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The sun was out, but why wear shades when you can look like that?

18 March 2002

The sun was out, but why wear shades when you can look like that?

Bid for Karl Harris’ leathers

18 March 2002

YOU can own a little piece of history and help a good cause by bidding for a signed pair of Karl Harris’ old leathers. The Rizla Suzuki star has donated the Axo suit he wore during the 2000 World...

Katoh edges out Rossi in Suzuka test

18 March 2002

THE four-strokes won’t have it all their own way in the new Moto-GP class if Daijiro Katoh’s performance was anything to go by on the last day of Honda’s Suzuka test. He edged out Valentino Rossi on...

Reed and Carmichael dominate AMA Supercross

18 March 2002

Ricky Carmichael and Australian Chad Reed continue to dominate this year’s American supercross championships after the latest round at New Orleans. Carmichael, who won last year’s supercross and...

Foggy blasts FP1 critics

18 March 2002

IN an exclusive interview with MCN Carl Fogarty has blasted critics of his WSB project. Ever since he announced his FP1 would make its race debut at Laguna Seca in July, he’s had to deal with...

Hislop quickest at BSB Silverstone test

18 March 2002

STEVE HISLOP cemented his reputation as the pre-season favourite for this season’s MCN British Superbike championship with some stunning times in testing at Silverstone yesterday. It was the first...

OK, where’s the moustachioed David Hasselhoff lookalike called Sven?

18 March 2002

OK, where’s the moustachioed David Hasselhoff lookalike called Sven?

Simon Crafar: In his own words

18 March 2002

Gsxer400: How long did it take you to decide to make a comeback? SimonCrafar: Er, I would say about a week. Thinking about it and talking to a couple of teams and my wife, and deciding that I was really was as fired up as I felt and it really wasn’t just a brief…mid-life crisis Dpc: How does a 2002 R1 British superbike compare with the Yamaha GP bike you rode? SimonCrafar: Obviously, on paper it’s...

Double delight for Bayliss Down Under

18 March 2002

A command performance in front of his home fans saw Troy Bayliss take both WSB wins today in Phillip Island. Race two was a carbon copy of the first with the defending champion holding off Honda’s...

Happy in their work

18 March 2002

The MCN girls are giving it away…

Reynolds: ‘I can’t beat Ducati’

18 March 2002

SUZUKI’S John Reynolds says his GSX-R1000 needs even more development before it can beat the Ducatis in this year’s British Superbike series. The defending champion had seemed happy with the progress...

Bayliss quickest at Phillip Island qualifying

18 March 2002

TROY BAYLISS stamped his authority on the opening day of round two of the WSB series at Phillip Island in Australia by claiming provisional pole position. Infostrada Ducati’s Bayliss was four-tenths of a second faster than nearest rival Colin Edwards on the Castrol Honda VTR SP-2 with the Australian world champ looking comfortable. His time of 1:32.656s was just over half a second slower than the...

Crafar: ‘It’s a race against time’

18 March 2002

The BSB star and winner of the 1998 British GP joined us for a live webchat today, Thursday March 21. He revealed to our users that the Yamaha R1 he’ll be racing needs works before it will be in...

Carmichael takes title lead with third Daytona win

11 March 2002

Ricky Carmichael made it three in a row in AMA supercross when he won the Daytona event on his home track. It was also his third Daytona win on the trot. David Vuillemin, who was leading the...

MCN Sport magazine out now

11 March 2002

Don’t miss MCN Sport’s latest issue. It’s out nowand comes complete with our greatest ever season preview, Rossi’s go-faster secrets and why James Toseland is fitter than David Beckham. And on top of...

Castrol’s new multigrade

11 March 2002

Castrol’s new multigrade

Slight makes last gasp switch to BTCC

11 March 2002

Former World Superbike star Aaron Slight will be racing in the British Touring Car Championship after securing a drive with Barwell Motorsports. Slight had been linked with the ASCAR oval racing...

Coates out for start of BSB season

11 March 2002

Adrian Coates will miss the start of the BSB season after breaking his leg during testing in Spain. The British 250 champion was having his second outing on the Padgett’s Suzuki GSX-R1000 he will...

It’s tough for riders when autograph hunters work in packs

11 March 2002

It’s tough for riders when autograph hunters work in packs

Don’t even think it…

11 March 2002

Nyah! So there!

Who says scouting isn’t cool?

11 March 2002

Who says scouting isn’t cool?

Heckles: I’d never ridden on slicks before

11 March 2002

Britain’s Mark Heckles made his World Superbike debut at Valencia, and on Thursday March 14, he joined us live in our VIP lounge for a webchat to tell us what it was like. His inauspicious start to...

McGuinness to miss Oz WSS round

11 March 2002

John McGuinness has been withdrawn from the Australian round of the World Supersport series because he is not recovering fast enough from the shoulder injury he recently suffered. McGuinness struggled...

Lampkin loses indoor title

11 March 2002

Dougie Lampkin has lost his first title in five years of indoor and outdoor world trials. Plagued by an ankle injury since the fourth round in Italy, but also under pressure all season, Dougie...

Aprilia man joins Foggy team

11 March 2002

Carl Fogarty has signed former Aprilia engineering chief Guiseppe Bernicchia to improve his chances of having the three-cylinder FP1 ready for track testing by the end of next month. Bernicchia spent...

IRTA test: Rossi leads the way

11 March 2002

18,000 fans turned out to see Valentino Rossi dominate the IRTA GP test at the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona at the weekend. It was the first clash between the new four-stroke title contenders and...

Mark Heckles: In his own words

11 March 2002

Daveb: What was it like lining up on the WSB grid for the first time? MarkHeckles: In a word … amazing. To come so far so quickly was amazing really. Namezippy: What are your hopes for this season? MarkHeckles: My hopes…are to progress even further as a rider and to be competitive at such a high level. As a rider I have no doubt I’ve got what it takes to be worthy of being one of the strongest...