June

Year: 2002

Month: June

Foggy WSB bike to debut at Brands

24 June 2002

DELAYS in engine preparation mean the Foggy Petronas FP1 race bike will miss its planned debut at the U.S. round at Laguna Seca. Instead, the bike will debut a month later at the Brands Hatch...

Kawasaki’s MotoGP machine sharpens up

24 June 2002

These are the latest pictures of Kawasaki’s ZX-RR four-stroke Grand Prix bike and it shows how much the designers have drawn from Honda’s successful RCV design. You can read more on the Kawasaki...

Slim Shadey?

24 June 2002

Not sure if they are a legal tint or not…

Rossi takes pole at damp Assen

24 June 2002

Valentino Rossi splashed to his sixth pole of the season at Assen today, ahead of Saturday’s MotoGP round. The Honda rider made the most of the two combined sessions as bad weather disrupted normal...

A slick rear

24 June 2002

If that’s what Biaggi and Checa want, then that’s what they get

Bayliss does double in Misano

24 June 2002

Troy Bayliss has won the first race at Misano, extending his lead in the World Superbike championship over nearest rival Colin Edwards. Edwards, who led for much of the opening ten laps, had no answer...

Chris Walker’s band aid

24 June 2002

Chris Walker took a tip from the world’s toughest riders to help him combat the extreme heat at Misano. Walker used an absorbent headband used by riders in the Paris-Dakar rally to try and reduce the...

Flair, baby, flair

24 June 2002

Don’t blame it on the sunshine, don’t blame it on the moonlight… blame it on the brollybabes.

Fancy a flutter?

24 June 2002

Bookies are getting more and more attractive these days…

Rossi makes it six wins in Assen

24 June 2002

Valentino Rossi continued his winning ways with another dominant performance at the Dutch GP on Saturday, taking his tally of wins this season to six out of seven so far. But it was the old school...

Heckles tests Mondial WSB machine

24 June 2002

Mark Heckles stayed on at Misano after the WSB round there to test Mondial’s Piega WSB bike and the road version as part of the company’s preparations to go racing in 2003. Heckles – who rides for the...

Garry McCoy "I’ll ride at Donington"

24 June 2002

Garry McCoy has declared himself full fit and has promised he’ll ride at the British GP at MCN Donington Park on July 14. The Australian star badly broke his right leg during pre-season testing. He...

Don’t look back in anger

24 June 2002

Wonder why they aren’t talking?

Josh Coppins fails dope test

24 June 2002

Josh Coppins, the man lying second in the World 250 Motocross class behind Mickael Pichon, has failed a drugs test, the FIM announced today. A urine sample, taken at the Austrian GP on June 9, is...

Rutter rules Rockingham

24 June 2002

Michael Rutter claimed a double victory at Rockingham, proving that he can be as successful in the dry as he is in the wet. His race one victory came ahead of championship rivals Steve Hislop and Sean...

The brolly babe of the future

24 June 2002

One day we’ll all be wearing space-age tinfoil

Rossi edges Biaggi for provisional Assen pole

24 June 2002

Valentino Rossi has snatched provisional MotoGP pole in Assen today with a last gasp effort lap of 2:01.691. Max Biaggi had looked on for a double celebration this afternoon, the Italian was 31...

Looking hot in black

24 June 2002

Well, it does absorb heat more than other colours

Flying the flag…

17 June 2002

Well, carrying it at least.

Ducati confirms factory ride for Hodgson

17 June 2002

Ducati has just confirmed that Neil Hodgson will leave GSE to take up the reins as its number one factory WSB rider at the end of this season. In a statement Ducati’s Paulo Ciabatti, the man charged...

Reynolds on pole for Rockingham

17 June 2002

Rockingham was the circuit that decided the championship in last season’s British Superbike Championship, and it has favoured reigning champion John Reynolds again, this time in more fortuitous...

David Jefferies: In his own words

17 June 2002

Dabbsy: Congratulations on your wins – were you annoyed not to get the proddy 600 to add the hat-trick? DavidJefferies: Well it was actually the Junior 600 we broke down, in not the production, cos we haven’t had that race yet. Obviously I was disappointed, but you can’t expect to have everything your own way can ya. Apjmartin: DJ, was it hard for you as a kid at school? Those balls of steel you...

Carmichael makes it ten in a row

17 June 2002

Ricky Carmichael won both races at the Budds Creek track this weekend (June 16) to maintain his perfect record in this year’s AMA motocross series. Carmichael has now scored five race wins and five...

Three in a bed

17 June 2002

And the little one said ” roll over ”

Bayliss on pole for Misano

17 June 2002

The top six all went under the previous Superpole lap record, but no-one could hold off Bayliss. The final rider to go out for his Superpole lap, he destroyed the previous lap record, held by Neil...

Biaggi beats Rossi’s record

17 June 2002

Marlboro Yamaha rider Max Biaggi went under Valentino Rossi’s lap record, set only a couple of days earlier, while testing development Michelin tyres at Catalunya. The Yamaha team were joined by the...

She can can can hold my umbrella any time

17 June 2002

She can can can hold my umbrella any time

Hislop quickest in Rockingham practice

17 June 2002

Steve Hislop went quickest in today’s free practice at Rockingham. The MonsterMob rider time of 1:10.47 was half a second quicker than Suzuki’s John Reynolds ahead of Sunday’s MCN-backed BSB...

Rossi claims fifth win in Catalunya

17 June 2002

Valentino Rossi took another step to retaining his world crown with his fifth win of the 2002 MotoGP season in Catalunya on Sunday. The Honda rider let Yamaha’s Carlos Checa make the early running and...

Walker’s injection of hope

17 June 2002

Chris Walker is still on the slow road to recovery from Bell’s Palsy, but he’s been boosted by a new treatment from his team’s physiotherapist. He has been having painkilling and relaxant injections...

The MCN Mona Lisa

17 June 2002

Such a nice smile makes our update on the classic worthy of attention

Reynolds and Emmett score Brands wins

17 June 2002

John Reynolds gave the new 1000cc four-cylinder superbikes their first win in the MCN British Superbike series. The Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 rider came out on top after a fantastic first race scrap with...

Izutsu back on Kwak for Misano

17 June 2002

Hitoyasu Izutsu, Chris Walker’s WSB Kawasaki teammate on the factory ZX-7RR, makes his WSB return at this weekend’s Misano round after an eight week lay-off through injury. The Japanese star was...

Italian motorcycle legend dies

17 June 2002

Italy lost one of its most famous motorcycling heroes yesterday when 250 GP legend Walter Villa passed away at his Modena home. The 58-year-old died of a heart attack. Villa dominated the quarter-litre class in the mid seventies, taking three consecutive 250 GP crowns in 1974, ’75 and ’76, all on Harley-Davidsons. He also managed to take the 350cc GP world title in 1976, making him one of the last...

They must work out

17 June 2002

That’s a fine six-pack you ladies share…

Jefferies to partner Reynolds at Rockingham

17 June 2002

David Jefferies will partner John Reynolds on the Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 at the Rockingham round of the MCN-backed BSB series on June 23. You can read the full story on Jefferies’ BSB return in the...