November

Year: 2005

Month: November

Bid for Toseland's T-shirt

25 November 2005

Here’s your chance to land the shirt off 2004 WSB champion James Toseland’s back. The MCN T-shirt he sweated into while performing with his band Crash on MCN’s 50th birthday is now up for grabs on...

Michael Rutter is on course to equal Ron Haslam’s record of six Macau GP wins after topping final qualifying on Friday (Nov 18) in fine and dry conditions. The race itself is on Saturday (Nov 19). ...

Rutter takes sixth Macau

18 November 2005

Michael Rutter has stormed to his sixth victory in the Macau GP, equalling the record set by Ron Halsam in 1987. Rutter lead the race from start to finish on his Red Bull Honda Fireblade more than 16...

Trio for Yamaha France

18 November 2005

Yamaha France will run a three-rider team in the 2006 World Superbike championship, with former Japanese 250cc champion Shinichi Nakatomi join returning riders Norick Abe and Sebastien Gimbert. ...

Toseland tests Ten Kate

11 November 2005

James Toseland’s first taste of his 2006 works Honda FireBlade has been lashed by rain on today, as the 2004 World Superbike champ tested at Valencia in Spain. The 24-year-old former Ducati man...

Martin tumour scare

04 November 2005

Foggy Petronas WSB rider Steve Martin is now glad he crashed in the last round of the season after a scan of his injured kidneys revealed a previously unnoticed tumour. Martin crashed out of the race...

Diablo 666 at the NEC

04 November 2005

James Hutchins from the MCN supported Diablo 666 World Endurance team was at the NEC for the final day of the show to meet his fans and get a snap taken with the MCN Babes. The team’s Kawasaki ZX-10R...

Yamaha retain Haga

04 November 2005

Noriyuki Haga and Andrew Pitt will both stay with the Yamaha Motor Italia team in World Superbikes in 2006. The updated YZF-R1 will be the base for the 2006 camapign, with initial tests taking place...