MotoGP Misano Gallery of Pics – Part 2
Here’s our second gallery of pics from the GP Aperol di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini weekend. After 12 rounds Jorge Lorenzo leads the championship with 271 points followed by Dani Pedrosa with 208.
Vintage video: Capirossi vs Harada in 1998
Loris Capirossi takes out Tetsuya Harada back in 1998 at the last Moto GP in Argentina at the Buenos Aires circuit. In the 250cc class, both riders are using the Aprilia RSW 250 and are vying for the championship spot.12…
Kenan Sofuoglu to miss IRTA Moto2 test
The official IRTA Moto2 three day test kicks off today at Valencia, but unfortunately Kenan Sofuoglu won’t be present. The 2010 Supersport champion who switched to Moto2 at the end of last season, was forced to return to Turkey on…
Brembo MotoGP calipers for sale on E-bay
A pair of Brembo calipers are up for sale on E-bay, for 4,200 euro if you want them straight away. Only a limited number of these have ever been made, being dedicated exclusively to MotoGP teams. They weigh about half…
Triumph "Street Special", photoshop colour version
This shot of the Triumph Street Triple is a photo shopped version from Biagio di Caserta to create his own Street Special version with a touch of colour. After the jump, there’s a version in grey and we leave it…
Italian actor Riccardo Scamarcio joins cast of Eleven Minutes
Italian actor Riccardo Scamarcio will be in the cast of Eleven Minutes, a movie based on one of Paulo Coehlo‘s best selling books. The film directed by Israeli director Hany Abu Assad will be shot in Brazil and Geneva from…
Marco Melandri bluffs Biaggi to win Race 1 at Brno
A boiling asphalt, a hot and battled out duel between the title contenders taken almost to the line, made for an exciting race 1 at Brno, in the first part of the eighth round of this World Superbike championship.However, it…
MotoGP: More 2012 Rules Revealed
The Gran Prix Commission (Dorna, IRTA, FIM, MSMA) met in Barcelona today and have released a series of technical details regarding the return of MotoGP to the 1000cc displacement.We already know about the displacement, the number of cylinders, the 81mm…
Interwetten Honda confirms they're leaving MotoGP
After just one season in MotoGP, Interwetten Honda has confirmed the rumors that have been floating around the last month or so, that they will be closing down shop at the end of the season.Apparently Dorna nor Honda have found…
Motogp Sepang Testing – Video
Check out this video from the MotoGP testing in Sepang where you can see the riders in their garages and on track.There’s also two brief interviews from Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi.
Milan women's fashion week autumn-winter 2010/11: Emporio Armani
The Emporio Armani woman who took to the catwalk in Milan just a couple of days ago took us aback; many of us were in fact not prepared to see such a change of style. The black and greys of…
Photo of the Day- Suzuki Green Goblin
Wasn’t Halloween last week? To turn a perfectly decent Suzuki GSX R-1000 this way you really have to be a hardcoreSpiderman comic book or movie fan.
LCR Mechanics go to school in Japan
Before the start of any MotoGP racing season, pit crews are sent to the manufacturers to learn about the inner workings of the new season’s bikes, that included assembling, set-up and maintenance.During the Wrooom event, Ducati’s MotoGP mechanics led by…
Official pics of the Maserati GranTurismo S automatic
Forget the automatic transmission and check out the white paint work on this Maserati GranTurismo S! We gave you details of the GranTurismo S in automatic yesterday, and here are the first official photos of the coupé from Modena in…
Perugia hosts counterfeit money exhibition " Vero o Falso"
Only Italy could organise an exhibition entirely dedicated to counterfeit money; joking apart, it’ s a really interesting exhibition which aims to explore the history of counterfeit money from ancient times to the present day; at the Museo archeologico Nazionale…
Motorcycle movies Batpod Catwoman
There is some discussion in this video at the beginning as to whether the girl onboard the Batpod is Anne Hathaway or not, but we reckon probably not. The new Batman film - The Dark Knight Rises - will feature…
Two-wheel soccer? Moto football? You'd better believe it…
Motoball de Neuville-de-Poitou (86)Uploaded from falcao86Our Giorgiogass discovered this crazy video, which of all the sports we’ve seen, this is last we could have imagined. Soccer, hockey, polo…you name it, but this “moto football” is totally nuts!It appears that this…
Passion, Yacht & Emotions: luxury fair in Venice
From February 19 to 22 a luxury yacht fair will take place in Venice at the Molino Stucky Hilton called “Passion, Yacht & Emotions”. It will be held at the same time as the first ever masked fair in Venice…
WSBK MMP: Carlos Checa wins Race 1 with an all Ducati podium
As widely predicted Carlos Checa easily won Race 1 at Miller Motorsports Park. Starting in pole position the Althea Ducati rider dropped to fifth on the opening lap, but the surgically picked off his opponents one at a time to…
Nicky Hayden undergoes carpal tunnel surgery
MotoGP test ban time is when all the riders fix themselves up with major or minor surgery that they’ve put off during the racing season and now it’s Nicky Hayden’s turn.Yesterday, the Ducati rider underwent carpal tunnel surgery on his…
WSBK Valencia Race 2 –Haga takes 2nd win and 40 point lead
“ We didn’t change anything between race 1 and 2, even though race 1 was easier” said Ducati Xerox rider Noriyuki Haga. It certainly didn’t seem like it because the Japanese took another powerful win also in Race 2 with…
Valentino Rossi adds his name to support 2020 Olympics in Rome
Motorcycling isn’t one of the specialities of the Olympics, but that hasn’t stopped nine time World Champion Valentino Rossi from adding his name to the roster of 60 high profile Italian athletes who signed a letter - that will be…
2011 Provisional World Superbike and Supersport entry lists
The FIM has been very busy today, because they’ve not only released the Grand Prix 2011 entry lists, they’ve also released the World Superbike and Supersport lists.Giving it the once over, World Superbikes has just 20 riders with one still…
First bike friendly gas station opens
France’s first motorcycle friendly gas station has opened with motorcycles and scooters more and more popular. Traffic jams, high fuel prices: we all know the deal.Total, the French oil company, understands this problem and recently opened the first gas station…
Thank-you Casey from Ducati
While Ducati will be getting Valentino Rossi next year and making an Italian marketing dream come true, the manufacturer hasn’t forgetten what Casey Stoner has done for the marque in MotoGP racing in these last three years and before his…
