Motorcycle Sport & Racing News

That’s another Christmas behind us

I really couldn’t eat another turkey sandwich, thanks

This one’s called Mary… Mary Christmas

Benellis always seem to have good bodywork

She gulped down a rat in one.

… and one of them’s bear!

Steve Plater will join Simon Crafar in the Virgin Yamaha squad next season.Team boss Rob McElnea swooped for the 31-year-old after losing James Haydon to Carl Fogarty’s Petronas WSB team.Plater said: ...

Our photographer didn’t know the Japanese for " cheese "

Steve Plater could secure the second berth in the fledging Renegade Racing Ducati British superbike team.But he faces competition from last year’s NCR Ducati WSB pairing Broc Parkes and Giovanni...

Doesn’t look warm enough for shades

Take two babes into the shower? It must be Christmas

The British superbike supporting cast will be heading to Silverstone as part of the May 6 World Endurance round.Unlike the BSB round held there the previous month, the Endurance meeting will see the...

After the disappointment of 2001, Isle of Man race organisers are pulling out all the stops with the intention of making 2002 the best TT.Already they’ve lined up David Jefferies, John McGuinness, Jim...

She’s just heard she hasn’t got a seat by the emergency exit on the flight home.

How’s that for a warm front?

CAS Honda, the official Honda UK 250cc World Motocross championship team, is running motocross riding schools at Corby Trials Park.Courses cost £80 a day per rider, which starts at 10am and runs until...

It was the shiney bra which cost her a place in the final of the Colin Edwards look-a-like competition

Virgin Yamaha’s team-building plans have been thrown into turmoil by James Haydon’s decision to leave for Foggy’s WSB team.Team boss Rob McElnea was fully expecting the 28-year-old to line-up...

Neil Hodgson’s first test of his 2002 Ducati was a washed out.The MCN Man of the Year was desperate to get on his Testastretta 998R and claw back some of the ground he’s already lost to Chris Walker,...

Aprilia hasn’t exactly made a habit of letting anyone other than racers and factory testers on its works machinery, yet here I am, waiting to ride the bike that took Troy Corser to fourth in the World...

Jamie Whitham has been given a first taste of his new 2002-spec Belgarda Yamaha R6 in a test at Cartagena in Spain.Riding with team-mate Paolo Casoli, the test gave Whitham a chance to put new...

Spaniard Juan Borja will be making a return to Ducati in 2002… but with a customer race bike rather than the works 996R he had in 2000. Borja will be racing for the De Cecco Ducati team – the same...

Leon Haslam has tested the factory Virgin Yamaha R7 British superbike but he is still going to sign his world 250 championship contract.Haslam will link up with fellow British rider Jason Vincent in...

Valentino Rossi signed off an unbelievable 2001 by going even faster on the final day of Honda's four-stroke test at Phillip Island today.The Nastro Azzurro rider got his time down to 1.32.00 which...

THE biggest GP of the year will now act as the final round of next year’s world championship.Valencia, which attracted over 200,000 fans over three days this year, will now be held on November 3...

Formula One-style helmet radios could be seen in GPs for the 2003 season.The radios will allow riders to communicate with their team while out on the track. They are under development by American...

Reigning world champion Valentino Rossi might not be 100 per cent happy with Honda's new four-stroke GP bike but he was still well under lap record pace on the first day of testing at Phillip Island...

Teenager Toni Elias says he needs to toughen up to cope with the extra power and weight of the 250 he’ll ride in 2002, compared to the 125 he came close to taking the title on in 2001.Elias, who...

Jeremy McWilliams signed his contract with Kenny Roberts on Monday to ride a Proton KR3 in next year's world GP championship. " I am really happy to have a rider like Jeremy on board, " ...

Tohru Ukawa is already proving to be an expensive acquisition to Honda’s new four-stroke camp. He crashed on Thursday at the second day of HRC's test at the Phillip Island circuit in Australia, hot on...

Just after our picture was taken, she had a sneezing fit.

Gotta chew, gotta chew, gotta chew

Gum on gow. Start the gice mogogige… a gottle of gear, a gottle of gear, etc etc

The MCN girls always want to reveal more.

Octagon season tickets are going on sale for 2002 covering all bike events held at Brands Hatch, Cadwell Park, Oulton Park , Silverstone and Snetterton.For £100 you can go to all 10 of the major bike...