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Not to her taste

21 January 2002

Not to her taste

Our offer of fish and chips and a bottle of brown beer didn’t go down too well.

McWilliams webchat; full transcript

21 January 2002

McWilliams webchat; full transcript

GP racer Jeremy McWilliams reckons NSR500 rider Daijiro Katoh will be the man to challenge Honda four-stroke rider Valentino Rossi for the title this season. Biaggi and Nakano will be the men...

Petronas admits Sauber is off Foggy project

21 January 2002

Petronas admits Sauber is off Foggy project

Rumours that the Foggy Petronas racing team is no longer using Sauber to continue developing its bike have turned out to be true with the appointment of replacements, Swiss firm Suter Racing...

More WSB, and Suzi, on the Beeb

21 January 2002

More WSB, and Suzi, on the Beeb

The BBC is kicking off its ” bigger and better ” coverage of WSB a week before the first round of the series. Their 30-minute preview show will include a round-up of all the news from the official...

Capirossi makes the most of Rossi’s absence

21 January 2002

Capirossi makes the most of Rossi’s absence

Valentino Rossi’s no-show and dismal weather put a dampener on Honda’s latest GP test at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia on Monday. While rivals like Loris Capirossi and Alex Barros were making their...

Kawasaki’s four-stroke GP bike to debut this season

21 January 2002

Kawasaki’s four-stroke GP bike to debut this season

Kawasaki’s new four-cylinder four-stroke GP bike will feature in selected races in this year’s GP world championship. The Japanese company announced on Tuesday morning that its new in-line four is...

Chili tries his Duke for the first time

21 January 2002

Chili tries his Duke for the first time

Frankie Chili took his first ride on the Ducati 998R he’ll race this year on Friday, and declared he loves it – even if it does feel weird compared to the Suzuki GSX-R750 he has ridden for the past...

Morrison to ride for BMW GB in BoxerCup

21 January 2002

Morrison to ride for BMW GB in BoxerCup

BMW GB has confirmed its team line-up for this year’s International BoxerCup – the one-make series that supports the MotoGP and World Endurance Championships. Current World Endurance Champion Brian...

Strewth! That girl’s got no shirt on

21 January 2002

Strewth! That girl’s got no shirt on

Surely she’s not… without clothes…

Aprilia’s four-stroke RS3 racer tested for first time

21 January 2002

Aprilia’s four-stroke RS3 racer tested for first time

Aprilia’s new four-stroke RS3 three-cylinder four-stroke GP bike was wheeled out for testing for the first time on Thursday at Jerez in Spain. Regis Laconi didn’t throw his leg over the new machine.

Voice of the TT dies

21 January 2002

Peter Kneale, the man known to many as the Voice of the TT, has died, aged 67. Kneale commentated on every TT from 1965 to 2000. He died in the early hours of Monday morning at Liverpool’s Broad Green Hospital. He and had been suffering with a chest illness. Add your tribute, follow the link, right.

Suzuki to run four-stroke GP bike in home series, too

21 January 2002

Suzuki to run four-stroke GP bike in home series, too

A year ahead of schedule, Kenny Roberts got a ride on Suzuki’s new four-stroke GP bike when he tested the V4 XRE0 in Japan over the weekend. And his hopes of getting back to winning ways on it have...

Foggy welcomes Suter on board to develop engine

21 January 2002

Foggy welcomes Suter on board to develop engine

Carl Fogarty has welcomed the news that Eskil Suter has been appointed as the engine developer for the Petronas race and road bike projects. The former racer’s Swiss company, Suter Racing Products,...

Petronas’ official statement

21 January 2002

PETRONAS, Malaysia’s national petroleum corporation, has appointed Suter Racing Products (SRP) to further develop and manufacture its high-performance motorcycle engine in preparation for the Foggy PETRONAS Racing team’s entry in the World Superbike Championship later this year. SRP is a Swiss-based company with expertise and competency in advanced motorcycle engineering and development as well...

Ukawa beats Rossi’s record in Sepang test

21 January 2002

Ukawa beats Rossi’s record in Sepang test

Tohru Ukawa broke the Sepang lap record on Tuesday, day two of Honda’s latest test, as record holder Valentino Rossi sat at home waiting to resolve his contract dispute with Honda. Ukawa clocked a...

Ali’s pally!

21 January 2002

Ali’s pally!

Let’s get pally with Ali! This caption brought to you by Subliminal Hints That The Ally Pally Show Opens Today inc

Prepared for anything

14 January 2002

Prepared for anything

Would sir like to come in out of the sun?

