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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…

2011 AGV helmet range

13 April, 2020
The 2011 AGV helmet range includes some hot models from offroad to urban and superbike use. The new offroad helmet is the AGV AX-8. It’s a high tech model in an angular design with front and rear air vents. Three…

Meet the Yamaha MotoGP team in 'A Few Good Men'

13 April, 2020
Ever wonder just how many people are behind a MotoGP team? Check out this cute little video that Yamaha released dubbed ‘A Few Good Men‘ from last week’s official MotoGP test at Sepang.It covers both Jorge Lorenzo’s and Valentino Rossi’s…

2010 Honda CB1300S and VT750S

13 April, 2020
The Honda CB1300S ABS and VT750S for 2010 will be available from this month in Europe. The Honda CB1300S ABS is a maxi-naked bike with 1300cc, four cylinder in-line engine with PGM-F1 electronic fuel injection. The Honda VT750S on the…

Casey Stoner takes a shot at the number of races in Spain

13 April, 2020
Casey Stoner will be retiring after this weekend’s season final at Valencia, but the Repsol Honda rider couldn’t resist giving another barbed comment over Dorna’s politics which he hates and this time he turned his attention on the fact that…

Aprilia RS4 video

13 April, 2020
Every kid’s dream is every parent’s nightmare, even if your dad is a motorcycle nut, too. The new Aprilia RS4 is just like a mini RSV4 and we’d give just about anything to be young again to have this kind…

KTM Duke 690 R and SX-F 350 Factory at EICMA

13 April, 2020
KTM has some lovely bikes at the EICMA show in Milan, and despite the economic crisis has turned up in all seriousness to display some fine models. The main news from KTM is the new Duke 690 R sports version…

Arai RX-7 GP Limited Edition TT Series

13 April, 2020
Love watching the Isle of Man’s Tourist Trophy? With the 2010 races kicking off in just 64 days, Arai Helmets and the Isle of Man TT organization have decided to sponsor three special Isle of Man TT tribute edition helmets…

Will Haga replace Troy in 2009?

13 April, 2020
News that Noriyuki Haga will be the replacement for Troy Bayliss in 2009 and will ride the Ducati Xerox bike is on the verge of being confirmed.This latest news is all over the press and has been reported by every…

Randy de Puniet's custom Deus

13 April, 2020
Randy de Puniet spends more time in Down Under with Australian girlfriend/model, the delightful Lauren Vickers than he does in his home country and instead of shipping his recently acquired Ducati Diavel to ride around the streets of Sydney he’s…