2001

Year: 2001

Month: ALL

That’s your lot for 2001

30 December 2001

You won’t believe the size of their… hands

Dougie Lampkin’s 10 world trials titles have finally earned public recognition. He has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours. The accolade enters him in an exclusive biking hall of fame...

Just have yourself wrapped

23 December 2001

She fills more than stockings

What’s her name?

23 December 2001

They call her Christmas Eve, Eve

Season’s greetings

23 December 2001

This one’s called Mary… Mary Christmas

Pleased to see you

23 December 2001

Benellis always seem to have good bodywork

No thanks

23 December 2001

I really couldn’t eat another turkey sandwich, thanks

Bottom’s up

23 December 2001

That’s another Christmas behind us

What rat?

23 December 2001

She gulped down a rat in one.

Something to cuddle

16 December 2001

… and one of them’s bear!

Rossi goes even quicker in final day of test

16 December 2001

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...

Plater signs to join Crafar at Virgin Yamaha

16 December 2001

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...

Haslam tries factory R7 but signs to return to GP 250s

16 December 2001

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...

World’s biggest GP round to become finale

16 December 2001

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...

Peanut smuggling

16 December 2001

Doesn’t look warm enough for shades

Jefferies, McGuinness, Moodie and Rutter for Formula One TT

16 December 2001

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,...

Plater faces competition from WSB pair

16 December 2001

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...

Borrowed from a Gazelle

16 December 2001

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

GPs tune into pit-to-lid radio

16 December 2001

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...

Try an off-road day with CAS Honda

16 December 2001

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...

Rain cut Hodgson’s test time

16 December 2001

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,...

Give us a smile!

16 December 2001

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

Aprilia lets us loose on Corser’s RSV

16 December 2001

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...

Double your luck

16 December 2001

Take two babes into the shower? It must be Christmas

Superbike support classes to join Silverstone 200

16 December 2001

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...

Elias admits he has to be fitter to move up to 250s

16 December 2001

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...

Yamaha boss searches for partner for Crafar

16 December 2001

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...

Check her furry cups

16 December 2001

How’s that for a warm front?

McWilliams signs to ride Roberts’ KR3

16 December 2001

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, ” said...

Rossi beats lap-record pace in first Aussie session

16 December 2001

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...

Whitham grinning after first test on 2002 R6

16 December 2001

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...

Nothing like him

16 December 2001

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

Borja returns to Ducati for 2002 WSB season

16 December 2001

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...

Ukawa proves costly… as Rossi goes faster still

16 December 2001

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...

Foggy reveals more about his new WSB bikes and team

09 December 2001

Carl Fogarty launched his new WSB team in Italy at the weekend, and revealed that up to 10,000 of the Foggy Petronas triples could be put into production. They will follow the first 75 very expensive...

2001

Oooh Ramona

That’s your lot for 2001

Lampkin honoured by Queen

Just have yourself wrapped

What’s her name?

Season’s greetings

Pleased to see you

No thanks

Bottom’s up

What rat?

Something to cuddle

Rossi goes even quicker in final day of test

Plater signs to join Crafar at Virgin Yamaha

Haslam tries factory R7 but signs to return to GP 250s

World’s biggest GP round to become finale

Peanut smuggling

Jefferies, McGuinness, Moodie and Rutter for Formula One TT

Plater faces competition from WSB pair

Borrowed from a Gazelle

GPs tune into pit-to-lid radio

Try an off-road day with CAS Honda

Rain cut Hodgson’s test time

Give us a smile!

Aprilia lets us loose on Corser’s RSV

Double your luck

Superbike support classes to join Silverstone 200

Elias admits he has to be fitter to move up to 250s

Yamaha boss searches for partner for Crafar

Check her furry cups

McWilliams signs to ride Roberts’ KR3

Rossi beats lap-record pace in first Aussie session

Whitham grinning after first test on 2002 R6

Nothing like him

Borja returns to Ducati for 2002 WSB season

Ukawa proves costly… as Rossi goes faster still

Foggy reveals more about his new WSB bikes and team