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APC System helmet with airbag

24 March, 2020
The Spanish company APC System BCN has presented at the 2008 Barcelona MotOh! a new helmet that incorporates an airbag activated by a sophisticated system of fall/accident recognition. The airbag is attached under the helmet while the central line that…

Video: Jonathan Rea's save in Race 1 at Assen

24 March, 2020
Jonathan Rea had a couple of rough moments in Race 1 at Assen, before the skies decided to start dumping rain causing it be red flagged (but only after Melandri, Smrz and Hopkins went flying out at the De Bult…

Photo of the day: let's go to the bar

24 March, 2020
While bikers’ hang-outs always have some interesting interior design concepts, the idea of a motorcycle soaring through the upper part of a brick wall is new to us - we wonder if the other half of this bike has popped…

Red Bull X-Fighter Blake Williams jumps a legendary Guzzi

24 March, 2020
Ahead of the third stage of the 2011 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour that takes place at the Olympic stadium in Rome on Friday 24th, Blake ‘Bilko’ Williams teased the opening yesterday by jumping off a 2.70 mt high ramp…

Bud Spencer and Terence Hill: Wildcat Hendrix

24 March, 2020
Italian cinema is famous for the spaghetti westerns of Segio Leone with Clint Eastwood. A sub-genre is that of comedy - parodies on the western and your typical b-movie listings. Don’t be deceived though, as Bud Spencer and Terence Hil…

Ruben Xaus is leaving Ducati for BMW

24 March, 2020
Ruben Xaus is a great and spectacular Spanish rider who won’t be racing next year with the Ducati 1098.These days Ruben is pilot in the Sterilgarda Go Eleven team but will join the new BMW factory team to develop the…

Roman summer: night tours of the Villa D'Este

24 March, 2020
During the long summer evenings, Rome has a lot to offer; from classical music concerts to night tours of its superb monuments; so if you are in Rome in July or August you can’t afford to miss the opportunity to…

Casey Stoner blitzes field in FP2 at Phillip Island

24 March, 2020
There is no stopping Casey Stoner at his home circuit at Phillip Island. The Repsol Honda rider blitzed the field again during this afternoon’s second free practice and also broke Nicky Hayden’s 2008 circuit lap record (1.30.059) with another stunning…

Italian festivals: Foligno hosts pasta festival

24 March, 2020
From the 25th to the 28th of September, Foligno, near Perugia in Umbria, will hold the Festival Nazionale dei Primi Piatti or the National Festival of First Courses. In other words, we’re talking a pasta festival!Foligno’s historic centre has been…

Mona Lisa Mosaic Made of Burnt Toast in Matera

24 March, 2020
With her Mona Lisa mosaic made of burnt toast, English artist Laura Hadland aroused the interest and curiosity of the inhabitants of Matera, an old town in southern Italy famous for its beautiful cave-houses. Ms. Hadland -best known for another…

Champion's League: survey on Italy's football

24 March, 2020
Outclassed or just unlucky, is the question that today’s Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy has put to the Italian public, after all Italian football teams in the Champion’s League lost out to English teams in matches over the last two…

James Toseland to try to return to action at Monza

24 March, 2020
James Toseland is going to try to return to World Superbike action for the fourth round of the season at Monza.The BMW Italia rider seriously injured his right hand after highsiding while testing his S1000RR at the Aragon circuit in…

My Brother Is An Only Child: a great success in UK

24 March, 2020
The Italian director Daniele Lucchetti has just arrived in England where his movie My Brother Is An Only Child starring Elio Germano e Riccardo Scamarcio has just become a blockbuster, taking in more than £ 80.000 during its first weekend.…

Ducati concludes two-day test at Mugello

24 March, 2020
Max Biaggi’s presence in the two-day Ducati test at Mugello completely monopolized the attention of the press that seemed to completely forget that it was an important development test for the factory riders who had time to concentrate on ‘laboratory’…

Nicky Hayden doesn't need surgery

24 March, 2020
After breaking his scapula and ribs in a training accident on December 27th, Nicky Hayden underwent further assessment by Dr. Dr. Arthur Ting in California yesterday to determine whether he would require surgery to fix his scapula and confirmed via…

Video: Ducati Desmosedici RR vs Ferrari F430 Scuderia

23 March, 2020
Here’s the Ducati Desmosedici RR vs the Ferrari F430 Scuderia in a track race from the guys at MCN. While it could be considered another gratuitous test of the age-old car vs bike debate, but this time the guys have…

Ben Spies signs Yamaha WSBK and MotoGP Deal

23 March, 2020
WSBK fans can take a collective sigh of relief of at least another year, because Yamaha has officially announced that Superbike sensation Ben Spies will remain in WSBK in 2010 and then will switch to MotoGP in 2011 with the…

Simon Andrews Valencia Crash Video

23 March, 2020
Yesterday’s World Superbike race 2 was marred by this horrific crash by Brit rider Simon Andrews who was subbing for injured Chris Vermeulen.The high-speed crash on the straight left Andrews with a broken his left heel and the top bone…

Culurgiones: ravioli from Sardinia

23 March, 2020
It’s obvious that I am not from Sardinia. In fact the first time I heard someone talking about culurgiones I thought they were simply trying to insult me. Well I soon found out that I was wrong and culurgiones were…

Subaru BRZ: new official pictures and info released

23 March, 2020
The long-awaited Subaru BRZ is about to be unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show, prompting the Japanese carmaker to release more official pictures and technical details of the new model. The car will be powered by a 2.0-litre 4-cylinder boxer…

Interview: Ducati models at EICMA 2009

23 March, 2020
The economic crisis is weighing heavily on the motorcycle industry, and tellingly, Honda and Yamaha have absented themselves from the EICMA show this year. The Milan show, however, is going ahead and is shaping up to be an important and…

Audi R8 spider – official sketch

23 March, 2020
Second installment of the leaks to Car Magazine from Audi’s Design Team. After the Audi A1, it’s time to see how the Audi R8 Spider will look.We can see some intriguing details, like the two humps behind the headrests, somewhat…