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Rossi and Lorenzo Superstars in Indonesia

20 April, 2020
If there were any question about how important emerging markets are to motorcycle manufacturers just check out Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi’s and Jorge Lorenzo’s leathers and YZR-M1 bikes, that see the Semakin di Depan “One Step Ahead logos and the…

Official: Cal Crutchlow to ride for Ducati in 2014-2015

20 April, 2020
As highly anticipated, Ducati has officially announced that Cal Crutchlow will be racing for their factory team in 2014 and 2015.The British rider will joining former team mate Andrea Dovizioso and will work on developing the Desmosedici and growing Ducati’s…

Andrea Dovizioso to undergo plate removal surgery

20 April, 2020
Andrea Dovizioso has decided to put off the removal of a plate from his shoulder until early next month. The new Ducati rider has been very busy since the end of the MotoGP season, he was at the EICMA show…

Confirmed: Marco Simoncelli signs with Team Gresini

20 April, 2020
One piece of silly season has finally fallen into place. On the eve of the Dutch GP the San Carlo Honda Gresini Team has signed Marco Simoncelli, who will make his MotoGP debut in 2010, to a one year contract.…

John Hopkins breaks silence , sort of

20 April, 2020
After posting his last message on his personal website on the 31st of December, John Hopkins has finally broke the silence. Besides thanking all his fans for their support, Hopper also says that he’s got a big treat in store…

Jonathan Rea to test Honda MotoGP bike at Sepang

20 April, 2020
Jonathan Rea will be getting a hot opportunity today and tomorrow, as the World Superbike Ten Kate Honda rider is scheduled to ride Casey Stoner’s MotoGP Honda in a special two day private test at Sepang organized by HRC.The test…

CRT testing calendar

20 April, 2020
There won’t be many CRTs testing at Sepang at the end of the month. The philosophy behind these production based bikes is to make MotoGP racing cheaper and even if Dorna is helping subsidize the nine Claiming Rule Teams not…

Yamaha MotoGP 2011 Livery – Pics and Video

20 April, 2020
Yamaha MotoGP officially took the wraps off their 2011 effort with a press conference today at Sepang ahead of the second pre-season official tests, and as widely expected they will be running corporate blue livery and winging it with no…

Riders Comments after Day 1 -Sepang Tests

20 April, 2020
The two-month winter testing ban came to an end yesterday with the first pre-season test of the 2009 MotoGP season and here’s what the riders had to say after the first day:Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team) Position: 2nd Time 2′02.038…

Nicky Hayden Undergoes Surgery

20 April, 2020
Ducati’s Nicky Hayden is the latest of riders who has gone under the doctor’s knife. Hayden needed a clean-up procedure to remove scar tissue from his right arm from an arm pump (the bane of professional riders) operation that he…

Sylvain Guintoli officially announced as Aprilia rider

20 April, 2020
After impressing in this week’s three-day private World Superbike test at Jerez (Monday through Wednesday) Aprilia has finally gotten around announcing - as it was widely expected - that Sylvain Guintoli will be part of their factory team effort next…

MotoGP: Repsol Honda 2010 Team Launch (w/video)

20 April, 2020
With the start of the 2010 MotoGP season that starts in April, the Repsol Honda Team held its official launch at the Palacio de Deportes in Madrid, Spain. In front of 7000 fans who were present for the penultimate round…

125 and Moto2 Testing at Motorland Aragon

19 April, 2020
Over 40 riders from the 125cc class and Moto2 after the Catalunya GP headed to another part of Spain, to the new Motorland Aragon race track for a two day test session organized by Pere Gurt of Tuenti Moto2 Racing…

Maverick Vinales issues public apology

19 April, 2020
Maverick Vinales has personally confirmed that he will be racing at Phillip Island this weekend and has issued a statement with public apologies (via the official MotoGP website) to everyone, following his walk-out on his team at Sepang.“Firstly I would…

Yamaha loses Petronas as sponsor

19 April, 2020
After losing title sponsor Fiat last year, Yamaha Racing Team had relied on Yamaha Indonesian and Malaysian petroleum giant Petronas to partially fund their racing effort, now Yamaha and Petronas have jointly announced that this sponsorship will be ending this…

WSBK Phillip Island: Carlos Checa leads in both FP1 and QP1

19 April, 2020
The 2011 World Superbike season has finally kicked off and Althea Ducati’s Carlo Checa was once again on top of the timesheets at Phillip Island, leading both FP1 and QP1 today.The Spaniard continued his domination of the Australian circuit, just…

MotoGP in Chile? New circuit to be built

19 April, 2020
After the rumor that MotoGP could be heading to Chile in the near future, we now get the news that former world champion Kevin Schwantz has attended the official presentation of new circuit that is going to be built in…

Misano circuit to be dedicated to Marco Simoncelli

19 April, 2020
A petition had been started to have the Misano World circuit named after Marco Simoncelli, but the president of the circuit said it was too soon to be making decisions about the matter, as they have in the past rejected…

Borile B450 Scrambler launched in Milan

19 April, 2020
Just a few days ago, at the ‘Spazio Acquadimare‘ in Milan, Italy, we attended the official presentation of the new Borile B450 Scrambler, the new model of the little but fierce Italian manufacturer which is blatantly inspired by the mighty…

Wayne Rooney designed Lauge Jensen custom bike goes up for auction

19 April, 2020
Danish motorcycle manufactuer Lauge Jensen last year created this custom bike designed by England’s famous striker Wayne Rooney which features bike features Rooney’s celebration after his amazing overhead goal against rival Manchester City in February 2011, that helped his team…

Ducati Hypermotard and MotoTerminator

19 April, 2020
The Ducati Hypermotard was the inspiration for one of the newest Terminator machines, the MotoTerminator according to McG, director of the Terminator Salvation movie: “This movie is all about technology taken to such a high level that it becomes an…

MotoGP Mugello weekend gallery

19 April, 2020
While we are waiting to see how the post-race test at Mugello is going to pan out - yesterday’s winner Jorge Lorenzo is still the fastest rider at 3pm (with Colin Edwards testing different CRTs, Honda debuting a new RC213V,…

Nolan workers accept solidarity contracts

19 April, 2020
Motorcycle manufacturers aren’t the only ones feeling the difficult economic situation, even companies who produce accessories for motorcycles and motorcycle gear are feeling the hard pinch of dropping sales, and Nolan, who produces helmets entirely made in Italy have decided…