Eugene Laverty explains his Yamaha R1
Back in 2009 Yamaha had Ben Spies and crew chief Tom Houseworth explain the Yamaha R1 for fans and now they have rookie Eugene Laverty doing it with his 2011 R1, but with a lot less technical info, but it’s…
Ducati Village at Donington Park for WSBK race action
The Ducati Village at Donington World Superbike round for June 27 and 28 is your chance to get into the Ducati spirit of things. Saturday night sees an SBK Ducati Party at the “Launch Pad” with live music and special…
Red Bull two wheels battle video
After yesterday’s gallery of the two wheel battle between Alvaro dal Farra and Ivan Lazzarini, here we give you the video of the day, with footage from the supermotard track race and then the difficult attempts at a backflip. Looks…
WSBK Indian round postponed and becomes final round of the season
Following the news that the Indian round of the 2013 World Superbike to be held at the Buddh International Circuit on March 10th was at risk due to tight scheduling and the country’s complicated customs practices. Dorna was hold an…
Yamaha's old and new glories on display at their HQ
Not all racing machines are crushed at the end of a championship season, as these photos from Yamaha’s Facebook page can testify, some are proudly on display at their headquarters.These magnificent GP bikes are part of Yamaha’s racing heritage and…
Sete Gibernau injured and out of Le Mans GP
With less that 20 minutes to go in this morning’s MotoGP free practice at Le Mans, Sete Gibernau of Team Grupo Francisco Hernando highsided and unfortunately fractured his left collarbone in two places.Gibernau who returned to racing after two years…
Dakota Mamola to race in British 125cc Championship
We like to follow the up-and-coming racing careers of those race ‘brats’ who would like to follow the tracks of their famous fathers. We’ve got the Rossi’s, the Roberts’, the Haslam’s, the Nieto’s, the Pons’ and several other racing families…
Modeler GP: the most amazing scale models you can see
Modeler GP is a famous and important happening dedicated to static models held every year in Japan. In this particular event, modelers are competing against each other to build scale models of renowned motorcycles, which are made as accurately as…
Dani Pedrosa leads warm-up practice at Austin GP
This morning’s MotoGP warm-up practice was on a cool track and the 20 minute session for some it was just to refine the final set-up, but for those riders who had to find a better set-up after yesterday’s qualifying session…
Coriano Mayor asks fans to go to Misano circuit
The Mayor of Coriano is afraid that his small town (population 10,000) will be invaded by thousands of fans who want to pay their last respects to Marco Simoncelli, and has asked that fans instead head to the Misano World…
Yamaha debuts new Race-Blue livery for Misano GP
The Yamaha Factory Racing Team will run a special ‘Race-Blu’ livery for the Misano and Aragon Grand Prix race weekends. The unique livery, designed by Italian designer Aldo Drudi, features a contrasting combination of Yamaha Blue and matt grey bodywork,…
2013 WSS, Imola: Sam Lowes gets his 6th pole of the season
Lapping the Imola circuit in 1′50.404, Englishman Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Motosport Yamaha), current leader of the World Supersport Championship, earned himself today his sixth pole start of the season, the eleventh of his career in this class. The Lincoln-born rider…
Randy de Puniet and Aleix Espargaro to ride for Aspar Team Aprilia
‘Aspar’ Martinez has confirmed today via the team’s official Facebook page that he’ll be fielding Randy de Puniet and Aleix Espargaro in MotoGP in 2012.The team will be using CRT Aprilia powered bikes (today at Jerez, de Puniet was using…
Valentino Rossi Fractures Tibia and Fibula – 2010 Championship Goodbye (w/video)
Valentino Rossi suffered a big highside in this morning’s second free practice at the Mugello with just 10 minutes left in the session. The Italian rider has been diagnosed with a displaced and exposed fracture of his tibia and a…
WSBK Portimao: Smrz and Biaggi in a Tie in QP2
Jakub Smrz and Max Biaggi, the first on a private Ducati and the second on an official Aprilia ended up posting the same idential laps times in the second provisional qualifying session at Portimao.Smrz was the first to top the…
The social network helmet by Newmax (w/video)
If you can’t get enough of social networking from your computer, smartphone or tablet and also feel the need to comunicate to the world while your riding your two wheels, Newmax Helmets is filling in that void with their recently…
MotoGP Team Gresini looking for four brolly girls for Mugello
The Gran Premio d’Italia is one of the highlights of the MotoGP season and usually Italian based teams like to pick out their brolly girls with contests and other whatnots. This year Team San Carlo Honda Gresini is going to…
Julien Dupont takes on Berlin
Totally illegal, but totally fascinating the skills that urban freestyler Julien Dupont shows in his latest escapade in Berlin. Dupont’s rebel cry is ‘Ride the World’ and as always he does just that. The French rider hit Berlin to celebrate…
MotoGP Valencia: Nicky Hayden fastest in warm-up
Fifteen riders within a second could finally offer us some good and tight racing this afternoon at Valencia, with Nicky Hayden taking over the top of the timecharts in this morning’s MotoGP warm-up practice. The cooler temperatures let Hayden with…
Motorcycles and man's best friend
I found this pic on Flickr and love the fact that the dog is so out of proportion compared to the bike. If you’ve got any pics of your favourite two wheels and four legged friend, send them through; we’ll…
New Kawasaki Ninja ZX10R 2011 with Teaser Video
The new Green machine is coming! Kawasaki has released this official sketch of the all new Ninja ZX10R 2011 superbike and this teaser video that really doesn’t show us much, but the manufacturer from Akashi is betting on it and…
Making Potholes visible
The bane and cause of numerous two wheel accidents are those potholes that seem to appear overnight. It would be nice if they could be prevented in the first place or fixed as soon as they do appear, but in…
Kawasaki 2011 ZX-10R problem found and solved, sales to resume in January
After much speculation (we’ve read about every problem possible under the sun), Kawasaki USA has revealed the problem that was afflicting the new 2011 Ninja sportbike and resulted in a technical hold earlier this month. Kawasaki feared that the ZX-10R…
MotoGP Brno – Jorge Lorenzo leads FP1
It was Jorge Lorenzo who dominated the first MotoGP practice session in Brno this afternoon. Lorenzo stopped the clock at 1.56.595 and shattered the exsisting lap record while team mate and championship points leader Valentino Rossi was second at 1.56.994.…
Yamaha announces 2013 MotoGP team launch
Yamaha Factory Racing will be holding their official 2013 team launch during the final pre-season test at Jerez de la Frontera on March 22nd at 3pm (CET) when they will present reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo and nine-time World Champion…