MCN
Reviews For sale News Insurance

Motorcycle Sport & Racing News

Looks like we’re in trouble

25 November 2001

Looks like we’re in trouble

What time do you call this then?

The background to Petronas

25 November 2001

The background to Petronas

PETRONAS is one of the biggest names to join WSB since the championship started in 1988. It was formed in 1974 as the national petroleum company of Malaysia and having established itself in the...

Take a shine to her

25 November 2001

Take a shine to her

A can of Mr Sheen and a duster could keep you happy for hours

Here’s some we made earlier

25 November 2001

Here’s some we made earlier

It’s amazing what you can do with some old fishnets

Team work

25 November 2001

Team work

Suzuki’s lovelies… and we don’t mean the GSX-R range

Rossi smashes Jerez lap record in first four stroke test

25 November 2001

Rossi smashes Jerez lap record in first four stroke test

VALENTINO ROSSI’S first serious test on Honda’s new V5 four-stroke GP at Jerez saw him demolish his own lap record by over half a second. Rossi completed 46 laps on his RCV on the first day of the...

Video exclusive: Rossi tests 2002 GP bike

25 November 2001

Video exclusive: Rossi tests 2002 GP bike

Click on the link on the right for our unmissable video exclusive of Valentino Rossi as he gets to grips with his new RCV four stroke around the Jerez circuit in Spain. At this test Rossi sliced over...

Lavilla is sole factory Suzuki in World Superbikes

25 November 2001

Lavilla is sole factory Suzuki in World Superbikes

The team will continue to compete in the Superbike and Supersport series as a factory supported team, but with a slight change in personnel. Japanese rider Katsuyaki Fujiwara will continue in the...

The Foggy/Petronas road bike is coming

25 November 2001

The Foggy/Petronas road bike is coming

CARL FOGARTY road bike will be in our showrooms later next year after the four-times World Superbike champion announced one of the biggest deals in British motorcycle history last week. He has signed...

All white on the night

25 November 2001

All white on the night

Kind of like a Guinness, only upside down

Exclusive: Foggy, "This deal is a gamble – but it’ll pay off"

25 November 2001

Exclusive: Foggy, "This deal is a gamble – but it’ll pay off"

IN an exclusive chat with MCN Carl Fogarty has admitted that his WSB deal is risky, but he reckons it will pay off. With the preliminary stages already well under way, Foggy believes with his name and...

Ellison set for Kawasaki Supersport ride

25 November 2001

Ellison set for Kawasaki Supersport ride

European superstock champion James Ellison is likely to race alongside Andrew Pitt in Kawasaki’s 2002 World Supersport team. The 20-year-old from Cumbria has won the superstock title for the past two...

Katoh and two-stroke NSR blast back at Jerez

25 November 2001

Katoh and two-stroke NSR blast back at Jerez

DAIJIRO KATOH blew away the myth that the four-strokes will blitz old two-stroke 500s with an awesome performance at Honda’s test yesterday in Jerez. With only his second appearance on the works NSR...

First pictures of the Suzuki XREO GP bike

18 November 2001

First pictures of the Suzuki XREO GP bike

SUZUKI’S all-new GP four-stroke will be a surprise entrant to the new-look 2002 world championship series. The Japanese factory initially said it would use 2002 as a development year for the bike code...

Smmmmoking!

18 November 2001

Smmmmoking!

And they say smoking is bad for you…

Dobb cleans up in NEC Supercross

18 November 2001

Dobb cleans up in NEC Supercross

Jamie Dobb made a World champion’s return to racing by winning the Pro Open class of the MCN-backed UKSX supercross at the NEC Arena on Saturday night. Dobb might have been sidelined from racing with...

Reynolds moves to Suzuki

18 November 2001

Reynolds moves to Suzuki

John Reynolds has rocked the British Superbike paddock by sensationally dumping Red Bull Ducati for a move to Paul Denning’s Crescent Suzuki squad with a ride alongside fellow reigning British...

Hislop rejects Sauber WSB offer

18 November 2001

Hislop rejects Sauber WSB offer

STEVE HISLOP has turned down an offer to ride Sauber’s triple in WSB next year – though Carl Fogarty is likely to be involved. The Scot wants to concentrate on winning the British title that evaded...

