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Ducati 1098R Isle of Man TT bike: pic of the day

13 April, 2020
This Ducati 1098R will join other big-name manufacturers including BMW and KTM at the 2010 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. Aprilia is still missing from that list, but by the time everyone gets out on the track, we might not…

MotoGP Assen: Jorge Lorenzo Wins Again

13 April, 2020
If you were expecting a duel between Jorge Lorenzo and the rest of the aliens minus one at Assen, you can forget it, because the Fiat Yamaha rider got off the starting line never looking back until he crossed the…

56 points and five rounds to go: Lorenzo vs Pedrosa

13 April, 2020
There was nothing like a non-podium finish for Jorge Lorenzo at MotoGP Aragon race yesterday to have punters speculating about whether he will hold his championship position for 2010. 56 points in five rounds is a tall order for anyone…

Fun at Festa Ducati 2008

13 April, 2020
It was a great event at Festa Ducati, sunshine, Desmorosso,nice bikes and lots of fun!Festa Ducati Photos Koen

Aprilia dedicates site to RSV4

13 April, 2020
After yesterday’s video of the Aprilia RSV4, the company has dedicated a site to it snew bike: www.rsv4aprilia.com. It contains all materials, photos, videos and more on the new Superbike. We recommend a visit.

Yamaha MotoGP team starts livery hype (w/video)

13 April, 2020
If Ducati is hyping the presentation of the Desmosedici GP12 next Monday, Yamaha is doing the same for the 2012 YZR-M1 livery, that will be officially presented during the last pre-season MotoGP tests at Jerez de la Frontera March 23-25,…

Marco Melandri: "That's why I crashed at Monza"

13 April, 2020
Last week we posted the transcript from the wire tap regarding the Monza circuit scandal. The smoking gun revealed circuit directors knew that the asphalt had problems before the start of the World Superbike round, but kept quiet about it,…

Aprilia Millennium Technologies Team at Daytona

13 April, 2020
The new Factory Aprilia Millennium Technologies team finished in the top ten at the Daytona 200. This was the first ever race for the team and rider Chaz Davies besides finishing 7th also took the fastest lap of the event.…

Power Electronics Aspar team presentation

13 April, 2020
Yesterday evening at the Hotel Balneario de las Arenas in Valencia, Power Electronics Aspar Team officially presented Randy de Puniet and Aleix Espargaro and the 2012 race livery to the public (we already saw the new livery during the CRT…

WSBK Assen QP1 – Smrz leads the Way

13 April, 2020
This afternoon’s qualifying practice on the slightly modified Assen circuit, more or less confirmed what happened during the earlier free practice, except that Czech rider Jakub Smrz on his privateer Pata B&G Ducati snatched the top spot from Hannspree Ten…

Gigi Dall'Igna denies any Aprilia wrongdoings

13 April, 2020
When yesterday’s rumor broke that Aprilia had run a slightly different fuel injection pump on Max Biaggi’s RSV4 at Assen, and that the Italian manufacturer had been warned to replace it with the original homologated one mounted on their street…

Ducati 696 most sold bike in Italy in June

13 April, 2020
“The new Ducati 696 Monster is the most sold bike in Italy in June”. This are the words from Gabriele Del Tochio, CEO of Ducati Motor and he wrote it on the Ducati Desmoblog.Gabriele is very happy about the result…

Piaggio MP3 Hybrid to be launched soon

13 April, 2020
According to the Solomoto30 magazine, Piaggio’s three wheeled hybrid scooter, the MP3 Hybrid, will soon be ready for production.The hybrid scooter was presented at the 2008 Eicma show in Milan and is equipped with two engines: a four stroke, Leader…

Marc Marquez quickest in Misano post-race test

13 April, 2020
After taking second in the San Marino GP on Sunday, Repsol Honda rookie Marc Marquez took over the timesheets in the official post race test at the Misano today.Marquez moved ahead on the timesheets with his last flying lap of…

Valentino Rossi Admits he's only 65% Fit for Mugello GP

13 April, 2020
In yesterday’s pre-event press conference at the Mugello, Valentino Rossi revealed what was floating around the web this past week, that his shoulder injury picked up in a motocross accident more than a month ago is more serious than what…

Valentino Rossi laughs off Casey Stoner's attack

13 April, 2020
One of the hottest stories ahead of this weekend’s Indianapolis GP is MCN’s interview with reigning World Champion Casey Stoner, which will no doubt make this mid August summer day even hotter and turn tomorrow’s pre-event press conference into a…

Chris Vermeulen expects to be back by January (w/video)

13 April, 2020
Chris Vermeulen expects to be able to return to the track to begin testing Kawasaki’s 2011 ZX-10R early January. So far the testing of the new racing superbike has been carried out by Tom Sykes and Katsuaki Fujiwara.The Aussie who…

New Citroen C3: waiting for the debut at the end of 2009

13 April, 2020
The latest spy pictures by now date back to November 2008, but the developments of the next generation Citroen C3, awaiting the exclusive DS3, haven’t stopped. Actually the next C3 will recapture some stylistic aspects from this latest model, keeping…

MotoGP Donington -Dani Pedrosa leads the way in FP1

13 April, 2020
Dani Pedrosa set the fastest lap time in the dying seconds of the session to clock a best time of 1.38.627 in Friday’s practice at Donington Park. A heavy rain shower during the 125cc session left the track wet for…

Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi happy with Aragon test

13 April, 2020
After finishing on top of the timesheets in the official post-race test in Barcelona on Monday, Jorge Lorenzo continued his perfect record during the private test at the Motorland Aragon circuit today.Lorenzo was able to lap under Casey Stoner’s 2011…

Meet Flossie, the Motorcycle riding Robot

13 April, 2020
When motorcyle racing teams will get tired of prima donna racers, riders who want pay increases and complain about this and that, Flossie could well become the answer in a not to distant future.Castrol, the makers of synthetic oil have…