March

Year: 2005

Month: March

Looking relaxed...

25 March 2005

The best riding position allows you to stay releaxed….and shows off your bikini (ladies only).

Brands BSB timetable

25 March 2005

HERE comes another stunning weekend – and since it’s graced with the opening round of the British Superbike championship, the DIY and garden chores are just going to have to wait. You can win VIP...

BSB: Practice times

25 March 2005

Ryuichi Kiyonari has gone fastest in practice for the opening round of the 2005 Bennetts British Superbike championship on Easter Monday. The Japanese HM Plant rider is the first of four Hondas in...

BSB: First qualifying

25 March 2005

Ryuichi Kiyonari has taken the top spot in the first qualifying session for the opening round of the British Superbike championship at Brands Hatch. The session proved it is going to be an...

Looking distracted...

25 March 2005

It’s tough looking interested in motorcycle racing all day, apparently…

North of the border

25 March 2005

Two very good reasons to take a trip to Glasgow this year…

Keep it under your cap

25 March 2005

Even the nattiest of hats won’t distract our attention…

Champ returns in MX1

25 March 2005

Defending champ John Coppins won both races in round two of the MX1 Maxxis British Motocross Championship at Polesworth on Sunday. The CAS Honda rider missed the opening event two weeks ago with a...

Hayden tops Jerez test

25 March 2005

The final three days of MotoGP testing before the start of the season ended with a surprise top three this weekend. Rain slowed the opening day of the test but as the weather cleared it was the...

Results of round one of British Superbikes, at Brands Hatch on April 28, 2005. Race one positions: 1,Ryuichi Kiyonari 2,Gregorio Lavilla,10.242 3,Glen Richards,10.432 4,Michael Rutter,10.533 5,Sean Emmett,14.168 6,Karl Harris,18.874 7,Jeremy McWilliams,24.408 8,Dean Thomas,24.604 9,John Reynolds,26.892 10,Tommy Hill,32.289 11,Ben Wilson,32.529 12,Danny Beaumont,35.649 13,Jonathan...

Go go go for Brands

25 March 2005

If you can’t decide whether or not to head to Brands Hatch today for the first round of British Superbikes, first reports suggest it is definately worth going. The traffic is clear on the approach to...

Brits Endurance success

25 March 2005

The British Diablo 666 team are celebrating after claiming a podium finish at the start of their second full season in the World Endurance championship. The team fielded British riders James Hutchins...

BSB: Final qualifying

25 March 2005

Leon Haslam has taken pole position at Brands Hatch proving that Ducati still a force in British Superbikes – despite there only being one team running the Italian machines. Haslam finished the...

Foggy-Petronas testing

25 March 2005

The Foggy-Petronas team has spent two days testing at Phillip Island in Australia to prepare for the World Superbike round there on April 3, 2005. Both riders enjoyed trouble-free testing with Steve...

Everts wins again...

25 March 2005

Stefan Everts will be favourite to take the 2005 MX1 series having taken a third victory at a pre-season meeting. The Belgian entered the second round of his home MX1 championship at Neeroeteren in...

Going nowhere

25 March 2005

They could pretend to ride the bikes as long as they wanted, but they weren’t going to get very far…

BSB: Kiyonari double

25 March 2005

Ryuichi Kiyonari has done the double at the opening round of the British Superbike championship at Brands Hatch, winning both races convincingly. See MCN – out on Wednesday for: How 50,000 of us made...

Gobert goes home

25 March 2005

Anthony Gobert is back in racing – but he’s had to return to his native Australia to get a ride. After 12 months out of racing, he will compete in the national superbike class in Oz – starting at this...

Aussie set for TT debut

25 March 2005

Cameron Donald, the Australian two-time Macau GP winner, will make his TT debut in June in both Supersports and the Senior races aboard a Honda CBR. The 27-year-old has finished on the podium at each...

Pick up a pillion.......

18 March 2005

When she picked up a stranded pillion from the side of the road, it was lucky that their outfits matched…

Join in 12-hour enduro

18 March 2005

The UK’s biggest 12-hour enduro – Dawn to Dusk 2005 – will take place on Sunday August 28 at Glyneath in South Wales. And you can line up your entry now. The adult event is open to all riders over...

Rush of entries for TT

18 March 2005

TT entries close in less than a week now (on March 24) prompting a rush of late entries for the 2005 races. Included so far are TAS Suzuki duo Adrian Archibald and Bruce Anstey and DMRR Honda Racing...

Catalunya GP test: Day 2

18 March 2005

Max Biaggi continued Honda’s domination of the pre-season IRTA MotoGP test in Catalunya by again taking the fastest lap ahead of four other Hondas. The top five riders are all on Honda machines and...

Nice riding kit...

18 March 2005

It might not be the safest outfit to wear on a bike, but car drivers will certainly notice her…

The eyes have it...

18 March 2005

Wherever we went, her eyes seemed to follow us about. Unfortunately her body didn’t come anywhere near us….

Reynolds fit for Brands

18 March 2005

British Superbike champion John Reynolds will race in the opening round of the championship despite breaking his leg in five places just over five weeks ago. A normal person usually takes six weeks...

Catalunya GP test: day 1

18 March 2005

Honda mounted its attack on the Valentino Rossi Yamaha threat by taking the top four fastest times on the first day of the Catalunya IRTA test on Friday. Max Biaggi took the top time on his Repsol...

Hodgson fourth in test

18 March 2005

Neil Hodgson has taken the fourth fastest lap at the latest American Superbike test, on a track he’s never seen before. The test at Infineon Raceway, in Sonoma, California, was scheduled to take...

Lavilla to race at Brands

18 March 2005

Former World Superbike and MotoGP star Gregorio Lavilla will ride for the Airwaves Ducati squad at the opening round of the British Superbike championship. The Spaniard replaces regular rider James...

Off-road race dates

18 March 2005

Find dates for 2005 off-road action here. We’ve just added the dates for the British MX series (see page 2 of this story). See below for the dates for the Speedway Grand Prix, Speedway World Cup,...

Catalunya GP test: Day 3

18 March 2005

Sete Gibernau took the fastest lap in the mock qualifying session at the Catalunya MotoGP test, winning himself a BMW car in the process. Gibernau topped the 40-minute session with a time of...

Too rude for us...

18 March 2005

If we wanted to be offensive, then jokes about tank bags would come to mind. Luckily we’re far too polite for that.

Don't turn away

18 March 2005

Was it something we said?

Rickardsson returns

18 March 2005

Five-times world speedway champ Tony Rickardsson is back in British Speedway after his surprise decision to quit last year. Arena Essex Hammers have signed him as a replacement for their injured no1,...

Babe squad bonus

18 March 2005

You wait all year for an MCN Babe to turn up and then four come along at once…

Toseland at Ducati party

18 March 2005

WSB champ James Toseland is joining Ducati customers and fans at the joint birthday party for Ducati London South and Central on Saturday night (March 19). The event, at the Sports Café in Haymarket,...