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Carlos Checa and Franco Battaini to test the Ducati GP12

4 April, 2020
Ducati didn’t present their ‘90% new’ 2012 MotoGP machine at last week’s Wrooom to the disappointment of everyone, but the GP12 is currently at Jerez de la Frontera circuit for a very private and behind closed doors three day test.Test…

MotoGP gets new qualifying format in 2013

4 April, 2020
As we anticpated a few weeks ago MotoGP will be getting a new qualifying format in 2013 and it was officially announced today at Motegi.The idea behind the change is to make the session more exciting for viewing audiences as…

Steve McQueen's 1963 Triumph Bonneville goes for $ 84,240

4 April, 2020
Bonhams & Butterfields auctioned last Saturday at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, Steve McQueen’s 1963 Triumph Bonneville Desert Sled built by Bud Ekins, motorcycle racer, stuntman and close friend of McQueen. It was Ekins who doubled for McQueen on…

Bridgestone to bring more tires and compounds from Brno GP

4 April, 2020
After receiving some pretty stinging criticism from the MotoGP riders, and after the lastest string of crashes during Friday morning practice at Sachsenring all to blame on cold tires and numerous Safety Commission meetings, Bridgestone has decided to increase the…

Robertino Pietri to ride in AMA with Team Venezuela

4 April, 2020
Former Moto2 rider Robertino Pietri will be riding part time (he is scheduled for five wild card rides - three Spanish rounds plus Indianapolis and Laguna Seca) in MotoGP this season with Avintia Racing, but the Venezuelan rider will also…

Moto2: Giacomo Agostini Racing Team?

4 April, 2020
The well informed Italian website Motosprint is reporting that motorcycle racing legend Giacomo Agostini is thinking of entering a team in the new Moto2 series.The project if it goes through would see the involvement of number of high profile people…

Gresini Racing adds Palladio to sponsor roster

4 April, 2020
Finding European companies especially Italian, willing to invest euros in sponsorship with the current economic crisis is almost like winning at the lottery for satellite or private teams. Despite the the construction business in Italy being down almost 18% in…

Ducati 848 Nicky Hayden Edition

4 April, 2020
Ahead of this weekend’s Red Bull United States Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Nicky Hayden unveiled the Ducati 848 Nicky Hayden Limited Edition. The Hayden Edition is the 2010 model of Ducati’s middleweight sport bike and the livery…

Ducati confirms Nicky Hayden for 2010

4 April, 2020
Ducati has officially announced that they have resigned Nicky Hayden for another season in their factory team and will continue to be Casey Stoner’s team mate. The news comes after Hayden’s his first podium at his home event at Indianapolis…

Honda to donate two bikes to the Marco Simoncelli Foundation

4 April, 2020
In a unprecedented act of generosity, Honda Racing Corporation will be presenting to Paolo Simoncelli during next weekend’s MotoGP round at Mugello, two special bikes, Marco’s RC212V race machine (Marco slept with his 2008 Aprilia championship bike in his bedroom)…

Yamaha Confirms Valentino Rossi's test at Misano

4 April, 2020
It wasn’t all media gossip that Valentino Rossi would try to ride a streetbike at Misano to check out his physical conditions since his accident during free practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, because Yamaha Racing has released…

Custom AKOO Yamaha R1

4 April, 2020
Presented at the Magic International Trade Show in Las Vegas, this customized Yamaha YZF-R1 is a collaboration between American rapper T.I. AKOO’s clothing brand and custom sportbike designer and builder Rob Uecker of Voodoo Industries.Dubbed the AKOO YZF-R1, the bike…

Chinese motorcycles' builders target Europe

4 April, 2020
Loncin, Zongshen and Jialing are the three biggest Chinese motorcycle builders and they will join forces to build a 600cc sports bike for European market. They will directly target Japanese and European motorcycles and prices are expected to be around…

WSBK – Althea Racing Launches 2010 Line Up

4 April, 2020
You can tell that we are finally approaching the new racing season when teams start their official presentations.The new 2010 Althea Racing Team was officially presented on Saturday January 16th at a club in Fasano, near Brindisi (Italy). This year…

Loris Capirossi returns for Sachsenring GP

4 April, 2020
Loris Capirossi will be making an ahead of schedule return to take part in the upcoming German GP at Sachsenring, despite not being totally fit.The Italian rider missed the Assen and Mugello races after sustaining rib and shoulder injuries during…

MotoGP Sepang Test Friday: More Pics and Rider Quotes

4 April, 2020
We’ve got more exclusive pics from the final day of testing from Motoblog’s Lallai who was with the Fiat on the Web team in Sepang and all the riders quotes.Valentino Rossi - 1st 2′00″925 (32 laps)“After yesterday this second day…

Valentino Rossi hints again at WSBK switch

4 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi is a fan of World Superbike racing and in many interviews talks about how much he enjoys watching WSBK racing (he’s always present at the Misano round), how much more exciting it is compared to MotoGP, and the…

Loris Capirossi continues to have shoulder problems

4 April, 2020
The Pramac Ducati team has been particularly unfortunate in these last two MotoGP rounds, Randy de Puniet crashed out both in Qatar and Jerez, while Loris Capirossi was clipped by his own team mate in the season opener, and had…

Special bikes: DUU Supercustom by CR&S Lavoreri

4 April, 2020
Milan-based CR&S provided us with a few photos of some of their best creations of the year, designed by their extreme customization department. Basically, this Italian company can give everyone the chance to ride his own ‘bike of dreams’, which…

Cal Crutchlow to stay with Yamaha Tech3 in 2013

4 April, 2020
After having harshly criticized the economic situation that satellite riders face and the fact that on a satellite machine they can’t win, and threatening to leave MotoGP - “There’s no decision to make, I am not going to stay here…

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…