2007
Sykes & Walker Wheelies
08 May 2007 by
Anything Shakey Byrne can do, Tom Sykes and Chris Walker can do better. Or, can they? You decide. Both riders pulled these monster wheelies from the bottom to the top of Clay Hill. The fans...
Shakey's monster wheelie
08 May 2007 by
Is there any wonder that Shakey Byrne is one of the fans favourites. We were fortunate to see Shakey pull a wheelie from the bottom of Clay Hill all the way to the top. Well done Shakey. Regards...
Hobbs wins Supersport race
07 May 2007 by
Padgetts Motorcycles rider Dennis Hobbs took the honours at Oulton Park today (Monday) following a race-long battle with Relentless Suzuki’s Ian Lowry. Lowry had the upper hand following this...
Kiyonari takes race two but Lavilla weaves through
07 May 2007 by
Ruichi Kiyonari secured win number three of the season at Oulton Park this afternoon in a thrilling second race. The Japanese rider and defending champion had to fight hard for his win. Despite...
Lavilla claims race one at Oulton Park
07 May 2007 by
Gregorio Lavilla was back to winning ways in race one at Oulton Park this afternoon (Monday, May 7, 2007). The Spaniard, who won the first four races of the season, diced with teammate Leon Haslam...
Kiyo fastest in morning warm up
07 May 2007 by
HM Plant’s Ryuichi Kiyonari set the pace in this morning’s warm up session on a damp track at Oulton Park. The Japanese rider set a best time of 1:45.876, completing eight laps around the Cheshire...
McGuinness snapped at Oulton
06 May 2007 by
I got this picture of John McGuinness and my mate, Andy ‘mad dog’ Brown’s, wife Carol at Oulton Park. This was taken at Sunday’s pit lane walk. They will be thrilled to see this. Bolly
Lavilla pole at Oulton
06 May 2007 by
Gregorio Lavilla claimed his and Dunlop’s first pole position of the year for tomorrow’s fourth round of the Bennetts’ British Superbike championship at Oulton Park. The Airwaves Ducati rider just...
Plater wins Albacete Six Hour
06 May 2007 by
Steve Plater and Spanish team-mate Julien Mazuecos dominated Saturday’s Six Hour Nightime Endurance race at Albacate in Spain. The Kawasaki France factory duo won by a lap from their Suzuki Endurance...
Haslam tops first day at Oulton
05 May 2007 by
Leon Haslam topped the afternoon session at Oulton Park in practice for Bank Holiday Monday’s fourth round of the Bennetts British Superbike championship. Haslam, still badly bruised from his 174mph...
Rea tops BSB practice
05 May 2007 by
Jonathan Rea set the pace in the first free practice session at Oulton Park in preparation for Bank Holiday Monday’s fourth round of the Bennett’s British Superbike Championship. His best time on the...
Sweep Travels
05 May 2007 by
Sweep has been travelling the world getting pictures from all around the globe with famous landmarks. And so Sweep wanted to see his favourite racer Leon at Silverstone. This pic was taken a short...
BSB blog: Oulton a refreshing chane
02 May 2007 by
Oulton Park and its changes of elevation in the glorious rolling Cheshire parkland will be a refreshing change after the flat, featureless and frankly tedious Silverstone. It may host the British F1...
Haydon on Virgin leave
02 May 2007 by
James Haydon has been replaced in the Virgin Media Yamaha team due to an alleged shoulder injury. He is being replaced ‘for at least two races’ by South African Hudson Kennaugh, currently placed...
Potential future champion
01 May 2007 by
BSB action from Silverstone on April 29th including possible future BSB champion, number 86!
Walker-rep birthday cake
30 April 2007 by
Here is a picture of my 30th birthday cake, compliments of my mother-in-law! Had to send it in, it’s brilliant. Even Chris Walker himself thought it was great I took the picture to Silverstone...
Kiyo takes Silverstone double
29 April 2007 by
Ryuichi Kiyonari took the double win in the second race at Silverstone, leading from the start until the race was red-flagged on lap 14. Behind Kiyonari the drama unfolded with Lavilla working his way...
