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Laguna Seca also added to World Superbike 2013 calendar

20 March, 2020
Just hours after announcing that Jerez de la Frontera will be added to the 2013 World Superbike Championship calendar, Infront has now announced that the championship will be returning to the famed Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and the event will…

Aprilia's new 1200cc V-twin project

20 March, 2020
At the Dorsoduro presentation in Rome, Aprilia has released details of its new 1200cc V-twin model. In big news from Noale both a 1200cc Shiver and Dorsoduro have been confirmed. Departing with the 1200 already in mind, the same motorcycles…

BMW Concept Ninety unveiled in Villa d'Este: pics and info

20 March, 2020
In order to further celebrate its 90th birthday, BMW Motorrad showed up at the recent Concorso d’Eleganza in Villa d’Este - which took place this weekend in Cernobbio, Italy - with a brand new concept bike, aptly renamed Concept Ninety.…

Aprilia launches new website for 2013 SBK team presentation

20 March, 2020
Thursday February 7th at 11:30 am (CET), at the Spazio Broletto (Piaggio Group’s show room) in Milan, Aprilia will be officially presenting their 2013 World Superbike team, with Eugene Laverty and Sylvain Guintoli and taking the wraps off the livery…

New Circuit of Wales gets Dorna's approval

20 March, 2020
Despite talks of opening MotoGP to new venues in South American and the Far East to cash in on the booming motorcycle markets, Dorna still remains very Eurocentric, as Carmelo Ezpeleta visited the new proposed Circuit of Wales facility that…

Ducati Leans Over With Piega Wine

20 March, 2020
Ducati isn’t new to in bringing wine into their merchandising line, the Desmorosso was the first red wine that Ducati licensed, but during this year’s World Ducati Week, the Italian manufacturer introduced two brand new wines, the Piega (lean angle…

Yamaha getting into the Moto3 game

19 March, 2020
Yamaha’s Masao Furusawa may be retiring in a month and half, but the driving force behind Yamaha’s MotoGP racing effort has revealed that the Iwata company has started a Moto3 project.Moto3 will be replacing the present 125cc class next year…

Official: Ducati confirms Ben Spies and Andrea Iannone

19 March, 2020
It wasn’t exactly a state secret, so the fact that Ducati has officially announced that Ben Spies and Andrea Iannone will be riding for Pramac Racing in 2013, will no longer be a big surprise for anyone after all the…

Crutchlow Fastest on Final Day of Testing at Misano

19 March, 2020
The final day of WSBK testing at the Misano World Circuit saw Cal Crutchlow come out on top in the unofficial test times, with the riders working ahead of finding a good set-up for next week’s eighth championship round.Crutchlow stopped…

The three 2010 World GP Champions talk about love and racing

19 March, 2020
Spain wiped up this year’s Grand Prix World Championships, dominating all three classes with Jorge Lorenzo taking the MotoGP title, Toni Elias the Moto2 one and Marc Marquez in 125cc and even the runner-ups were all of Spanish nationality, so…

FIM CDI rules against Aprilia's Monza appeal

19 March, 2020
The FIM CDI has finally made their decision and has rejected Aprilia's appeal regarding the results of race 2 at the Monza round last May. Aprilia had initially protested that Tom Sykes had cut the Variante della Roggia in a…

Jorge Lorenzo is now officially a Rockstar

19 March, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo has already done an ad for Rockstar Energy Drink, he’s never taken off his starred logo cap during his promo tour in Indonesia and Bali and during his vacation, wearing it every single moment of the day (check…

Aspar picks up Bel-Ray as sponsor for all three of his teams

19 March, 2020
Leading US based lubricant company Bel-Rey has confirmed a three-year partnership deal with Team Aspar to supply the oil to Aspar’s MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 teams.For the 2012 racing season, Team Aspar will consist of Hector Faubel and Alberto Moncayo…

Liberty Racing concludes 2 day test at Guadix

19 March, 2020
World Superbike newbie team Liberty Racing has concluded a private two day test session at the Spanish circuit of Gaudix. Jakub Smrz spent the test familiarizing himself with the upgraded electronics on his Ducati 1198 F10, while French rider Sylvain…

Moto Morini Update

19 March, 2020
Moto Morini must have received dozens of phone calls today asking them if they actually shut down production after thatFrench website motorevue revealed that the company had closed down.Our Italian cousins over at Motoblog and English website MCN have both…

Valentino Rossi takes 2nd in Monza Rally Show

19 March, 2020
Trying to follow the 9 times World Champion Valentino Rossi during his off season R&R is turning us into a fourwheel blog.The always eclectic Rossi, after organizing the Motocross dei Campioni charity event two weeks ago and then taking part…

Ducati Alstare's Checa and Badovini injury updates

19 March, 2020
The first round of the World Superbike season at Phillip Island - and even pre-season testing - was disastrous for Ducati Alstare team, Ayrton Badovini missed both races after crashing in practice and breaking his foot and team mate Carlos…

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…