February

Year: 2002

Month: February

Suzuki & Kawasaki four-strokes have it all to do

11 February 2002

SUZUKI and Kawasaki look to have their work cut out to catch Valentino Rossi and the Honda V5 this season… or the next. All three factories tested at Sepang last week, and while Rossi and the RCV were...

Plastic coated

11 February 2002

She was always good at the Rowntrees pastel challenge

Criville announces retirement

11 February 2002

Former world 500 champion Alex Criville is retiring from racing. Criville, who became Spain’s first world 500 champion in 1999, was expected to hold a press conference during the second day of the...

Ray Stringer: In his own words

11 February 2002

R1basher: Hi Ray, I’m gonna be club racing a ’98 Blade in the open class…obviously I’m gonna be down on power against R1’s. The engine is currently standard, what sort of power do you think is achievable? RayStringer: Well basically it depends on how much money you want to spend. The best value for money is a good quality exhaust pipe, a set of flat-slides and an airbox. Gsxer400: What does it...

Chat live with Neil Hodgson

11 February 2002

WSB star Neil Hodgson will be in our VIP Lounge for a live web chat on Friday, February 22. The session will be held in the afternoon, as soon as he’s finished his first day of WSB testing at...

Sorry to disappoint

11 February 2002

Less Swedish porn than Swedish pop

Roberts’ test feedback inspires next XRE0

11 February 2002

Suzuki is already working on the next generation of its XRE0 four-stroke engine based on feedback from Kenny Roberts and Sete Gibernau current winter testing at the Eastern Creek circuit in...

Is that a bin bag she’s wearing

11 February 2002

Rubber wear or plastic bag?

Ray Stringer web chat: full transcript added

11 February 2002

Technical expert and boss of not one, but two British Superbike teams next year, Ray Stringer joined motorcyclenews.com users for a live webchat this on Thursday February 14. In between solving your...

Be her valentine?

11 February 2002

Stop staring at her, and start dialling Interflora you fool!

The bottom line

11 February 2002

You know where to come…

Modelling the new range

11 February 2002

Available from your Littlewoods catalogue…

Ride the TT without tears

11 February 2002

The most accurate bike racing simulation of the TT ever is being promised by games maker Jester Interactive. It is being developed for the PlayStation 2 and will include every bump and ripple of the...

Belly nice

04 February 2002

If you press that button, does it turn her on?

Do you measure up?

04 February 2002

Not sure what she’s describing… probably the last fish she caught

First pictures: Kawasaki’s GP four-stroke

04 February 2002

KAWASAKI’S new four-stroke GP bike has tested at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia – and this early prototype is said to have a lot in common with the firm’s ZX-7R superbike. Underneath the fairing is a...

MZ unveils ‘250bhp’ V4 GP bike

04 February 2002

THESE are the first pictures of MZ’s contender for the new four-stroke MotoGP series. At the bike’s launch in Leipzig, Germany, the firm announced that a version of the bike’s 250bhp, 90-degree V4...

First Hodgson column of 2002

04 February 2002

MCN has again signed up top British rider Neil Hodgson to write a regular column for us throughout the new World Superbike season. In the first instalment of 2002, Neil gives you a behind the scenes...

Remember her?

04 February 2002

She might remember you, from the 2002 Ally Pally Show, which ended on Sunday.

Ducati reveals plan for V4 engine

04 February 2002

Ducati has broken with its V-twin tradition with its proposed GP engine: It’s going to be a V4. And while company bosses were giving little away when they released the news at 3pm CET on February 4,...

She sucks

04 February 2002

What do you think the Chupa Chups girls offer their riders?

Aprilia plays down reliability fears

04 February 2002

Noriyuki Haga’s Aprilia team has dismissed the mechanical disasters it suffered at the Phillip Island WSB tests as a normal part of pre-season shake-downs. Haga blew up three of the latest versions of...

Your eyes will be drawn in

04 February 2002

The words zip and teeth come to mind…

Moodie back in the saddle

04 February 2002

It’s been more than a year, but Jim Moodie has finally returned to full-on riding action in preparation for the World Supersport season. He has been out of action recovering from a badly smashed...

Walker: I’m going slow what ever I try’

04 February 2002

Chris Walker is facing an uphill battle to restore his shattered confidence before for the next WSB test at Valencia, Spain. He came away from Australia’s first tests as the slowest of all the WSB...

Rutter Webchat: full transcript added

04 February 2002

Michael Rutter says he won’t be able to ride in the TT because of the Snetterton BSB, TT clash. ” I don’t know who, but there is someone in the wrong, ” he said. Rutter won’t be able to ride because...

Do you know the next Suzi?

04 February 2002

Sky Sports TV bosses are looking for a female presenter to their new hour-long British club racing highlights programme. Series producer Kenny Kaye, said: ” We want someone who is vibrant and knows a...

Parrish quits truck racing, Rymer takes over

04 February 2002

Steve Parrish has retired from European Truck Racing. The former GP racer won five European and five British Championships during his 17 years with Atkins Racing. Parrish, 47, said, ” It will only...

Nods as good…

04 February 2002

She was strangely amused by the constant poking of her one good eye

They must work out

04 February 2002

That’s a fine six-pack you ladies share…

Foggy WSB project up against it

04 February 2002

Foggy won’t know if his WSB project has any hope of getting off the ground this year until the end of April. By then the first three-cylinder engine must have completed extensive bench testing, or the...

R1 makes its BSB test debut

04 February 2002

Yamaha’s BSB R1 made its track debut at the Almeria circuit in Spain on Wednesday. Steve Plater completed over 100 laps of the 2.5-mile track in the cool and windy conditions and declared that the...

Michael Rutter: In his own words

04 February 2002

Monkeyman2000: What’s the new bike like? MichaelRutter: You know, fantastic, to be honest with you. So smooth and easy to ride to be honest with you. Any gear you want to be in, it just pulls like a train monkeyman2000: Do you think it’s a gamble riding for a new team? MichaelRutter: No, not really, because sometimes when you’ve got a new team, some teams are stuck in their ways sometimes, and a...

February

Suzuki & Kawasaki four-strokes have it all to do

Plastic coated

Criville announces retirement

Ray Stringer: In his own words

Chat live with Neil Hodgson

Sorry to disappoint

Roberts’ test feedback inspires next XRE0

Is that a bin bag she’s wearing

Ray Stringer web chat: full transcript added

Be her valentine?

The bottom line

Modelling the new range

Ride the TT without tears

Belly nice

Do you measure up?

First pictures: Kawasaki’s GP four-stroke

MZ unveils ‘250bhp’ V4 GP bike

First Hodgson column of 2002

Remember her?

Ducati reveals plan for V4 engine

She sucks

Aprilia plays down reliability fears

Your eyes will be drawn in

Moodie back in the saddle

Walker: I’m going slow what ever I try’

Rutter Webchat: full transcript added

Do you know the next Suzi?

Parrish quits truck racing, Rymer takes over

Nods as good…

They must work out

Foggy WSB project up against it

R1 makes its BSB test debut

Michael Rutter: In his own words

It’s Carmichael again

Don’t under-estimate the Blade

Rossi ends row with Honda