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Alex Polita also joins British Superbikes

4 April, 2020
After the likes of Noriyuki Haga, Anthony West and Luca Scassa, Italian rider Alex Polita will also be joining this season’s British Superbike championship.Polita is a former Italian CIV Superstock and Superbike and FIM Superstock 1000 Cup champion, and has…

Updates following Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi's surgeries

4 April, 2020
On Monday morning Nicky Hayden underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on the right shoulder that he had injured in late December in a pre-season training accident. The 40 minute procedure was carried out in Fremont, California by Dr Arthur Ting who…

Nicky Hayden fractures scapula and ribs in training accident

3 April, 2020
Nicky Hayden was still recovering from his scaphoid surgery when on Tuesday, December 27, he broke his left scapula and fractured two ribs while training near his home in Owensboro, Kentucky. Hayden was training at a private indoor flat track…

Jake Holden gets Grillini Progea Superbike ride for Miller round

3 April, 2020
While we thought that Grillini Progea Superbike team wouldn’t be at Miller Motorsports Park for this weekend’s sixth round of the World Superbike season after parting ways with Mark Aitchison, instead they’ve gotten AMA Pro Road Superbike racer Jake Holden…

John Hopkins to take time off from racing to heal

3 April, 2020
If there has been a rider that has always suffered tremendously from injuries which in turn conditioned in his racing career that has to be John Hopkins. The popular American racer has barely had a season that hasn’t been marred…

Honda reveals new 700cc engine and Integra concept

3 April, 2020
After showing the first version of Mid Concept scooter at last year’s EICMA, Honda has released the first picture and details of their new engine and maxi scooter concept dubbed Integra (did Honda run out of original names?) that we’ll…

Andrea Iannone: "I don't feel inferior to Marquez"

3 April, 2020
2011 was another rollercoaster year of Moto2 rider Andrea Iannone. The Italian showed some brilliant and aggressive riding, infact he was the only other rider besides Stefan Bradl and Marc Marquez to win more than one race (Jerez, Brno and…

Belgium allows motorcycle lane splitting

3 April, 2020
Europe is currently going through some turbulent times on the motorcycle front with various debates occurring across the continent over new guard rails, power limits for bikes and just general laws on motorcycle behaviour. Mike Werner reports that in Belgium,…

Xenophya designs EV-0RR electric superbike

3 April, 2020
Xenophya Design has come up with this surprising prototype of an electric superbike with some tempting features. It’s called hte EV-0RR and is a zero emissions bike created to race the TTXGP: a new gran prix for ecological and environmentally…

Chaz Davies tests an Aprilia RSV4 at Portimao

3 April, 2020
When World Supersport winning team ParkinGO lucked out on taking over the Yamaha Superbike team effort, it seemed that the squad would move into the 2012 Superbike championship with Chaz Davies and field a Ducati, however yesterday at Portimao, in…

Regis Laconi: "I'm Fit and Want to Return"

3 April, 2020
Regis Laconi wants to return to racing and his testing during the World Ducati Week at Misano wasn’t just a courtesy ride by DFX Corse, but a full blown personal fitness test for the French rider.During the Monza round, Laconi…

Dorna's New Ideas to Save MotoGP

3 April, 2020
On Tuesday evening at the five star Gran Hotel Baglioni in Bologna, Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta met with all the satellite team managers (Gresini, Cecchinello, Campinoti, Mularoni, Poncharal, not present Team Francisco Hernando Group) to discuss MotoGP’s future, the role…

Nicky Hayden to miss Brno GP

3 April, 2020
After having to miss the Indianapolis GP, Nicky Hayden will be also forced to skip this weekend’s round at Brno. The Ducati rider suffered a massive highside during qualifying (see video after the jump) that briefly knocked him unconscious and…

Aspar Martinez wants to field two Ducati's in 2012

3 April, 2020
According to Spanish website as.com Aspar Racing is interested in fielding two Ducati’s in 2012.Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez who’s contract with Ducati is up at the end of this season is already in talks with the Italian manufacturer to see if…

MV Agusta F3 800 ready in a month

3 April, 2020
It now seems confirmed that the much rumored MV Agusta F3 800, powered by the same ‘Tre Pistoni’ engine of the Brutale 800 and the recently unveiled Rivale 800 (which will finally be available for order in the second half…

Roberto Rolfo's deal with IodaRacing falls through

3 April, 2020
Roberto Rolfo was to ride one of IodaRacing’s CRT bikes next season in MotoGP (the team was to expand), but unfortunately after less than a week the deal has already fallen through, as the Italian reported from his personal website.…

Infront confirms 2012 WSBK Portimao round

3 April, 2020
Following the rumors that the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve circuit in Portimão (Portugal) was in dire financial difficulties and 13th round of the World Superbike season next month was at risk, Infront Motor Sports has stepped in and confirmed that…

Team Gresini will attend Valencia GP

3 April, 2020
Yesterday, Fausto Gresini was quoted by several Italian media sources that he would not take his MotoGP and Moto2 teams to Valencia to take part in the final event of the season.Apparently the Italian team manager who has lost two…

Max Biaggi finally signs on the dotted line

3 April, 2020
Max Biaggi has finally signed with Aprilia for next two season and yes, this time it’s official, there’s even an Aprilia press release after the jump to prove it.The Roman Emperor had his fans deeply worried when Aprilia did not…