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Dani Pedrosa leads warm-up practice at Austin GP

14 April, 2020
This morning’s MotoGP warm-up practice was on a cool track and the 20 minute session for some it was just to refine the final set-up, but for those riders who had to find a better set-up after yesterday’s qualifying session…

Coriano Mayor asks fans to go to Misano circuit

14 April, 2020
The Mayor of Coriano is afraid that his small town (population 10,000) will be invaded by thousands of fans who want to pay their last respects to Marco Simoncelli, and has asked that fans instead head to the Misano World…

Yamaha debuts new Race-Blue livery for Misano GP

14 April, 2020
The Yamaha Factory Racing Team will run a special ‘Race-Blu’ livery for the Misano and Aragon Grand Prix race weekends. The unique livery, designed by Italian designer Aldo Drudi, features a contrasting combination of Yamaha Blue and matt grey bodywork,…

2013 WSS, Imola: Sam Lowes gets his 6th pole of the season

14 April, 2020
Lapping the Imola circuit in 1′50.404, Englishman Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Motosport Yamaha), current leader of the World Supersport Championship, earned himself today his sixth pole start of the season, the eleventh of his career in this class. The Lincoln-born rider…

WSBK Portimao: Smrz and Biaggi in a Tie in QP2

14 April, 2020
Jakub Smrz and Max Biaggi, the first on a private Ducati and the second on an official Aprilia ended up posting the same idential laps times in the second provisional qualifying session at Portimao.Smrz was the first to top the…

The social network helmet by Newmax (w/video)

14 April, 2020
If you can’t get enough of social networking from your computer, smartphone or tablet and also feel the need to comunicate to the world while your riding your two wheels, Newmax Helmets is filling in that void with their recently…

Julien Dupont takes on Berlin

14 April, 2020
Totally illegal, but totally fascinating the skills that urban freestyler Julien Dupont shows in his latest escapade in Berlin. Dupont’s rebel cry is ‘Ride the World’ and as always he does just that. The French rider hit Berlin to celebrate…

MotoGP Valencia: Nicky Hayden fastest in warm-up

14 April, 2020
Fifteen riders within a second could finally offer us some good and tight racing this afternoon at Valencia, with Nicky Hayden taking over the top of the timecharts in this morning’s MotoGP warm-up practice. The cooler temperatures let Hayden with…

Motorcycles and man's best friend

14 April, 2020
I found this pic on Flickr and love the fact that the dog is so out of proportion compared to the bike. If you’ve got any pics of your favourite two wheels and four legged friend, send them through; we’ll…

New Kawasaki Ninja ZX10R 2011 with Teaser Video

14 April, 2020
The new Green machine is coming! Kawasaki has released this official sketch of the all new Ninja ZX10R 2011 superbike and this teaser video that really doesn’t show us much, but the manufacturer from Akashi is betting on it and…

Making Potholes visible

14 April, 2020
The bane and cause of numerous two wheel accidents are those potholes that seem to appear overnight. It would be nice if they could be prevented in the first place or fixed as soon as they do appear, but in…

MotoGP Brno – Jorge Lorenzo leads FP1

14 April, 2020
It was Jorge Lorenzo who dominated the first MotoGP practice session in Brno this afternoon. Lorenzo stopped the clock at 1.56.595 and shattered the exsisting lap record while team mate and championship points leader Valentino Rossi was second at 1.56.994.…

Yamaha announces 2013 MotoGP team launch

14 April, 2020
Yamaha Factory Racing will be holding their official 2013 team launch during the final pre-season test at Jerez de la Frontera on March 22nd at 3pm (CET) when they will present reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo and nine-time World Champion…

Max Biaggi: My heir in WSBK? It could be Rossi

14 April, 2020
Max Biaggi decided to hang up his lid after winning his second World Superbike title and the 41-year old Roman Emperor is now a very rich, famous and retired pensioner, and 100% family man who will have the luxury of…

John McGuinness wins 2009 TT

14 April, 2020
John McGuinness won a record breaking 2009 Dainese Superbike TT yesterday and celebrated his 15th career TT win on the Isle of Man.McGuiness did three laps of the six, averaging more than 130mph, setting a new lap record of 130.442mph…

Maria Herrera Muñoz to wildcard at Jerez GP?

14 April, 2020
Ana Carrasco will not be the only female riding in next week’s Moto3 race at Jerez de la Frontera according to French website GPinside.com, who is reporting that 16-year old Maria Herrera Muñoz will be getting a wildcard entry for…

Yamaha MotoGP racing diary video – episode 1

14 April, 2020
Yamaha’s MotoGP team has released this video, the first of a series that will take you behind the scenes this 2013 MotoGP season with exclusive interviews with the team members and what their jobs are and also watch them train…

Tom Sykes tops QP2 at Imola with record breaking lap

14 April, 2020
The newly asphalted Imola track let times drop significantly from last year, and in this morning’s QP2 Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes not only topped the timesheet but also broke the previous circuit lap record that was set by Jonathan Rea just…