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Wakan back to life as Avinton Motorcycles

24 March, 2020
Seven years ago diminutive French manufacturer Wakan Motorcycles introduced its own Wakan 1640, a gritty naked sportsbike designed around a S&S-sourced 1640 cc V-Twin encrusted in a deliberately minimal frame. The idea behind this model was to emulate what AC…

Big Battery SE electric motorcycle concept

24 March, 2020
This hefty looking motorcycle concept from Paolo di Giusti. Described as a ‘big battery’ electric motorcycle, the idea is that it would have an electric motor in the rear hub and another one up front. The larger rear motor and…

Olive oil Easter egg from Italy

24 March, 2020
While an olive oil Easter egg might not have much effect on Italian children who prefer Kinder Surprise Easter eggs, it could be an interesting match for olive oil buffs who also like chocolate.The unusual oil and chocolate match was…

Learn to speak Italian: "tu" and "lei" formalities

24 March, 2020
English is quite subtle in its formal and informal registers - you say “good morning” rather than “hi”, “how are you” as opposed to “what’s happening”. But Italian has an entire grammar structure dedicated to formal language in the form…

MotoGP Assen: Lorenzo Fastest Also in Warm-Up

24 March, 2020
Fastest in both practices, fastest in qualifying and Jorge Lorenzo was also the fastest in this morning’s warm-up session at Assen. The Spaniard laid down a series of fast laps, five in the 1.35 mark and then four in the…

Alstare Superbike concept by Rusak

24 March, 2020
To celebrate the 20 years of World Superbike Championship racing Francis Batta’s Alstare team and its return to World Superbikes, they had this concept done by Belgium designer Serge Rusak from Rusak Kreaktive Designworks while the video is by Tryptik…

No replacement for Motegi if Japanese GP is cancelled

24 March, 2020
A couple of weeks ago there were rumors circulating that Istanbul Park could be the replacement for the Japanese Grand Prix if the current situation in Japan remains critical. Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta speaking to Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport, confirmed…

Jeremy Irons picks up his BMW R1200 GS

24 March, 2020
Oscar winning actor Jeremy Irons, is currently in Hungary filming the the television series ‘The Borgias,’ in which he plays Rodrigo Borgia, also known as Pope Alexander VI.The popular English actor usually rides BMW R100RT (and belonged to the famous…

Photo of the Day: The Biker Chick

24 March, 2020
Gotcha! You all thought this was going to be some half dressed, hot looking, sexy biker babe drapped over some exotic and erotic sportsbike to drool over, instead you’ve get a real little chick dressed in black leathers on a…

Mustang motorcycles are back: retro bikes revived

24 March, 2020
Mustang motorcycles are being revived by the California Scooter Company who has built a 149cc, four-stroke engine. The original Mustang bikes were built from 1947 to 1965 and were generally equipped with a 320cc single cylinder motor, or a 122cc…

Toseland talks about the rift with Colin Edwards

24 March, 2020
In these last months James Toseland has kept a very low profile and refused to talk about the crew chief swap that led teammate Colin Edwards to make certain public statements and request that a wall be put up between…

MotoGP Sepang 2 test – more from the riders on day 1

24 March, 2020
Day 1 of the second official Sepang test was marred first by a greasy and slippery track that didn’t allow lap times to drop and then it was further hampered by the appearance of the usual afternoon tropical downpour but…

Peugeot RD megalopolis concept at Shanghai

24 March, 2020
At the Beijing motor show last year, Peugeot presented a competition for car designers, to create a Peugeot prototype adapted to megalopolis cities. With more than 2,500 entries, the winner of this extraordinary competition was Carlos Arturo Torres Tovar, 27…

Hoverbike motorcycle-helicopter invention

24 March, 2020
An Australian inventor is developing this Hoverbike contraption which is a cross between a motorcycle and helicopter. The Hoverbike uses a 1,170cc boxer engine from a BMW motorcycle to power a pair of propellers. The controls are similar to a…

Ben 'Elbowz' Spies Flies in Superpole Knockout

24 March, 2020
Texan WSBK rookie Ben Spies on his Yamaha YZF R1 took his first Superpole win of the season during the new Superpole formula session at Phillip Island in Australia, also smashing the lap record to that was held by Troy…

Travelling Italy by bike with Italy Bikes Hotel

24 March, 2020
Yesterday we wrote about travelling around Sicily in a vintage car, and today we’re going to check out a great initiative called Italy Bikes Hotel. Italy is a great cycling nation, not because of the Giro d’Italia necessarily, but because…

Tom Sykes takes dominant victory in race 1 at Assen

24 March, 2020
The sun was shining at Assen for the first race of today’s double header and Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes dominated the race from lights-to-flag with a punishing ryhthm to take his first victory of the 2013 season.After taking yesterday’s pole position,…

Jorge Lorenzo has already undergone collarbone surgery

24 March, 2020
Following his crash during yesterday afternoon’s FP2 at Assen, it was expected that Jorge Lorenzo would undergo surgery at the Dexeus Institut in Barcelona later today (Friday) or on Saturday, instead the Yamaha rider didn’t want to waste a single…

Yamaha Vmax Hyper Modified by Abnormal Cycles

24 March, 2020
Yamaha Motor Italia teamed up with renowned Italian customizers Abnormal Cycles to make a special one-off version of their popular Vmax, named Hyper Modified. The model is actually the fourth addition to the ‘Vmax Hyper Modified’ series, following the three…