Hodgson’s new-look Ducati unveiled

14 January 2002

Hodgson’s new-look Ducati unveiled

The new look of Neil Hodgson and James Toseland’s GSE Ducatis was unveiled on Tuesday lunchtime. Here we’re bringing you the first pictures and later this week we’ll be adding video interviews with...

Vuillemin wins again. Stewart makes history

14 January 2002

Vuillemin wins again. Stewart makes history

David Vuillemin romped to what looked an easy victory in the 250 class of the American Supercross series in front of a 68,000-strong crowd in San Diego on Saturday night. Jeremy McGrath took another...

Never mind the bikinis

14 January 2002

Never mind the bikinis

One-pieces can look so good, can’t they?

GSX-R750 chassis updates for 2002

14 January 2002

GSX-R750 chassis updates for 2002

Suzuki is hoping a raft of chassis changes to the GSX-R750 will change its fortunes in World Superbikes next year. This year’s changes include a different swing-arm pivot point and revised steering...

Hodgson and Toseland exclusive video interview

14 January 2002

Hodgson and Toseland exclusive video interview

Who does Hodgson see as his greatest threats in 2002? Where does Toseland see himself finishing in the new WSB season? Both men were ready with all the answers when we filmed this exclusive video...

If they ever lose the chequered flag…

14 January 2002

If they ever lose the chequered flag…

Tuesday’s ain’t so bad after all…

Meoni takes second Dakar title on KTM twin

14 January 2002

Meoni takes second Dakar title on KTM twin

Italian Fabrizio Meoni won his second successive Dakar rally as KTM took a clean sweep of the top 10 places in the gruelling 17-day event which finished on Sunday. Meoni, riding KTM’s new LC8 950cc...

Fine-looking personality

14 January 2002

Fine-looking personality

She’s got a nice face, too

Hucklebridge wins UK Supercross title

14 January 2002

Kawasaki’s Mark Hucklebridge clinched the UK Supercross Open class championship when he finished second to Warren Edwards in the final race of the series at the London Arena, Docklands on Saturday night. Stephen Sword took the 125 class title after finishing second on his Husqvarna to Billy Mackenzie.

Roberts focuses on victory – no matter what he rides

14 January 2002

Roberts focuses on victory – no matter what he rides

Former world champion Kenny Roberts says he doesn’t care what kind of bike he rides as long as it gets him back to beating rivals Valentino Rossi and Max Biaggi in 2002. The 28-year-old American is...

Watch the three-minute video

14 January 2002

Watch the three-minute video

Watch as MCN’s WSB reporter Andy Downes introduces us to the official launch of Hodgson’s 2002 Ducati team and goes on to interview its riders. Select from Quicktime (MOV) or Real Player (RM)...

Going up

14 January 2002

Going up

The ladies thought they could trust their microskirts with the dry-cleaner

Rossi in contract dispute with Honda

14 January 2002

Rossi in contract dispute with Honda

Reigning world champion Valentino Rossi’s future with Honda has been thrown into doubt in a contract dispute with Japanese bosses. The world’s number one rider and the world’s biggest manufacturer are...

Full transcript of latest Hodgson webchat

14 January 2002

Full transcript of latest Hodgson webchat

World Superbike star Neil Hodgson joined in a live web chat on this site on Thursday at 5pm… and joked about his initimate relationship with his glove puppet, why Bayliss has the worst style in WSB...

Shining examples

14 January 2002

Shining examples

Some people would say Yamaha use to much plastic. We can’t agree.

Neil Hodgson: In his own words

14 January 2002

Geoff: Congratulations on last years performance. Did you see Hizzy over Christmas and how do you fancy your chances against him in the 2 UK WSB rounds? NeilHodgson: I’ve not seen anything of Steve actually. I think he went to Tenerife or somewhere like that for Christmas, and I didn’t see much of him before because I was really busy with getting married, doing stag dos, and doing the 2 week book...

McWilliams tries his 2002 KR3 for the first time

14 January 2002

McWilliams tries his 2002 KR3 for the first time

Britain’s Jeremy McWilliams kicked off his 2002 MotoGP campaign in Jerez on Wednesday, getting his first chance to test Kenny Roberts’ Proton KR3. The Ulsterman joined new team-mate Nobuatsu Aoki and...

Dunlop settles for £700,000 in TT crash case

14 January 2002

Dunlop settles for £700,000 in TT crash case

Robert Dunlop’s long battle for compensation after his 1994 TT accident came to a surprise early end on Thursday afternoon when he agreed to accept £700,000 in compensation, approximately half what he...

Clock watching

14 January 2002

Clock watching

She times everything precisely. Daunted?