April

Year: 2002

Month: April

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...

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...

Sometimes it’s good to be short

29 April 2002

A lady you can’t help but look up to

Go!!!!!

29 April 2002

I bet she does…(nudge nudge, wink, wink, say no more squire)

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...

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...

Very Flash

22 April 2002

As soon as they heard about the remake of Flash Gordon, they started on their costumes

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...

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...

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...

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 : ...

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...

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...

Not playing fair

22 April 2002

It might have been cold, but comfy sweaters just aren’t the proper uniform for brolly girls

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...

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...

I’ll have two, please

22 April 2002

Whatever they were selling, it’d be hard to refuse

That don’t impress Max much

22 April 2002

Max did wonders for the confidence of his grid girl

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...

Keep your distance

22 April 2002

She’s keeping well away from the Texan’s Tornados

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...

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...

She comes with protection

22 April 2002

Is the big guy protecting the bike, or her?

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...

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...

Cheeky, very cheeky

22 April 2002

Forget road tester or editor…the job everyone wants at MCN is applying the trouser stickers

First glimpse of MZ GP motor

15 April 2002

This is the engine MZ will take into the MotoGP series and which will power the firm’s first superbike. The 90° V4 is already running on the test bench, though so far the firm has only revealed this...

Frankie out for Sugo

15 April 2002

Frankie Chili has no chance of being fit for this weekend’s Japanese round of WSB at Sugo. The NCR Ducati rider broke his collarbone in a clash with Ruben Xaus on the warm-up lap of race one in...

You might wanna check the stand

15 April 2002

This is what happens when you employ mechanics fresh from college

Capirossi leads qualifying in South Africa

15 April 2002

Loris Capirossi again blew away the myth that the new generation four-strokes would cruise to this year’s new MotoGP world championship after he comfortably stuck his two-stroke Honda NSR500 on...

Izutsu injured in qualifying at Sugo

15 April 2002

Eight crashes, three stoppages and three restarts marked one of the most incident-laden qualifying sessions in the history of WSB at Sugo on Friday – with Hitoyasu Izutsu ruling himself out of racing...

Hodgson just misses out in Sugo Superpole

15 April 2002

Noriyuki Haga may have taken the pole for tomorrows Japanese World Superbike round at Sugo, but Neil Hodgson was the closest man behind him, 0.017 seconds behind him. Japanese wildcard and previous...

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

Suzuki’s attempts at twins

15 April 2002

Sadly Suzuki’s attempt at twins was close, but didn’t quite make it through scrutineering

Get GP results on your mobile

15 April 2002

Welkom, South Africa is over 5500 miles away, but you can keep bang-up-to-date with this weekend’s GP qualifying news and race results simply by signing up for the latest text messaging service from...

James Toseland: In his own words

15 April 2002

Starguide: How was dinner? JamesToseland: Hi…yeah it was ok…we’ve eaten at the same restaurant for the last 3 nights now. And there’s not that much on the menu. Steak is about it. Other than that it’s noodles and more noodles! Masalmon: At the last few rounds no-one has really threatened Bayliss, how do you see this changing as we come into the European rounds? JamesToseland: Good question. This...