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FB Corse Dreams Shattered. John Hopkins to AMA

12 April, 2020
After a couple of months and tons of free publicity for both FB Corse and John Hopkins, it seems that the Anglo-American rider has decided to drop the idea of riding Andrea Ferrari’s 3 cylinder MotoGP bike like a hot…

Ben Spies vs Matt Mladin Road Atlanta 2008

12 April, 2020
Before Ben Spies started wowing international audiences in the first two WSBK rounds, ‘Elbowz’ was doing it with his Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSXR1000 for race fans in the US, and the races at Road Atlanta last year were just an…

Jorge Lorenzo in favour of CRT's

12 April, 2020
Casey Stoner doesn’t like the idea of CRT’s - Livio Suppo wants CRT riders to have a super racing license because he believes they’ll be a danger on track with their slower bikes - while former World Champion Jorge Lorenzo…

Andrea Dovizioso Becomes a Father

12 April, 2020
MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso became a father on Monday the 14th. The 23-year old and his girlfriend Denisa have become the proud parents of a girl named Sara.Sara was a little small when she was born and had to spend…

Honda tests MotoGP production racer at Motegi

12 April, 2020
Randy de Puniet wasn’t the only rider testing a new machine last Thursday and Friday at Motegi, Yamaha and Honda test riders were also present, and Hond for first time put on track their production racer that will be sold…

WSBK Magny-Cours: Michel Fabrizio on Provisional Pole

12 April, 2020
Michel Fabrizio took this afternoon’s provisional pole at Magny Cours edging out Jonathan Rea for first place. Rea was followed by Noriyuki Haga and Ben Spies and all four riders were separated by less than 2 tenths of a second.Carlos…

Honda NSR 500 Ringtones

12 April, 2020
Miss hearing the 5oocc two strokes? Well so is Honda and for their 50th Anniversary are offering everyone the opportunity to listen to the marvelous sounds of Freddie Spencer’s 1985 Honda NSR500. The files are in MP3 format and can…

Casey Stoner breaks Lorenzo to win at Laguna Seca

12 April, 2020
The US MotoGP at Laguna Seca 32 lap race was from the lights out was a story just between Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner, with both making completely different tire choices than they used during practice amd qualifying, with Stoner…

New colours for Tuono Factory 2009?

12 April, 2020
While we wait for official confirmation, we give you this new colour of the Aprilia Tuono 1000 Factory, which could be presented sometime in the coming weeks. At this stage Aprilia News has published the photos with no other details…

Marco Melandri heads QP1 at Monza

12 April, 2020
World Superbikes’s first qualifying session at Monza was longly delayed as the track had to be cleaned up after Mitchell Carr’s Triumph leaked oil from the Serraglio to the Ascari chicane during Supersport qualifying.The QP1 started with some sun and…

Ducati's new team mascot

12 April, 2020
Designed by Filippo Calzi for Cav. Ilari Alberto’s Pig-Art, this Ducati Desmosedici VR46 replica pig was given to Ducati’s team manager Vittoriano Guareschi.Before anyone flies off the handle, this isn’t some slight against Valentino Rossi or someone’s impression that Ducati…

Gift idea: Borsalino helmet with the fur trim

12 April, 2020
When you think you’ve seen it all, you have to think again - we had never seen a helmet with a fur trim until now. The idea behind this comes from a Piedmontese brand that produces jet helmets: calling this…

Lucra 2.2: first images available

12 April, 2020
Diminutive California-based carmaker Lucra Cars has released the first official pictures of their model, tentatively code-named ‘2.2′. What we actually have here is a little more than a couple of teasing images, meaning only two graphic reconstructions of the car,…

No more respite for Derbi, Piaggio closes down factory

12 April, 2020
In 2011 Piaggio had warned that they would be closing the historic Derbi factory in Martorelles, Spain and move production to Italy as part of their restructioning program, that would have left between 150 and 230 workers without a job,…

MotoGP set to ban private testing again

12 April, 2020
Before the start of the 2012 season the GP Commission decided to change the testing rules (which were initially put into place as a cost saving measure) - in regards to private testing and that it was “agreed that with…

Came IodaRacing presents 2013 MotoGP and Moto2 squads

12 April, 2020
Giampiero Sacchi’s IodaRacing Project teams are continuing in 2013 their collaboration with Came (leader in automation systems and access controls) and yesterday at Came’s headquarters in Treviso presented their 2013 line-up with Danilo Petrucci and Lukas Pesek on the Ioda-Suter…

Video: Dani Pedrosa in 3900 images for AMV Seguro

12 April, 2020
AMV Seguro is a Spanish insurance company for motorcycles and one of Dani Pedrosa’s personal sponsors (you can see their logo on the front of his leathers just above the big Repsol one) and this time lapsed video begins with…

Max Biaggi – The rider you love to hate

12 April, 2020
Known as the Roman Emperor or the Black Corsair, his girlfriend for the last five years, Eleonora Pedron, a former Miss Italy calls him The Boss, and Max Biaggi is the rider that you either passionately love or hate. Adored…

Max Neukirchner reveals MR Racing Livery

12 April, 2020
No big team launch for Mario Rubatto’s MR Racing team who will debuting in World Superbikes this season with SBK returnee Max Neukirchner.The 29-year old German rider who spent the last two season in Moto2 posted this photo on his…