Motorcycle Sport & Racing News

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Molson signs Swanie

07 January 2005

Molson Kawasaki has announced that South African teenager Gareth Swanepoel and British rider Tom Church will front Kawasaki UK’s 2005 assault on the world and British MX2 Championships on four-stroke...

Devil makes work...

07 January 2005

This brolly babe is clearly no angel…

Dakar's toughest yet?

07 January 2005

Frenchman David Frétigné took another stage win on Thursday (Jan 6), in what many are saying was one of the toughest Dakar rally stages ever – the 660km marathon stage. It was competed almost...

Strike a pose

07 January 2005

Her impression of a little teapot wasn’t far off…

Musical chairs...

07 January 2005

Noriyuki Haga makes the most of the last empty chair in the paddock

KTM to quit rallies?

07 January 2005

After the death of top rally rider Fabrizio Meoni on Tuesday, January 11, KTM has urged all of its teams to pull out of the race and said it may quit rally racing completely. Meoni is the second top...

Dakar stage cancelled

07 January 2005

Organisers have been forced to cancel the eighth stage of the Paris-Dakar Rally after terrible weather conditions during the previous stage yesterday, Thursday January 6. Several motorcyclists, cars...

Haga back to Yamaha

07 January 2005

Noriyuki Haga has now been confirmed to return to the Yamaha World Superbike team in 2005. Haga will race a YZF-R1 for the Milan-based Yamaha Motor Italia team, having rode for Renegade Ducati last...

Got a lotta bottle...

07 January 2005

We can only imagine what he’s thinking as he fiddles with his water bottle…

Are you a Vulcan?

01 January 2005

What a strange way to give a salute….

No need to sulk....

01 January 2005

All we did was to ask what was under that jacket….

Kurtis Roberts to AMA

01 January 2005

Kurtis Roberts has accepted an offer to ride in the 2005 AMA Superbike Championship just minutes before a soft deadline for new riders. Roberts will ride a Honda CBR1000RR for the Erion Honda team,...

Classic race awards

01 January 2005

The International Historic Motorsport Show is now looking for nominations for its Historic Motorsport Awards, which gives awards to people, race meetings, clubs and classic vehicles. Anyone is...

Hodgson starts AMA test

01 January 2005

Neil Hodgson has shown early promise on day one of the Daytona tyre test which marks the start of the AMA Superbike season. At the end of the first day of testing, the top two times belonged to the...

Fog halts Dakar bikes

01 January 2005

Amid much anticipation the Dakar finally hit Africa yesterday evening, but the excitement was short lived for the bikes as heavy fog prevented them from even starting the stage this morning. The fog...

Wind hampers Dakar

01 January 2005

The wind was what caused the most problems in stage six of the Dakar – that and the kitchen tent burning down. This was the first stage of the race held on soft sand and as if riding through dunes...

Chili on WSB Fireblade

01 January 2005

After months of rumours Frankie Chili has finally confirmed that he will be riding a Fireblade in World Supebikes this year. The Italian was forced to abandon the Ducati 998/999 hybrid he ran last...

Best foot forward

01 January 2005

The new year is a time for new starts, so why not begin by putting your best foot forward?

Hodgson hot in Daytona

01 January 2005

A dramatic second day of the three-day AMA Superbike test at Daytona saw Neil Hodgson finish the session third quickest as pace-setter, Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin, was knocked unconscious in a...

Hodgson second in tests

01 January 2005

Neil Hodgson finished the final session of the three day AMA Superbike test at Daytona second on the time sheets, with a time of 1:40.711. British former MotoGP rider and World Superbike champion...

Fretigne leads Dakar

01 January 2005

Yamaha rider David Fretigne is making all the early running in this year’s Dakar rally. He won the Barcelona super special stage on December 31 and claimed stage 3 special in Granada on Sunday...

Exclusive Rossi interview

01 January 2005

Valentino Rossi says Honda has a series of secret plans which could revolutionise motorcycling. The Yamaha riding world champion reveals how he heard about them when he raced for Honda – and why he...

Dakar heads South

01 January 2005

After the excitement of the opening day of the 2005 Paris-Dakar Rally, the competitiors face a long, but non-competitive trip from Barcelona to Granada in Spain. The day begins with a podium...

Got the hump?

01 January 2005

For some reason, we were strangely attracted to the camel’s humps…

Aussie wins Dakar stage

01 January 2005

Bad navigation cost Yamaha rider David Frétigné the lead in the Dakar today as Australian Andy Caldecott took the win on his KTM while Frétigné rode in to the wilderness. Frétigné was going well on...

White in the middle

01 January 2005

Feeling patriotic? That’s why we dressed these girls in red, white and blue. (Also works if you are French)

Supercross legend Q+A

01 January 2005

After missing much of the 2004 AMA Supercross Series due to injury, legend Ricky Carmichael returns this year as the most successful rider ever. In eight years of professional racing Carmichael has...

Jordan bosses bike team

01 January 2005

American basketball legend and sometime film star Michael Jordan has announced he will run a team of Suzuki GSX-R1000s in the AMA Superbike championship. Keen biker Jordan owns a Ducati 998 and 999...

Looks comfy

29 December 2004

Who says you can’t enjoy a relaxed riding position on a sportsbike?

04's best brolly babes

29 December 2004

Every morning we add a new Babe of the Day to the site, but which has been your favourite over the last 12 months? We want you to browse our selections of the best-looking girls added to the site...

Vinyl is back

29 December 2004

You can make this out of a compact disc…

Babe gallery two

29 December 2004

Make sure you check both galleries, then simply email mcn.online@emap.com with the words ‘Babe of the Year’ and the number of your favourite girl in the subject line.

Need lubrication?

29 December 2004

We’re not sure why this young lady should be associated with Motul lubrication, but we ended up around 1000 gallons of the stuff…

Dakar kicks off

29 December 2004

Frenchman David Frétigné has taken the win in the opening stage of the Dakar 2005. The 450 Yamaha rider decided not to use his two wheel drive system and finished eight seconds in the lead for the...

Brit GP date moved

22 December 2004

Changes have been made to the 2005 MotoGP calendar, with the British GP at Donington Park switching to July 24. Other changes include the Italian and Catalunya racers, which move a week later, to...

What are you looking at?

22 December 2004

Regis Laconi seems a little distracted from preparing his Ducati for the start of the race…