Yamaha tests YZ450 22 April 2002 Yamaha is working on bigger-capacity versions of its WR426F enduro bike and YZ426F crosser for 2003. The firm ran a pre-production prototype YZ at the first round of the Japanese motocross... Read more ...
Rutter edges Donington Superpole 22 April 2002 It is an all-Ducati front row for Sunday’s third round of the MCN British Superbike championship at Donington Park - but the rider on pole is not Steve Hislop, it’s Michael Rutter on the Renegade... Read more ...
Very Flash 22 April 2002 As soon as they heard about the remake of Flash Gordon, they started on their costumes Read more ...
Crawford fit for Donington 22 April 2002 John Crawford has been given the all-clear by doctors to race in rounds five and six of the MCN-backed British Superbike championship at Donington Park. Crawford had been temporarily replaced in his... Read more ...
Jeremy McWilliams: I wish I was on a four stroke 22 April 2002 British MotoGP star Jeremy McWilliams chatted live with motorcyclenews.com users today, Thursday April 25.He answered a very wide range of questions, including whether he would rather be on Max... Read more ...
Ukawa pips Rossi in South Africa 22 April 2002 Tohru Ukawa held off Repsol Honda team-mate Valentino Rossi to take the MotoGP win in Welkom, South Africa today.The pair again proved the RCV four-stroke’s dominance finishing over twenty seonds... Read more ...
Take a bite at our caption competition 22 April 2002 Oh look, Rossi’s going bananas... wonder if anyone’s going to ape him, there’s certainly something a-peeling about a pre-race snack etc etc (fnarr, fnarr).Good, that’s most of the bad puns out of the... Read more ...
Jeremy McWilliams: In his own words 22 April 2002 Sweetandsour: What are you going to do about bikes for Jerez?... I've heard they've gone walkies...?JeremyMcWilliams: Well it'll be an easy weekend then if that's right! At least mine haven't been crashed, so when they do arrive we'll be able to go straight out, and we've got our Jerez set-up so we'll be able to go straight out. But I'd rather be putting my feet up somewhere like Malaga if they... Read more ...
Just ignore her 15 April 2002 If you don’t turn up in the yellow team jacket, you get ignored…no matter how pretty you are Read more ...
Ramsay wins on CRF450 four-stroke 15 April 2002 Nate Ramsay takes the win, as Carmichael comes back to second after a fall dropped him to fifteenth. Jeremy McGrath took third, and David Vuillemin couldn’t take advantage of Carmichael’s misfortune,... Read more ...
Green as the grass of home 15 April 2002 Just imagine a front garden carpeted with brolly girls… Read more ...
Suzuki’s attempts at twins 15 April 2002 Sadly Suzuki’s attempt at twins was close, but didn’t quite make it through scrutineering Read more ...
It doesn’t normally rain sideways 15 April 2002 One day she’ll be telling her granchildren how she got a champagne shower from Rossi Read more ...
You might wanna check the stand 15 April 2002 This is what happens when you employ mechanics fresh from college Read more ...
World Ducati Weekend debut for GP bike. 15 April 2002 SEE Ducati’s new four-stroke GP missile in the flesh at the World Ducati Weekend in Misano, Italy, on June 14-16. So far only two images of the 990cc V-four bike have been released and this will be... Read more ...
Rossi on pole in South Africa 15 April 2002 Valentino Rossi starts as a red-hot favourite for tomorrow’s South African GP at Welkom after a commanding display saw him grab pole position this afternoon.The 23-year-old Italian wasn’t bettered after he’d beaten Loris Capirossi’s provisional pole time from yesterday within seven minutes of today’s final qualifying getting underway.He would improve his time on a further five occasions to show... Read more ...
Get GP results on your mobile 15 April 2002 Welkom, South Africa is over 5500 miles away, but you can keep bang-up-to-date with this weekend’s GP qualifying news and race results simply by signing up for the latest text messaging service from... Read more ...
Capirossi leads qualifying in South Africa 15 April 2002 Loris Capirossi again blew away the myth that the new generation four-strokes would cruise to this year’s new MotoGP world championship after he comfortably stuck his two-stroke Honda NSR500 on... Read more ...
First glimpse of MZ GP motor 15 April 2002 This is the engine MZ will take into the MotoGP series and which will power the firm’s first superbike.The 90° V4 is already running on the test bench, though so far the firm has only revealed this... Read more ...
Edwards and Tamada share victories at Sugo 15 April 2002 Colin Edwards became the first non-Japanese winner of the Sugo World Superbike round after his victory in race one. He took the win after battling hard with Japanese wildcard rider Makoto Tamada and... Read more ...
Toseland chatted live from his bathtub at Sugo 15 April 2002 James Toseland joined us live from Sugo World Superbike round for a live webchat at 1pm UK time, Friday April 19.Due to the time difference, it was actually 9pm in Japan, so James was in the bath when... Read more ...
Six weeks to Foggy bike 15 April 2002 Team Foggy Petronas road bikes will be ready to roll in just six weeks time and will go on sale another four weeks later, says the team’s marketing boss.For the full story on the Foggy WSB project... Read more ...
James Toseland: In his own words 15 April 2002 Starguide: How was dinner?JamesToseland: Hi...yeah it was ok...we've eaten at the same restaurant for the last 3 nights now. And there's not that much on the menu. Steak is about it. Other than that it's noodles and more noodles!Masalmon: At the last few rounds no-one has really threatened Bayliss, how do you see this changing as we come into the European rounds?JamesToseland: Good question. This... Read more ...
Izutsu injured in qualifying at Sugo 15 April 2002 Eight crashes, three stoppages and three restarts marked one of the most incident-laden qualifying sessions in the history of WSB at Sugo on Friday – with Hitoyasu Izutsu ruling himself out of racing... Read more ...
Hodgson just misses out in Sugo Superpole 15 April 2002 Noriyuki Haga may have taken the pole for tomorrows Japanese World Superbike round at Sugo, but Neil Hodgson was the closest man behind him, 0.017 seconds behind him. Japanese wildcard and previous... Read more ...
Frankie out for Sugo 15 April 2002 Frankie Chili has no chance of being fit for this weekend’s Japanese round of WSB at Sugo.The NCR Ducati rider broke his collarbone in a clash with Ruben Xaus on the warm-up lap of race one in Phillip... Read more ...
That outfit needs hand-washing, guys 08 April 2002 That outfit needs hand-washing, guys Read more ...
Hislop takes double win at Brands 08 April 2002 The dominant Scot took double race wins at Brands Hatch round of the MCN-backed British Superbike Championship.Race one was led early on by Paul Brown on the IFC Ducati. Hislop came past on lap two... Read more ...
We don’t know what the injury is Jet, but you can lay your healing hands on us anytime 08 April 2002 We don’t know what the injury is Jet, but you can lay your healing hands on us anytime Read more ...
Carmichael grabs Supercross win number six 08 April 2002 Ricky Carmichael showed why he’s odds-on to retain his 250cc Supercross title win a dominant performance in St.Louis (Saturday, April 6).Carmichael grabbed the holshot and never looked like losing his... Read more ...
Reed storms to 125 Supercross title 08 April 2002 Chad Reed took his sixth straight win in the 125cc class in St.Louis and with it the Eastern Regional championship with four rounds remaining.The 19-year-old Aussie star blasted into the lead on lap... Read more ...
Jefferies steps in for injured Crawford 08 April 2002 David Jefferies will take over John Crawford’s ride in the ETI racing squad after the Scot was knocked unconscious at the Silverstone BSB round two weeks ago.Crawford still isn’t fully recovered after... Read more ...