2005

Year: 2005

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Catalunya GP test: Day 2

18 March 2005

Max Biaggi continued Honda’s domination of the pre-season IRTA MotoGP test in Catalunya by again taking the fastest lap ahead of four other Hondas. The top five riders are all on Honda machines and...

Nice riding kit...

18 March 2005

It might not be the safest outfit to wear on a bike, but car drivers will certainly notice her…

The eyes have it...

18 March 2005

Wherever we went, her eyes seemed to follow us about. Unfortunately her body didn’t come anywhere near us….

Reynolds fit for Brands

18 March 2005

British Superbike champion John Reynolds will race in the opening round of the championship despite breaking his leg in five places just over five weeks ago. A normal person usually takes six weeks...

Catalunya GP test: day 1

18 March 2005

Honda mounted its attack on the Valentino Rossi Yamaha threat by taking the top four fastest times on the first day of the Catalunya IRTA test on Friday. Max Biaggi took the top time on his Repsol...

Hodgson fourth in test

18 March 2005

Neil Hodgson has taken the fourth fastest lap at the latest American Superbike test, on a track he’s never seen before. The test at Infineon Raceway, in Sonoma, California, was scheduled to take...

Lavilla to race at Brands

18 March 2005

Former World Superbike and MotoGP star Gregorio Lavilla will ride for the Airwaves Ducati squad at the opening round of the British Superbike championship. The Spaniard replaces regular rider James...

Off-road race dates

18 March 2005

Find dates for 2005 off-road action here. We’ve just added the dates for the British MX series (see page 2 of this story). See below for the dates for the Speedway Grand Prix, Speedway World Cup,...

Catalunya GP test: Day 3

18 March 2005

Sete Gibernau took the fastest lap in the mock qualifying session at the Catalunya MotoGP test, winning himself a BMW car in the process. Gibernau topped the 40-minute session with a time of...

Too rude for us...

18 March 2005

If we wanted to be offensive, then jokes about tank bags would come to mind. Luckily we’re far too polite for that.

Don't turn away

18 March 2005

Was it something we said?

Rickardsson returns

18 March 2005

Five-times world speedway champ Tony Rickardsson is back in British Speedway after his surprise decision to quit last year. Arena Essex Hammers have signed him as a replacement for their injured no1,...

Babe squad bonus

18 March 2005

You wait all year for an MCN Babe to turn up and then four come along at once…

Toseland at Ducati party

18 March 2005

WSB champ James Toseland is joining Ducati customers and fans at the joint birthday party for Ducati London South and Central on Saturday night (March 19). The event, at the Sports Café in Haymarket,...

A babe for every day...

18 March 2005

With these five babes we’ve got Monday to Friday sorted out….now all we need is a little something for the weekend…

GPs wave the white flag

18 March 2005

New rules have been introduced to MotoGP that will see no more races stopped for wet weather. The Grand Prix commission approved a load of new rules this weekend, but the key change was the...

Hodgson 2nd at Daytona

11 March 2005

Britain’s Neil Hodgson has taken an impressive second place at Daytona on his AMA Superbike debut. The former World Superbike champion had a good start on the Parts Unlimited Austin Ducati 999R,...

Hodgson 3rd on AMA grid

11 March 2005

Neil Hodgson has qualified in third place for the first round of the AMA Superbike championship in Daytona, Florida. Hodgson set a 1:39.884 lap but it was Suzuki Rider Matt Mladin that really...

De Reuver to miss MX2

11 March 2005

KTM MX2 rider Marc De Reuver will miss the first half of the 2005 motocross season. The Dutch rider broke three ligaments in his left knee after crashing during a race in Holland. Surgey took place...

New sponsor for Davies

11 March 2005

British 250cc Grand Prix rider Chaz Davies has signed up for an innovative new sponsorship deal with insurance firm BikerPlan. The Bikerplan policy covers riders in the event they lose their licence...

BSB rider profiles

11 March 2005

Find details on all the riders competing in the 2005 British SUperbike championship by following the links on the right. 2005 British Superbike dates: March 26 – 28, Brands Hatch (Indy) April 8 – 10,...

Getting in on the picture

11 March 2005

We were actually just going to use Noriyuki Haga posing seductively as our babe of the day, but this young lady suddenly appeared in the picture…

Hawk land top totty deal

11 March 2005

Hawk Kawasaki has a new sponsor – which should mean they have some of the hottest brolly babes on the grid. TottyMob.com is backing the team in the 2005 Bennetts British Superbike Championship. The...

Rossi tops Yamaha test

11 March 2005

Valentino Rossi finished the three-day Yamaha Phillip Island MotoGP test with the fastest time. The first two days of the test were drenched with rain and although it did clear for the final session...

Can I interest you?

11 March 2005

For some reason, we just kept coming back for another leaflet. By the end of the Scottish Show we had about 250 of the things…

GP season kicks off

11 March 2005

The 2005 MotoGP season kicks off in earnest tomorrow with the first of two official tests starting at Catalunya. All the teams bar WCM Blata will be at the circuit for the three day test and there...

A classic babe?

11 March 2005

Jodie Marsh shows us an unusual take on the racing crouch on this modern classic, and probably gives at least a couple of elderly Enfield enthusiasts a heart attack. See more of Jodie as Babe of the...

Kiyonari heads BSB test

11 March 2005

Ryuichi Kiyonari has topped the timesheets at the British Superbikes official test day at Donington park on Sunday, March 13. The Japanese rider put in 52 laps with a best time of 1:32.676, nearly...

2005 BSB official launch

11 March 2005

The official media launch of the 2005 Bennetts British Superbike championship took place at the glamorous Audi Forum in the West End of London on Wednesday, March 16. Almost all of the top riders...

Catalunya tests: 250GP

11 March 2005

125cc Catalunya test times: Day two. 1. Pasini 1:51.538. 2. Luthi 1:51.547. 3. Simoncelli 1:52.005. 4. Talmacsi 1:52.405. 5. Faubel 1:52.545. 6. lai 1:52.567. 7. Nieto 1:52.764. 8. Kallio 1:52.811. 9.

Vitrans offer VIP tickets

11 March 2005

You can be part of the paddock action with a VIP offer from the Vitrans Honda team at the first British Superbike round at Brands Hatch. You’ll be able to meet team riders Martin Finnegan and John...

Reed wins Daytona SX

11 March 2005

Chad Reed has won the 35th Daytona Supercross, ending the winning run of championship leader Ricky Carmichael. Carmichael, riding for Suzuki, battled for the lead until lap 17 when he left the track...

KTM delay 250GP debut

11 March 2005

The new KTM 250cc GP bike will not race until the French GP, the fourth round of the season. “The KTM 250 was always planned as a development project for 2005 so not being present for the opening...

Corser tops WSB test

11 March 2005

Troy Corser has set the fastest time at the first day of World Superbike testing at Valencia in Spain. The Australian achieved the quickest time of the day in the dying stages of the second session...

Teen star in British 125s

11 March 2005

Fourteen-year-old Alex Gault will enter the 2005 British 125GP Championship, riding one of only five Malaguti GP bikes in the world. Gault, sponsored by Barrus Malaguti, may be entering his teens,...

Club rookie sets records

11 March 2005

At his first ever race meeting, 19-year-old Tom Gazzard won all four races, set the fastest lap, and was awarded the ‘Rider of the Meeting’ Riding for Go Star racing, the RAF trainee engineer...