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Ducati Wings it on the GP10

13 April, 2020
Ducati showed up at the Sachsenring with a new fairing that sports small aerodynamic lateral wings that Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden testing on their GP10’s in yesterday’s free practice and qualifying.According to team manager Vittoriano Guareschi these wings, which…

Grillini Progea Superbike team drops Mark Aitchison

13 April, 2020
After just five rounds into the World Superbike season, Grillini Progea Superbike Team has announced with a very brief press release that they have parted ways with Mark Aitchison.Aitchison debuted last season in World Superbikes with Pedercini Kawaski and has…

WST Rider criticizes revised Imola circuit

13 April, 2020
The New Variante Bassa at the Autodromo Enzo and Dino Ferrari at Imola has come under stinging criticism by SST Alstare Suzuki rider Claudio Corti.“The chicane is really s..tty. You arrive very fast, the entrance is flat and you can’t…

Ben Spies to Wildcard at Valencia GP?

13 April, 2020
Yamaha announced today that Ben Spies will be contesting in MotoGP next year. During tonight’s television show Griglia di Partenza, speaking to Ducati’s team manager Livio Suppo and Filippo Preziosi from Estoril, Suppo let out a Yamaha secret regarding Spies,…

Makoto Tamada's Crash at Imola – Video

13 April, 2020
Take a look at this video of Makoto Tamada’s scary wipeout at last weekend’s Imola Superbike races. The Japanese rider was taken out by wild card Luca Conforti.Tamada is suffering from another concussion and it has been confirmed that he…

BMW 1-Series videos – 3-door and 5-door facelift

13 April, 2020
BMW is preparing to show the three-door version of the 1-Series at the Geneva auto show, together with a slight restyling for the 5-door version. Below the fold you can find a couple of videos: the first seems to be…

Yamaha World Superbike Replica 2009 clothing line

13 April, 2020
Yamaha Motor Europe has announced that the World Superbike Team Replica clothing line is available for 2009. The clothing is characterised by the blue and black livery of official sponsors.The Yamaha WSBK Team clothing line is the exact copy of…

Moto2 Qatar: Toni Elias Takes first ever Moto2 Pole

13 April, 2020
Arriving in Qatar on crutches after undergoing surgery on his ankle and hand just three weeks ago, powerhouse Toni Elias took the pole position for the first ever Moto2 race at the Losail International Circuit last night.The Spaniard put in…

Aprila RSV4 Factory Accessories

13 April, 2020
If you’re interesting in buying the new Aprilia RSV4 Factory why not check out their new accessories that go from helmets and leathers in their WSBK colors, to Akarapovic exhausts in carbon fiber, grips, footpegs, windscreens, even a dedicated Aprilia…

Max Biaggi wins hard fought race 1 at Misano

13 April, 2020
Yesterday we said that the World Superbike races would be interesting at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli and Race 1 proved us right, as it was hard fought thriller and once again tire choice and wear made the difference.…

KTM RC8 R McWilliams Video

13 April, 2020
The guys over at MCN are so lucky they even got the chance to ride one of the KTM RC8 R Jeremy McWilliams Limited Edition at Hockenheim and they tell you all about this fantastic race bike.These RC8R superbikes look…

Paddock Girls: le "tigri" della Malesia in video

13 April, 2020
After the gallery of the Malaysia paddock girls, we give you the video from the Sepang MotoGP, although the guys here reckon they don’t hold a candle to the girls from China. I leave you to decide.

Carlos Checa to test Ducati GP12?

13 April, 2020
Ducati has only one more testing day available to test the Ducati GP12 with their official riders and apparently they want to call in newly crowned World Superbike champion Carlos Checa to have his feedback and help pitch in on…

Video: Ducati Diavel drag race at the 2012 WDW

13 April, 2020
The Ducati Diavel isn’t a very popular bike here in Italy, it was designed more with the bigger American market in mind, but maybe watching this video footage by Motociclismo.it of the Diavel Drag Race during the 2012 World Ducati…

Tucano Urbano's original viral ads (w/videos)

13 April, 2020
Tucano Urbano, the Italian scooter and motorcycle gear brand bring us two highly original viral ads to promote their company, for products that don’t even exist.Easy Parking and Ti Gonfio (to inflate) or were created by the new advertising agency…

Britney Spears buys fiancé a Confederate X132 Hellcat

13 April, 2020
Bet you couldn’t live without knowing this latest snippet about Britney Spears, and the fact that she gave her new fiancé Jason Trawick a $45,000 (34.500 euros) custom motorcycle.Spears ordered Confederate’s new and ’slightly’ more affordable X132 Hellcat with its…

Ben Spies leads in FP1 at Indianapolis

13 April, 2020
It was a warm and sunny morning for MotoGP’s first free practice on the newly resurfaced Indianapolis and since the track had to be rubbered, lap times were a little less than 4 seconds slower than last year and Ben…

Max Biaggi Scolds Aprilia

13 April, 2020
Aprilia’s PR department pulled a fast one yesterday. After announcing that Marco Simoncelli would be racing at the World Superbike round at Imola this weekend in their official press release, they also wrote that Simoncelli had lapped three tenths of…

Colin Edwards having fun with a rocket launcher

13 April, 2020
Colin Edwards at Camp Atterbury even got a chance to use a rocket launcher all in the name of promoting the Indianapolis Red Bull GP at the end of August.Edwards talking to MCN has said that he would like to…

MotoGP: Rider Quotes from Jerez

13 April, 2020
More from Sunday’s race at Jerez. Valentino Rossi - Fiat Yamaha -1st “This is a wonderful victory because yesterday we were really quite worried! I couldn’t ride how I wanted to and it was very hard. We had to work…

WSBK Portiamo paddock and grid girl gallery

13 April, 2020
How about some very sexy brolly girls to start brighten up a dull Wednesday morning. These hot young ladies were seen during the World Superbike’s 2011 season finale at Portimao. Enjoy.

Troy Corser gets surgery, to miss Brno

13 April, 2020
Troy Corser tangled with rookie Maxime Berger on the very first lap of race 2 during last Sunday’s round at Aragon and ended up with a broken ulna and radius in his the left forearm that required surgery.On Monday evening…