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Old Japanese proverb: Very bad sign when you have more earrings than your brolly babes
01 April 2002
Old Japanese proverb: Very bad sign when you have more earrrings than your brolly babes
"Look at how clean it is!", she’s thinking
01 April 2002
" Look at how clean it is! " , she’s thinking
Dobb and Crockard sign for one-off British race
01 April 2002
Jamie Dobb will be joined by Gordon Crockard in their only competitive appearance in Britain for 2002 next month -after signing to ride the opening round of the British International Championship at...
Hizzy: "I’d beat Joey’s TT record easily"
01 April 2002
In our live web chat on Thursday Steve Hislop said that if he had continued to race at the Isle of Man he would have overtaken Joey Dunlop’s record of 26 TT victories.In a reply to a question from...
Hizzy romps to race two Silverstone victory
01 April 2002
Steve Hislop stormed to a runaway race two victory at the opening round of the MCN-sponsored BSB series in Silverstone today. The MonsterMob Ducati rider finished seven seconds ahead of John Reynolds...
Keep your hand in
01 April 2002
Why has Max got that strange look on his face?…Hang on,where’s her other hand?
Emmett takes BSB season opener
01 April 2002
Sean Emmett won the MCN-sponsored BSB curtain raiser at Silverstone today from Steve Hislop. The pair had a lonely dice for the result, with Steve Plater on the Virgin Yamaha R1 a distant third place,...
Hislop takes Silverstone Superpole
01 April 2002
Steve Hislop is on pole for Monday’s MCN British superbike opener at Silverstone with Sean Emmett (Ducati), John Reynolds (GSX-R1000) and John Crawford (GSX-R1000), making up the front row.Defending...
Steve Hislop: In his own words
01 April 2002
Tony: "Is this your year?"SteveHislop: Hopefully, after all the bad luck last year and previous few years, what with swapping teams etc. I hope it is my year. I just need a bit of luckCooey: did you seriously consider a return to the TT prior to last year?SteveHislop: Yes I did last year, when I joined Paul's team I decided it may be a good earner to do the TT. However the more I thought about it,...
With his Aprilia in all sorts of problems, it’s no wonder Troy is distracted
01 April 2002
With his Aprilia in all sorts of problems, it’s no wonder Troy is distracted
… I just find them confusing
01 April 2002
You’ve got to admit it – some of those lady-boys can be very convincing.
Rossi takes four stroke to victory at Suzuka
01 April 2002
Valentino Rossi has begun his first season on a four stroke with victory at Suzuka. The four strokes took the first four places, as Rossi was followed home by Suzuki’s Akira Ryo, Yamaha’s Carlos Checa...
Battaini surprise fastest in 250s
01 April 2002
ITALIAN Franco Battaini was the surprise provisional pole qualifier in the opening 250 qualifying session of 2002 at the Suzuka circuit in Japan today.He pipped fellow works Aprilia rider Fonsi Nieto...
Capirossi blasts to Suzuka provisional pole
01 April 2002
LORIS CAPIROSSI struck a blow for the supposedly old generation two-strokes as he beat Valentino Rossi and the new RCV to provisional pole position at Suzuka this afternoon.Most people expected the...
Poggiali snares provisional Suzuka pole
01 April 2002
REIGNING world champion Manuel Poggiali drew first blood at a sun-drenched Suzuka today when he grabbed provisional pole for Sunday’s opening 125 GP.The Italian was 0.2s faster than Spanish teenager...
Rossi gives Honda RCV pole on Suzuka debut
01 April 2002
Valentino Rossi shrugged off his second crash in two days to give the new Honda RCV four-stroke a dream debut in Suzuka today when he grabbed pole position for the historic first MotoGP race.The...
Chat live with Steve Hislop
01 April 2002
Find out how Steve Hislop is feeling after his victory and second place in the opening round of the MCN-backed British Superbike championship. He’ll be joining us live at 1pm, Thursday April 4 to...
Edwards takes Superpole
01 April 2002
Honda rider Colin Edwards held off Troy Bayliss to take pole position for tomorrow’s races in Kyalami. Bayliss, second, was followed by fellow Ducati rider Ben Bostrom, and Noriyuki Haga on the...
WSB updates to your mobile
01 April 2002
We’ve added a new rapid-reaction text message service for your mobile phone: MCN2U WSB Alerts.Subscribe and our trackside reporters will send you at least five messages over a WSB weekend, for £1 a...
Bayliss fastest in first session at Kyalami
01 April 2002
Troy Bayliss looks set to continue his unprecedented string of season long WSB victories with a dominant performance in provisional qualifying in Kyalami.But despite going a second under the lap...
US Superbike series bound for Britain
01 April 2002
We could see the likes of Mat Mladin, Eric Bostrom and Anthony Gobert dicing on British turf thanks to a new deal signed by American Superbike bosses and TV giant Sky.Sky have just clinched the deal...
Business as normal for Bayliss at Kyalami
01 April 2002
Troy Bayliss continued his dominance of World Superbikes in both races at Kyalami. In race one, he overcame early challenges from Edwards, Ben Bostrom and Noriyuki Haga to head Edwards and Ruben Xaus...
No wonder he’s smiling… have you seen how big his helmet is?!
25 March 2002
No wonder he’s smiling… have you seen how big his helmet is?!
Is this her way of convincing Steve not to move to WSB?
25 March 2002
Is this her way of convincing Steve not to move to WSB?
Carmichael takes win number five in Houston
25 March 2002
Ricky Carmichael extended his EA Sports Supercross lead with a win in Houston ahead of fellow Honda rider Nathan Ramsey and the Kawasaki of Ezra Lusk. The 125 event was won by Matt Walker, from by...
She’d heard the joke before, but that didn’t stop her laughing at our snapper
25 March 2002
She’d heard the joke before, but that didn’t stop her laughing at our snapper
If a tyre was that shiny it would need a good scrubbing in
25 March 2002
If a tyre was that shiny it would need a good scrubbing in
Free British Superbikes preview with MCN
25 March 2002
You could win VIP tickets complete with instant access to the stars (and even to walk around the grid as it forms up) in a FREE eight-page supplement in this week’s MCN out in the UK on...
Kawasaki GP prototype tests chassis at Suzuka
25 March 2002
Kawasaki’s four-stroke GP machine prototype debuted a new aluminium twin-spar chassis at the Suzuka tests.On the day that the factory unveiled concept images of the new ZX-RR machine(see right) tester...
Aprilia GP team meets the world
25 March 2002
In a glittering ceremony at the firm’s Italian HQ, has Aprilia revealed the final look of its four-stroke Grand Prix contender and team.Company chief Ivano Beggio introduced the gorgeous RS3 ‘Cube’ GP...