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MotoGP – Rossi tames Sachsenring

26 April, 2020
Today’s race at the Sachsenring circuit was decided by 0,099 of a second and won by Valentino Rossi who held off his teammate Jorge Lorenzo to take his fourth victory of the season and also equal Giacomo Agostini’s record of…

The BMW S1000RR vs BMW M3 – video

26 April, 2020
We’ve seen literally hundreds of these type of videos, motorcycles vs cars and lately they seem to involve BMW’s S1000RR more than any other sports bike on the market.Whatever the reason that goes behind these type of ‘tests’, it’s always…

Andrea Dovizioso to test at Misano

26 April, 2020
Andrea Dovizioso will be postponing his vacation for a few days as he’s heading to the Misano race circuit for still another test session.The Ducati test team, with Michele Pirro, is already at the Italian circuit and they’ll be there…

Alitalia-Aprilia Racing Sponsorship

26 April, 2020
Italy’s national airline, Alitalia (CAI) as we all know by now, will be the title sponsor Aprilia’s World Superbike effort for the next two years.Alitalia, who is still in the red (on Tuesday there was a 4 hour strike) will…

Serious injury for Joan Lascorz during WSBK Imola test

26 April, 2020
At 12.54 today, just minutes before the end of morning session of official Superbike testing at Imola, Spanish rider Joan Lascorz lost control of his Kawasaki in the uphill section of the circuit from Tosa to Piratella and crashed. The…

Stuart Easton makes it 3 in a row at Macau (w/videos)

26 April, 2020
Stuart Easton took his third consective win at Macau GP today. The Scottish rider riding for Paul Bird Motorsport team won the gruelling road race, despite Michael Rutter on board the Team of Paris AXA Ducati, being tipped for the…

Ducati in the Land of Engines

26 April, 2020
Milt and Dylan Weiss from Twist the Throttle take you through the history of Ducati, from their first ever motorcyle, the Cucciolo to their iconic modern sportbikes, like the best selling Monster. The Weiss’s give you inside look of the…

The BMW GS Story Video

26 April, 2020
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of BMW’s GS series, the German manufacturer at the 2010 BMW Motorrad Days at Garmisch released this exciting video covering the history of the GS from the R80G/s to the latest R 1200 GS to…

Yamaha Triple Champ Competition

26 April, 2020
Yamaha has dominated the world racing scene in 2009 and to celebrate their World Titles in MotoGP with Valentino Rossi, Superbike with Ben Spies and Supersport with Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha Motor Europe is running an international competition where you could…

Royal Enfield Indian heritage video

26 April, 2020
The Royal Enfield name started out as a legendary English motorcycle manufacturer, before the enterprising Indian arm of the business carried on the brand after the English part shut up shop in 1971. That made for nearly 100 years of…

Bimota BB-2 e BB-3 "Paura" concepts by Oberdan Bezzi

26 April, 2020
We would like to introduce you to two brand new concepts from Italian designer Oberdan Bezzi: the Bimota BB-2 and BB-3 “Paura”, that Mr.Bezzi has conceived thinking about a possible partenership between the diminutive but renowned Italian manufacturer and the…

Marco Melandri about to sign with Kawasaki

26 April, 2020
Marco Melandri will ride in 2009 MotoGP with Kawasaki. Marco informed his decision to team chef Michael Bartholemy after Sunday’s last MotoGP race in Brno.Marco could also sign at the Honda Fausto Gresini, the Honda satellite team, but he toke…

KTM RC8 1190 Red Bull by ORCA

26 April, 2020
Take a look at the KTM RC8 Red Bull replica, by ORCA’. The French dealership is asking 17,900 euros for this black and orange job with plenty of special parts: fumè front cover, Akrapovic exhaust, alloy engine carter and many…

Video: Bell Custom 500 Open Face Helmet Skratch Deluxe LE

26 April, 2020
Last season Bell released their new Custom 500, this vintage looking open face helmet that pays direct homage to the original 500 helmet, that Bell founder Roy Richter Bell, who pretty much invented this type of helmet back using fiberglass…

Offroad helmet by Acerbis: On-Way

26 April, 2020
Acerbis is releasing its latest off-road helmet: the On-Way. We agree, it needs a name change, but you’ll be getting a competitively priced off-road helmet at about 100 euros so we figure we can put up with it. The On-Way…

Vyrus 987 C3 4V more (sexy) pics

26 April, 2020
Here are some more, even sexier pictures of the Vyrus 987 C3 4V in a professional beach photo shoot for the bike. Dubbed as the most powerful production bike ever (although reader figjam points out that title could go to…

Photo of the day: Valentino Rossi's Artichokati

26 April, 2020
We’ve seen motorcyle sculptures made with ice, sand or anything that can be molded into shape, but this has to be a first, Valentino Rossi’s Ducati made with artichokes.These photos were taken by Salvatore during the 61st Romanesco Artichoke Festival…

Photo of the Day: Someone Loves Rossi

26 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi, word cempion? Would somebody please give this guy an English dictionary?Thanks mwinani for the tip.Send your funny, bizarre or surprising pics to us and we’ll post them, with your name. We’d love to share what you guys find…

Opel Calibra back as Insignia coupe model

26 April, 2020
Opel-Vauxhall CEO Nick Reilly has confirmed that the Opel Calibra will be back as an Insignia-based coupé model. He says it will be inspired by the 2007 GTC Concept although there was no word on this year’s Opel GTC Concept.…

Yamaha V-Max to be revealed in Spain in June

26 April, 2020
Shown for the first time as a prototype at the Toyko show in 2005, the new Yamaha V-Max will be official come June 4. Reports come from the Spaniards over at Solomoto30.com, while the photos have been revealed by MCN.At…