March

Year: 2004

Month: March

Utilising the three-finger grip…

10 March 2004

There’s a variety of techniques for the wannabe brolly babe. Here we see the three finger technique.

MCN Scottish Show: Saturday schedule

10 March 2004

The MCN Scottish Motorcycle Show is on at the Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh on Saturday March 13 and Sunday March 14, 2004. Day tickets on the gate cost £13 for adults, concessions (OAPs) £6 and...

Won’t get far like that…

10 March 2004

She won’t get far trying to ride it like that…

MCN Scottish Show draws the crowds

10 March 2004

The MCN Scottish Motorcycle Show proved a hit at the weekend with big name stars, loads of great bike stuff to do, bargains to buy and babes in abundance. We’ll be adding more pictures, of the babes...

Hizzy exhibition opens March 22

10 March 2004

Hizzy – the Steve Hislop commemorative exhibition – opens in his home town next week (Monday March 22). The exhibition will be held in the Drumlanrig Tower Visitor Centre, Towerknowe, Hawick. It has...

What are those earrings?

10 March 2004

Are they miniature sundials? Or maybe small plates for lunch?

Try to stay awake…

10 March 2004

It’s a hard job lounging around on bikes…do try to stay awake…

MCN Scottish Motorcycle Show: Sunday timetable

10 March 2004

The last day of the MCN Scottish Motorcycle Show is Sunday March 14, 2004. The doors are open from 9am-5pm and tickets on the gate cost £13 for adults, concessions (OAPs) £6 and children up to the age...

Rossi matches previous times in Oz

10 March 2004

Three weeks after his last Phillip Island tests… and Rossi’s clocking almost exactly the same time as he did back then – but he still reckons he’s making progress. His best of 1:30.80 is a tenth of a...

Haydon to race in supermoto championship

10 March 2004

The MCN-backed British Supermoto Championship thunders into Kent for round one of this spectacular new series on Saturday and Sunday March 20-21. Superbike star James Haydon has confirmed his entry on...

To ride GPs you must be this tall…

10 March 2004

The new minimum height requirement caused a lot of problems…

Mladin takes Daytona 200

03 March 2004

Mat Mladin has won the first round of the American superbike championship, taking the honours by more than seven seconds at the end of the 200-mile race at the Daytona International Speeday in...

Eric Bostrom on pole for Daytona 200

03 March 2004

Eric Bostrom is on pole for Saturday’s Daytona 200 after final qualifying on Thursday. The Ducati 999 rider’s track-record qualifying lap of 1: 46.84 seconds, set on Wednesday, wasn’t bettered during...

Bostrom on provisional pole for Daytona

03 March 2004

Eric Bostrom is on provisional pole for Saturday’s Daytona 200 after setting a track record qualifying lap of 1:46.84 Riding a Ducati 999 on Wednesday, March 3, he averaged 119.58mph on the...

Proton V5 to join MotoGP tests

03 March 2004

Proton Team KR will join the big guns for shakedown tests of its V5 at Valencia in Spain this weekend. The March 6-7 tests bring together HRC, Ducati, Suzuki and Kawasaki, too. Valentino Rossi and the...

Reynolds outguns MotoGP stars at Valencia

03 March 2004

John Reynolds lapped faster than two MotoGP riders when testing at Valencia over the weekend. And he was just a second a lap slower on the Suzuki GSX-R1000 British superbike than Gregorio Lavilla was...

Size isn’t everything to her…

03 March 2004

She’s obviously not interested in size….

Are you BSB’s happiest camper?

03 March 2004

Could you be Britain’s most committed British superbike camper? Do you know the right sites and the best pitches to head for? Have you got a checklist of top tenting tips you won’t leave home without? It’s time to spill the (cooked in their tin) beans. Share your views on camping facilities at British race tracks hosting BSB rounds this year and you could star in a forthcoming MCN feature. email...

Focus…

03 March 2004

Her previous career guarding Buckingham Palace had taught her to stay focused and motionless…

Are you meant to be riding that?

03 March 2004

We’re not totally convinced this is the HM Plant line-up for 2004. But we can hope…

Hmmmm…..

03 March 2004

A caption could only spoil the enjoyment of this picture…

Weather limits Rossi’s progress in Oz

03 March 2004

Damp conditions have limited world champion Valentino Rossi’s test progress at Phillip Island, Australia. He was only able to get in 14 laps on a drying track in an afternoon bright spell. But he did...

Nice pole…

03 March 2004

Unfortunately it appears someone has stolen the top of her brolly…

Hayden quickest at Valencia tests

03 March 2004

Honda’s Nicky Hayden was fastest at the MotoGP tests in Valencia over the weekend. The test brought together Honda, Ducati, Suzuki, Aprilia and Proton with Kurtis Roberts getting his first ride on the...

Kagayama looks strong in Spanish test

03 March 2004

Rizla Suzuki British superbike rider Yukio Kagayama lapped just a second slower than fastest man John Reynolds during pre-season testing at Valencia on Tuesday.Kagayama, completed 52 laps on his...

The casual look

03 March 2004

Here earrings are playing on the two wheeled theme

Rockingham BSB moves to Croft

01 March 2004

The Rockingham round of the 2004 British Superbike championship on July 18 has been moved to the Croft circuit in North Yorkshire. The move has come after negotiations between the two circuits to...

Get orf my bike!

01 March 2004

Ladies, do you think my bike is some kind of rest area?

Tyre firm offers nationwide off-road network

01 March 2004

One of the UK’s biggest tyre service companies has opened a specialist network to supply off road riders. The firm claims riders will get professional advice through its Motorcycle Sales Team to help...

The first brolly babe signs of Spring

01 March 2004

When everything looks fresh and green it must mean that Spring is on the way

British Superbike 2004 dates

01 March 2004

28 March, Silverstone, Northamptonshire; 12 April, Brands Hatch Indy, Kent; 25 April, Snetterton, Norfolk; 3 May, Oulton Park, Cheshire; 23 May, Mondello Park, N Ireland; 6 June Thruxton, Hampshire; 20 June, Brands Hatch, Kent; 4 July, Knockhill; 18 July Mallory Park, Leics; 15 August, Croft, North Yorkshire; 30 August, Cadwell Park Park, Lincs; 12 September, Oulton Park, Cheshire; 19 September,...