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Valentino Rossi: "Our races have become boring"

15 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi has always been tipped to finish his racing career in World Superbikes and the former World champion has always followed the ‘other’ championship with close interest and almost every year rides down from Tavullia (and causing a small…

BMW S1000RR Superbike gallery from Intermot

15 April, 2020
Seeing this bike in the classic BMW white, red and blue is lovely, as we give you this gallery of the BMW S1000RR Superbike, revealed at Intermot 2008. The company will be making its debut in Superbike next year with…

A Kevin Schwantz Pass

15 April, 2020
Watching Kevin Schwantz ride back then was always pure excitement, but this pass between two riders on the straight is incredible.Thanks to Edu for the tip.

Suzuki GSR 750 and V-Strom 650 funny test rides (w/video)

15 April, 2020
My French is pretty well limited to the usual social amenities, hello, thank-you, where is the bathroom, ect, knowing how to count to one hundred, how to order off a menu and not find some reknowned ‘delicacy’ on my plate…

Audi S3 – first official photos

15 April, 2020
First official photos of the new Audi S3 from Auto Motor und Sport, while Audi’s press site still doesn’t have anything. Another embargo violation ? While wating for the english press release, here are some highlights.The S3 has a further…

SBK news: Smrz and Guandalini

15 April, 2020
Good news from the Italian Guandalini SBK Team. The Guandalini Team confirmed today at Twowheels, that Jakub Smrz signed again and will be racing in 2009 for the team from Bologna. Not really a big surprise, Kuba told before during…

Alvaro Bautista tops the charts in very wet FP2 at Valencia

15 April, 2020
If this morning’s MotoGP free practice at Valencia was difficult, this afternoon’s second free practice was even tougher with a fully wet track and it was Alvaro Bautista with his Rizla Suzuki who ended up being the fastest rider of…

Martinez vs Talmacsi: "Divorce" finalized

15 April, 2020
Jorge “Aspar” Martinez and Gábor Talmácsi held a press conference yesterday in Budapest to confirm that he and Talmácsi were unable to reach a common agreement on communication and media rights in Hungary that caused the Hungarian rider to pull…

Marco Simoncelli talks about RC213V test at Motegi

15 April, 2020
After having extended his contract with HRC and Gresini and taking an fourth place at the Motegi GP, Marco Simoncelli got his first taste of the RC213V at Motegi yesterday and the Italian seemed enthusiastic about Honda’s new prototype, however…

No Helmet Hair in 1978

15 April, 2020
A vintage Max Factor lipstick commercial that shows that back in 1978 women could ride bikes wearing wearing full make-up without it running and could they take off their lids and not have helmet hair.I don’t know about you other…

Yamaha XVS950A Midnight Star 2009 pics

15 April, 2020
The Yamaha XVS950A Midnight Star was recently presented to the media, and here we give you a full gallery of the cruiser. The Midnight Star is equipped with a twin cylinder V at 942 cc that offers plenty of torque.The…

Happy 90th birthday Geoff Duke /video

15 April, 2020
Today, March 29, 2013, Geoff Duke celebrates his 90th birthday. The legendary British rider, who dominated the scene in the early 50s with six world titles between 350 and 500 cc (including the ‘double‘ in 1951 with Norton and three…

Valentino Rossi Announces Yamaha Winners through Video

15 April, 2020
Remember the Yamaha Triple Champ Competition? Well, Yamaha has decided to have MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi announce the winners via another very cute little video. You had the chance to win a Rossi Fiat Yamaha YZF-R1 replica, a Ben…

Aprilia RSV4 Max Biaggi livery

15 April, 2020
It looks like the guys from MCN got themselves a sneaky preview of the Aprilia RSV4 superbike model, to be ridden by Max Biaggi in WSB 2009. What you see in the pictures here is a touch-up of the Aprilia…

Royal Enfield handpainting video

15 April, 2020
We recently reported on how Royal Enfield wants to expand its image and business, and this video shows us some of the craftsmanship that goes into the historic brand in the handpainting of a Royal Enfield fuel tank. It’s a…

Givi dirties the vespa with a new windshield

15 April, 2020
Givi has gone beyond. Its usual sober and practical style has been refreshed with a new windshield for the Vespa S50 and 125, characterised by a “dirty” but fashionable design.The screen is denoted by a dark serigraphic area (and therefore…

Pic of the day: Sbarro Aero

15 April, 2020
This is the Sbarro Aero by Franco Sbarro, the Italian born designer/engineer. As you can obviously tell this Sbarro machine is more about style than real-world practicality. It was presented the other day to promote the Essen Motorshow in Germany…

Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow entertain at Aragon

14 April, 2020
If you can get past the fact that while Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo were again one step above the others, the Motorland Aragon race except for the drama of the Ducati factory riders, was only livened up by Yamaha…

Casey Stoner announces retirement at the end of the season

14 April, 2020
Everyone will have to apologize to SoloMoto and Sportmediaset, because during today’s MotoGP pre-race conference at Le Mans, Casey Stoner made the shock announcement that he’ll be retiring from the sport at the end of this season.At Estoril, just two…

Supercross: James Stewart onboard footage from Phoenix (video)

14 April, 2020
Here is some pretty interesting footage shot by his majesty James “Bubba” Stewart himself during the second round of the 2012 Monster Energy Supercross series in Phoenix, Arizona, which took place last weekend. The whole video was shot with a…

BMW SCT 800 Superscooter design

14 April, 2020
This is Oberdan Bezzi’s vision of the new BMW maxi-scooter, the SCT 800 Superscooter. The sccoter has a twin cylinder, four valve engine of about 800cc, with power at nearly 70hp.The scooter shows the tipical BMW attention to detail in…