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Yamaha expects Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies to be at Motegi

30 March, 2020
An email from Dorna sent to IRTA (International Road Racing Teams Association) who then conveyed to all the MotoGP, Moto2 and 125cc teams that they expect that everyone to honour their contracts regarding the Japanese Grand Prix has melted the…

Kawasaki updates on Joan Lascorz condition

30 March, 2020
There are many conflicting and confusing bits of news coming from Italy regarding Joan Lascorz’ condition following his 200km/h crash at Imola and none of them are sounding good - from that his life is still a risk and is…

Liberty Racing axes Maxime Berger

30 March, 2020
Just hours before the start of Friday’s World Superbike practice for the penultimate round of the season at Portimao, Effenbert Liberty Racing has decided to axe another rider from their line-up, and this time it is Maxime Berger.After Sylvain Guintoli,…

Gabriele del Torchio: "It's too early to talk about divorce"

30 March, 2020
Ducati has finally decided to react following Valentino Rossi’s Qatar post-race comments and the person to do it is none other than Gabriele Del Torchio, the President of Ducati.While Investindustrial and Ducati are working on the sale of the company…

CIV riders to wear medical safety alert bracelet

30 March, 2020
It’s still in the experimental stage, but Ivan Capelli’s company Motivegeeks Labs (an ICT company) in collaboration with the Italian Motorcycle Federation has decided that this year’s CIV riders will be using a medical safety bracelet in order to improve…

Error 404: new look Dainese site

30 March, 2020
If you’ve had the Dainese site bookmarked, this picture of Valentino Rossi appears when you try to open the site. That’s because Dainese has an updated site that has been recently been launched online, www.dainese.com.New material, product range with online…

GPTech enters CRT for Indianapolis GP

30 March, 2020
Back in 2010 at the Indianapolis GP, GPTech entered Jason DiSalvo as wild card in Moto2 with a FTR M210, and DiSalvo finished in a highly respectable 9th place, two years later GPTech has obtained another wildcard entry, but this…

MotoGP: It's Official, Hungarian GP Out, Aragon GP In

30 March, 2020
Carmelo Ezpeleta will have to open his wallet and buy dinner for the entire MotoGP Safety Commission. Dorna’s CEO lost his bet with Loris Capirossi. The FIM has just announced that the Hungarian Grand Prix at Balatonring has been cancelled.The…

BMW Motorrad C evolution e-scooter: videos, images and info

30 March, 2020
BMW Motorrad is becoming increasingly sensitive to individual mobility issues in urban areas, and with CO2 emissions laws becoming more and more stringent basically everywhere, the electric option just seems the natural way to go. During the 2011 BMW Motorrad…

MotoGP 2012 provisional calendar released

30 March, 2020
MotoGPs 2012 provisional calendar was released today and starts with season night race opener in Qatar, and will have to wait to April 15th to see the first race as it’s scheduled three weeks later than this year.Looking over the…

Chris Vermeulen says Casey Stoner may struggle this Season

30 March, 2020
While Chris Vermeulen is sitting out this weekend’s WSBK round in Valencia after undergoing keyhole surgery on his damaged right knee, the Aussie rider got around talking about friend Casey Stoner and his chances of snaring a second MotoGP title…

MotoGP – Bets are on for Balatonring

30 March, 2020
The MotoGP riders who are part of the Safety Commission met up with Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta on Friday before the Sepang GP and one of the topics discussed was the Balatonring circuit.Loris Capirossi, who is one of the founding…

Randy de Puniet to skip Estoril test

30 March, 2020
Randy de Puniet finished 10th in yesterday’s race at Estoril, but it was a real struggle for the French rider, who suffered some pretty bad leg pain, so much pain that he’s decided to skip today’s important MotoGP test to…

Ducati Monster Rossi and Hayden GP Replicas

29 March, 2020
Everything is almost ready in Bologna for tomorrow’s (March 4th) big Ducati event in Piazza Maggiore, even if the weather isn’t quite collaborating for the Ducati MotoGP Night, it’s been snowing on and off all day even if forecasts say…

Brands Lambretta sues fake products

29 March, 2020
Lambretta has started an international campaign against fake copies of its iconic scooters. The Lambretta Consorzio group has launched its campaign against non-original LN125 and LS125 scooters using the Lambretta name. What’s more, this isn’t just some fluffy effort at…

WSBK: Reitwagen BMW to be back for Monza Round?

29 March, 2020
World Superbike Team Reitwagen BMW sat out last weekend’s fourth championship round, a delay due to economic difficulties with some of the investors in the team and some internal restructuring that forced the Austrian based team make the difficult decision…