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Air Bike : Running on Empty

16 April, 2020
A group of Indian engineering students have invented this unique pollution free bike which runs on compressed air and emits oxygen into the air. It’s an interesting idea, a little bulky and little slow, but it’s a begining, but I…

Rain hinders Casey Stoner's second Honda test at Motegi

16 April, 2020
Just like a month ago, rain once again hampered Casey Stoner's second test for Honda. The former two-time world champion returned to Motegi for another two-day (Wednesday and Thursday) development test.In his last test, that was also hindered by rain…

Ducati Desmosound ringtones now available

16 April, 2020
Hardcore Ducati fans are in for a treat, because if you’ve got one of their motorcycles, their clothing, their perfume, their Satellite U500 Ducati Toshiba laptop, or any other Ducati branded items, you can now get ringtones for your cell…

More Triumph Tiger teaser pics

16 April, 2020
Here are yet more pics of the Triumph Tiger out and about, showing both the standard, road-going Tiger 800 and the Tiger 800 XC loaded with all the luggage that will fit. The guys at Hell for Leather are saying…

Ben Spies reveals all his winning secrets

16 April, 2020
Here’s another awesome and funny video from Yamaha USA, starring WSBK sensation and points leader Ben Spies. ‘Elbowz’ spills the beans and lets everyone know his amazing and unbelievable secret of learning the layout of unknown tracks so fast, what…

McLaren MP4-12C Spyder features a folding hard-top mechanism

16 April, 2020
McLaren MP4-12C Spyder will feature a folding roof mechanism, consisting of three panels, which close overlapping each other. The images published by Autocar focus on the hard-top roof, main feature of the new sportscar from Woking, whose debut is set…

Scott Redding to test Suter-BMW bike at Valencia?

16 April, 2020
Scott Redding will be riding with the VDS Marc Moto2 team for the next two seasons and took a superb 2nd place podium at Phillip Island, may get a once in a life time opportunity according to Italian website gpone.com…

Traffic Lights for the Color Blind

16 April, 2020
This isn’t exactly motorcycle news, it’s goes more into the road safety category, but it’s interesting because three designers have come up with this brilliant idea, called UniSignal to help color blind riders and drivers (about 8% of the male…

Rider risk video series – a must see for any motorcycle rider

16 April, 2020
I have to admit that I admire the Australian government who seems to really care about their motorcyclists, because of the amount of money and effort they put into producing motorcycle safety videos.This newest series called Rider Risk comes from…

Casey Stoner, bookies hot favourite in 2012

16 April, 2020
The 2011 MotoGP season finished with a spectacular Casey Stoner having becoming the World Champion having dominated the entire season with his 10 wins, his six other podiums and having reached Mick Doohan’s pole position record of 12. While the…

MotoGP Aragon umbrella girls pics

16 April, 2020
We’re kicking off our photo coverage of the MotoGP Aragon with the lovely Spanish ladies of the paddock. This is one for all those guys who like their women Mediterranean. Coming up live race pics.Paddock Girls and Umbrella Girls MotoGP…

Marco Melandri diary: waiting for Mugello

16 April, 2020
Marco Melandri is preparing for the Mugello race, and has posted another diary entry on his site for his fans, after a period of silence in which he reveals he’s afraid of waking up from a dream. “Not even in…

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…