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Ducati Art – Troy Bayliss Honour&Glory Collection

25 March, 2020
While we are all waiting to see if Troy Bayliss will be making a wildcard appearance at the World Superbike round at Misano, Ducati Art has introduced an art collection dedicated to Troy Bayliss by Polish expressionist artist Pat Kuleta.The…

USA: McCain visits Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

25 March, 2020
US presidential candidate McCain has made a stop in the Badlands of South Dakota to speak to thousands of motorcyclists during the 68th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. During a pause to honor American veterans, McCain criticised his Democratic presidential opponent…

Last chance to get a Moto Morini Granpasso or Scrambler

25 March, 2020
As everyone know Moto Morini is being shutdown after going into voluntary liquidation, and the court with Piero Aicardi (who is following the shutdown) has informed the media that the factory will be opening up again for a brief time,…

Paolo Simoncelli launches Squadra Corse Sic 58 team

25 March, 2020
On Saturday evening, for the second consecutive year the Buon Compleanno Sic (happy birthday) event took place to remember the late and still very much missed Marco Simoncelli who would have turned 26 on January 20th.The event was organized by…

Ducati Story Now Available on DVD

25 March, 2020
All you Ducatisti out there make room on your DVD library shelves, because Ducati is presenting its amazing history in a stunning movie on DVD (no Blue Ray yet). The DVD will be premiered at the 2010 World Ducati Week…

Suzuki to close factory in Spain

25 March, 2020
While everyone is flustered by the fact that Suzuki has decided that their subsidary, the American Suzuki Motor Corporation will be filing for Chapter 11 (US bankruptcy laws) regarding its auto business to focus on the longterm growth of its…

WSBK: Gadea to replace Lascorz in Monza on the ZX-10R

25 March, 2020
Accordingly to a Tweet unleahed on the internet by Italian journalist Fabio Di Palma, Guim Roda, team manager of the Kawasaki Racing team, has announced that the Ninja ZX-10R left available by injured Joan Lascorz will be ridden this weekend…

Davide Giugliano to debut in World Superbikes at Portimao

25 March, 2020
Davide Giugliano took the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup championship crown yesterday at Magny Cours and Althea Racing team owner Genesio Bevilacqua has decided to reward his Superstock champion with a Superbike race at the final round of the season at…

MV Agusta F4 MY 2013: video preview

25 March, 2020
MV Agusta anticipates the new F4 MY 2013 that we will see next week at the 70th edition of the EICMA Exhibition in Milan, Italy, with an official video that we are proud to introduce. As you can see in…

Luca Scassa in World Supersport with BE1 Racing in 2011

25 March, 2020
Supersonic Racing team rider Luca Scassa will no longer be racing in the World Superbike championship next season, but will be switching to the World Supersport series and will be riding with ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing team.While this may be…

Motorcycle market news Ducati US sales

25 March, 2020
After criticism that the Ducati Diavel was built just for the US motorcycle market (and of course, it was pretty much), it seems that Ducati’s investment in the model has paid off with its clever guess that the Diavel would…

Magneti Marelli gets MotoGP deal to supply standard ECU's

25 March, 2020
As highly expected Dorna has announced today that next season they will make availabe a standard ECU unit in MotoGP supplied by Magneti Marelli. The system which will include “an engine and chassis control unit with inboard datalogger, as well…

Dani Pedrosa arrested for cheating??

25 March, 2020
You’ve got to be kidding me, this has to be some sort of late April’s fool joke by the Spanish press, even if April Fool’s Day for the Spanish is celebrated on December 28th and called el Día de los…

BMW Motorrad Superbike team wraps up testing at Eastern Creek

25 March, 2020
While all the attention was focused on the official 3-day Superbike tests at Portimao, the BMW Motorrad Motorsport Superbike team was quietly conductiong their own private 3-day test, and in much better, even torridly hot weather conditions at the Eastern…

Valentino Rossi to test Ferrari F1 Car this Month

25 March, 2020
Wrooom isn’t only a Ducati event, but it’s also Ferrari happening and Stefano Domenicali, the teams principal during his press conference announced that Valentino Rossi will be once again taking the wheel of one their Formula 1 cars for two…

More testing for JiR Moto2 team at Valencia

25 March, 2020
Since last Monday’s Moto2 and Moto3 test session at Valencia was more or less a washout due to the weather, several teams will be back to test - and this time for three days - and this includes Team JiR…

ZecOO by Znug Design: a futuristic scooter from Japan

25 March, 2020
Znug Design introduces the zecOO, a new electric scooter boasting an innovative and futuristic design that makes it look like a motorcycle from some sci-fi movie. The model is the brainchild of former Toyota designer Kota Nezu, who needed just…

Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies to race at Motegi

25 March, 2020
After all the negative hype and declarations of not wanting to ride at Motegi due to radiation leaking from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, another two riders have now capitulated to the growing pressure by their team bosses to take…

Rossi and Hayden will test only the GP11's at Brno

24 March, 2020
As we expected, also because Ducati team manager Vitto Guareschi had confirmed it early July, Ducati will not be testing their GP12 during Monday’s official post race test at Brno, but only their 800cc machine.Ducati perfers to continue testing their…

Ducati contest offers 5 passes to see GP12 unveiling live

24 March, 2020
Ducati is continuing the hype on the unveiling the the GP12 and has started a contest that will give five fans the opportunity to meet Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden and personally see the presentation of the new Desmosedici GP12…

Ben Spies gets sick during Yamaha Indonesia tour

24 March, 2020
The Far East doesn’t seem to agree with Ben Spies’ stomach. The Yamaha rider is currently in Indonesia with team mate Jorge Lorenzo for a Yamaha PR tour and fell sick with a bout of food poisoning. This is the…