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Ducati Streetfighter Official Video

27 March, 2020
Ducati’s latest streetfighter model, unveiled at the 2008 EICMA show in Milan is scheduled to hit US dealerships in May, while the base model Streetfighter will probably available in August. So here’s the official video to promote Ducati’s new naked…

Casey Stoner takes FP3 in a wet Brno

27 March, 2020
It was a wet Brno this morning for almost the entire third free practice and Casey Stoner headed the top of the charts, despite a crash at turn 3 on his first flying lap. Luckily the Australian walked away unhurt…

Stoner and Hayden Shell Video

27 March, 2020
This is the backstage video of Ducati riders Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden in Madrid for a special pit stop at a Shell service station before they headed to Jerez for the IRTA test.This year marks the tenth anniversary of…

Study in Italy: University Roma Tre, location for Benigni film

27 March, 2020
We got a couple of responses for our request about studying in Rome, both on University Roma Tre and both quite different. As a humanities university it has a good offering, including jurisprudence and languages with international communication.The university is…

Touring Italy: Pescara bridge cycling or walking

27 March, 2020
Pescara’s new Ponte del Mare, by architect Walter Pichler, is one of those civil engineering feats that combines practicality with tourism appeal. The long bridge offering a cycling and walking path, unites both shores of Pescara’s river. The two paths…

Mercedes C63 AMG pics

27 March, 2020
After leaked pics of the Mercedes C63 AMG ahead of its Geneva show debut appeared, the company has released these official images of what we’ll be seeing at the show. Including both the sedan and wagon version, the moderate facelift…

French motorcyclists continue protest

27 March, 2020
Since no one is listening to their complaints regarding French interior minister Claude Guéant and his series of proposals that specifically targets motorcyclists, over 50,000 angry French bike took to the roads for the third time this year to continue…

Japanese vs European motorcycles 2011 best bikes

27 March, 2020
Is this a real shift in paradigm or merely another passing trend? In naming its top ten best bikes for 2011, Cycle World cites the gaining ground of European bikes against Japanese bikes in the US motorcycle market. Leaving aside…

WSBK – Alitalia to sponsor Aprilia?

27 March, 2020
Alitalia, Italy’s former national airline company, now called Alitalia-CAI is close to closing a two year sponsorship deal with Aprilia’s Superbike factory team.CAI is owned by a group of Italian investors led by Piaggio’s President Roberto Colaninno who also controls…

Ferrari California: the closed top version

27 March, 2020
After the first official shots, with the open roof, we finally see the coupè version of the Ferrari California, with a closed roof. That the California is a different Ferrari is shown by the blu colour chosen for the photos,…

Kawasaki suspends MotoGP team

27 March, 2020
In a press release from today, Kawasaki announced today that it suspended its factory MotoGP racing activities for this year.Kawasaki said they can not recover the impact of the financial crisis and it pushed them to take this unpleasant decision.…

KTM returns to Dakar after 450cc restriction postponed

27 March, 2020
KTM has apparently listed some riders in next year’s Dakar race, despite previous reports that KTM had quit Dakar. The decision has come after a re-scheduling of the 450cc limit. The Dakar site reports:Further to the numerous discussions that have…

Anthony West Talks Kawasaki

27 March, 2020
In an article in Motorsprint’s weekly magazine, Anthony West who will be leaving Motogp for theSupersport series riding a Honda for Team Stiggy, had a few words about his 2008 season and team.I hope Melandri doesn’t come to Kawasaki too…

Porsche 997 Carrera 4S PDK: road test

27 March, 2020
Our colleagues at autoblog.it had the opportunity to do a road test of the Porsche 997 Carrera 4S PDK, thanks to the collaboration of the Porsche delearship in Tuscany.The example they had was the classic silver exterior and black interior,…

Ducati presents 2012 upgrades for Multistrada and Hypermotard

27 March, 2020
Just few weeks before the opening of the Milan International Motorcycle Exhibition (EICMA) and right after the presentation of the new Streetfighter 848 and the announcement of the arrival of the 1199 Panigale, Ducati released more information about its 2012…

Motorcycle Comic: Ruben Xaus on his Way Out?

27 March, 2020
BMW’s Ruben Xaus, who crashed out four times at Phillip Island has been the latest rider to be targeted by the caustic wit of Motoblog’s resident comic artist Luca Ruggeri.The Spanish rider who seems to single handedly support the motorcycle…

Incoming!

27 March, 2020
Sometimes luck just runs out or s##t happens, but this is totally ridiculous. Can you imagine telling your friends or better yet your insurance company, that you were cruising down a street and you got hit by a large, white…

Marc Marquez takes Moto2 pole position at Estoril

27 March, 2020
Marc Marquez took his second pole position of the season - his 9th in Moto2 - during today’s qualifying session at Estoril. The Spanish star dominated most of the session only to see Thomas Luthi put in a flying lap…

Tom Sykes and Joan Lascorz talk about Valencia test

27 March, 2020
Kawasaki’s World Superbike team concluded a three-day test session at Valencia yesterday and Joan Lascorz and Tom Sykes were among the several Kawasaki riders present preparing for the upcoming 2012 season.Both riders posted strong laps and Sykes, using race tyres,…