A set of Noriyuki Haga leathers, which he wore for the Donington Park WSB round, are up for auction to raise money for motorcycling charity Riders for Health. The Alpinestars leathers were a special one-off colour scheme designed by MCN reader Ben Leeves in a competition organised by MCN and Yamaha. If you would like to own these special unique ...
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- World Superbikes
- 25 September 2008
The grand finale of the motocross season will be at Donington Park this weekend as the Motocross des Nations hits British shores for the third time in the event’s 62 year history. Click here to view the line up A total of 35 countries will all be aiming to do enough in the heat races on Saturday to make it ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- 23 September 2008
Stereophonics guitarist Richard Jones has taken charge of a brand new Suzuki B-King to help with his daily commute through London to the recording studio. Suzuki B-Kings for sale Jones fell in love with the futuristic styling of the 1340cc Suzuki B-King and so he rang the UK headquarters for a test ride before becoming a fully-fledged owner. Jones said: ...
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- 17 July 2008
Alvaro Bautista has won his second 250GP of the season, and his first from pole in Assen this morning after catching early leader Thomas Luthi. The threat of rain did fall and slowed the riders down, but it was not enough to be a safety concern and so the riders were able to battle it out for themselves on track. ...
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- MotoGP
- 28 June 2008
The 125 Assen GP has been stopped and will restart after rain has begun to fall heavily on the track. Britain’s Bradley Smith was leading the race, more than three seconds ahead of the pack before crashing out on the slippery surface. As happened in France back in May, there will now be a shortened race that will be counted ...
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- MotoGP
- 28 June 2008
Marco Simoncelli was the fastest man on track in Assen for the second 250 free practice this morning. Simoncelli traded places at the top of the timesheets with eventual third placed Hector Barbera on the Team Toth Aprilia, but with nine minutes of the session remaining Simoncelli lapped the Assen circuit in 1:41.593 and then continued to improve on this ...
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- MotoGP
- 27 June 2008
Sergio Gadea has topped the timesheets in the second 125 free practice session in Assen this morning on the Bancaja Aspar Team Aprilia. The Spaniard recorded shot to the head of the times on his 14th lap with a 2:00.182 and held off the rest of the field. Michael Ranseder was second fastest with his best lap at 2:00.431 ahead ...
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- MotoGP
- 27 June 2008
Alvaro Bautista has put himself on provisional pole for Saturday’s 250GP in Assen after setting the best time of the first qualifying session this afternoon. The Aprilia rider knocked almost a second off his best time this morning, when he was second fastest to post a 1:39.510 right at the end of the session. Marco Simoncelli looked set to carry ...
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- MotoGP
- 26 June 2008
Ducati’s Casey Stoner has continued his impressive run of form in this afternoon’s second free practice at Assen as he topped the timesheets once again. The defending champion knocked half a second off his best time from this morning and was 0.8secs ahead of nearest rival Valentino Rossi on the Fiat Yamaha YZF-M1. Stoner was always in control as he ...
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- MotoGP
- 26 June 2008
Britain’s Bradley Smith has finished the first 125 practice session in Assen in third place as he returns to form after breaking his foot in Catalunya. The Polaris World Aprilia rider recorded a best lap of 1:46.160 on his 17th lap on track out of 20. Sergio Gadea was top of the timesheets at the end of the session after ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- MotoGP
- 26 June 2008
