2002

Year: 2002

Month: ALL

Dobb faces Everts and Pichon at Hawkstone

28 January 2002

World 125cc motocross champion Jamie Dobb faces a tough pre-season challenge at Hawkstone Park on February 17. The KTM rider from Derbyshire lines-up at the gate with fellow champions Stefan Everts and Mickael Pichon in the non-championship international. Dobb will ride a 250 KTM against Mickael Pichon on a factory Suzuki 250 and 500 world champion Stefan Everts with a thundering Yamaha 500...

Chili badly battered by crash in testing

28 January 2002

Frankie Chili’s first test on the NCR Ducati at Valencia has ended in a highside on cold tyres which sent him to hospital with concussion. Chili had completed 12 laps of the final afternoon session on...

Bostrom Webchat: Full transcript added

28 January 2002

Ben Bostrom has his fingers crossed for Chris Walker this season and he’s hoping to see him among the front-runners in WSB. In a live web chat on this site on Thursday morning, Bostrom said: ” I want...

Honda confident Rossi will sign

21 January 2002

Valentino Rossi’s contract bust-up with Honda looks like drawing to an amicable conclusion, ending speculation that the reigning world champion might actually walk away to join a rival. Both parties...

Dirt Bike Show off, Supermoto switches to Mallory

21 January 2002

Donington Dirt Bike Show, due to be held this weekend, is off. But the Supermoto UK event which was due to take place alongside it IS on, but the venue has been switched to Mallory Park. The track...

Times are hard

21 January 2002

The brolly budget had been cut. But at least the number of babes was on the up.

Cool on top… at least

21 January 2002

Ooh… that’s a nice top… where d’ya get it?

Just Peachy

21 January 2002

Melanie is a 22-year-old graduate in applied geophysics and enjoys restoring steam engines in her spare time

La Rocco takes first AMA supercross win in seven years

21 January 2002

Mike La Rocco took the glory in the 250 Main Event in round three of the AMA/EA Sports Supercross Series at Anaheim, California. It was the Honda CR250 rider’s first supercross win in America in seven years! David Pingree of Team Red Bull/KTM won the 125 West Main Event. It’s his first win in two years. Steve Lamson, Ernesto Fonseca, and Sebastien Tortelli are recovering from injury, and did not...

Jeremy McWilliams: In his own words

21 January 2002

Flanker: Jezza, what are your thoughts of the up-and-coming season. Do you think you’ll win the title? JeremyMcWilliams: *laughs*. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I had a chance, and I was very encouraged after the first test. Especially lapping within the top four times over a simulated race distance. Genuinely we’re happy. I never thought we’d be so close so soon. I’d never ridden on...

Suzuki’s lovely ladies

21 January 2002

I seem to recall a survey on this site that said Suzuki owners have more fun… now we understand

Edwards has trouble with birds at Ducati WSB test

21 January 2002

Colin Edwards got his first taste of his new Honda VTR SP-2 on Wednesday but spent more time missing the local wildlife than going for fast times. Former WSB champion Edwards finished the first of...

Now Ukawa betters Rossi by almost a second

21 January 2002

Tohru Ukawa suffered another crash on the final day of Honda’s four-stroke test in Malaysia on Wednesday but it didn’t stop the Japanese rider from going almost a second under Valentino Rossi’s lap...

Not to her taste

21 January 2002

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Surely she’s not… without clothes…

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

21 January 2002

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

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

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...