2002

Year: 2002

Month: ALL

Meoni takes second Dakar title on KTM twin

14 January 2002

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

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

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 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

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

Rossi in contract dispute with Honda

14 January 2002

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

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

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

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

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

She times everything precisely. Daunted?

Honda 250 hits crisis before it’s raced

14 January 2002

Honda’s new development works 250 GP bike has hit a crisis before it has even been raced as the team it was to be run in this season teeters on the brink of collapse. The RS250R-W, which is due to...

New British four-stroke twin for GPs

14 January 2002

Maxsym Engine Technology Ltd have given a public debut to a concept parallel twin-cylinder motor named MC2, which it hopes will be raced in GPs in the season after next. Like Kenny Roberts’ Proton...

Bayliss is relaxed and ready to win again

07 January 2002

It would be easy to assume reigning WSB champion Troy Bayliss is more stressed than ever as he considers the defence of his title in 2002. But the Australian reckons he has never been so relaxed in...

It takes all sorts

07 January 2002

The Gauloises girls came in all shapes and sizes as Melissa the Morovian midget proved.

KTM’s new twin leads Dakar into stage 10

07 January 2002

KTM’s new 950cc LC8 V-twin was leading the Dakar Rally as the field set off on stage 10 on Monday morning. This year’s event is one of the biggest ever – with 170 bikes starting. For the first time in...

Crafar reveals what’s drawn him back to racing

07 January 2002

Simon Crafar is back. The New Zealander who once humbled even the mighty Mick Doohan is coming to British superbikes. Very soon he’ll get his first ride on the Yamaha R1 he will ride. But before he...

Emmett looks to UK again as riders struggle for work

07 January 2002

Sean Emmett has been approached to lead Honda’s British superbike effort. Motopower, the top Honda team in this year’s BSB line-up, wants Emmett to ride its 180bhp 2002 FireBlade. The 31-year-old,...

Ducati mechanics

07 January 2002

… and she knows how switch a gearbox

Young intends to make most of factory invite

07 January 2002

Superstock champion Paul Young is hoping that a visit to the Suzuki factory will help him pick up some special parts for the GSX-R1000 he’s building for this year’s BSB campaign. ” Suzuki have...

Jefferies’ British series hopes in jeopardy

07 January 2002

Cash strapped TT star David Jefferies faces the prospect of being frozen out British superbikes next season. Jefferies, 29, is hoping that the V&M team he raced for last year can raise the funds...

Just another day at the office

07 January 2002

When the ladies on reception look like this, Monday’s are never too difficult to cope with

The eyes have it

07 January 2002

Lose yourself in her eyes… even if they are saying ” sod off ” rather than ” come to bed ”

PlayStation is more than a game for Davies

07 January 2002

Most 14 year-olds spend hours on their PlayStation trying to register high scores but it’s a little more serious for British youngster Chaz Davies. He is currently spending hours with the controls in...

Vuillemin wins opening US Supercross round

07 January 2002

Frenchman David Vuillemin won the opening round of the 2002 American supercross series at Anaheim, California on Saturday night. It’s a great start to the season for the 24-year old Yamaha rider who...

A technical point… or two

07 January 2002

Anyone fancy getting technical?

Factory Husqvarnas tested

07 January 2002

BIKES that carry the accolade ” factory ” have a ferocious reputation to live up to. Any rider hot enough to handle the pace in national or world championships demands a gut wrenching power hit and...

Pit stops and non-stop races for 2003

07 January 2002

Rain will no longer delay the start or cause races to be paused from 2003 in both GPs and WSB. Racers will be able to make pit stops to change tyres to match changing conditions. Or, of course, they...

We like the look of Marlboro country

07 January 2002

You don’t get smokes without something hot

Winning smile

07 January 2002

If you can’t resist a dimple…

Full GP entry lists for 2002 revealed

07 January 2002

The FIM has just announced the entry lists for the three MotoGP classes in 2002. They are listed in full right here. 125cc class: 1 Manuel Poggiali, RSM Gilera Gilera Racing Team 4 Lucio Cecchinello...

Lampkin comes from behind to win in Sheffield

07 January 2002

British world trials champion Dougie Lampkin admitted Saturday’s Sheffield indoor trial was his toughest-ever. Dougie, honoured in the New Year’s list with an MBE, had to overcome a major scare to...

Aussie showdown for Walker and Hodgson confirmed

07 January 2002

Rivals Chris Walker and Neil Hodgson will go head-to-head on the track for the first time since 2000 when they line up for first official WSB test in Australia later this month. The final decision to...

Old smokey jokey

01 January 2002

Do you smoke? Only if you rub us fast enough