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The Usual Ducati Superbike Lament – The Twins are Penalized

16 April, 2020
Althea Ducati’s Carlos Checa and team owner Genesio Bevilacqua were more or less complaining that the twin cylindered Ducati’s are struggling against the four cylinders and they were lacking in acceleration and top speed and the current rules are penalizing…

Photo of the day: GP MX1 rider Ken De Dycker

16 April, 2020
We give you this brief rider profile and pic of Belgian professional motocross rider Ken De Dycker. Ken, number nine, was born on June 20th 1984 rides in the GP MX1 class with his Factory Suzuki RM-Z 450. Ken’s favourite…

Loris Baz gets Kawasaki Superbike ride?

16 April, 2020
It has yet to be officially confirmed but it looks like Loris Baz will be riding for Kawasaki’s World Superbike team in this weekend fifth round of the season at Donington Park.The highly popular French rider will be replacing injured…

Carlos Checa answers five questions

16 April, 2020
Carlos Checa left round one of the World Superbike championship at Phillip Island with a win and a DNF following a horrific highside in race 1 that would have sapped another rider not only physically, but also his confidence, but…

More rider quotes from MotoGP Estoril

16 April, 2020
We’ve got another batch of rider quotes following today’s third race of the MotoGP season at the Autodromo Fernando Pires da Silva at Estoril.Andrea Dovizioso - 4th “I am very satisfied with my performance in today’s race and particularly with…

Valentino Rossi on the Ducati GP12 – video and pics

16 April, 2020
Wow! We certainly didn’t expect that Ducati would reveal photos and a video with sound of the GP12 and Valentino Rossi in action to the watchful eyes of competitors and fans when they tested today at Jerez, but they did…

Paddock , Brolly and Grid Girls from Sachsenring

16 April, 2020
We’ve left the best for last from the racing weekend at Sachsenring. Paddock, brolly and grid girls here’s a choice gallery of pics that you can look at and enjoy.Imagine Marco Simoncelli explaining to his girlfriend that his sponsor ordered…

Julien Dupont tries out new KTM Freeride E

16 April, 2020
French urban trial and freestyle legend Julien Dupont has been showing us many jaw-dropping stunts throughout the years, and he is quite a popular character among extreme motorsports enthusiast around the world. This time time around he decided to give…

Give yourself a present: Cagiva 500 ex Kocinski on sale

16 April, 2020
If you’ve got a spare few thousand euro lying around or have just won the lottery and want to give yourself a present, you’ve come to the right place. Our reader Paperopoli has sent through this news from Classic Motorbikes…

Akrapovic exhibition

16 April, 2020
Celebrating 20 years of business this year is Akrapovic exhausts and to mark the event they’re having an exhibition of some of their contributions to racing motorcycles over the years. The exhibition is in Slovenia and we could think of…

Video: Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez in action at Sepang

16 April, 2020
Last year Repsol Honda showed us some onboard footage from Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner after the first Sepang test and this year is no different, only replace Stoner with MotoGP’s hottest rookie Marc Marquez, leave out the interviews, and…

More from the Motocross dei Campioni (w/videos)

16 April, 2020
We’ve got a couple more videos from the Motocross dei Campioni, 30 Years Later event. The one above is the most interesting because it’s a sort of backstage and Gianluca Alessandrini who made it, bled out all the colour and…

Daniel Pedrosa fastest on final day of testing at Valencia

16 April, 2020
While Yamaha had headed to Aragon to find some sun, the rest of the teams stayed in Valencia for the second and final day of testing at the Ricardo Tormo circuit.While the weather conditions at Valencia were again mixed, first…

Ducati: sales record continues in 2008

16 April, 2020
Again good news for the Ducati factory. After the news about the Monster 696 (the most sold bike in Italy in June) Ducati North Europe is announcing a new sales record. They sold 103 models in August, witch is a…

2009 Triumph Daytona 675 onboard video

16 April, 2020
This should give some adrenalin to Friday: an onboard video from the Triumph Daytona 675 2009, from Tor Sagen at Raptors&Rockets.The video was comes from the official press presentation at Cartagena and gives you a great idea of what a…

Max Biaggi is 2010 WSBK champion

16 April, 2020
The title of this post suggests that today’s race and the subsequent championship result for 2010 is simpler than it seems. Firstly, Carlos Checa continued his excellent form this weekend, winning Race 2 after a victory in Race 1 as…

New Ducati 1199 XTreme: leaked pic

16 April, 2020
What is it with Ducati names of late? After playing around with the dialect of Bologna to produce the Ducati Diavel (which we’re sure makes the baby boomers it’s aimed at feel all devilish….), we’re now apparently getting the Ducati…

Great Polini Minibike Cup

16 April, 2020
The Polini Minibike Cup has seen great success.All great pilots from today and the past started at early ages. Good physical condition, experience and a good feeling with the bike are the most important elements to develop great skills. A…

Aston Martin Carbon Black for DBS and V12 Vantage

16 April, 2020
The Aston Martin DBS and Aston Martin V12 Vantage will have a carbon black edition available from next month. In time for Christmas orders, the Aston Martin carbon fibre finish increases the appeal of the cars and reduces weight. Thanks…