April
Carmichael claims AMA Supercross title
29 April 2002
After a six-year title drought, Honda claimed both the 250 and 125 series at the penultimate round of the AMA Supercross series in Salt Lake City.Ricky Carmichael won his tenth race of the season to...
Michael Rutter webchat
29 April 2002
The Rain God himself, Michael Rutter, joined us for a live webchat at 1pm on Thursday, May 2.He gave us wet-weather riding tips, told us what his favourite bikes and proudest moments were, and...
Suzuki tired with Dunlop
29 April 2002
Suzuki's four-stroke GP team will run Michelin tyres at this weekend's Spanish GP in Jerez having ended a short but disastrous spell with Dunlop.An official announcement is not expected for another...
Cheeky, very cheeky
22 April 2002
Forget road tester or editor…the job everyone wants at MCN is applying the trouser stickers
Business as normal for Carmichael
22 April 2002
Ricky Carmichael is stretching his lead on championship rival David Vuillemin after riding to his ninth win of the season in Dallas.Jeremy McGrath might have got the lead from the start, but...
Renegade duo come good at Donington
22 April 2002
Renegade Ducati riders, Shane Byrne and Michael Rutter dominated the third round of the MCN British superbike championship at Donington.Shane Byrne scored his first-ever BSB victory in a dry first...
Rutter goes quickest in Donington practice
22 April 2002
Michael Rutter has gone into provisional pole position after Friday’s first qualifying at Donington Park ahead of Sunday’s BSB round.Rutter pushed his Ducati 998 around the Indy circuit in a time of...
Kirkham will make BSB history at Donington
22 April 2002
Jon Kirkham is set to make history at Donington Park on Sunday, April 28, by becoming the youngest ever rider in the Superbike class of the MCN British Superbike Championship.The 17-year-old from...
Vehvilainen takes overall Lyng honours
22 April 2002
Finland’s Jussi Vehvilainen took the overall win in Sunday’s round of the British open championship at Lyng in Norfolk.The Honda rider pulled in championship leader, KTM’s Gordon Crockard, with a...
ITV Digital collapses
22 April 2002
Live British Superbikes will be just one of the services to go off the air with the announcement on Thursday, April 25, of the collapse of ITV Digital.Administrators for the beleaguered company have...
Not playing fair
22 April 2002
It might have been cold, but comfy sweaters just aren’t the proper uniform for brolly girls
Supercross star Langston crocked by crash
22 April 2002
Former World GP Champion Grant Langston has been sidelined following a huge crash on a triple jump at KTM’s practice track in Corona, California.The supercross star suffered extensive bruising to his lower legs is undergoing further scans to determine the severity of the injury.He will definitely miss this weekend’s round on AMA Supercross at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan.Langston said : ...
Yamaha tests YZ450
22 April 2002
Yamaha is working on bigger-capacity versions of its WR426F enduro bike and YZ426F crosser for 2003. The firm ran a pre-production prototype YZ at the first round of the Japanese motocross...
Rutter edges Donington Superpole
22 April 2002
It is an all-Ducati front row for Sunday’s third round of the MCN British Superbike championship at Donington Park - but the rider on pole is not Steve Hislop, it’s Michael Rutter on the Renegade...
Very Flash
22 April 2002
As soon as they heard about the remake of Flash Gordon, they started on their costumes
Crawford fit for Donington
22 April 2002
John Crawford has been given the all-clear by doctors to race in rounds five and six of the MCN-backed British Superbike championship at Donington Park. Crawford had been temporarily replaced in his...
Jeremy McWilliams: I wish I was on a four stroke
22 April 2002
British MotoGP star Jeremy McWilliams chatted live with motorcyclenews.com users today, Thursday April 25.He answered a very wide range of questions, including whether he would rather be on Max...
Ukawa pips Rossi in South Africa
22 April 2002
Tohru Ukawa held off Repsol Honda team-mate Valentino Rossi to take the MotoGP win in Welkom, South Africa today.The pair again proved the RCV four-stroke’s dominance finishing over twenty seonds...
Take a bite at our caption competition
22 April 2002
Oh look, Rossi’s going bananas... wonder if anyone’s going to ape him, there’s certainly something a-peeling about a pre-race snack etc etc (fnarr, fnarr).Good, that’s most of the bad puns out of the...
Jeremy McWilliams: In his own words
22 April 2002
Sweetandsour: What are you going to do about bikes for Jerez?... I've heard they've gone walkies...?JeremyMcWilliams: Well it'll be an easy weekend then if that's right! At least mine haven't been crashed, so when they do arrive we'll be able to go straight out, and we've got our Jerez set-up so we'll be able to go straight out. But I'd rather be putting my feet up somewhere like Malaga if they...
Just ignore her
15 April 2002
If you don’t turn up in the yellow team jacket, you get ignored…no matter how pretty you are
Ramsay wins on CRF450 four-stroke
15 April 2002
Nate Ramsay takes the win, as Carmichael comes back to second after a fall dropped him to fifteenth. Jeremy McGrath took third, and David Vuillemin couldn’t take advantage of Carmichael’s misfortune,...
Suzuki’s attempts at twins
15 April 2002
Sadly Suzuki’s attempt at twins was close, but didn’t quite make it through scrutineering
It doesn’t normally rain sideways
15 April 2002
One day she’ll be telling her granchildren how she got a champagne shower from Rossi
You might wanna check the stand
15 April 2002
This is what happens when you employ mechanics fresh from college
Edwards and Tamada share victories at Sugo
15 April 2002
Colin Edwards became the first non-Japanese winner of the Sugo World Superbike round after his victory in race one. He took the win after battling hard with Japanese wildcard rider Makoto Tamada and...
Toseland chatted live from his bathtub at Sugo
15 April 2002
James Toseland joined us live from Sugo World Superbike round for a live webchat at 1pm UK time, Friday April 19.Due to the time difference, it was actually 9pm in Japan, so James was in the bath when...
Six weeks to Foggy bike
15 April 2002
Team Foggy Petronas road bikes will be ready to roll in just six weeks time and will go on sale another four weeks later, says the team’s marketing boss.For the full story on the Foggy WSB project...