Kiyonari wins first race at Silverstone
29 April 2007 by
Ryuichi Kiyonari and Jonathan Rea took a HM Plant one-two in the first race at the Silverstone round of British Superbikes. Chris Walker took third, claiming his first podium since his return to the...
ITV Presenter
28 April 2007 by
Whilst at BSB qualifying at Silverstone on Saturday, I bumped into Jane Omorogbe, (ITV’s BSB Presenter), so a quick snap was had. You usually have pictures of the public with racers, so why not one...
Kiyonari secures Silverstone pole
28 April 2007 by
British Superbike Champion Ryuichi Kiyonari secured pole position for tomorrow’s third BSB round of the year at Silverstone with a 1:25.38 later in the session – inside his own lap record time of...
Kiyo tops Silverstone Saturday practice
28 April 2007 by
Ryuichi Kiyonari set the fast time in Saturday morning’s free practice session at Silverstone, in preparation for Sunday’s third round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship. Kiyo’s time of...
Shakey gives a wave to his friends
27 April 2007 by
More pictures from BSB round one. Shakey gives a wave to his fans. Leon Camier is out in front. Jonathan Rea is spinning up.
Lavilla ups the pace at Silverstone
27 April 2007 by
Gregorio Lavilla upped the pace in the second practice session at Silverstone this afternoon (Friday) by going half a second quicker. The Spaniard, who has won all four races so far this weekend,...
Video: Rutter talks at George Whites
24 April 2007 by
Michael Rutter attended the opening of George White’s new Swindon super centre last weekend and while he was there BSB commentator Fred Clarke got him on stage for a quick chat. Watch the video below...
Be Lavilla's grid girl
24 April 2007 by
Would you like to be Lavilla’s grid girl at the next round of the Bennett’s British Superbike at Silverstone on April 29? Bennetts is giving one lucky MCN female reader the opportunity to represent...
Video: We speak to Honda's TT riders
24 April 2007 by
MCN’s BSB reporter headed to Castle Combe recently to catch up with the Honda riding TT racers as they prepare for this years race. Watch the video below to see all the action and interviews with the likes of John McGuinness.
BSB crashes galore
20 April 2007 by
Here is a sequence of three crashes from race day at Thruxton circuit for the BSB 2007 championship. Plus there is one of Walker after his bike blew up.
Worthy sicky
20 April 2007 by
Today I pulled a sicky for the first time ever and went to see a friend who was working as a technician at Oulton Park on a BSB test day. It was a fantastic experience and I bumped into my favourite...
Chris Walker's tank slapper
20 April 2007 by
Today I was at Oulton Park watching a mate getting some test time in on his CBR6R for this weekend’s club racing. There were four teams from the British Superbikes also, one being Chris Walker’s team. Chris was out on track doing some testing, I was stood on the pit lane wall watching the start / finish straight when he came up the straight, he had the biggest tank slapper I have ever...
Bad day for Rizla Suzuki
19 April 2007 by
Here are some pictures I got of Chris Walker and Cal Crutchlow’s retirements at Thruxton. Stalker looks fairly cross after his engine blew while Cal crashed out.
Thruxton supersport crash
19 April 2007 by
Adam Jenkinson (11), James Rose (28) and Kieran Murphy (98) came together at Thruxton in the Supersport race and this was the result. This is whilst John Laverty and Kieran Clarke of the Buildbase...
Cadwell lap times set to tumble
19 April 2007 by
Lap times at this year’s August Bank Holiday British Superbike race at Cadwell Park are set to tumble thanks to resurfacing work at the Lincolnshire circuit. The majority of work has been carried out...
Bennets Babes at Thruxton
19 April 2007 by
The Bennetts babes were kind enough to pose for pictures with Joseph and Laurence Green at Thruxton BSB. Dont they look fantastic. The girls look great too eh! Have a great 2007 BSB Kerry Green
Brands behind the scenes
18 April 2007 by
We won the Chris Jones auction and are getting a special year at all BSB rounds including pit access, safety car laps and helicopter flights. Here are a few behind the scenes pictures from BSB...