Kymco Like 200i. Pictures and general info
In our scooter a day series is the new Kymco Like 200i, which has that mix of modern and retro style that seems to be successful in the European market. The Like 200i is one of a couple of new…
Italy returns to 2011 Eurovision Song Contest
Italy will be back at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest after a 13-year absence from the competition. Given that RAI television has gained the rights to screen the contest, Italy has the opportunity to enter a team in Europe’s famous…
Sportster Bomb Runner by Rough Crafts
The motorcycle featured in these pictures is a special bike based on a 2011 Harley-Davidson Sportster Forty-Eight 1200, and is the brainchild of Mr.Winston Yeh, the creative mastermind behind Tapei-based studio Rough Crafts. The sophisticated Taiwanese design house is specialized…
Ducati Streetfighter 848 and Mercedes SLK 55 AMG
Ducati and Mercedes-AMG came together last year when they announced cooperation agreement, besides the AMG logos that are on the factory MotoGP team and being their Official Car Partner, the two companies also did a few various marketing and crossover…
Lorenzo Land at Motegi
Jorge Lorenzo took his first win of the 2009 season today at Motegi . It was unusual fast start for Valentino Rossi who started leading the pack at turn 1 ahead of Chris Vemeulen and an excellent Dani Pedrosa who…
Yamaha ParkinGO team to pick up Yamaha WSBK effort?
Since Yamaha’s announcement on Monday that they would be withdrawing their World Superbike factory effort, there’s been talk that Yamaha could do a Ducati, that is give their bikes to a private team to run (privateer Carlos Checa isn’t a…
The Abarth Grande Punto
The Abarth scorpion finally returns, with a standalone brand. The in-house Fiat tuner will be showing in Geneva the Abarth Grande Punto, a sporty version of the small hatchback from Turin, equipped with a 1.4-liter T-JET turbocharged engine outputting 155…
Update on Noriyuki Haga's Conditions
For all you NitroNori fans we have and update from Italian website GPone.com regarding the Xerox Ducati rider who was suspected to have fractured his T8 e T9 vertebrae and was airlifted to a hospital in Derby. At the hospital,…
Husqvarna 900 testing spy shots
Until now the new Husqvarna 900 road going bike seemed to be just the 900cc engine, but with these spy shots, the model is taking shape. The new bike will be the first Husqvarna roadgoing model produced and currently we’re…
HJC R-Phad10 Plus Helmet
During last month’s EICMA show in Milan, helmet maker HJC debuted an evolution of their top of the line full faced Rphad10 helmet that has now been become Plus. The 2013 version fabbricated with HJC’s PIM technology (three different materials:…
Gino Rea returns to Moto2 for Le Mans round
After being forced to watch the first three Moto2 races on the sidelines, British rider Gino Rea will finally be returning to racing action in this weekend’s Le Mans round, with a wildcard entry.Rea was set to contest the 2013…
The Continental Circus
You may have seen the movies Faster or The Doctor, The Tornado and the Kentucky Kid or Nicky Hayden’s MTV movie The Kentucky Kid, but almost 40 years ago another documentary movie about racing was produced by French director Jérome…
Italian villas for sale: Villa Nettuno in Lazio
Are you looking for a beautiful villa with an awe-inspiring view? If so, you don’t need to look any further: Villa Nettuno is what you need! We are talking about a beautiful house located near Terracina; just a few steps…
Honda unveils the CBR400R for the Japanese market
In the end, the rumors about the arrival of a 2014 Honda CBR400R have proven true. Directly from Honda Japan, here are the first official images and details of the latest addition to the sporty CBR range, which will position…
2010 Yamaha XJ6 Diversion F
The 2010 Yamaha range gets updated with the arrival of the new XJ6 Diversion F model, completing the XJ6 and XJ6 Diversion family. It’s designed as an everyday, easy to ride sports road bike with contemporary design and functional style.The…
Randy de Puniet re-signs with LCR Honda
Randy de Puniet has re-signed with the LCR Honda team for the 2010 MotoGP World Championship.De Puniet, had a reputation as a crasher and held the unenviable record of having the most crashes for two years running, has shown a…
MotoGP Brno Test: Casey Stoner fastest at the end of the day
Casey Stoner vs Jorge Lorenzo, only they were riding their new 1000cc bikes and Stoner ended up the fastest rider of the day at the official MotoGP test at Brno which is the last of the season for the 800s.This…
Holidays in Sardinia : Hotel ‘Le Dune’ near Oristano
Just a stone’s throw away from the picturesque village of Arbus, south of Oristano and not far from an old coal mine which was closed down a few years ago, there‘s an amazing hotel called Le Dune. Actually the hotel…
Intermot 2008: the video
Why bother visiting Intermot 2008 when you can see so many nice videos on the internet and our blog? If you don’t like travelling and just want to have an overview off all the different models, just watch this movie…
Marco Melandri takes impressive victory in Race 1 at Brno
Race 1 was declared wet even if the sun was shining at Brno, but the track was very damp in certain sectors that slowly dried out after four or five laps, but it was Marco Melandri after a cautious start…
Mercedes S-Class – soon a Bluetec version
Auto Motor und Sport writes that at the next Frankfurt auto show Mercedes-Benz is going to show a hyper-efficient version of the S-Class with a fuel consumption of only 6.6 liters/100 km (15 km/liter).By rights, a 4-cylinder, “cheap” version of…
Chris Pfeiffer video stunts on BMW tower roof
Check out this skyscraper stunt as Chris Pfeiffer performs new stunts on the roof of the BMW tower. Not only does Pfeiffer perform some impressive moves, he does it at dizzying heights. Not a video for the faint-hearted.
Learning Italian: Antonio Cassano gives us the "cassanata"
When it comes to the Italian language, the locals know how to get creative. They can make swear words into nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs and the results are generally quite funny and more often than not, become part of…
Wayne Gardner says BMW and Aprilia will be in MotoGP in 2012
Wayne Gardner should give up writing his weekly column on MotoGP his website and seriously turn into a full fledged MotoGP journalist, because he seems to be affable enough to have an inside line to people that count in the…
Ducati fan area at Monza and Mugello: get out your tricolore
The Ducati stand at Mugello for the MotoGP round of June 5 and 6 is back again this year, on the Correntaio corner. If you happen to be there, you’ll have to look out for some of the more creative…