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Niccolò Antonelli to ride for Gresini Moto3 team

18 March, 2020
Fausto Gresini has decided to field teenager (he’s just 15) Niccolò Antonelli as one of his riders next season in the inaugural Moto3 GP championship. Niccolò is the son of former Italian CIV rider Igor Antonelli, who also had a…

Intermot 2008: BMW S 1000 RR Racebike 2009

18 March, 2020
We give you these shots of the BMW S 1000 RR Racebike that will debut at the next World Superbike Championship. I presume the competitors will be scrutinising this model - it looks fas enough and nasty enough to me.

Casey Stoner pulverizes Mugello record in testing

18 March, 2020
Following yesterday’s MotoGP race at the Mugello, today the teams (minus Yamaha factory and satellite teams and Ducati factory) took to the track again for a day of official testing. Casey Stoner was the fastest of the day, despite a…

Shark RSI New Replica De Puniet helmet

18 March, 2020
In a couple of days the brand new Shark RSI New Replica de Puniet helmet should arrive, based on the design of the French rider from Team LCR di Lucio Cecchinello who races with a Honda RC212V in the MotoGP.…

Jorge Lorenzo's Yamaha M1: development for 2011

18 March, 2020
Current 2010 MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo has apparently asked for improvement to the Yamaha M1 engine, or things will be very difficult for the team next year. According to Valentino Rossi’s crew chief, Jeremy Burgess, departing with Rossi for Ducati,…

Ferrari 125 S, the impossible dream

18 March, 2020
Here’a gallery of the legendary Ferrari 125 s. Lots of men have lusted after this gorgeous car which was the first to bear the name Ferrari since the previous model was for legal reasons registered under a different brand name.…

Colin Edwards signs 2011 with Yamaha Tech3

18 March, 2020
After Colin Edwards had indicated that he would like to go to SBK and ride for Ducati while winning a few victories, before changing his tune and saying he would prefer to remain in MotoGP, he has now signed for…

Nürburgring circuit up for sale

18 March, 2020
The Nürburgring racetrack in Germany that went into insolvency administration last November is now officially up for sale, despite the numerous petitions, protests and campaigns to to save the state owned facility, that is in debt for around € 400…

Video: Suzuka Circuit celebrates 50th Anniversary

18 March, 2020
The famed and infamous Suzuka (for MotoGP after the death of Daijiro Kato) circuit celebrated its 50th Anniversary this past weekend with the festivities organized by Honda who owns the circuit under the Mobilityland Corporation banner.Besides the usual racing cars,…

Italian traditions: the barista and his espresso

18 March, 2020
In search of the perfect espresso can give you many varied experiences across the Italian peninsula, as Time correspondent Jeff Israely discovered. In his essay, Black Magic, he writes about the wonderful shared tradition, simple pass-time and community builder that…

Ducati 2009: models and vision

18 March, 2020
“Ducati likes to win every Championship”, said Micha de Vries, Ducati North Europe’s Chief Operating Officer at the EICMA in Milan to Twowheelsblog.Micha De Vries told about the new vision, the new logo and the new models. He said: “Our…

Gino Rea vs Taylor Knapp for the best 2011 save (w/video)

18 March, 2020
We thought that Taylor Knapp’s save at Mid-Ohio deserved a medal for the best save of the 2011 racing season, but that was because we had yet to see what World Supersport rider Gino Rea could do during yesterday’s Supersport…

Italian design: Itama Open Days in Porto Ercole

18 March, 2020
Organised by Itama and MoMa Italia (its exclusive distributor here in Italy), the Itama Open Days event opened at Molo De Angelis in Porto San Ercole a few days ago; its open yachts, famous throughout the world for their elegance,…

Zero Engineering's Samurai Chopper and Shogun come to Europe

18 March, 2020
As reported by Tor Sagen, Zero Engineering will be presenting its Samurai Chopper model to the European market at Milan’s Eicma show next week.Since 1992, the Japanese company has been building handmade custom bikes with some truly incredible results, and…

Gary McCoy Daytona 675 Replica

18 March, 2020
Triumph joins for the first year the World Supersport Championship together with the Scuderia SC Team. Garry McCoy is one of the the pilots from this team with a Superstock 600 Daytona 675 specially prepared for him. Today, to celebrate…

Travis Pastrana: "199 Lives" (he needs them all!)

18 March, 2020
You don’t need to watch the whole video to know why this is called “199 Lives” - a documentary of pure adrenalin dedicated to Travis Pastrana. The opening scene is of Pastrana sky diving pratically naked with the voice over:…