December

Year: 2006

Month: December

Yates joins Jordan U.S. Superbike team

05 December 2006 by Gary Pinchin

Aaron Yates will race a Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki in AMA Superbikes next year, after he signed to join the team of the basketball legend. Yates, who was with Yoshimura Suzuki in 2006, replaces...

Talented Scot to make TT debut

05 December 2006 by Gary Pinchin

Talented Scot Keith Amor is set to make his TT debut with the Uel Duncan Racing Team, alongside Australian star Cameron Donald at next year’s Centenary races. 2005 Scottish Sports Production Champion...

Video: Outlaw

05 December 2006 by show2ime

nice solo pass

Video: Motorcycle road racing

05 December 2006 by fazmoto

motorcycle road racing

Video: Motorcycle helmet cam

05 December 2006 by shtsnail

Better quality this time. Racing with a helmet cam on, out at Elsinore mx park

Video: Wyndham street racing2

05 December 2006 by tachbert

Street racing in the Burt Munro Challenge

Ilmor announce MotoGP manager for 2007

05 December 2006 by Matthew Birt

Ilmor has ended speculation that former Kawasaki boss Harald Eckl will be their team manager in the 2007 MotoGP championship. The British-based team, which is preparing for its first full season in...

Video: Spy footage of new Ilmor MotoGP bike

05 December 2006

This spy footage of the new Ilmor 800cc British MotoGP bike was shot on a trackday at Silverstone and sent to MCN by reader Deborah Harriman

Hodgson waits for Foggy

05 December 2006 by Michael Guy

Neil Hodgson has spent another week without a ride for 2007 – and seems little closer to realising his dream just yet. But despite several set backs he remains 100% committed to securing a ride in WSB...

Hayden aims to return in Sepang

05 December 2006 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden is targeting a riding return in time for the next major MotoGP test at Sepang in late January, after his shoulder operation at the weekend. Hayden needed treatment for injuries sustained...

Video: Drag disaster

04 December 2006 by jdc03

2002 Suzuki GSXR 600 drag racing and almost flipping over …

Video: Drag Racing at York Raceway

04 December 2006 by SHIFTA3

A CBX 1150cc six cylinder Drag bike with a rear mounted camera, accomapied by a topless mechanic !

Pictures from Mallory Park BSB

04 December 2006 by Biker Bird

Heres a few pictures I took at the British Superbikes 2005 at Mallory. I saw so many crashes that day. I crossed the bridge the same time as John Reynolds was hobbling across. It was a fantastic day...

Knight wins toughest race of his career

04 December 2006 by Dave Rawlings

For the second year running David Knight has won the arduous Red Bull Last Man Standing Enduro event in Texas. The race is two laps of a hellish 40 mile circuit in Bulcher, which includes rock faces,...

Operation goes well for McWilliams

04 December 2006 by Matthew Birt

Jeremy McWilliams has undergone successful surgery on the broken left femur he suffered in a horror crash at last week’s Jerez MotoGP test. The 42-year-old had a rod inserted in his left femur at a...

Photos from Oulton park British Superbikes

04 December 2006 by Steve Hulme

Some race pics from the British Superbike round at Oulton Park

A race marshal shares his pictures

04 December 2006 by Bob Davies

Here’s what we see from the marshal’s side of the fence…

Video: James Stewart Jr Ripping

04 December 2006 by lotus22

James Stewart at his backyard track.

Video: Rossi scooter wheelie action!

01 December 2006 by aurecorse

Valentino Rossi with a yamaha scoot(50cc) in assen.

Camel pull-out of GP's

01 December 2006 by MCN

After four years in Moto GP, Camel has pulled out of International Motorsport including sponsoring the factory Yamaha team. The rumour that the bright yellow sponsor would be pulling out of Moto GP...

Bridgestone boss Q&A

01 December 2006 by MCN

The man heading up Bridgestone’s assault on bike racing has spoken after the end of the MotoGP testing for the year. The firm has upped its input into the class after signing two more big names –...

Plater still wants GB ride

01 December 2006 by Gary Pinchin

Macau GP winner Steve Plater is still chasing a full-time ride in Britain – preferably on a superbike but would also take a top-line Supersport ride. One possible option is joining the two-man MSS...

Video: Ducati bike test Goodwood UK

01 December 2006 by nicholastate

Ducati engine test, turn the sound up its great..

Chaz’s dream fizzles out

01 December 2006 by Matthew Birt

Chaz Davies hopes of landing an Ilmor MotoGP ride have all-but gone after a planned test of the bike had to be aborted due to technical faults. The team lost the first day of the test setting the...