Motorcycle Sport & Racing News

The prospect of the top men hitting 200mph in this year’s North-West 200 is a real one says seven-time winner Michael RutterFor the full story on Rutter’s North-West 200 predictions, don’t miss the...

Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne not only put his name on his bike to stop it going missing, now he’s doing the same with his grid girls…

She could have someone’s eye out with those horns. Pic by Martin Heath/Xtreme Photo

Although by the look on her friend’s face, it might not be a good idea to be downwind

Even with the thermal hot pants and boob tube combo, it can still get a bit chilly on the grid. Pic by Martin Heath/Xtreme Photo

All he wanted to do was to borrow her 70’s shades for the race. Pic by Martin Heath/Xtreme Photo

The UK’s first permanent indoor supercross track is heading for an August opening and we can now reveal its venue: It’ll be in Weston Super-Mare, Somerset.Co-owner Shane Fenton says building work has...

The first round of the 2002 U.S. Motocross season ended with victories for Ricky Carmichael and James Stewart at the Glen Helen Raceway in St. Bernadino, California.Carmichael claimed the win ahead of...

In a live webchat Thursday May 16, Chris Walker told motorcyclenews.com users that he will return to BSB, because he wouldn’t retire as a four times runner-up, and not a champion.He also told us what...

This weekend you can see some of the world’s best international and national racers going at it hammer and tongs – for just a tenner.Sunday sees the MCN- backed British round of the world endurance...

Just days after his Monza double, Troy Bayliss has continued his untouchable form with a dominant performance at the full WSB tests in Misano.The squads had stayed on in Italy to collect valuable...

Britain’s top world endurance team goes into Sunday’s MCN-backed Silverstone 200 as championship leaders and with a fierce ambition to reclaim the world title they last lifted in 2000.The privateer...

The team of Warwick Nowland and Stephane Mertens took the number 2 Zhongshen bike to victory at the end of the 63 laps of the Silverstone 200 on Sunday.Their victory came despite pressure from the...

Carlos Checa made a mockery of Yamaha’s four-stroke troubles when he grabbed a shock MotoGP provisional pole position in Le Mans today.The Spaniard took his YZR-M1 to the top of the leaderboard in the...

This weekend it’s the turn of Le Mans in France to host the MotoGP circus. Suzuki, Yamaha and Aprilia have been working overtime, trying to get their four-strokes to match the pace of Honda’s dynamic...

Valentino Rossi won a rain-hit French GP at Le Mans to maintain the Honda RCV’s perfect start to the 2002 season.Crucially, the Italian had taken the lead on lap 21 when he passed team-mate Tohru...

If only everything in life was so expertly packaged

If you want a sneak preview of what production bikes we’ll be all be on next year, the best place to look is the All Japan Motocross Championship.For a more detailed look at the exciting line-up of...

The first round of the European Supermotard Championship takes place this weekend May 11 –12 at the Parc de l’Aumaillerie, Fougeres in France.Big names like Thierry van den Bosch and Eddy Seel, the...

The lucky husband of this young lady took her to Kyalami on their honeymoon, and Chris Walker and the Kawasaki team gave them a day to remember. Great idea, but wouldn’t Brands have been cheaper?

The name Ducati belongs on gorgeous bright red bodywork. Pic by Martin Heath/Xtreme Photo

The ACU has finalised the dates for the full eight round Maxxis motocross series.The Pontrilas Motocross Club near Hereford and the former 60’ and 70’s Scramble television series circuit at...

Ducati riding Steve Hislop won race one of the MCN British superbike meeting at Oulton Park on Bank Holiday Monday.Race two was halted after John Reynolds’ GSX-R1000 spilled oil over the track and...

Sometimes the brolly babes have to move quicker than the riders

We don’t know why they were so worried about covering their knees up, we can only be grateful that they were

Sometimes the teams take weight saving a bit too far. Pic by Martin Heath/Xtreme Photo

Kawasaki’s tie-up Suzuki will see a new re-badged version of the big-selling DRZ400 released shortly under Kawasaki colours.For the full story on this new bike don’t miss the latest issue of MCN, out...

Neil Hodgson set the the fastest ever time around the Monza circuit on a superbike on his way to a stunning provisional pole today.The HM Plant Ducati rider went more than three tenths quicker than...

Benelli’s three-cylinder Tornado storms back into WSB action at this weekend’s round in Monza after pulling out during the series curtain-raiser in Valencia, Spain.The factory pulled the Tornado to...

Troy Bayliss has won the first race at Monza after a miscalculation by Neil Hodgson. Hodgson had made a good start from pole position, and with the retirement of Noriyuki Haga, had seemed to have the...

The sidecar world championship races will now take place on the Saturday of each WSB round, starting with this weekend at Monza, FIM bosses have announced.They have also cancelled the sidecar...

With John Crawford still not fit after his huge spill at Silverstone, his ETI Racing squad have drafted in Ross McCulloch to ride its BSB Suzuki GSX-R1000 at Oulton Park on the May Day Bank...

No wonder Capirossi and Barros seem so happy with their team

They stood their for hours before realising they were just holding a big pole