June

Year: 2005

Month: June

Kiyonari on pole

24 June 2005

Ryuichi Kiyonari has taken pole positions for the Kockhill round of British Superbikes finishing just ahead fo team-mate Michael Rutter. The HM Plant Honda pair have dominated the season so far and...

Rossi wins at Assen

24 June 2005

Valentino Rossi has won the Dutch round of the MotoGP championship despite a valiant effort from Honda rider Marco Melandri. Melandri lead from the begining of the race while Rossi was back in fifth...

Trouble for Sendo

24 June 2005

Steve Plater’s Sendo Kawasaki squad were absent from the Knockhill round of British Superbikes, despite Plater turning up to the Scottish track. The team’s main sponsor, Sendo, is currently in the...

Haydon on top at Croft

24 June 2005

James Haydon has shown that he is settling in to his new role at Rizla Suzuki by setting the fastest lap at the Dunlop Croft test. Hayden set a best lap of 1:21.3 using a new set of Ohlins gas forks...

Melandri wipes out Biaggi

24 June 2005

Marco Melandri was denied his final qualifying lap at the Assen MotoGP round after dramatically colliding with fellow Honda rider Max Biaggi. Biaggi had worn out his tyres several laps before the end...

Babe protects your bike

24 June 2005

This has to be the best way of protecting your tank from scratches or marks that we have ever seen.

Brits to race Suzuka

24 June 2005

The British Diablo 666 World Endurance team will compete at the Suzuka 8 Hour endurance race in Japan on July 31 due to their high placing in the Endruance championship. The team hadn’t planned to...

Kiyonari does the double

24 June 2005

The HM Plant Honda duo of Ryuichi Kiyonari and Michael Rutter dominated the Knockhill round of British Superbikes with Kiyonari taking two wins and Rutter two second places. In both races it was the...

Don't hide away...

24 June 2005

Some brolly babes always push themselves to the front for any picture. Other prefer to lurk behind the rider…in this case Karl Muggeridge.

Double win for Laconi

24 June 2005

Regis Laconi took a double win at the Misano round of the World Superbike championship. The French rider led both races to an identical first-four order with Chris Vermeulen taking two second places,...

French MX wins for KTM

24 June 2005

Round nine of the World Motocross championship took place at St Jean d’Angely in France, with KTM factory riders taking wins in both MX1 and MX2 classes. British rider Carl Nunn also put his KTM on...

Corser tops first day

24 June 2005

Troy Corser has taken provisional pole position after the first qualifying session at the Misano round of the World Superbike championship. The Ducati squad dominated the opening practice but Regis...

Melandri tops practice

24 June 2005

Marco Melandri has taken the top spot in the final practice session for the Assen round of the MotoGP world championship. Melandri beat Thursday’s fastest lap, set by Loris Capirossi, by more than...

Laconi tops WSB practice

24 June 2005

Ducati has dominated the first practice session for the Misano round of the world sueprbike championship with Regis Laconi setting the fastest lap, just ahead of team-mate James Toseland. Laconi set...

BMW ladies off-road day

24 June 2005

After noticing more and more women coming on its off road skills course BMW has decided to offer a course just for the fairer sex. The school uses BMW F650GS bikes to give people a good knowledge in...

Now there's enthusiasm

24 June 2005

They’re a cheerful lot, these racers.

Corser on pole

24 June 2005

Troy Corser has taken the pole position for the Misano round of the World Superbike championship. Corser set a best lap of 1:36.135 beating Honda rider Chris Vermeulen in to second place. Regis...

Manx entries revealed

24 June 2005

Two past winners of the TT and at least 14 former winners of the Manx are are included in the entry list for this August’s Manx Grand Prix. The two former TT winners are Chris Palmer, who took...

Writing's on the babes

24 June 2005

We though the writing was on the wall, but instead it’s ended up on the babes…

Double the pleasure...

24 June 2005

What’s better than one gorgeous brolly babe? W’re thinking two gorgeous brolly babes…

Raining agin...

24 June 2005

Even gorgeous babes can’t cheer you up when the weather is this bad

Capirossi tops 1st day

17 June 2005

Loris Capriossi has topped the first day of practice at the Dutch round of the MotoGP world championship. Capirossi took his Ducati to the fastest lap of the Assen track on his last time round...

Standing tall...

17 June 2005

It’s like the land of the 50ft women in the race paddock. Odd, considering most racers are rather vertically challenged.

Testing, testing....

17 June 2005

Hello, can you hear me? Probably not when you’ve got your finger wedged in your ear….

Rossi tops first practice

17 June 2005

Valentino Rossi has topped the first practice session for the Assen round of the MotoGP world championship. Rossi dominated the dry session, beating Sete Gibernau to the fastest time by 0.7 seconds. ...

Noble heads British MX

17 June 2005

RWJ Honda rider James Noble leads the MX1 Maxxis British Motocross Championship after taking 3rd overall at Desertmartin in Northern Ireland for round five of eight in the 2005 campaign. Factory Red...

Happy in her work...

17 June 2005

Then again, plenty of race fans would be pretty chuffed to be stood around a race paddock all day…

A bit nippy...

17 June 2005

It must have been a bit nippy that day….

Bid for Chili's leathers

17 June 2005

How do you fancy getting your hands on a set of Frankie Chili’s leathers and raising a bit of cash for charity at the same time? In our new MCN Auctions section we have got the leathers worn by...

Haydon debuts for Rizla

17 June 2005

James Haydon got his first outing as an official Rizla Suzuki rider on Thursday as both Rizla and Airwaves Ducati spent the day testing at Donington Park. Both teams came away from the track positive...

The brolly babe hierachy

17 June 2005

As also seen in the hierachy of the ‘chavette’ or ‘Chatham Girl’, the bigger the earring, the higher the status among brolly girls.

Not the hair.....

17 June 2005

One way to avoid the windswept look….

Toseland tops Brno test

17 June 2005

Yamaha and Ducati have been testing new parts at Brno, in the Czech Republic this week, ahead of next weekend’s round at Misano. Yamaha tested a new gearbox, chassis settings and tyre developments. ...

Gus Scott funeral details

17 June 2005

Gus Scott’s funeral is being held on Tuesday June 21 at 1pm at St Oswald’s Church, Burneside, near Kendal, Cumbria. The freelance journalist and racer died while competing in last Friday’s Senior TT...

A cheeky smile...

17 June 2005

With such a lovely smile, this young lady certainly has big things in front of her…

Smart signs for Vivaldi

10 June 2005

After being dropped by the Rizla Suzuki team Scott Smart wasted no time and has signed up to ride with Vivaldi Kawasaki. Smart rode a Kawasaki ZX-10R in 2004 and showed real promise on the bike. His...