2004

Year: 2004

Month: ALL

You could look happy to see us…

07 April 2004

You think she’d be happier to have us around….

Reynolds wins race one at Brands BSB

07 April 2004

John Reynolds won the first race at Brands Hatch in Kent today, Sunday April 12, after a second-lap incident. The pace car had to come out after Glen Richards and Sean Emmett came together on the approach to Druids on lap two. Once the race got back under way, there was no such drama for Reynolds, who went all the way to the chequered flag unchallenged, claiming the fastest lap in the process at...

She’s still there…

07 April 2004

We thought you might one last look at her…

It’s got to be the shades…

07 April 2004

All the ladies love a man in Top Gun shades…

BBC to show MotoGP live until 2009

01 April 2004

The BBC has announced a new five-year contract to show MotoGP and this year it will show 12 of the 16 races live. The corporation says all rounds will be shown in full whether live or not. The...

Record crowd watches MCN-backed supermoto

01 April 2004

Karting North East, near Sunderland, saw its biggest ever spectator crowd watch the finest supermoto riders in the country do battle for vital championship points and the biggest prize fund in the...

Rose-tinted glasses

01 April 2004

Everything looks nicer in her rose-tinted glasses…

Name Kagayama’s new daughter

01 April 2004

British superbike star Yukio Kagayama has become a father for the second time. Which is all very nice… trouble is the Japanese Suzuki rider and wife Kiyomi can’t think of a name. “Already my daughter...

How to make some babes happy…

01 April 2004

The brolly babes always cheer up when they can wave goodbye to the MCN team…

Bennetts Babe gets thoughtful

01 April 2004

So this is what a Bennetts babe looks like on her day off…

Name your daughter after your bike

01 April 2004

British superbike star Yukio Kagayama is being urged to name his daughter after the Suzuki he races. On Saturday (April 3) we revealed how Kagayama’s wife had given birth to his second daughter and...

Biaggi tops final rain-ruined tests

01 April 2004

Max Biaggi would normally have been delighted. But being top gun on the final day of these official MotoGP tests could hardly be considered setting the benchmark. Rain ruined the Thursday testing at...

Hang on, where’s the bike

01 April 2004

The season might have started but there’s no bike on the grid…

Roberts second quickest… behind Rossi

01 April 2004

Defending world champion Valentino Rossi set the fastest time in rain-interrupted official MotoGP tests at Jerez on Wednesday (March 31). His domination on his new Yamaha comes after setting the...

Catching 40 winks

01 April 2004

As the saying goes; ” Let sleeping brolly babes lie ”

Things are looking up…

01 April 2004

Things are definitely looking up for our photographers…

Haga tries to stay focused

31 March 2004

It’s hard to keep your concentration when there are brolly babes about.

Watch those hands...

31 March 2004

Brolly girls always have to be on the lookout for wandering hands, but they don’t normally have to keep an eye on each other…

Ticket to ride?

24 March 2004

She hasn’t got a ticket to ride, but she don’t care…

It must be the hat

24 March 2004

It’s got to be the hat. The ladies love the hat.

Toseland confident despite poor Oz record

24 March 2004

James Toseland is feeling confident for this weekend’s Phillip Island WSB round – despite crashing at the Australian circuit in pre-season testing. The 23-year-old Brit, who leads the WSB title fight...

Sign up for MotoGP text alerts

24 March 2004

Keep up to date with the latest MotoGP tests, qualifying and race results with our new mobile phone text service from MCN. To subscribe to this great-value service just text MCN MOTOGP to...

Reynolds wins Silverstone race two

24 March 2004

John Reynolds has added another win to his career total with victory in the second race at the Silverstone round of the British Superbike championship. Reynolds finished ahead of the HM Plant Honda...

Oi! Over here…

24 March 2004

She tried to ignore us, but we didn’t give up….

Laconi and McCoy share wins in Australia

24 March 2004

Regis Laconi and Garry McCoy shared one victory each at the second round of the World Superbike championship today, Sunday March 28. The first race was initially led by Britain’s Leon Haslam, but...

MotoGP prepares for test showdown

24 March 2004

MotoGP teams will go head-to-head on Friday (March 26) at the start of a three-day test at the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona, Spain. It’s the first real chance for all the teams to compare progress...

When brolly babes attack…

24 March 2004

Why is she trying to Karate chop Regis Laconi?

Looking shady

24 March 2004

Cool shades are an important part of the brolly babe wardrobe.

You could be a winner at Silverstone

24 March 2004

Visit this weekend’s MCN-backed opening British superbikes round at Silverstone and you could get your picture taken with some of the lycra-clad girls from the MCN Babe Squad. They will be seeking you...

Quit staring at us!

24 March 2004

Wherever you go in the room, their eyes seem to follow you….

Rutter wins season opener

24 March 2004

Michael Rutter has won the first race of the 2004 BSB season, with team-mate Ryuichi Kiyonari taking second for the HM Plant Honda team. Rutter started from pole at the Silverstone track and managed...

Laconi leads Oz first qualifying

24 March 2004

Regis Laconi heads the timesheets after first qualifying at Phillip Island in Australia on Friday, March 26. The Frenchman has returned to form after a disappointing opening round of the series by...

Rossi fastest in first shoot-out

24 March 2004

Valentino Rossi showed the rest have still got it all to do when he set the fastest time at the MotoGP test at Catalunya at the weekend. Rivals had hoped his switch from the all-conquering Honda to...

Murray Walker's History of the TT: The Island race

17 March 2004

If you that didn’t happen to listen to BBC Radio 4 on Saturday night (March 20), you’ll have missed an hour long programme on the history of the Isle of Man TT, narrated by Murray Walker. But thanks...

Nice seat unit

17 March 2004

Is that a one piece tail unit?

Superbike stars tackle supermoto’s best

17 March 2004

The eight round, MCN-backed British Supermoto Championship ignites this weekend at Lydd International Raceway on the Kent coast with superbike star James Haydon on a Bracken KTM in both the 450 and...