2003

Year: 2003

Month: ALL

Jay Kay rolls up with £40,000 Rizla

18 March 2003

Jay Kay rolls up with £40,000 Rizla

Jamiroqui front man, Jay Kay, famous as much for his big hats and a love of fast cars as he is for his music, has been persuaded to make the transition to two wheels by the Rizla Suzuki BSB team. The...

Reed defeats Carmichael in AMA Supercross

18 March 2003

Championship rivals Chad Reed and Ricky Carmichael went head-to-head in today’s AMA Supercross race, with Australian Reed coming out on top and reducing his championship deficit. The battle lasted for five laps of the 25 lap race, until championship leader Ricky Carmichael found himself landing on a hay bale after a triple jump. This allowed Reed to take the victory, with Carmichael taking second...

Heckles tests at Mallory

18 March 2003

Heckles tests at Mallory

Mark Heckles rode his new CBR600FS for the first time on March 19 at Mallory Park after driving to Belgium to pick it up and pay for it just five days before. The bike was bought for him by his dad...

Babe training starts early

18 March 2003

Babe training starts early

Training for the rigours of becoming a brolly babe has to start at an early age

Team Renegade launch. Haslam launches bike

18 March 2003

Team Renegade launch. Haslam launches bike

Team Renegade Ducati celebrated their new look Red Bull livery with an official launch in Manchester on Thursday. The Renegade riders, Sean Emmett, Michael Rutter, Nick Medd and Leon Haslam spent the...

Ducati release two models

18 March 2003

Ducati release two models

Two sexy new models from Ducati.

Green meanies

18 March 2003

A very relaxed riding position for the green meanies

Rutter dominates Donington BSB test

18 March 2003

Rutter dominates Donington BSB test

Michael Rutter set himself up as the hot favourite for this year’s BSB title with a blistering first test on the Red Bull factory Ducati at Donington on Sunday. Using his ex-Bayliss F02 V-twin he set...

Harris tops British Supersport times

18 March 2003

Harris tops British Supersport times

Karl Harris hammered out a warning to his British Supersport rivals after topping the supersport times at Donington on his new Honda CBR600RR. He was a second inside the lap record and beat the best...

A knowing smile

18 March 2003

A knowing smile

What does she know that Haydon doesn’t?

Saddam costs Thomas BSB ride

18 March 2003

Saddam costs Thomas BSB ride

Saddam Hussein has scuppered Dean Thomas’s BSB season. Thomas’s Dienza Ducati team’s sponsor, Phones4U, has slashed its budget by over 60 per cent because of tensions in the Gulf. The phone firm says...

Schwantz returns to racing

18 March 2003

Schwantz returns to racing

Kevin Schwantz is returning to full time professional racing with the launch of the AMA Red Bull Supermoto championship. The 1993 500 GP champion retired from professional racing in 1995 with an...

Melandri Struggles, Checa goes fastest

11 March 2003

Melandri Struggles, Checa goes fastest

Ducati brought four Desmmosedici’s to Catalunya yesterday, March 13, to join the Honda Pons, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Proton, and WCM teams at the circuit for a packed session ahead of the official...

From West to West

11 March 2003

From West to West

No-one noticed there were two Wests, and no North, South or East

Pretty in pink…

11 March 2003

Pretty in pink…

Pretty in Pink… and pretty much any other colour you can think of.

The future’s so bright

11 March 2003

The future’s so bright

The future’s so bright, Yukio’s gotta wear shades.

BSB riders test at Valencia

11 March 2003

BSB riders test at Valencia

British Superbike riders have been using the Valencia test to make last minute alterations to their bikes before the first round at Silverstone on March 30. Steve Hislop spent the three days making...

Heckles waits for WSB in British Supersport

11 March 2003

Heckles waits for WSB in British Supersport

Mark Heckles has decided to compete in the first four rounds of the British Supersport championship, after Rumi Honda failed to raise enough money for him to compete in the opening rounds of World...

Waldmann quits WCM

11 March 2003

Waldmann quits WCM

Ralf Waldmann has quit the Harris WCM MotoGP team saying it is too late in his career for him to make the move from two-stroke to four-stroke bikes. The German rider rode the bike for the first time...

Strike a pose

11 March 2003

The ringleaders of the brolly babe gang have been caught on film at last

God bless America

11 March 2003

God bless America

Time to give the US credit, where credit is due… Great bikinis.

Rossi pays tribute to Sheene

11 March 2003

Rossi pays tribute to Sheene

Valentino Rossi led the tributes to the late Barry Sheene at the IRTA MotoGP test on Sunday with a specially commissioned helmet design. The reigning MotoGP champion took the opportunity to make two...

Sword and Crockard share spoils

11 March 2003

Sword and Crockard share spoils

Gordon Crockard and Stephen Sword won their respective classes at the opening round of the British Motocross Championship on Sunday (March 16) The first round took place at Canada Heights in Kent,...

Capirossi hits 204mph on Ducati GP bike

11 March 2003

Capirossi hits 204mph on Ducati GP bike

Loris Capirossi clocked a record-setting 203.9mph and set the fastest lap at the weekends IRTA tests in Catalunya. For a full report on the weekend’s activity, see this week’s issue of MCN, out March...

Stripped and special

11 March 2003

Stripped and special

The bike is pretty trick as well.

Stop hiding behind her

11 March 2003

Stop hiding behind her

When two brolly babes merge, can they transform into one ‘superbabe’?

Kagayama on WSB front-row pace

11 March 2003

Kagayama on WSB front-row pace

John Reynolds and Yukio Kagayama completed the latest test of their new GSX-R1000s at Valencia over the weekend, with the two riders setting times that would have placed them on the front row of the...

Valencia MotoGP tests

11 March 2003

Valencia MotoGP tests

Both Suzuki and Honda Pons had to cut short their test sessions at Valencia after rain kept them in the garage. But the weather cleared this week allowing the 250 and 125 bikes to take to the...

Feel free to try it…

04 March 2003

Feel free to try it…

We don’t think Jeremy McWilliams will mind having MCN girls clambering over his machine.

Ladies in red

04 March 2003

Quite literally, cheek to cheek

Suzuka revamped for MotoGP test

04 March 2003

Suzuka revamped for MotoGP test

Suzuka, one of the two MotoGP circuits in Japan, has been altered with a new tighter corner and additional chicane. The changes at ‘130R’ corner and ‘Casio Triangle’ chicane are designed to improve...

Proton V5 not ready for Catalunya

04 March 2003

Proton V5 not ready for Catalunya

Jeremy McWilliams and Nobuatsu Aoki are likely to be testing on their old 500cc two-stroke machines at the Moto GP Winter Test in Catalunya. The Proton 990cc V5 four stroke is so far behind in its...

Marks out of two…

04 March 2003

Marks out of two…

She deserves an award just for turning up and looking good.

Max knows something she doesn’t

04 March 2003

Max knows something she doesn’t

Just why does Max have that quizzical expression?

The cat that got the cream?

04 March 2003

The cat that got the cream?

Maybe a catwoman/brolly girl is a good luck omen?

Happiness…

04 March 2003

It isn’t all fun on the GP grid you know.