×
google news

News

EU approves Ducati acquisition by Audi

19 March, 2020
It was just a matter of legal pro-forma but the European Union has granted approval of Audi‘s acquisition of Ducati.The purchase of the Italian motorcycle manufacturer was announced on April 18th, but the deal was subject to examination by anti-trust…

Ducati to organize send off event for season opener

19 March, 2020
If you’re going to be in Italy and precisely near Bologna on March 4th, why not attend the big send off event that Ducati and the Bologna city hall are organizing for the Ducati MotoGP team?The event is going to…

No buyers for Moto Morini

19 March, 2020
Yesterday’s public bankruptcy auction in Bologna to acquire Moto Morini and put it back into business went down another black hole, with no offers being made.The Italian motorcycle manufacturer first went into voluntary liquidation, with Paolo Berlusconi offering to buy…

Ducati and Piaggio to merge?

19 March, 2020
New from Italy indicates that the two big Italian manufacturers of Ducati and Piaggio could merge. Ducati needs no introduction, while Piaggio is the parent company of Vespa and Moto Guzzi, as well as it manufacturing scooters under its own…

Spanish royalty meets GP royalty

19 March, 2020
After receiving the 2010 Don Felipe de Borbón prize for the best sportsperson of the year and the best sportsperson under 18 last week by the Spanish Royal family, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez, with the addition of Toni Elias…

Loris Capirossi undergoes arm surgery

19 March, 2020
MotoGP veteran Loris Capirossi has undergone surgery on his right arm on Wednesday according to Sportmediaset.The Pramac Ducati rider was clipped by team mate Randy de Puniet on the first lap of the Qatar race, and then had to retire…

BMW Motorrad K 1300 S Special "30 Jahre K-Modelle"

19 March, 2020
At the upcoming EICMA show in Milan (November 15-18), BMW Motorrad will present the exclusive special model K 1300 S “30 Jahre K-Modelle”, which will mark the 30th anniversary of the BMW Motorrad K series. It was in fact in…

David Salom to return to World Supersport

19 March, 2020
After spending the 2012 World Superbike championship between Kawasaki Pedercini and MotoGP with Avintia Blusens at the Misano and Aragon rounds replacing Ivan Silva, David Salom will be returning to the World Supersport championship for the second time, after signing…

KTM 1190 Super Duke 2013: spy shot

19 March, 2020
KTM continues its work developing the new 1190 Super Duke, which will become part of their offering in 2013. A prototype still in its testing stage has been immortalized in this spy photo published by website KTM Mania, which comes…

Moto2: RSM Team Scot to skip Brno and the rest of the season?

19 March, 2020
That Moto2 RSM Team Scot is having economic woes isn’t exactly new news, however the San Marino based team who fields former MotoGP riders Niccolò Canepa and Alex de Angelis, who is currently subbing for Hiroshi Aoyama in Daniel Epp’s…

Luis Salom to race for Red Bull KTM Ajo team in 2013

19 March, 2020
With Sandro Cortese on his way to winning the Moto3 championship and to switch to Moto3 next season with the IntAct GP team, Red Bull KTM Ajo team has decided to sign up the next best rider in the current…

Mattia Pasini Gets Another Chance to test a Ducati

19 March, 2020
It looks like that Mattia Pasini is trying out for a Ducati GP ride next year. The Italian will again be testing the Desmosedici GP9, during a three day test that was already organized at the Mugello race track this…

Kevin Schwantz and Randy Mamola at this year's IOMTT

19 March, 2020
Former 1993 World Champion Kevin Schwantz and racing’s most famous runner-up, Randy Mamola will be Arai’s guests this year at the Isle of Man TT Races to take part in the parade lap on Wednesday June 6th. Schwantz will be…

2013 KTM 450 SX-F Factory Edition – Preview

19 March, 2020
In the wake of the success of the 2012 version - presented in December 2011 in the U.S. market and gone ’sold out’ in a matter of months - KTM introduces the new 2013 KTM 450 SX-F Factory Edition, which…

Sway Motorsports reveals its 3-wheel e-scooter prototype

19 March, 2020
California’s Sway Motorsports introduces an electric three-wheel scooter prototype that took a few years to develop and is now almost production-ready. Apparently, the project was carried out ‘in his spare time’ by one Mr. Joe Wilcox, a toy-designer and Rhode…

Honda CBR500, CB500X and CB500R sighted in Italy: spy shots

19 March, 2020
The first images of the brand new Honda CBR500, CB500X and CB500R (though something has already surfaced on the internet) come from Sulmona, Italy, where local newspaper Il Centro (’The Centre’) has spotted the three models on the ‘top secret’…

Liberty Racing says Sylvain Guintoli has had poor results

19 March, 2020
After their brief press release issued this afternoon regarding Sylvain Guintolileaving their team, Liberty Racing has decided to put an entirely different spin to the story and from a “misunderstanding between the mechanics and the administrative management of the team”…