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Rutter signs for Stobart

04 November 2005

Michael Rutter will ride a Honda Fireblade in the 2006 British Superbike championship, but it will be for Stobart motorsport rather than his former employers at HM Plant. The 32-year-old will ride...

Dirt Bike Show preview

04 November 2005

Aprilia will launch its revolutionary V-twin RXV and SXV dirt bikes to UK riders at the Dirt Bike Show which opens at Stoneleigh on November 17. You’ll see the 2006 ranges from Beta, Bombardier,...

Carlos Checa made a disastrous Honda RCV debut this morning at Valencia. The Spaniard crashed on only his third lap at turn three as he returned to Michelin tyres after a season with Bridgestone on...

Silverstone voted No1

01 November 2005

Silverstone has been named the Bennetts British Superbike championship fans’ favourite circuit of 2005. Fans cast their votes online and in a questionnaire circulated at race rounds. Silverstone took...

Shakey loses GP ride

01 November 2005

Shakey Byrne’s topsy-turvy season took another dramatic twist today (Nov 1) when his deal to ride the Camel Honda RC211V at Valencia this weekend fell apart. The team did a last-minute U-turn and...

Vanessa is babe of the day

01 November 2005

Meet MCN babe Vanessa, who is not only representing us at the NEC all week, but also is the part owner of the British Superstock team! You can read her profile, and vote for the best babe of the NEC,...

Rossi goes retro

01 November 2005

Valentino Rossi will be racing in the traditional red, yellow and white Yamaha racing colours at this weekend’s Valencia GP. The Yamaha team has decided to go with the retro colours for the final...

Northpoint go official

01 November 2005

Northpoint Honda Racing will compete as Honda Racing’s officially supported Supersport entry in next year’s British championship aboard CBR600RRs. Current champion Leon Camier is the team’s new...

Meet MCN babe Lisa

01 November 2005

Another day, another beautiful MCN girl at the NEC Show. Read more about Lisa here. Discovered MCN Auctions

Melandri mobbed at NEC

01 November 2005

Honda GP rider Marco Melandri got completely mobbed at the NEC motorcycle show today, Tuesday November 1. The Telefonica Movistar rider came to the show to meet fans and sign autographs on the Honda...

Bike ban comes closer

28 October 2005

Bikes are about to be banned from greenlanes – unsurfaced roads which comprise about 5% of the England and Wales’s road networks. The Motor Cycle Industry Association – which represents the UK bike...

More MCN girls at the NEC

28 October 2005

We’ll be featuring our very own MCn girls as Babes of the Day this week. And can you blame us? Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.

Meet the MCN babes...

28 October 2005

All of these lovely young ladies are at the NEC Show all week, and you can get your picture taken with them, or take a seat on the MCN sofa…. And if you want a personal message sent out on our live...

Bid on Rossi kit at NEC

28 October 2005

YOU could get your hands on some amazing signed Valentino Rossi gear this Sunday while watching the man himself bid for victory in the final GP of the season at Valencia. Riders for Health is staging...

Bostrom B joins Hodgson

28 October 2005

Ducati has announced that Ben Bostrom will partner the already-confirmed Niel Hodgson in the Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin team that will compete in next year’s AMA Superbike Championship with factory...

2006 World Endurance dates

28 October 2005

The 2006 World Endurance dates have been announced with the Bol d’Or and Le Mans 24 hour returning to the series for the first time in four years. The two classic French 24 Hour races were...

Meet Jess and Nikki

28 October 2005

Jess and Nikki are just two of the stunning MCN Babe Squad at the International Motorcycle and Scooter Show…. Find out more about them here. Discovered MCN Auctions yet? Click here.

Haydon holds GSX-R ride

28 October 2005

James Haydon is holding on to his Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 ride in the British Superbike Championship for 2006. Haydon joined the team mid-way through the 2005 season and, says the team, played a key...

A blonde for Monday

21 October 2005

And when we talk about a blonde babe, we aren’t referring to Chris Vermeulen! Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.

Turkish GP results

21 October 2005

Full results from the Turkish round of the MotoGP championship. MotoGP: 1. Melandri. 2. Rossi. 3. Hayden. 4. Gibernau. 5. Checa. 6. Elias. 7. Edwards. 8. Tamada. 9. Barros. 10. Nakano. 11.

Necessary more babes

21 October 2005

Yukio Kagayama adopts the rock star look with some retro shades and a babe on each side.

Double backflip madness

21 October 2005

The world marvelled when Carey Hart managed the first backflip on a bike in the 2000 X-Games but now mad freestyle MX star Travis Pastrana has taken it to the next level by landing the first double...

Bid for Rossi's own lid

21 October 2005

Every now and again a signed Valentino Rossi replica helmet comes up for grabs in an auction or a competition. Much more rare is an actual helmet raced in by Rossi and also signed by the world...

Toseland confirms move

21 October 2005

Former WSB champ James Toseland dropped by the MCN Stand at Thursday’s NEC Show press day – for a chat on the sofa. Read his interview with Michael Guy in the next issue of MCN – out on November 2. ...

Schumacher rides Desmo

21 October 2005

F1 Ferrari racing legend Michael Schumacher is doing a Rossi – he’s riding a MotoGP bike at 11am today (Oct 24). Schumacher will get a blast on Loris Capirossi’s Ducati Desmosedici MotoGP around...

See Rossi lift his crown

21 October 2005

You could be rubbing shoulders with the stars of MotoGP and witness Valentino Rossi receiving his 2005 trophy in Valencia on November 6. The MotoGP Awards Ceremony has never previously been open to...

Maria wins BBC award

21 October 2005

Racer Maria Costello has been named the first ever BBC Northamptonshire Sports Personality of the Year. TT and Manx star Maria was presented with the shield on stage on October 19 – the result of...

Schuey can't match Rossi

21 October 2005

It doesn’t look like Valentino Rossi has much cause to worry about Michael Schumacher snaffling his MotoGP ride any time soon: the German was 23s off Rossi’s Mugello pole position time after his first...

Turkish GP practice

21 October 2005

125cc free practice one: 1. Kallio 2:05.571. 2. Gadea 2:06.621. 3. Luthi 2:06.782. 4. Pasini 2:07.041. 5. Faubel 2:07.404. 6. Rodriguez 2:07.686. 7. Zanetti 2:07.799. 8. Koyama 2:07.815. 9. De Rosa...

Gibernau on pole

21 October 2005

Sete Gibernau is on pole for the first Turkish Gran Prix at the Istanbul Park circuit on Sunday, October 22, 2005. Gibernau benefitted from a mistake by Marco Melandri, who had dominated the practice...

Suzuki part with Roberts

21 October 2005

The Suzuki MotoGP squad has officially confirmed it will part company with American Kenny Roberts when his contract ends in December, 2005. The 32-year-old American joined the team in 1999 and became...

Bid to join MotoGP stars

21 October 2005

Tickets to the MotoGP Awards ceremony – at which stars including Valentino Rossi are officially presented with their world championship trophies – are seldom made available to the public. But this...

Up close and personal...

21 October 2005

Taking close-up pictures is a great excuse to get a little closer to the brolly girls…. Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.

Seeing the signs....

21 October 2005

We’re not sure what that sign on the front of the bike actually means, but it definitely seems to have attracted the ladies…. Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.

Melandri wins in Turkey

21 October 2005

Marco Melandri took his first MotoGP victory at the Turkish GP, taking the lead from Sete Gibernau at the first corner and holding off Valentino Rossi until the chequered flag. Gibernau saw his hopes...

Back in black

21 October 2005

Someone is looking rather slinky…… Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.