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It’s going to be the most breath-taking, wheel-spinning, mad-overtaking, superstar-creating GP season since Noah was a lad. Make sure you’re bang up to date with every qualifying session and race...

Capirossi’s RCV ultimatum

Capirossi’s RCV ultimatum

MotoGP star Loris Capirossi is warning Honda he’ll leave next year if he doesn’t get the same machinery as Valentino Rossi. Fo the full story on Capirossi’s demands,don’t miss the new issue of MCN,...

Rossi reigns (again) in Spain

Rossi reigns (again) in Spain

Valentino Rossi swept to a well-deserved victory in Jerez, Spain, today. Fighting back after an early clash with Suzuki’s KennyRobererts he closed back up to the front and a dice with his Repsol Honda...

They’re getting away

They’re getting away

And strangely, the photographer was powerless to stop them. He just kept repeating ” Teams Pons ” over and over.

Sometimes it’s good to be short

Sometimes it’s good to be short

A lady you can’t help but look up to

Carmichael claims AMA Supercross title

Carmichael claims AMA Supercross title

After a six-year title drought, Honda claimed both the 250 and 125 series at the penultimate round of the AMA Supercross series in Salt Lake City. Ricky Carmichael won his tenth race of the season to...

Go!!!!!

Go!!!!!

I bet she does…(nudge nudge, wink, wink, say no more squire)

Michael Rutter webchat

Michael Rutter webchat

The Rain God himself, Michael Rutter, joined us for a live webchat at 1pm on Thursday, May 2. He gave us wet-weather riding tips, told us what his favourite bikes and proudest moments were, and...

Suzuki tired with Dunlop

Suzuki tired with Dunlop

Suzuki’s four-stroke GP team will run Michelin tyres at this weekend’s Spanish GP in Jerez having ended a short but disastrous spell with Dunlop. An official announcement is not expected for another...

Crawford fit for Donington

Crawford fit for Donington

John Crawford has been given the all-clear by doctors to race in rounds five and six of the MCN-backed British Superbike championship at Donington Park. Crawford had been temporarily replaced in his...

Jeremy McWilliams: In his own words

Sweetandsour: What are you going to do about bikes for Jerez?… I’ve heard they’ve gone walkies…? JeremyMcWilliams: Well it’ll be an easy weekend then if that’s right! At least mine haven’t been crashed, so when they do arrive we’ll be able to go straight out, and we’ve got our Jerez set-up so we’ll be able to go straight out. But I’d rather be putting my feet up somewhere like Malaga if they...

Ukawa pips Rossi in South Africa

Ukawa pips Rossi in South Africa

Tohru Ukawa held off Repsol Honda team-mate Valentino Rossi to take the MotoGP win in Welkom, South Africa today. The pair again proved the RCV four-stroke’s dominance finishing over twenty seonds...

Rutter edges Donington Superpole

Rutter edges Donington Superpole

It is an all-Ducati front row for Sunday’s third round of the MCN British Superbike championship at Donington Park – but the rider on pole is not Steve Hislop, it’s Michael Rutter on the Renegade...

I’ll have two, please

I’ll have two, please

Whatever they were selling, it’d be hard to refuse

That don’t impress Max much

That don’t impress Max much

Max did wonders for the confidence of his grid girl

Not playing fair

Not playing fair

It might have been cold, but comfy sweaters just aren’t the proper uniform for brolly girls

Kirkham will make BSB history at Donington

Kirkham will make BSB history at Donington

Jon Kirkham is set to make history at Donington Park on Sunday, April 28, by becoming the youngest ever rider in the Superbike class of the MCN British Superbike Championship. The 17-year-old from...

Keep your distance

Keep your distance

She’s keeping well away from the Texan’s Tornados

Very Flash

Very Flash

As soon as they heard about the remake of Flash Gordon, they started on their costumes

Yamaha tests YZ450

Yamaha tests YZ450

Yamaha is working on bigger-capacity versions of its WR426F enduro bike and YZ426F crosser for 2003. The firm ran a pre-production prototype YZ at the first round of the Japanese motocross...

Take a bite at our caption competition

Take a bite at our caption competition

Oh look, Rossi’s going bananas… wonder if anyone’s going to ape him, there’s certainly something a-peeling about a pre-race snack etc etc (fnarr, fnarr). Good, that’s most of the bad puns out of the...

Jeremy McWilliams: I wish I was on a four stroke

Jeremy McWilliams: I wish I was on a four stroke

British MotoGP star Jeremy McWilliams chatted live with motorcyclenews.com users today, Thursday April 25. He answered a very wide range of questions, including whether he would rather be on Max...

Business as normal for Carmichael

Business as normal for Carmichael

Ricky Carmichael is stretching his lead on championship rival David Vuillemin after riding to his ninth win of the season in Dallas. Jeremy McGrath might have got the lead from the start, but...

Supercross star Langston crocked by crash

Former World GP Champion Grant Langston has been sidelined following a huge crash on a triple jump at KTM’s practice track in Corona, California. The supercross star suffered extensive bruising to his lower legs is undergoing further scans to determine the severity of the injury. He will definitely miss this weekend’s round on AMA Supercross at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan. Langston said : ...

Vehvilainen takes overall Lyng honours

Vehvilainen takes overall Lyng honours

Finland’s Jussi Vehvilainen took the overall win in Sunday’s round of the British open championship at Lyng in Norfolk. The Honda rider pulled in championship leader, KTM’s Gordon Crockard, with a...

Cheeky, very cheeky

Cheeky, very cheeky

Forget road tester or editor…the job everyone wants at MCN is applying the trouser stickers

Rutter goes quickest in Donington practice

Rutter goes quickest in Donington practice

Michael Rutter has gone into provisional pole position after Friday’s first qualifying at Donington Park ahead of Sunday’s BSB round. Rutter pushed his Ducati 998 around the Indy circuit in a time of...

Renegade duo come good at Donington

Renegade duo come good at Donington

Renegade Ducati riders, Shane Byrne and Michael Rutter dominated the third round of the MCN British superbike championship at Donington. Shane Byrne scored his first-ever BSB victory in a dry first...

She comes with protection

She comes with protection

Is the big guy protecting the bike, or her?

ITV Digital collapses

ITV Digital collapses

Live British Superbikes will be just one of the services to go off the air with the announcement on Thursday, April 25, of the collapse of ITV Digital. Administrators for the beleaguered company have...

Izutsu injured in qualifying at Sugo

Izutsu injured in qualifying at Sugo

Eight crashes, three stoppages and three restarts marked one of the most incident-laden qualifying sessions in the history of WSB at Sugo on Friday – with Hitoyasu Izutsu ruling himself out of racing...

You might wanna check the stand

You might wanna check the stand

This is what happens when you employ mechanics fresh from college

First glimpse of MZ GP motor

First glimpse of MZ GP motor

This is the engine MZ will take into the MotoGP series and which will power the firm’s first superbike. The 90° V4 is already running on the test bench, though so far the firm has only revealed this...

Get GP results on your mobile

Get GP results on your mobile

Welkom, South Africa is over 5500 miles away, but you can keep bang-up-to-date with this weekend’s GP qualifying news and race results simply by signing up for the latest text messaging service from...

Capirossi leads qualifying in South Africa

Capirossi leads qualifying in South Africa

Loris Capirossi again blew away the myth that the new generation four-strokes would cruise to this year’s new MotoGP world championship after he comfortably stuck his two-stroke Honda NSR500 on...

It doesn’t normally rain sideways

It doesn’t normally rain sideways

One day she’ll be telling her granchildren how she got a champagne shower from Rossi