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Injury updates on Nicky Hayden, Ben Spies and Casey Stoner

28 March, 2020
Following today’s MotoGP dramatic qualifying session at Indianapolis, that saw in Casey Stoner, Ben Spies and Nicky Hayden all suffer massive highside going towards turn 14, the three riders were all transferred to the Indianapolis Methodist Hospital to undergo further…

WSBK: Carlos Checa on Top on 1st Day of Testing

28 March, 2020
Althea Ducati’s Carlos Checa left the Valencia test the fastest on track and on the first day of WSBK official testing at Phillip Island, the Spanish rider came out again on the top of the charts, with a best time…

EU reviews power limits to motorcycles

28 March, 2020
The European Union is proposing new motorcycle laws that are likely to upset many riders, as plans are underway to introduce super sports bikes sold with a 100 hp limit to their performance. This limit has already been imposed for…

Tom Sykes to stay with Kawasaki in 2012

28 March, 2020
Kawasaki has announced that their rider line-up will not change in 2012, thus confirming Tom Sykes and Joan Lascorz for the upcoming World Superbike championship.While Lascorz was anticipated to remain with the Superbike team after Kawasaki decided to get more…

Intermot: new Ducati GT1000 Touring

28 March, 2020
Ducati is presenting the new Monster 1100 bike at Intermot but also the new GT1000 Touring. The new GT 1000 Touring is an evolution of the Sport Classic family in terms of its components and accessories. The bike has a…

Beanie helmets outlawed in Italy

28 March, 2020
If you were thinking of taking a motorcycle vacation in Italy next summer and wear a beanie helmet, leave it at home.Italy has outlawed beanie helmets for all motorcycle and scooter users with the new road safety code that went…

Chris Vermeulen to miss Silverstone round

28 March, 2020
If Chris Vermeulen’s 2010 WSBK season was interrupted due to his knee injury, this season isn’t going any better, because the Kawasaki rider will be sidelined for the upcoming WSBK Silverstone round due to ongoing injury.The Australian was able to…

Valentino Rossi, 20th highest paid athlete in the world

28 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi is the highest paid motorcycle racer in MotoGP (and the rest of the modern day racers can thank him when salary checks began going up back in the good old days, before the economic climate turned sour and…

Valentino Rossi gives his mom a Ducati Monster

28 March, 2020
What do you give your loving mom for a present? Flowers, chocolates, a Hermes scarf, a Prada handbag, nah, you give her Ducati Monster 696.That’s what Valentino Rossi decided to give his mom Stefania Palma who has always wanted one,…

Norton Commando 961 gets + People fashion makeover

28 March, 2020
Ahead of the 2012 Motor Bike Expo that takes place in Verona from January 20th to 22th, Motocicli Speciali of Cremona, Norton’s official importer in Italy has teamed up high end fashion brand + People created by Pier spa of…

Return of the Aspes brand after 27 years

28 March, 2020
The not-so-young will certainly remember teh Aspes brand, linked to the Yuma and Hopi models, and now we’ll have the chance to see them back on the market. Menzaghi Motors, from Varese in Italy has announced its acquisition of the…

Supersonic, Liberty Racing and Aprilia testing at Aragon

28 March, 2020
Not satisfied by the three day SBK test that was held at Portimao that was curtailed by rain two days out of three, Supersonic, Liberty Racing teams and Aprilia test rider Alex Hofmann are currently carrying out another two days…

Loris Capirossi to skip Motegi GP

28 March, 2020
Loris Capirossi will have to miss his last ever race in Japan.. The Pramac Ducati rider re-injured himself during last weekend’s Aragon GP when he clipped Toni Elias’s Honda in an overtaking pass and crashed out together with the Spaniard,…

MotoGP Interested in Imola Circuit?

28 March, 2020
Italian daily Il Resto del Carlino has reported that FIM’s Race Director Paul Butler has visited the Imola race circuit because it seems that Dorna is interested in bringing another MotoGP race to Italy.Butler seemed to approve the track and…

Carlos Checa gets a his own personal statue

27 March, 2020
If a small Italian town like Tavullia can get on the map because of Valentino Rossi, so can Sant Fruitos de Bages, in Catalunya.This Spanish town’s name to fame is that Carlos Checa was born there and they decided to…

More Pics of Rossi, Hayden and the Ducati GP11

27 March, 2020
Filippo Preziosi (preziosi btw means precious in Italian) has called the GP11 in these pics ’step zero’ because as he said during yesterday’s press conference “it represents the initial level from which we plan to evolve.” So that could mean…

Ducati GP11 testing underway at Jerez

27 March, 2020
Ducati has taken their two test teams to Jerez de la Frontera, which also includes team manager Vittoriano Guareschi who took off his official cap to don his rider’s helmet again, to help Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden in their…

Ben Spies and Andrea Iannone fighting to regain fitness

27 March, 2020
Pramac’s Andrea Iannone and Ben Spies may be smiling in this picture at the 2013 Wrooom, but the two riders are still fighting to regain fitness ahead of the first official MotoGP test at Sepang early next month.The MotoGP rookie…

Andrea Iannone to sit out Laguna Seca round

27 March, 2020
Pramac’s Andrea Iannone will be forced to skip this upcoming MotoGP round at Laguna Seca.The MotoGP rookie crashed his Ducati GP13 during the fourth free practice at Sachsenring, dislocating his right shoulder.The Clinica Mobile fixed the shoulder, but he was…

Robertino Pietri to wild card in MotoGP for Avintia Racing

27 March, 2020
After spending two seasons with Italtrans in Moto2 (and picking up a single point), 26-year old Robertino Pietri will be making the leap to the premier class after reaching an agreement with CRT Avintia Racing (formerly known as BQR) to…

Yamaha T-Max gets 50th anniversary GP livery paint job

27 March, 2020
Yamaha revealed the other day the special paint job that all their MotoGP team will be using for the Assen and Laguna Seca rounds to celebrate their 50th anniversary of GP racing.Not stopping at that, the manufacturer has also launched…

Hungarian MotoGP Round to be Cancelled

27 March, 2020
Balatonring Zrt, the event promoter for the Hungarian Grand Prix has spoken to MotoGP Rights Holders Dorna Sports requesting postponement of this year’s race until 2010. The decision to move back the September 20th race owes to a delay in…

Joan Lascorz transferred to Spain

27 March, 2020
Today Joan Lascorz will be returning to Spain. The unfortunate Kawasaki rider who was seriously injured during the Pirelli tire test at Imola on Monday and underwent a complex spinal surgery the same day, was flown with an air ambulance…