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Honda to officially present NSF250R in Catalunya

2 April, 2020
We’ve already seen a couple of photos and a teaser video of Honda’s new Moto3 now dubbed NSF250R, but will Honda has decided to present the bike officially during the Catalunya GP weekend with former World Champion Alex Criville riding…

Triumph Bonneville Diamond Jubilee Limited Edition

2 April, 2020
Triumph Motorcycles has gifted a limited edition Diamond Jubilee Bonneville to The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust as a token of appreciation for the 60 years of the reign of Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Triumph’s chairman himself, Lord…

Sarath Kumar, first Indian to race in the 125cc GP Championship

2 April, 2020
After the announcement of the three-year partnership between WTR and Ten 10 Racing, the first Indian team that will compete in the 2011 125cc World Championship will be fielding 18-year-old Sarath Kumar as one of their riders.Kumar besides being one…

WSBK – Davide Tardozzi becomes BMW’s Team Manager

2 April, 2020
The rumors were circulating for several weeks, but Italian website Motosprint has now former Ducati Xerox manager Davide Tardozzi almost signed up with WSBK’s official BMW team.Tardozzi left Ducati after almost twenty years of service and eight Riders’ Championships, first…

Honda Germany launches two LCR Honda special editions

2 April, 2020
Honda Germany, who sponsors Stefan Bradl in MotoGP has released this month CB1000R LCR Edition and a NSC50R scooter LCR Edition for their customers.The CB1000R, with its 998cc inline four cylinder DOHC, four valve liquid cooled engine and six speed…

Motorcycle dealership staff thwarts thieves (w/videos)

2 April, 2020
You’d think that after watching zillions of crime and procedural police TV dramas and movies, wannabe thieves would be a slightly brighter and a little more organized, but not this gang of six scooter riding robbers that had the gall…

Danny Kent, Jordi Torres and Axel Pons switch to NiTEK helmets

2 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo, Ricky Cardus and Juliàn Simòn aren’t the only riders to have changed helmet manufacturer for the upcoming racing season, three Moto2 riders, Jordi Torres (Mapfre Aspar), Danny Kent (Tech3) and Axel Pons (Tuenti HP40 Pons) have all decided…

Kawasaki videos nominated in International Advertising Awards

2 April, 2020
Two promotional videos for Kawasaki motorcycles, specifically regarding the Z800 and Ninja ZX-6R 636 have been nominated in the International Advertising Awards and are finalists to win the prestigious awards in the categories they’ve been entered in.New York Festivals has…

Max Biaggi still has to sign with Aprilia

2 April, 2020
The city of Noale, Aprilia’s home town, held a big bash for Max Biaggi and the manufacturer in the town’s historic square on Friday evening to celebrate the championship titles and we were expecting to hear the official news that…

Valentino Rossi to test Ducati GP12 at Mugello today

2 April, 2020
Ducati will be rolling out their GP12 today at the Mugello with Valentino Rossi getting in another day of testing on the new machine, the third day (after Jerez) of the eight testing days allotted to teams with their officially…

Andrea Dovizioso to present Argentina GP

2 April, 2020
As we already anticipated last September, the Autodromo di Termas de Rio Honda in Argentina will be hosting MotoGP racing from to 2013 to 2015 and Andrea Dovizioso will be the guest of honour to officially launch Argentina back on…

Valentino Rossi: Racing for Another 3 Years

2 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi has talked about his future in a long interview in this week’s Motosprint magazine that will leave his numerous fans happy, his haters unhappy and his many racing rivals wincing, because The Doctor has once again said that…

Joan Lascorz leaves intensive care unit

2 April, 2020
Kawasaki Provec Racing has released a new statement (in Spanish) regarding the condition of its rider Joan Lascorz following his serious accident during World Superbike testing at Imola.The new press release reports that Lascorz is now breathing unaided and is…

Ratthapark Wilairot to ride in World Supersport in 2014

2 April, 2020
Thai rider Ratthapark Wilairot will be returning to action, but this time he'll not be in Moto2 but competing in the 2014 World Supersport championship.Last August it was announced that Wilairot would be retiring from racing (after 105 races between…

Danny Webb and Marcel Schrotter to ride for Mahindra 125cc team

2 April, 2020
Indian manufacturer Mahindra has officially unveiled their upcoming racing team with riders Marcel Shrotter and Danny Webb to be fielded in the team’s debut in the 125cc class, with the bike designed and developed by Italy’s Engines Engineering.“I have joined…

Maxime Berger joins Yamaha France GMT94 team

2 April, 2020
After spending two seasons in World Superbikes with two teams that folded, Supersonic and Effenbert Liberty and then with Red Devils Roma as a replacement rider for injured Niccolò Canpea, Maxime Berger’s future will see him contesting in the 2013…

GP Commission confirms new testing rules in 2014

1 April, 2020
Late last month there were rumors that the GP Commission was set on changing the 2012 rules regarding MotoGP testing which was previously limited only by the number of tires, and following the Qatar GP weekend, the GP Commission (Dorna,…

Kenny Noyes gets a new Moto2 GP ride

1 April, 2020
When Moto2 team Jack&Jones by Antonio Banderas folded at the beginning of December, Kenny Noyes and Gabor Talmacsi were suddenly jobless and searching for other options.While Talmacsi is still deciding what to do with his future, Kenny Noyes has found…

Stefan Bradl visits the University of Texas

1 April, 2020
Before the start of the Austin GP, Stefan Bradl and Livio Suppo (HRC Team Principal) met with 200 students at the University of Texas taking part in an Engineering Lecture which deeply impressed the US students fascinated by the Honda…

H.O.G. heaven: Pope Francis blesses Harley-Davidson bikers

1 April, 2020
Othodox Catholics probably turn up their noses and counted rosary beads, as they saw thousands of Harley-Davidson leather and vest clad bikers invade Via della Conciliazione and Saint Peter’s Square to be blessed by Pope Francis yesterday, ahead of the…

Nicky Hayden confirmed with Ducati for 2013

1 April, 2020
After Mugello there were several rumors that Nicky Hayden would be re-signing with Ducati and just before this morning’s first free practice at Laguna Secma it was officially confirmed that American rider will spend another season with the Italian factory…

Jonas Folger to ride for MZ Racing in Moto3

1 April, 2020
125cc rider Jonas Folger a tested MZ Racing Moto2 during the Valencia test last November and competed in the final Moto2 CEV race of the season (18th) seemed destined to make the move to Moto2, however the 18-year old German…

Schumacher Test Rides Again

1 April, 2020
Seven times Formula1 champion Michael Schumacher whose love of motorcycles is almost as big as his love for cars, got another chance to test ride two other superbikes at the newPortimao circuit; Troy Bayliss’s title winning Ducati and Noriyuki Haga’s…