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Visiting Italian alps: carnival in Trentino

27 March, 2020
With so much snow in Italy, this year’s Carnevale, or Carnival time before Easter, will be one to spend skiing in Italy, in the Italian alpine regions. An enchanting place to go is Sant’Orsola, Frassilongo and Palù del Fersina in…

Dutch Racer has a Very Scary Motorcycle Crash

27 March, 2020
This has to be one of the scariest motorcycle racing crashes we’ve seen in long time and it was captured by a security camera back in 2004 during a race in The Netherlands.The 2002 Dutch Superstock champion Richard Fluttert lost…

Italian food and Porsche for culinary event in Udine

27 March, 2020
Not quite a culinary tour of Italy in a Porsche, the ‘Via dei sapori “in” Porsche’ at Udine is a chance to get close to some luxury cars and enjoy a hearty Italian meal from Friuli, too. On March 24th…

Italian wildlife: alpine region marmots

27 March, 2020
I can finally say I’ve visited the marmots at Chiareggio in the Valmalenco region of the Valtellina in Lombardy. These little critters look a lot like an oversized guinea pig, but are described by Wikipedia as “ground squirrels”.They’re cute little…

Maverick Vinales quits team at Sepang

27 March, 2020
The bombshell from this morning’s Moto3 free practice at Sepang (with Jonas Folger the fastest rider) was that Maverick Vinales was not on track and by the end of the session and after a private meeting with Dorna’s CEO Carmelo…

Casey Stoner second highest earning sports star in Australia

27 March, 2020
Winning a MotoGP championship title does wonders for your salary earnings. Casey Stoner moved from last year’s fourth place with $6.8 million to second place with an estimated $9.5 million (these are Australian dollars) according to Business Review Weekly’s annual…

Sam Lowes takes Silverstone pole despite crash

27 March, 2020
World Supersport Championship leader Sam Lowes (Yamaha Yakhnich Motorsport) will start from the pole position in tomorrow’s race at Silverstone. With two minutes left in the second qualifying session, the talented British rider put in an impressive new best lap…

World's fastest street bike: Asphaltfighters Stormbringer

27 March, 2020
The Asphaltfigters Stormbringer is based on the Kawasaki ZX-10R has has 280 hp, tipped as the world’s fastest road-spec bike. The engine is still the same 999 cc with 165 hp, but the tuning has totally revamped the power to…

MotoGP in Brazil in 2014?

27 March, 2020
According to Brazilian SporTV News, the president of the Brazilian Motorcycle Confederation (CMB), Firmo Alves, has said that the MotoGP World Championship will be returning to the country from 2014.The comment was made during at a Honda presentation in Sao…

Valentino Rossi Organizes Motocross Charity Event

27 March, 2020
If you’re going to be in Italy around the Pesaro area the 15th of November, why not take in a star studded motocross race at the Cavallara track?Valentino Rossi is organizing this special motocross race as a fund raising event…

Honda to Supply Engines to Moto2

27 March, 2020
The initial engine supplier for the Moto2 class, the 600cc prototype World Championship series which will run for the first time in 2010, has been confirmed as Japanese manufacturer Honda. After receiving offers from various potential suppliers, the Permanent Bureau…

Florence celebrates IV centennial of Caravaggio's death

27 March, 2020
After Rome, another Italian city, Florence, will celebrate the 400th anniversary of Caravaggio ‘s death with an interesting exhibition called Caravaggio e Caravaggeschi The exhibition, which will take place at the famous Palazzo Pitti and Uffizi Gallery from 22 May…

KTM 250 Duke in the works

27 March, 2020
As the Honda CBR250R takes on the Kawasaki Ninja 250 in the small cylinder sportbike category, KTM has decided to enter the fray as well. According to president Stefan Pierer, a KTM 250 Duke is being developed which could even…

Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen are staying with Suzuki

27 March, 2020
Suzuki Motor Corporation are pleased to announce that Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen have both agreed to terms to continue riding for the Japanese company’s MotoGP squad for a further season.Loris Capirossi has shown throughout the 2008 season his energy…

Bombshell! Aprilia RSV4 isn’t a Superbike, it’s a Prototype!

27 March, 2020
Controversy has hit Aprilia after Max Biaggi took second place in the Superpole shoot out.It happened early this morning during the Superpole when Alstare Suzuki owner and team manager, Jean Francois Batta told Italian network La7 that: “Everyone knows that…

Piaggio Liberty and Liberty S my 2008

27 March, 2020
With more than 500,000 units sold, the Piaggio Liberty is without a doubt a star in the scooter market. And today Piaggio is proposing its Liberty and a Liberty S - where ‘S’ stands for sport - at capacities of…

Loris Baz Q&A

27 March, 2020
Loris Baz joined Kawasaki’s World Superbike factory team in 2012 replacing seriously injured Joan Lascorz at Donington Park and after just five rounds the young French rider - he is just 19 - took his first podium at Brno in…

Florence Art Exhibitions: Giotto meets Giovanni da Milano

27 March, 2020
On the occasion of “Un anno ad arte” , A year in Art, Florence will host two very interesting art exhibitions; the first dedicated to Giotto, the second one to Giovanni da Milano. L’eredità di Giotto. Arte a Firenze 1340-1375…

Silly little mistake costs Cal Crutchlow his finger tip

27 March, 2020
Cal Crutchlow’s learning curve on the Yamaha M1, took a step backwards during the final night of testing at the Losail race circuit.The Tech3 rider was one of the numerous riders who crashed and the only one who picked up…

BMW 2009 Innovation Contest

27 March, 2020
What will be the perfect motor bike of the future - what features should it have, how much would it cost, who would buy it? What will be the next exciting trend in motor bikes that will fascinate the youth…

Smart Scooter Concept to be presented at Paris Motor Show

27 March, 2020
As we already revealed, car manufacturer Mercedes is ready to make the leap into the two wheeled world with an electric Smart scooter.The concept will be presented at the Paris Motor show that takes place October 2nd to 17th and…