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New Aprilia SX and RX 125: did you just turn 16?

26 April, 2020
16 years old and looking to convince your dad to invest in your future while celebrating in style…? Well, if your dad’s not, Aprilia is at least thinking of you with its new Rx and SX 125: reduced cylinder versions…

Aprilia vs KTM: bring on the 2011 Dakar

26 April, 2020
KTM already saw its dominance of the offroad racing segment slip slightly at the 2010 Dakar as Aprilia’s new RXV450 Rally bike took third spot on the podium, behind two KTM models. And things seem to be continuing swimmingly for…

Marco Melandri signs with Aprilia factory WSBK team

26 April, 2020
Marco Melandri will be riding for Aprilia's WSBK factory team next season. The official statement was released the other day when Melandri's contract with the BMW Goldbet squad expired.It wasn't exactly the best kept secret in the paddock, at the…

Aprilia RXV 4.5 in action at Dakar

26 April, 2020
Here are some pics of the Aprilia RXV 4.5 in action live at the 2010 Dakar. In a successful result, Aprilia came in third overall with Francisco Lopez as the rider, after winning three first places throughout the various stages.…

WSBK Miller – The Texas Terror Takes Seven

25 April, 2020
Ben Spies took his seventh consecutive Superpole yesterday at Miller Sportspark and while he was at it also broke fellow American Doug Polen’s record that had been standing since 1991.The first stint of the session saw Jamie Hacking, who is…

New Aprilia Tuareg enduro at 2010 EICMA

25 April, 2020
The 2010 EICMA will host the new Aprilia Tuareg adventure tourer as more competition to the BMW R1200GS. It joins other new models in the segment, including the more extreme Yamaha Tenere for 2010, and the Ducati Multistrada, whose off-road…

Aprilia 250cc racing Aprilia RS250

25 April, 2020
It’s almost hard to believe in looking at this Aprilia RS250 Racing model in the photo that we’re talking a bike that was built a good 12 years ago now. The two-stroke model certainly brings back memories of the heydays…

Randy de Puniet and Aleix Espargaro do the Q&A for Aspar

25 April, 2020
After renewing with Randy de Puniet and Aleix Espargaro for another season, Power Electronics Aspar Racing has generated this interesting Q&A interview with the two riders, where they discuss their ART machines, how the first season has gone so far…

Aprilia Tuono V4R video

25 April, 2020
We don’t love the Aprilia Tuono V4R for its looks, but what it represents is a mighty naked bike that Aprilia has thrown some impressive technology at. This version of the Tuono could prove to be the naked bike that…

Aprilia to take part in Superstock 1000 FIM Cup

25 April, 2020
Aprilia is set to take part in this year’s edition of the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup with a factory team. The Italian manufacturer, which has just returned to Superbike after a six-year absence, will be tackling the highly-competitive Superstock championship…

Driftin' the Time Away

25 April, 2020
Garry McCoy may be known as the Sultan of Slide, Nicky Hayden loves to lower the TC on his bike and power drift, Ryuichi Kiyonari strutted his stuff in the wet at Donington Park this year, but check out Bill…

WSBK – Guandalini Racing to drop Ducati for Aprilia?

25 April, 2020
Is Guandalini Racing going to switch to Aprilia’s RSV4 Factory next season? According to Italian website Sbk Point the only thing missing is the official press release.Aprilia’s Giampiero Sacchi has said he was interested leasing their four cylinder RSV’s machines…

WSBK Nurburgring – Haga takes his 1st Superpole

25 April, 2020
Noriyuki Haga took his first Superpole of the season in today’s session at the Nurburgring race track in Germany. Haga led all three Superpole stints with a final best lap of 1:55.489 and 0.260s in front of second place Jonathan…

Max Biaggi announces retirement

24 April, 2020
Two time World Superbike champion Max Biaggi has officially announced this morning in a press conference at the Vallelunga circuit that he will be retiring after 21 years of racing.The Roman Emperor who is 41, has 63 victories to his…

Spies, Haga and Biaggi on Races 1 and 2

24 April, 2020
Race 1 Quotes:Ben Spies (Yamaha World Superbike): “It was an extremely tough race, I had an OK start and when I got to the back of Nori and Max, we were all very strong on separate parts of the track.…

Marco Simoncelli gets Punk'd Italian Style

24 April, 2020
Lately Marco Simoncelli, the 250cc World Champion, is always on some show in Italy. This rider is getting more air time than the Italian Prime Minister. The show is called Scherzi a Parte (on a network that belongs to the…

WSBK – Race 2 Results, Quotes and Videos

24 April, 2020
The second encounter was all about Haga and Spies. The duel went on until a few laps from the end when the Texan pulled out a slight advantage and powered to the flag. The runner-up slot put Haga into the…

Aprilia RSV4 Factory gallery

24 April, 2020
Here’s a full gallery of the Aprilia RSV4 Factory as the company releases its 20,000 euro gem to the market. The bike is really 180 hp of pure adrenalin, and here are the official RSV4 Factory pics.Senior Vice President of…

WSBK Gallery of Pics from Misano

24 April, 2020
After reading about how the two World Superbike races went at the Misano World circuit and the rider quotes, you can now check out our gallery of pics, courtesy of our Italian cousins over at Motoblog.

Marco Melandri bluffs Biaggi to win Race 1 at Brno

23 April, 2020
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…

2011 Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 previewed in Milano

23 April, 2020
Instead of waiting for the EICMA show in November, Aprilia decided to show off their new Dorsoduro 1200 during the Piaggio Group’s grand opening of its new office in Milan, with Piaggio’s CEO Roberto Colaninno and Max Biaggi present for…

WSBK Nurburgring Images

23 April, 2020
Check out our fantastic gallery of pics from this WSBK weekend at Nurburgring. With just three rounds left in the season who is going to win the 2009 World Superbike title, the rookie Ben ‘Texas Terror’ Spies or the veteran…