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Johann Zarco's Silverstone Livery

9 April, 2020
This weekend’s Moto2 race at Silverstone will see JiR Racing debut this brand-new orange livery on the MotoBI bike ridden by Frenchman Johann Zarco and dedicated to sponsor Beta Utensili. The Italian company – who is a world-leading producer of…

New Audi 3.0 TDI twinturbo engine

9 April, 2020
The Audi A6 Avant will be the first Volkswagen group vehicle to get the new 3.0-litre TDI twinturbo engine. It’s the next generation of the previous single-turbo unit which was offered in two powersteps of 204 and 245 hp. The…

Triumph Street Triple and Triple R featured in a cool video

9 April, 2020
Here’s a nice official video starring the latest Triumph Street Triple and Street Triple R, the naked model that changed the rules of the game in its segment with its 675cc 3-cylinder 12-valves engine delivering 106 hp at 11,700 rpm…

Max Biaggi's autobiography 'Oltre'

9 April, 2020
Many expected that Max Biaggi would pen an explosive, tell-all autobiography especially after leaving MotoGP at the end of 2005 after his controversial season with HRC, instead the six-time world champion decided to wait until he retired to publish his…

A study in Sydney: riders risk impotence

9 April, 2020
Is riding your bike a problem for your health? It seems like it could be, with doctors saying motorbike riders risk impotence. A study was done on a group of 230 motorbike riders who rode their bikes for 3 hours…

2013 MotoGP Qatar: more from the riders after FP1

9 April, 2020
Cal Crutchlow never lets anyone forget that he’s riding has an ‘old version’ of the Yamaha M1, but the Yamaha Tech3 rider was still blistering fast when it come to doing a flying lap and that was enough to push…

Vitto Guareschi talks about his new role in Ducati

9 April, 2020
We revealed two weeks ago in another post that Ducati’s official test rider Vittoriano Guareschi had been promoted to play liaison between Filippo Preziosi and the Ducati riders and you saw Guareschi on the podium at Sepang next to Stoner.The…

Smart ForTwo Limited Edition Three at Geneva motor show

9 April, 2020
It seems that the world just can’t get enough of the Smart. At the 2009 Geneva show, yet another model will be on display: the Smart ForTwo Limited Edition Three, based on the ForTwo Passion mhd. The updated ForTwo will…

Moto Guzzi V7 Racer pics: vintage lovin'

9 April, 2020
The Moto Guzzi V7 Racer was originally presented to us as a special edition model at last year’s EICMA show, and was called the V7 Clubman. But the market wanted this little café racer with the Guzzi 750 engine so…

Marc Marquez handed two penalty points for warm-up crash

9 April, 2020
The Silverstone race direction has been very strict this weekend. After giving Andrea Iannone a penalty point on Friday for obstructing Andrea Dovizioso, they have now handed Marc Marquez two penalty points for not heeding the yellow flags following Cal…

Rumours on Ducati 2009 models

9 April, 2020
New rumours on the Hellforleathermagazine site have revealed some juicy news on the Monster 1100, the Superbike 1198 and the highly anticipated Street Fighter 1098. While 2009 Ducati models will likely be shown at EICMA in Milan in November, some…

World Superbike Alfa Romeo MiTo special editions

9 April, 2020
Cars and motorcycles are becoming even more entwined as manufacturers decide to launch special editions, and Alfa Romeo has opted to celebrate their long collaboration with the World Superbike championship (they are one of top sponsors of the series and…

Livio Suppo confirms that Stoner will be at Estoril

9 April, 2020
With Mattia Pasini testing the Ducati Desmosedici at the Mugello, rumors started up again that Casey Stoner would not be back for his programmed return for the Estoril GP in October and that Ducati was looking for another substitute, however…

Mazda CX-5: three interpretations at the 2012 SEMA

9 April, 2020
Mazda is at the 2012 SEMA in Las Vegas (October 30-November 2) showcaseing three different interpretations of its SUV CX-5. The first one is the CX-5180, a car that stands out for its special livery, where blue and black get…

Leon Haslam wears Dainese D-Air

9 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo may have left Dainese for Alpinestars, but the Italian company will sponsor not only Nicky Hayden, but also Leon Haslam.We obviously missed the fact (shame on us) that the BMW rider during the Eastern Creek test had given…

Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 official video

9 April, 2020
It looked like that the unveiling of 2011 Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 at the Spazio Broletto 13 in Milan (Piaggio dealership, even if they’re calling it a boutique) was just a good preview to whet the appetites of Aprilia fans, before…

Ducati Alstare says goodbye to Alstare Suzuki with video

9 April, 2020
Belgium manager Francis Batta always had the upmost respect for Suzuki. He ran the marque for fourteen years taking part in the World Superstock, World Supersport and World Superbikes championships.His Alstare Suzuki teams won three championship titles, two in World…

Casey Stoner to return to action at Motegi

9 April, 2020
Casey Stoner in one his last posts on his Repsol Honda blog said he would be targeting a return for the Motegi GP, and the recent rumors from Aragaon paddock seemed to validate this return date, and now the Honda…

John Hopkins has not signed with FB Corse

9 April, 2020
We really goofed up this time and probably jumped the gun, but after posting the news just last week that John Hopkins had signed up to ride for the new MotoGP team FB Corse, we have now found out that…

WSBK, Aragon: the paddock girls

9 April, 2020
As usual, we collected a few images from the latest WSBK round in Aragon, Spain, picturing some of the nicest senoritas who were seen hanging around paddock and pit lane. This time around the lion’s share goes to the Fixi…

WSBK: Kawasaki completes another 3 days of testing at Aragon

9 April, 2020
With Aprilia and Yamaha set to do their testing at Phillip Island, six teams (Honda Ten Kate, both BMW teams, DFX Borciani, Alstare Suzuki and Supersonic Ducati who’ll be testing at Portimao today and tomorrow, the Kawasaki team just finished…