burns emphatically won the second part of the delayed European Superstock race to take the overall win by three and a half seconds from Murphy. Third was...

Youngest ever BSB rider gets Thruxton debut

29 July 2002

While most 17-year-olds are happy lashing on another nasty bit of bodged Astra bodykit, Tony Waistnage is about to make history as the youngest ever British Superbike rider. He makes his debut in the...

Spellbound by tales of MCN

22 July 2002

She’s simply mesmerised listening to the tales of adventure and excitement that makes up life at MCN

See Ducati’s 999 in the flesh at Brands

22 July 2002

You’ll be able to see Ducati’s new 999 superbike for the first time at Brands Hatch World Superbikes this weekend, July 26-28. It will be displayed near Paddock Hill bend at the Ducati Corse...

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