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Gabor Talmacsi's racing career at a crossroads

29 March, 2020
Gabor Talmacsi’s racing career is at a crossroads. The former 125cc World Champion finished 6th in this year’s Moto2 championship with Fimmco SpeedUp and was set to race the 2011 season with the Jack&Jones by Antonio Banderas squad.Unfortunately, the 29-year…

Red Devils Roma may field two riders in WSBK in 2013

29 March, 2020
World Superbike Red Devils Roma Ducati team has picked up an important sponsorship deal with Italian holding firm General Invest that will back the team for the final three rounds of this season and more importantly confirms the team will…

Indonesia to host World Superbikes for five years

29 March, 2020
The President of Infront Motor Sports, Maurizio Flamini has officially announced that World Superbikes will be returning to Indonesia (Sentul last hosted a WSBK event in 1997) in 2013 and has signed a five year contract to host the event…

Silly Season: Ducati offers a Blank Cheque to Valentino Rossi?

29 March, 2020
We thought that silly season had died down with Valentino Rossi out of action, and everyone involved was now finally working quietly behind the scenes, but apparently we were wrong, because Spanish website motocuatro.com citing RTVE MotoGP commentator and journo…

Monster Energy to sponsor Yamaha Factory team

29 March, 2020
Following the rumors that Yamaha had bought out Jorge Lorenzo’s personal sponsor RockStar to make way for Monster Energy who wanted to co-sponsor the entire team, today Yamaha Factory Racing officially announced that they signed a two-year sponsorship and partnership…

Dirt-RAD by Radical Ducati

29 March, 2020
Sooner or later, it was bound to happen anyway. For once, Pepo Rosell and Reyes Ramon of renowned aftermarket company Radical Ducati put their love for the Italian desmo machines aside and turned their attention to a Japanese motorcycle from…

Aprilia Dorsoduro Factory local pricing

29 March, 2020
The Aprilia Dorsoduro Factory will be available on the Italian market this month, with local pricing released and an offer “you can’t refuse” for March only. Until March 31, the Dorsoduro Factory will be available with sports slip-on exhaust for…

Schumacher pulls out of IDM Superbike

29 March, 2020
Former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has called off plans to race this weekend at Lausitzring in Germany in the German IDM Championship on a Honda CBR1000RR with Holzhauer Racing.Schumacher crashed in February while testing on the track in Cartagena,…

Ben Spies decides to leave Yamaha!

29 March, 2020
Ben Spies has made a shock announcement via email to American website SuperbikePlanet.com that he will be leaving Yamaha’s factory MotoGP team at the end of the season, and suprisingly the announcement comes ahead of his home race at Laguna…

Gabor Talmacsi to test Kawasaki ZX-10R at Sepang

29 March, 2020
Gabor Talmacsi may be at a crossroads in his career, but not wanting to leave any stone unturned and despite revealing that the World Superbike championship is hardly known in his native Hungary. Talmacsi is still deep in talks with…

Andrea Iannone's Misano Step Up 4 Revolution livery

29 March, 2020
Andrea Iannone will be debuting a new livery on his Speed Master bike for this Misano GP. The livery is promoting the movie Step Up 4 Revolution 3D that will be released in Italy on October 4th.Iannone who will be…

BMW R 1200 GS "Tom Lüthi Edition"

29 March, 2020
The 2012 Swiss-Moto show will be opening its doors in Zurich on February 16th and BMW Motorrad will be bringing a special edition of the R 1200 GS ABS dedicated to Switzerland’s most famous rider, Tom Lüthi. This special model…

Pol Espargaro joins Yamaha Tech3 for two seasons

29 March, 2020
Following the official announcement that Cal Crutchlow will be riding for Ducati for the next two seasons, Yamaha has officially announced that Moto2 rider Pol Espargaro will be racing in MotoGP next season, and as expected for the Monster Yamaha…

A Decade in MotoGP (w/video trailer)

29 March, 2020
After watching this video trailer by Duke, A Decade in MotoGP 2002-2012 this is going to straight onto my Christmas shopping list. A Decade in MotoGP, is a 109 minute official documentary that has got it all. Covering the history…

Yamaha previews 2012 livery for sponsors and partners

29 March, 2020
Yamaha MotoGP fans will have to wait until official Jerez test in ten days time before seeing the 2012 YZR-M1 livery, but nearly fifty Yamaha Team sponsors, suppliers and partners got a full preview yesterday in an exclusive event that…

MotoGP viewing numbers also drop in Spain

29 March, 2020
If MotoGP viewing audiences in Italy dropped for the evening races in Qatar, Spain’s numbers weren’t that much better, despite the fact that Spanish riders won in all three classes.MotoGP this year is being broadcasted by Spain’s Telecinco (Mediaset) and…

Ducati and Mercedes announces partnership

29 March, 2020
The new Ducati Diavel made its North American debut in Los Angeles alongside the new Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG and look who was on hand to do the promo work and confirm the AMG Mercedes will infact be partnering Ducati.The…

Ducati 2012 Streetfighter 848 revealed

29 March, 2020
Well Nicky Hayden teased it last week from Bologna saying that Ducati would be revealing a new bike on Monday (which everyone knew would be the Streetfighter 848), and he was right.Here’s the first official images of the Italian manufacturers…

Karel Abraham gets his bachelor degree in law

29 March, 2020
In Europe most riders start very young with their careers and end up sacrificing part their education as they try to attend high school or get their GED’s, but not Karel Abraham. The Czech rider who finished 9th in his…

Maverick Vinales gets green light for Qatar

29 March, 2020
This year’s Moto3 title favourite Maverick Vinales will be competing in the opening round of the 2013 Moto3 championship at Losail, Qatar.The Team Calvo rider lost the tip of his middle finger of his right hand following a crash during…

25th Anniversary Suzuki GSX-R1000

29 March, 2020
Suzuki will be producing a special limited edition GSX-R1000 commemorating the 25th anniversay of the GSX-R series.This limited edition (only 1000 units will be produced bearing a serial number plate) comes in Metallic Mat Titanium Silver and Pearl Mirage White…

Aleix Espargaro gets okay for Laguna Seca GP

29 March, 2020
Aleix Espargaro has gotten the green light from his doctor and will be racing at Laguna Seca this upcoming weekend.The Pramac Ducati rider was suspected of having sustained a vertebra fracture after crashing into Randy DePuniet’s Honda, but his doctor…