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Haga debuts on Yamaha

21 January 2005

Noriyuki Haga has had his first chance to ride the R1 he will campaign this season in a three-day Yamaha test at Phillip Island. Haga spent the first day, Sunday, just getting used to the four...

Insurance firm Bennetts will be the title sponsor for the British Superbike series in 2005. The deal was unveiled by former British and World Superbike champion Neil Hodgson, along with two ‘Bennetts...

Five girls; one bike

21 January 2005

The MCN girls took turns to sit on the Rocket and make ‘broom-broom’ noises

World Endurance entries

21 January 2005

The provisional entry list for the World Endurance championship has been released with 18 permanent teams and 44 riders already confirmed. British-based yamaha Phase One Endruance will field Dean...

Sepang GP test: Day 2

21 January 2005

Loris Capirossi again set the fastest time during a scorching day in Sepang, Malaysia, where track temperatures reached as much as 58 degrees. Ducati are proving better prepared for 2005 after a...

In the bag...

21 January 2005

With the MCN London Motorcycle Show just days away, the MCN girls are hard at work preparing goodie bags…

05 WSB GSX-Rs on test

21 January 2005

Yukio Kagayama got his first taste this week of the Suzuki GSX-R1000 that he will be riding in World Superbikes this season. The Japanese rider and British favourite spent three days lapping the...

Talking business?

14 January 2005

The girls had argued for hours about the right settings for rear preload and rebound damping…

Two from three ain't bad

14 January 2005

We thought “smile please” was a simple enough request…

Suzuki set for Sepang

14 January 2005

The Suzuki MotoGP squad will begin testing at Sepang in Malaysia on January 21, with riders Kenny Roberts Jr, John Hopkins, and new team boss Paul Denning. The latest version of the Suzuki GSV-R will...

Honda confirms GP riders

14 January 2005

Honda has finally confirmed that Max Biaggi will head the factory Repsol Honda MotoGP team alongside Nicky Hayden. Biaggi is currently recovering from a broken ankle which he sustained in a fall...

A babe a day...

14 January 2005

Hang on, just the five girls? What are we meant to do at the weekend?

New British race series

14 January 2005

A new junior cup to unveil British racing talent will run next year due to a link up between Dorna Sports, the Autocycle Union (ACU) and the Motorcycle Circuit Racing Control Board of Great Britain...

KTM review Dakar safety

14 January 2005

KTM has released a statement regarding the safety aspects of the Dakar just days after works rider Fabrizio Meoni died during the race. “Due to the incidents of the previous months, KTM, as the...

Despres wins 2005 Dakar

14 January 2005

Frenchman Cyril Despres has won the Dakar rally for the first time despite a strong challenge from Spaniard Marc Coma. Despres had almost 10 minutes advantage over Coma going into the final 31km...

Valentine joins Foggy

14 January 2005

Carl Fogarty has chosen former Triumph race team boss Jack Valentine as the new race team manager of Foggy PETRONAS Racing. Valentine, 51, has scored a succession of British championship and TT...

WSB entry lists revealed

14 January 2005

The FIM has published the final entry lists for WSB and World Supersport and provisional lists for the Superstock FIM Cup series. Check them out and you’ll know exactly who is racing for who this...

Oi! Over here!

14 January 2005

Try as she might to ignore the photographer, he took the picture anyway…

Superbike National dates

14 January 2005

The second annual Superbike Grand National invitational race at Castle Combe will take place on July 30-31,2005, after a change in the British Superbike calendar. The non-championship was originally...

Despres nears Dakar win

14 January 2005

On the penultimate day of the Dakar rally, Frenchman Cyril Despres has moved closer to his first-ever overall win. Despres started the 569km stage with a lead of just over three minutes after...

Sofa, so good...

14 January 2005

The MCN girls are so considerate, they even spend time warming up the sofa before shows open…

Dakar cow calamity

14 January 2005

Australian Andy Caldecott won yesterday’s stage of the Dakar despite have a very uncomfortable encounter with a cow. The KTM rider took his second win of the race by over two minutes on second placed...

For the weekend, sir?

14 January 2005

In case you weren’t feeling good enough that it’s the weekend…

Walker fined and banned

14 January 2005

Chris Walker has been fined £1000 and banned from driving for 60 days after being clocked at 130mph in his Subaru car. WSB star Walker was driving in Leicestershire on a 70mph stretch of the A46...

Toseland's Tsunami aid

07 January 2005

WSB champion James Toseland has pledged to play a charity gig with his band for the victims of the south Asian Tsunami. MCN is looking into staging the gig so if you can help with a venue or want to...

All smiles

07 January 2005

The girls always enjoyed hiding from people under their giant umbrellas…

Dakar Rally resumes

07 January 2005

After the forced cancellation of the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally yesterday, Friday, January 7, the racing resumed with KTM rider Isidre Esteve claiming his first stage victory on this year’s...

BSB riders for 2006

07 January 2005

Here is the full list of known riders for the 2006 British Supersport championship. AIM Racing: Chris Burns. Ekerold Honda: Cal Crutchlow. Leon Camier. Red Bull Honda: Eugene Laverty. Here is the full...

Thousand yard stare

07 January 2005

The constant danger for brolly girls is smiling so much you get frozen in that position when the wind changes…

Proton's cracking curves

07 January 2005

KR’s team have some of the sleekest bodywork in the paddock.

£27K for Tsunami victims

07 January 2005

The governing body of international bikesport – The FIM – has donated just over £27,000 to the victims of the southern Asia tsunami. FIM President Francesco Zerbi says the 60,000 Swiss Francs...

Despres wins on sad day

07 January 2005

Stage ten of the Dakar Rally was won by Cyril Despres but clouded by the news of the death of José Manuel Perez after his crash on stage 7. Despres started the 483km loop stage in seventh place but...

Meoni back in front

07 January 2005

The lead changed hands in the Dakar Rally yesterday, Sunday January 9, despite it being a rest day for the riders. Fabrizio Meoni strayed from the corridor of GPS locations that mark out the race on...

Dakar stage cut short

07 January 2005

Dakar organisers have decided to shorten today’s stage by over 200km because visibility is as low as 300 metres. Stage 11 from Atar to Kiffa was expected to be the hardest yet and with the weather...

Meoni dies on Dakar

07 January 2005

Two-time Dakar winner Fabrizio Meoni has died after an accident on stage 12 of the Dakar rally. The KTM rider, who was holding second place in the race, crashed minutes after refuelling at checkpoint...

KTM riders continue

07 January 2005

All the KTM riders have decided to finish the Dakar in respect for their fallen team-mate Fabrizio Meoni, who died on Tuesday. KTM team bosses had urged the riders to quit the rally but they have all...