2004
Biaggi beats Rossi’s best in first GP test
14 January 2004

Max Biaggi set the fastest time on the first day (January 20) of the first big MotoGP test of the year at Sepang in Malaysia. And he beat World Champion Valentino Rossi’s lap record in the...
Nakano signs for Kawasaki GP squad
14 January 2004

Former Yamaha GP and 250cc star Shinya Nakano has signed to ride for the Kawasaki MotoGP squad in 2004, alongside Alex Hofmann.The 26-year-old Japanese rider rode for the D’Antin Yamaha squad in 2003,...
Pavey crashes out of Dakar
07 January 2004

British-based BMW rider Simon Pavey has been forced out of the Dakar rally with a broken collarbone.The 36-year-old Australian and off-road instructor crashed just 30km from the end of Friday’s 750km...
Brands and three other circuits sold
07 January 2004

Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Cadwell Park and Snetterton have been sold.The four tracks all host rounds of the British Superbike Championship. Brands Hatch is also the venue for the European World...
Monday morning fever
07 January 2004

The flared collars were a sign that this brolly girl had gone ‘Retro’
Alice, Alice and Alice?
07 January 2004

Alice, we’d like to take you out for a drink. Yes, all three of you…
Blinded by the light
07 January 2004

We suspect she may need those shades to prevent her being blinded by her own hair and jewellery…
Lampkin misses first final in two years
07 January 2004

Dougie Lampkin failed to reach the finals at the fourth round of the World Indoor Trials championship in Koblenz, Germany - the first time he's failed to reach that stage in over two years.The British...
Have dinner with Toseland and Hodgson
07 January 2004

Fancy having dinner with the HM Plant? Here's your chance. To celebrate taking third and sixth places in last year's World Superbike championship HM Plant is holding a party at the Hilton Hotel,...
Haga set for WSB return
07 January 2004

Noriyuki Haga is set for a World Superbike comeback with the British Renegade Ducati team.The popular Japanese rider will join Leon Haslam in the squad on Ducati 999 RS04s, after a disappointing three...
2-Trac dominates Dakar
01 January 2004

Yamaha's two-wheel-drive WR450F 2-Trac has dominated the first four days of the Dakar Rally with Yamaha Motor France’s David Frétigné winning the first three stages.The Frenchman was on...
Curly or straight?
01 January 2004

Prefer curly hair or straight hair? Whatever your preference, there’s a brolly babe to suit in our archives…
Buggy forces Brit out of Dakar
01 January 2004

British Dakar rally entrant Chris Emerson has been knocked out of the race at the end of the fourth stage after being run off the road by one of the leading buggies.Disaster struck just 5km from the...
Wet and wild
01 January 2004

Combining brolly babes with a wet t-shirt contest was surprisingly unsuccessful