×
google news

News

David Salom replaces Ivan Silva in Avintia Blusens

5 April, 2020
A little less than five months ago World Superbike rider David Salom turned down Guim Roda’s offer to replace injured Joan Lascorz and ride a factory Kawasaki preferring to remain with Donato Pedercini’s satellite squad, now the Mallorcan rider will…

Piaggio to Revive Laverda Marque?

5 April, 2020
The latest rumor coming out of Italy is that Piaggio is thinking of reviving the iconic Laverda marque in 2011, that they quickly phased out after buying the Aprilia group in 2004.Laverda had a long and difficult history especially when…

FIM confirms Istanbul Park World Superbike round

5 April, 2020
The FIM has officially released a revised 2013 World Superbike calendar today, officially confirming that Istanbul Park, Turkey would be will now be hosting a round of the Superbike this season. The Turkish venue therefore will be hosting the tenth…

Honda CBR600 RR 2013 live @ 2012 EICMA in Milan

5 April, 2020
When it first came out in 2003, the Honda CBR600RR turned out to be a huge leap forward for the whole Supersport class: the model was heavily inspired by RC211V 5-cylinder MotoGP machine ridden at that time by Valentino Rossi,…

Kawasaki Z800: first images leaked on the web

5 April, 2020
The first pictures of the new Kawasaki Z800 have surfaced on the internet, confirming that the new generation of the popular Z750 will receive for the occasion an increase in displacement of 50 cc. Apparently, the images of the new…

Marc Marquez penalized after incident with Ratthapark Wilairot

5 April, 2020
Marc Marquez’s title chances took a big step backwards after this morning’s Moto2 FP1 session at Phillip Island, when the Spaniard collided at high speed with Thai rider Ratthapark Wilairot (we did have the video, but you guys know Dorna).The…

Million dollar Cosmic Starship Harley by Jack Armstrong

5 April, 2020
Bartels Harley Davidson (Harley Davidson dealer to the stars) in Marina Del Rey, California, finally unveiled Jack Armstrong’s, $1,000,000 “Cosmic Starship Harley Davidson” paint job. For those of you unfamiliar with this artist’s work, his unique painting style is called…

French court orders the destruction of counterfeit Vespas

5 April, 2020
If you’ve every been to a large motorcycle shows you’ll see a number of blatant knock offs of other manufacturers bikes and scooters, and a number of manufacturers who want to protect their propriety rights will call in the cops…

Marco Simoncelli museum and memorial to be inaugurated

5 April, 2020
The city of Coriano has decided to dedicate December 8th to the memory of Marco Simoncelli. Next Saturday will also be an important date as they will inaugurate and open to the public, inside the Palazzo della Cultura, the museum…

WSBK Kawasaki Team trucks and techs involved in drug bust

5 April, 2020
This has to be the worst story of the day, according to The Telegraph UK Border Agency has allegedly found a large quantity of drugs and a firearm in trucks belonging to Paul Birds WSBK Kawasaki team.The trucks were stopped…

Gresini Honda Valencia GP fairing to be auctioned

5 April, 2020
During the last MotoGP race of the season at Valencia, Alvaro Bautista debuted this very particular livery on his San Carlo Gresini Honda. The fairing was full of messages from fans who took part in an initiative organized by Gresini’s…

Suzuki Inazuma 250: images, info and technical highlights

5 April, 2020
Suzuki presents the final version of the Inazuma 250, a motorcycle clearly designed and built to suit the current situation of the motorcycle market and, generally speaking, the faltering global economy of these days. The model was initially presented at…

Althea Racing confirms World Superstock pullout

5 April, 2020
The rumors regarding Althea Racing would be pulling out of the Superstock champion after just two races have now been officially confirmed and we didn’t even have to wait for Friday morning.Here’s the laconic press release from the team that…

Ruben Xaus becomes Bimota's sporting director

4 April, 2020
Virgin Radio Italy is live at the EICMA show in Milan and while interviewing Ruben Xaus everyone’s favourite Superbike rider who bins it more than he rides it, the personable Spaniard who speaks better Italian than I do, revealed that…

Valentino Rossi to open La Biscia MX track in Tavullia

4 April, 2020
These are the first photos of the Biscia (which means snake in Italian) ranch near Tavullia, where Valentino Rossi is having built his own private 1800 meter motorcross track with adjacent parking lot.The Italian rider based his idea after seeing…

Video: Guinness World record for fastest motorcycle hearse

4 April, 2020
When I first read the headline I thought that crazy inventor Colin Furze was up to his old tricks again, instead this time it’s a real life Baptist reverend who set the Guinness World Record for the fastest motorcycle hearse.The…

SuperSic Honda CBR1000RR goes up to for auction

4 April, 2020
During the Mugello GP weekend, Honda Racing Corporation donated to the Simoncelli family two very special motorcycles, their son’s factory 2011 RC212V MotoGP machine # 58, that will be displayed in the Simoncelli Museum and a ‘Super Sic’ special edition…

Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso visit Red Bull F1 HQ

4 April, 2020
After their four wheel karting experiences, Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso decided to try something a little more different when they visited the Red Bull Racing facilities in Milton Keynes and got the chance to test the F1 Simulator ahead…

Bajaj Auto's stake in KTM reaches 47%

4 April, 2020
Slowly but steadily, Indian automotive giant Bajaj Auto keeps on building up its stake in Austrian manufacturer KTM and, following the recent acquisition of another 6.3%, it is now a little over the 47% mark, reinforcing its position as second…