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Joan Olivé to sub for disqualified Niklas Ajo at Estoril

12 April, 2020
Former Mot02 rider and KTM test rider Joan Olivé has tweeted that he’ll be riding in this weekend’s Moto3 race at Estoril filling in for disqualified Niklas Ajo. The TT Motion Events Racing team rider was slapped with a disqualification…

Yamaha Tech3 truck kills motorcyclist in France

12 April, 2020
Yamaha’s Tech3 team upcoming weekend at Le Mans has started in a very tragic way. One of their trucks was invovled in fatal accident that caused the death of a 54-year old motorcyclist at the La Ciotat toll booth on…

WSBK Portimao test: Carlos Checa on top in the rain

12 April, 2020
In this morning’s test session at Portimao hindered by cold temperatures and rain, only a hand full of riders decided to brave the track, with Carlos Checa making it to the top of the chart, in an almost useless session.Eugene…

Marc Marquez officially signs with Monlau

12 April, 2020
Just this morning we reported that Marc Marquez would be riding for Emilio Alzamora’s Monlau Competicion Moto2 team, and this afternoon the deal was confirmed and the official pics released.We were led to believe that Marquez would be riding a…

Vintage TT Ducati's

12 April, 2020
Ducati lover or not, these beautiful babies can’t help but turn you on. Here’s an impressive gallery of photos taken at a Ducati TT gathering in New York. More and detailed pics hereTT Ducati’s

Unique Arai Helmets stolen

12 April, 2020
Arai has had seventeen helmets stolen (it also happened to them back in 2009 when five were stolen from their premises) from their private collection that they load out to international shows and dealer events so the public can have…

Jeremy Burgess still against one tire rule

12 April, 2020
When Jeremy Burgess , legendary crew chief and mastermind behind the wins of World Champions Wayne Gardner, Mick Doohan and Valentino Rossi , decides to talk, everyone has the tendency to sit up and listen.The quiet Australian has always been…

Mercedes Joachim Schmidt denies interest in Ducati

12 April, 2020
Daimler, and more specifically their performance division AMG may have a very lucrative marketing and sponsorship partnership with Ducati, but that doesn’t mean that they are interested in buying the Italian motorcycle manufacturer from private equity firm Investindustrial.In an interview…

Trillium Muir – The Fastest Woman on a Motorcycle

12 April, 2020
Trillium Muir the Canadian drag racer and her team Nickel City Racing has regained the title of the World’s Fastest Woman on a Motorcycle from Leslie Porterfield who had won the title during the BUB speed trials at the Bonneville…

Police crack down on illegal street racing (w/video)

12 April, 2020
They turned Maglie-Gallipoli expressway in Puglia into a Grand Prix racing circuit for over a year and riding in broad daylight at over 300 km/h amid traffic and even racing on the wrong side of the highway.The Carabinieri and Guardia…

No more respite for Derbi, Piaggio closes down factory

12 April, 2020
In 2011 Piaggio had warned that they would be closing the historic Derbi factory in Martorelles, Spain and move production to Italy as part of their restructioning program, that would have left between 150 and 230 workers without a job,…

Max Neukirchner reveals MR Racing Livery

12 April, 2020
No big team launch for Mario Rubatto’s MR Racing team who will debuting in World Superbikes this season with SBK returnee Max Neukirchner.The 29-year old German rider who spent the last two season in Moto2 posted this photo on his…

John Hopkins to wildcard with Rizla Suzuki at Brno

12 April, 2020
After his excellent 10th place at Jerez when he replaced Alvaro Bautista who was out with a broken leg, former MotoGP rider John Hopkins is fast becoming a hot item around the Grand Prix paddock. The Anglo-American rider who is…

Sylvain Guintoli officially splits with Liberty Racing

12 April, 2020
We already posted the rumors after the WSBK Aragon round earlier this month, that there was a a lot of tension between Sylvain Guintoli and his Effenbert Liberty Racing team and that his pit crew had been axed after the…

Honda presents RC212V to Simoncelli family

12 April, 2020
It was a very emotional ceremony at the Mugello in front of the Honda Gresini hospitality earlier today, the parents of late Marco Simoncelli were presented with one of his son’s factory RC212V MotoGP machines and a ‘Super Sic’ special…

Lotus to make C-01 motorcycle with 200hp engine

11 April, 2020
British automaker Lotus is officially getting into the motorcycle business. The company famous for its racing cars and luxury automobiles has teamed up with former Volkswagen Group designer Daniel Simon, Germany’s Holzer Group and auto racing team Kodewa to form…

MotoGP in Argentina?

11 April, 2020
MotoGP racing hasn’t been on the South American continent since 2004 when the Rio Grande GP at the Nelson Piquet circuit at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was dropped from the calendar, however a news report from website El Liberal says…