Virgin want Haydon for its R1 rides in 2002 BSB

18 November 2001

VIRGIN YAMAHA is ditching its superbike R7s to run R1s in 2002 Team boss Rob McElnea’s decision has been influenced by his No1 rider James Haydon, who conveniently tested Suzuki’s GSX-R1000 a fortnight ago at Oulton Park. You can chat live to James Haydon, Thursday November 22, at 1pm in our VIP chat room. To join in you must be a registered user and logged in to motorcyclenews.com. Go to the Talk...

Kiss my glass

18 November 2001

Kiss my glass

Only this damned screen separates them from you

She had to improvise

18 November 2001

She had to improvise

It’s amazing what you can do with a couple of handkerchiefs

Foggy and Ducati split

18 November 2001

FOUR-TIMES World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty officially split from Ducati today. And he’s now expected to be installed as the man to spearhead Sauber’s surprise World Superbike effort in 2002. Ducati announced this afternoon that they have decided to end their long-standing relationship with the British legend, who is currently still recovering from a broken leg he suffered while testing a CCM...

Rossi and Bayliss collide

18 November 2001

Rossi and Bayliss collide

World champions Troy Bayliss and Valentino Rossi will race head-to-head on equal machinery for the first time next month although sadly it will be on four wheels and not two. World Superbike champ...

Do the locomotive

18 November 2001

Look… they’re going like a train…

Okada quits – will Edwards go it alone for Honda?

18 November 2001

Okada quits – will Edwards go it alone for Honda?

SPECULATION that Castrol Honda will run just one full-factory SP-2 in WSB next season was reinforced when Tady Okada announced his retirement after finishing second in the final round of the All Japan...

Think lubricants

18 November 2001

Think lubricants

The Castrol girls look slick

World exclusive: Foggy / Petronas deal sealed

18 November 2001

World exclusive: Foggy / Petronas deal sealed

It’s official. The lid on Foggy’s top secret plans has been lifted with the four-times World Superbike champion announcing “a once in a lifetime opportunity ” with Petronas. Foggy has agreed an...

Haven’t we seen you somewhere?

18 November 2001

Haven’t we seen you somewhere?

Was that one in the middle in Abba?

Down in the mouth

18 November 2001

Down in the mouth

The gift of giant earrings did nothing to lift her mood

James Haydon aproaches final decision

18 November 2001

James Haydon aproaches final decision

James Haydon was in Geneva at the weekend – looking at a race-spec R1 similar to the one Yamaha boss Rob McElnea wants him to ride in next season’s British Superbike championship. He visited Yamaha’s...

Haslam forced to 250s

18 November 2001

LEON HASLAM is expected to confirm this week that he will ride in next year’s world 250 championship. The 18-year-old British rider has been forced to drop into 250s after he couldn’t secure a ride in the 500 class. After an up and down rookie season in the world 500 championship, he looked like he would be retained by the Shell Advance Honda squad to ride a production Honda NSR V-twin. That...

Grand Prix attendance breaks records

18 November 2001

Grand Prix attendance breaks records

The biggest crowd at the British GP in years helped break new attendance figures for a world championship season. Official figures released by series organisers Dorna said 1,588.635 attended GPs to...

John Reynolds goes two-up for Children In Need

11 November 2001

John Reynolds goes two-up for Children In Need

John Reynolds took time out from his busy close-season schedule to take former Radio One and current Radio Northampton presenter Liz Kershaw for six high-speed laps of Rockingham circuit to raise cash...

Criville on course for Yamaha GP ride

11 November 2001

Criville on course for Yamaha GP ride

Former world 500 champion Alex Criville will find out later this week if his career has been saved by a shock move to Yamaha. The Spaniard appeared to be heading for enforced retirement when he was...

Put a cap on it

11 November 2001

Put a cap on it

She’s mobile. We’re not guessing about the other bit.

TT rivals to battle it out in Macau

11 November 2001

TT rivals to battle it out in Macau

Next year’s main TT contenders will go head-to-head at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in the early hours of Saturday morning (UK time). John McGuinness and David Jefferies will both be in the...