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Luca Scassa to Wildcard in Portugal?

16 April, 2020
The newly crowned Italian Superbike Champion, Luca Scassa who after winning the title with his Agusta F41000 R, also had another big wish, that was to ride at least once against 3 times World Champion Troy Bayliss. The young rider’s…

MotoGP Assen – Rider Quotes

16 April, 2020
Rider quotes after today’s MotoGP race at the Assen circuit. If you’re wondering why Marco Melandri is never present in the quotes, the reason is that the Hayate Racing Team to cut down on operating costs does not have a…

MotoGP: Fiat Yamaha Team Lupin III design

16 April, 2020
Here’s the Yamaha YZR–M1, number 48 from the Fiat Yamaha Team. It has some impressive livery, as ridden by Jorge Lorenzo in the Motegi GP.The Lupin III image was designed for the occasion by the Centro Stile Fiat Automobiles (Fiat…

Nicky Hayden Admits Being Scolded for GP10 Pic

16 April, 2020
Remember Nicky Hayden posting on his personal website the photo of the Ducati Desmosedici GP10 and that it hit every motorcycle website in the world?Well if you head over to Hayden’s website you’ll find that the photo has been removed…

Valentino Rossi Bicycle Collection

16 April, 2020
The fact that the 8 times World Champion, Valentino Rossi is a virtual gold mine when it comes to endorsements is a well known, besides all his VR46 tagged merchandise that includes T-shirt, caps, cell phone covers and lately even…

Mini Swarovski tune-up

16 April, 2020
The guys at Deluxeblog.it have sent us this strange creation from designer Marco Mehn, who has decorated a Mini Cooper S with 40,000 Swarovski crystals. If you were looking for some exclusive Mini tuning, you could be on the right…

Valentino Rossi's Ferrari 458 VR46 livery

16 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi will be making his first public appearance following his controversial comments in Qatar during the Blancpain Endurance Series this weekend at Monza where he’ll be racing a Kessel Racing specially prepared Ferrari 458 sponsored by his own company…

Alstare Suzuki pulls out of World Superbikes

16 April, 2020
The last time we heard from Alstare Suzuki team owner Francis Batta regarding his 2012 plans was just last month when he was confirmed that he would be staying in World Superbikes with Suzuki and was even looking into expanding…

Victoria Beckham learns to Ride

16 April, 2020
You wondering what a picture of Victoria Beckham who usually graces the pages of our Gossipblog is doing on Twowheels? It seems that ex-Spice Girl will be joining the ever increasing number of female celebrities who enjoy motorcycle riding. Her…

Jorge Lorenzo wins drama packed Misano MotoGP race

16 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo took a commanding, solitary and probably the easiest win of the season at the Misano World Ciruit Marco Simoncelli today and which could be the turning point of the championship, after Dani Pedrosa suffered a hard blow to…

Chinese police ride Aprilia Mana 850

16 April, 2020
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on a state visit to China was escorted by Chinese police and a crew of 30 Aprilia Mana motorcycles used by Chongqing police. The Aprilia Mana 850’s are part of a new Chinese…

Winery tours on a motorcycle

16 April, 2020
Have you always wanted to do a motorcycle wine tour? It’s not easy to plan, considering you’ll either have to limit your wine tasting or be a passenger while someone else gets to do the riding. It’s not previously an…

Phillip Island circuit gets complete facelift (w/video)

16 April, 2020
The iconic Australian circuit of Phillip Island has just received a major resurfacing job after 14 years of steady use.The cost of operation on the 4.445km track was $3 million AUD and now retired two-time World Champion Casey Stoner -…

Marco Melandri gets suspended sentence for tax evasion

16 April, 2020
Tax evasion in Italy is pandemic and estimated to be over 150 billion euros (the fiscal burden has now reached on average 55 percent of tax payers income) and to fight the debt crisis, the technocratic government run by Mario…

Noriyuki Haga to wild card at Donington in WSBK?

16 April, 2020
Following the recent announcement that Swan Yamaha’s reigning BSB champion Tommy Hill and Noriyuki Haga will be taking part in the 35th Edition of the Suzuka 8 Hours with the Monster Energy Yamaha YART team in July, there are now…

2009 Chinese Motorcycle Show Video

16 April, 2020
We can hardly wait for next month’s EICMA Show in Milan to see the uveiling of some some of those new bikes that we have seen spyshots of, but while we’re waiting, why not check out what the other side…

MV Agusta Brutale 1090R 'Phatos' by Officine GP Design

16 April, 2020
Italian customizer Officine GP Design introduces a pretty interesting ’special bike’ based on the 2012 MV Agusta Brutale 1090R and re-dubbed ‘Phatos’. This classy model comes with a pretty evident 70s flavour to it, and is the brainchild of brothers…

Max Biaggi reads and responds to Jonathan Rea

16 April, 2020
Let’s specify upfront that the incident between Jonathan Rea and Max Biaggi during race 1 at Miller Motorsports Park was just a racing incident and since the cameras didn’t catch it we can only speculate on who was right and…

Special Coin to Mark Suzuki's 50th Anniversary at the TT

16 April, 2020
Suzuki made its international motorcycle racing debut in the Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) race in 1960. To celebrate this, the Isle of Man has marked the 50th anniversary of Suzuki’s TT debut with the issue of a commemorative…

Noriyuki Haga in British Superbikes?

16 April, 2020
When Pata Racing announced that they had signed Lorenzo Zanetti for the upcoming Superbike season many fans were left wondering where Noriyuki Haga would be heading.Persistant rumors put the Samurai of Slide in a new team put together by DFX…

Malcolm Stewart and Josh Cachia in Australia (w/video)

16 April, 2020
If you enjoyed seeing Red Bull slo-mo video of James ‘Bubba’ Stewart earlier this morning, this promo video by JDR Motorsports dubbed Dream Ride will make you green with envy.Filmed in the rain forest of Cairns in Australia, it stars…

More MotoGP testing days approved

16 April, 2020
IRTA and MSMA have finally come to their senses and have decided to increase the number of MotoGP testing days for the 2011 season. The teams and riders had been asking more testing day since the 2009 and 2010 rules…