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How to make some babes happy…

01 April 2004

How to make some babes happy…

The brolly babes always cheer up when they can wave goodbye to the MCN team…

Bennetts Babe gets thoughtful

01 April 2004

Bennetts Babe gets thoughtful

So this is what a Bennetts babe looks like on her day off…

Name your daughter after your bike

01 April 2004

Name your daughter after your bike

British superbike star Yukio Kagayama is being urged to name his daughter after the Suzuki he races. On Saturday (April 3) we revealed how Kagayama’s wife had given birth to his second daughter and...

Biaggi tops final rain-ruined tests

01 April 2004

Biaggi tops final rain-ruined tests

Max Biaggi would normally have been delighted. But being top gun on the final day of these official MotoGP tests could hardly be considered setting the benchmark. Rain ruined the Thursday testing at...

Hang on, where’s the bike

01 April 2004

Hang on, where’s the bike

The season might have started but there’s no bike on the grid…

Roberts second quickest… behind Rossi

01 April 2004

Roberts second quickest… behind Rossi

Defending world champion Valentino Rossi set the fastest time in rain-interrupted official MotoGP tests at Jerez on Wednesday (March 31). His domination on his new Yamaha comes after setting the...

Catching 40 winks

01 April 2004

Catching 40 winks

As the saying goes; ” Let sleeping brolly babes lie ”

Things are looking up…

01 April 2004

Things are looking up…

Things are definitely looking up for our photographers…

Haga tries to stay focused

31 March 2004

Haga tries to stay focused

It’s hard to keep your concentration when there are brolly babes about.

Watch those hands...

31 March 2004

Watch those hands...

Brolly girls always have to be on the lookout for wandering hands, but they don’t normally have to keep an eye on each other…

Ticket to ride?

24 March 2004

Ticket to ride?

She hasn’t got a ticket to ride, but she don’t care…

It must be the hat

24 March 2004

It must be the hat

It’s got to be the hat. The ladies love the hat.

Toseland confident despite poor Oz record

24 March 2004

Toseland confident despite poor Oz record

James Toseland is feeling confident for this weekend’s Phillip Island WSB round – despite crashing at the Australian circuit in pre-season testing. The 23-year-old Brit, who leads the WSB title fight...

Sign up for MotoGP text alerts

24 March 2004

Sign up for MotoGP text alerts

Keep up to date with the latest MotoGP tests, qualifying and race results with our new mobile phone text service from MCN. To subscribe to this great-value service just text MCN MOTOGP to...

Reynolds wins Silverstone race two

24 March 2004

Reynolds wins Silverstone race two

John Reynolds has added another win to his career total with victory in the second race at the Silverstone round of the British Superbike championship. Reynolds finished ahead of the HM Plant Honda...

Oi! Over here…

24 March 2004

Oi! Over here…

She tried to ignore us, but we didn’t give up….

Laconi and McCoy share wins in Australia

24 March 2004

Laconi and McCoy share wins in Australia

Regis Laconi and Garry McCoy shared one victory each at the second round of the World Superbike championship today, Sunday March 28. The first race was initially led by Britain’s Leon Haslam, but...

MotoGP prepares for test showdown

24 March 2004

MotoGP prepares for test showdown

MotoGP teams will go head-to-head on Friday (March 26) at the start of a three-day test at the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona, Spain. It’s the first real chance for all the teams to compare progress...

When brolly babes attack…

24 March 2004

When brolly babes attack…

Why is she trying to Karate chop Regis Laconi?

Looking shady

24 March 2004

Looking shady

Cool shades are an important part of the brolly babe wardrobe.

You could be a winner at Silverstone

24 March 2004

You could be a winner at Silverstone

Visit this weekend’s MCN-backed opening British superbikes round at Silverstone and you could get your picture taken with some of the lycra-clad girls from the MCN Babe Squad. They will be seeking you...

Quit staring at us!

24 March 2004

Quit staring at us!

Wherever you go in the room, their eyes seem to follow you….

Rutter wins season opener

24 March 2004

Rutter wins season opener

Michael Rutter has won the first race of the 2004 BSB season, with team-mate Ryuichi Kiyonari taking second for the HM Plant Honda team. Rutter started from pole at the Silverstone track and managed...

Laconi leads Oz first qualifying

24 March 2004

Laconi leads Oz first qualifying

Regis Laconi heads the timesheets after first qualifying at Phillip Island in Australia on Friday, March 26. The Frenchman has returned to form after a disappointing opening round of the series by...

Rossi fastest in first shoot-out

24 March 2004

Rossi fastest in first shoot-out

Valentino Rossi showed the rest have still got it all to do when he set the fastest time at the MotoGP test at Catalunya at the weekend. Rivals had hoped his switch from the all-conquering Honda to...

Murray Walker's History of the TT: The Island race

17 March 2004

Murray Walker's History of the TT: The Island race

If you that didn’t happen to listen to BBC Radio 4 on Saturday night (March 20), you’ll have missed an hour long programme on the history of the Isle of Man TT, narrated by Murray Walker. But thanks...

Nice seat unit

17 March 2004

Nice seat unit

Is that a one piece tail unit?

Superbike stars tackle supermoto’s best

17 March 2004

Superbike stars tackle supermoto’s best

The eight round, MCN-backed British Supermoto Championship ignites this weekend at Lydd International Raceway on the Kent coast with superbike star James Haydon on a Bracken KTM in both the 450 and...

Last day to save our trails

17 March 2004

Last day to save our trails

As part of our Back Off Biking campaign, we’ve joined forces with the British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF) to fight proposals by the Government to ban bikers from 6000 miles of the UK’s green lanes.

Haydon slips up in supermoto debut

17 March 2004

Haydon slips up in supermoto debut

James Haydon retired injured after crashing in Saturday qualifying for the opening round of the MCN-backed British Supermoto Championship on Sunday. With winds gusting up to 80mph, driving rain and...

Are those pigtails?

17 March 2004

Are those pigtails?

Any attempt at putting her hair into pigtails has to be applauded…

What should I write?

17 March 2004

Here are some examples of the key points you should consider when writing… To: Alun Michael MP Trail riding is a legitimate activity for many people who care for the countryside and others who use it. Legislation that restricts their legitimate interest to satisfy the selfish anxieties of organisations that wish to make the countryside more exclusive is not acceptable. Almost every road in the UK...

So that’s how they keep fit…

17 March 2004

So that’s how they keep fit…

Ah, so that’s why brolly babes are so thin. The brolly babe hamster training wheels.

Happy to be here?

17 March 2004

Happy to be here?

Now there’s someone enjoying her work….

Shiny, shiny plastic

17 March 2004

Shiny, shiny plastic

Handy, wipe-clean brolly babes are being introduced this season

A definite double-hander

17 March 2004

A definite double-hander

The double-handed grip is a good start for the novice brolly girl