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WSBK Donington: Carlos Checa dominates race 2

13 April, 2020
Race 2 at Donington Park was a little less exciting than race 1, but Althea Ducati’s Carlos Checa once again showed why he was the favourite to win at the English track after dominating in yesterday’s Superpole. The Spaniard had…

Dani Pedrosa's Crash Video from Silverstone

13 April, 2020
Dani Pedrosa’s crash in the final seconds of yesterday’s qualifying session at Silverstone scared the bejesus not only out of his fans, but also out of Dorna who could have ended up minus another “alien” on a very anorexic grid.…

Marc Marquez to debut with Monlau team

13 April, 2020
This year’s 125cc World champion Marc Marquez will be making the jump to the Moto2 series and will get his first test with the Monlau Competicion team tomorrow at Jerez.The 17-year-old has decided to stay with his mentor Emilio Alzamora…

Photo of the day: the pink pather rides again

13 April, 2020
As the guys over at motoblog.it said, this is one of the very rare cases in which they would be happy to be the passenger. This may be a fashion statement, but I wonder if your bum doesn’t get cold…

From Sydney to London on a postal bike

13 April, 2020
There are plenty of legendary world motorcycle trips being completed by people to make multiple books and films over the next few years, but this one we just had to share. One intrepid traveller is making his way from Sydney…

Valentino Rossi Ducati Art collection by Pat Kuleta

13 April, 2020
Ducati and Cultwork, the official licensee for Ducat Art have teamed up again for another new and exciting art collection, this time dedicated to nine times World Champion Valentino Rossi. The series is by Polish expressionist artist Pat Kuleta, who…

Red Bull X-Fighters scenes from Rome: Nate Adams wins

13 April, 2020
US freestyle rider Nate Adams has won the Red Bull X-Fighters Rome stop, cementing his first place in the overall classification. He was followed on the podium by Andre Villa in second place and Josh Sheehan in third place. The…

Spider Abarth: close relative of the future Lotus Elise?

13 April, 2020
This a rumour too juicy to be denied: or better, a dream, even a mirage. But if it’s true… According to reports from Leftlane, following more on Abarth rumours, Fiat could have reached an agreement to develop its future spider…

Ooh la la, the paddock and grid girls from Magny Cours

13 April, 2020
To end the World Superbike weekend at Magny Cours, we’ve got another gallery of images with some of the best looking paddock and grid girls for you to enjoy.Check ‘em out and you’ll also be saying ooh la la.

Ducati goes naked with Elizabeth Raab's photography

13 April, 2020
You’ve already seen a post on the Ducati Art Collection, with the “Honour&Glory” tribute to Troy Bayliss, now the company is adding Elizabeth Raab’s “Desmo” gallery to their collection,Raab, a photographic artist specialized in automotive and creative portraiture imagery, with…

Jorge Lorenzo: "I had a big white shark in my tank"

13 April, 2020
Like we said before, Jorge Lorenzo is always available and game to anything, and today the World Champion wanted to bid farewell to 2010 with a swim in the Barcelona Acquarium’s shark tank, where he planted his Lorenzo’s Land, in…

Husqvarna 900 design video

13 April, 2020
After the first Husqvarna 900 pics emerged, debate as to the merits and beauty of the thing kicked off straight away. In this video we get to hear it all from the horse’s mouth as Husqvarna explains the philosophy behind…

The Helmet with blue LED lights/ video

13 April, 2020
Probably the whole idea got prompted by the Tron Legacy movie, the sequel to the 1982 science fiction film Tron, one of the most popular sci-fi movies of the 80s. Inspired by what he had seen on the big silver…

Audi S3 Convertible: the firtst spy shots

13 April, 2020
Today we can show you the very first spy photos of the all new Audi A3 Convertible, though that is not totally accurate: the pictured mulein fact is not the ‘normal’ A3 Cabrio, it is the 300 horsepower strong S3…

Give motorists a second thought

13 April, 2020
Cars, motorbikes, speed, regulations, collisions: call it “traffic”?We are all involved with traffic and it’s not so easy to move around perfectly. The Department for Transport in the UK provides a serie of optical illusions to demonstrate how difficult it…

Colin Edwards one man show at Silverstone (w/videos)

13 April, 2020
When Colin Edwards busted his collarbone during Friday practice at Catalunya, he just wanted to go home to his wife and three kids, but then changed his mind and wanted to try to race at Silverstone and it was the…

Video: Marco Melandri testing in Portimao

13 April, 2020
Marco Melandri’s shoulder surgery just before Christmas left many in doubt if he would able to ride his Yamaha R1 during the Portimao test, but the former MotoGP rider who was at the Portuguese circuit for the first time finished…

Marco Simoncelli demonstrates ABS safety technology

13 April, 2020
Honda Motor Europe seems to have a wicked sense of humor, they had Marco Simoncelli take part in the 2011 eSafety Challenge event that took place earlier this week in Vienna, Austria.Simoncelli who has been accused of everything but being…

Jaguar XKR 75 beats the Porsche 911 GT3

13 April, 2020
Is it me or do the guys at Autocar get to try all the cool cars? This 90-second video review details the new Jaguar XKR 75, described as Jaguar’s fastest production car. Not only that, but according to this review,…

Ben Spies: "At least we’ve won a race now!"

13 April, 2020
After a very weak start to the season riding the factory Yamaha and loosing a lot confidence after several crashes, but Ben Spies finally broke his duck today at Assen, to give us one of his stellar performances that many…

Man on Fire

13 April, 2020
Many of you may not know that MotoGP champion Barry Sheene once starred in a 1984 movie called Space Riders directed by Joe Massot and one the songs included in the soundtrack was Roger Taylor’s Man on Fire . Other…