November
Rossi takes control
25 November 2005
Valentino Rossi has broken the Honda dominance of the Sepang MotoGP test. Rossi beat yesterday’s best time of 2:02.99, set by Marco Melandri, by 0.38 seconds riding the 2006 Yamaha M1. Melandri...
Gus Scott auction update
25 November 2005
In a last-minute change, Chris Walker and Jamie Whitham will be among the stars attending the Gus Scott tribute auction on Saturday, November 27, in place of Neil Hodgson who is unfortunately unable...
Bid for Toseland's T-shirt
25 November 2005
Here’s your chance to land the shirt off 2004 WSB champion James Toseland’s back. The MCN T-shirt he sweated into while performing with his band Crash on MCN’s 50th birthday is now up for grabs on...
More of a classic babe
25 November 2005
Now that’s a retro look we’d all be in favour of bringing back… Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.
More Milan madams
25 November 2005
We’re almost at the end of our Milan marathon… Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.
Melandri tops 1st day
25 November 2005
Early reports from the MotoGP testing session in Sepang have shown the Hondas dominating the first day with Marco Melandri setting the fastest time. Rain caused some delay in the morning but it soon...
Talking Italian...
25 November 2005
Yet another glimpse at one of the highlights of the Milan motorcycle show. Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.
Gibernau ups the pace
25 November 2005
The Ducati GP team has had a much-improved second day of testing at Jerez, despite the cold weather, with Sete Gibernau setting the best lap. Loris Capirossi and new team-mate Gibernau spent the day...
Three in a row for Smith
25 November 2005
British youngster Bradley Smith won the final round of the Spanish 125cc championship at the weekend, just missing out on the championship win by one point. The MotoGP Academy rider, who celebrated...
Yet another side-saddler
25 November 2005
As much as the Milan show girls try to promote it, we’re sure it will never come back in fashion… Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.
HP2 enters Welsh rally
25 November 2005
BMW is entering its new HP2 enduro bike in the Hafren Rally in Wales with a two-man team. The rally takes place on a mixture of open hillside and forest tracks and is run along the same lines as an...
Gus auction raises £30K
25 November 2005
Over £30,000 raised at a benefit auction held on Sunday night (Nov 27) will be held in trust for 11 year-old Yasmin Scott, the daughter of motorcycle racer and journalist Ian ‘Gus’ Scott who lost his...
Damp start for Ducati
25 November 2005
The Ducati GP team’s run of bad luck has continued with yet another day of testing disrupted by wet weather. The team’s previous test session in Valencia was abandoned to rain, and now their first...
Strike a pose...
25 November 2005
Roughly the same pose our reporters achieve when propping up the bar… Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.
Vote for TT racer
25 November 2005
You can make bike racer Maria Costello the BBC East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year. Voting has now started and Costello, the fastest woman around the Isle of Man TT circuit, and the first...
WCM to use KTM
18 November 2005
With the WCM team still waiting for the brand new Blata V6 engine to appear it seems they might be able to run the ditched KTM engine for some of next year. The Proton KR team ran the engine in 2005...
Yamaha test for Ellison
18 November 2005
James Ellison will test a factory Yamaha YZR-M1 in Sepang at the multi-team MotoGP test beginning on November 28. The British rider’s future took a dramatic twist this week when he began negotiations about riding a full factory YZR-M1 in 2006 for the French-based Tech 3 squad on Dunlop tyres. MCN understands a deal is close to being clinched, and Ellison will then line-up on next year’s MotoGP...
Brit Supercross cancelled
18 November 2005
The British Supercros Championship scheduled to run on November 26, December 3, and December 10, 2005, has been cancelled at the last minute due to poor ticket sales. The Auto Cycle Union received a...
Another sidesaddle babe
18 November 2005
It seems that the Italian girls all like riding sidesaddle… Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.
Hucklebridge to KX450F
18 November 2005
Mark Hucklebridge will ride the new Kawasaki KX450F in the MX1 and British Open championships next year. Hucklebridge, 27, won the 2001 UK Supercross Championship on a KX250, and will race in a...
Smith wins again in Spain
18 November 2005
14-year-old British star-in-the-making – Bradley Smith – has bagged his second win in Spanish racing. The MotoGP Academy youngster claimed his second success in the Spanish 125cc Championship at the Ricardo Tormo track near Valencia last weekend. He celebrates his 15th birthday next week.
Macau: Rutter fastest
18 November 2005
Michael Rutter is on course to equal Ron Haslam’s record of six Macau GP wins after topping final qualifying on Friday (Nov 18) in fine and dry conditions. The race itself is on Saturday (Nov 19). ...
21k at Dirt Bike Show
18 November 2005
The biggest-ever attendance for the Dirt Bike Show saw just under 21,000 people attend over three days. Big launches at the show included Aprilia with the V-twin RXV and SXV dirt bikes. Other...
A little overdressed?
18 November 2005
Surely some sensible thermals would be a better choice at this time of year? Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.
Rutter takes sixth Macau
18 November 2005
Michael Rutter has stormed to his sixth victory in the Macau GP, equalling the record set by Ron Halsam in 1987. Rutter lead the race from start to finish on his Red Bull Honda Fireblade more than 16...
Knight wins Endurocross
18 November 2005
KTM Enduro Factory Team rider David Knight claimed victory at the second running of the Maxxis Endurocross in Las Vagas on Saturday (Nov 19) The newly crowned Enduro 3 world champion brought his ’05...
Party with Boorman
18 November 2005
BMW is hosting a send-off party for Charley Boorman and his Dakar rally team-mates in Lisbon, Portugal, on December 29 and it’s open to all. Tickets, which cost £45 each, are available through the...
Babe rides sidesaddle
18 November 2005
Someone needs to explain that ladies are no longer required to ride sidesaddle… Discovered MCN Auctions? click here.
More Italian delicacies
18 November 2005
We though you might like to see a bit more of the highlights at the Milan Bike Show. Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.
Trio for Yamaha France
18 November 2005
Yamaha France will run a three-rider team in the 2006 World Superbike championship, with former Japanese 250cc champion Shinichi Nakatomi join returning riders Norick Abe and Sebastien Gimbert. ...
A taste of Italy...
18 November 2005
Our intrepid reporters have returned from the Milan Bike Show with tales of stunning promo girls, so we though we should share them with you…. Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.
Retro babe?
18 November 2005
Luckily they gave her 70’s clothing, rather than getting a brolly girl in her 70’s… Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.
Winter babe?
11 November 2005
At least British MotoGP star James Ellison has the sense to wrap up warm…. Discovered MCN Auctions? Click here.
Pretty as a picture
11 November 2005
If you’re sponsored by a camera firm, you have to look pretty. And so does your brolly girl…
Toseland tests Ten Kate
11 November 2005
James Toseland’s first taste of his 2006 works Honda FireBlade has been lashed by rain on today, as the 2004 World Superbike champ tested at Valencia in Spain. The 24-year-old former Ducati man...