Motorcycle fuel consumption guide
If you’ve been reading HFL lately, you will have seen Wes Siler’s link to his own article on Wired.com about riding bikes vs cars. It’s an old debate but one of the most important things to come out of his…
SBK: Tom Sykes further lowers lap times in FP2 at Donington
The track temperatures at Donington for the second and final free practice were much higher than this morning’s and once Tom Sykes was the fastest rider. The British Kawasaki rider stoppd the clock in 1.28.330, almost four tenths of second…
Pedercini announces World Superbike and Superstock riders line-up
The World Superbike grid has just increased to a slightly healthier 18 riders as Pedercini has finally gotten around to announcing both their 2013 World Superbike and Superstock riders line-up.The Italian based team will take part in the FIM Superstock…
Motorcycle Rocket Launchers
This guy must have seen Terminator Salvation too many times or has too much time on his hands or this may be just the perfect Christmas gift for gun totin’ Colin Edwards.
BMW to withdraw from World Superbikes at the end of 2013
After slimming down its efforts at the end of 2012 season, but still supporting Feel Racing - that currently runs under the GoldBet Italia banner, BMW Motorrad has decided terminate its factory involvement in the FIM Superbike World Championship at…
Amazon.com: new online motorcycle store
Amazon.com, the leading Internet shopping website, have started their own motorcycle site. You can search for thousands of articles like bags, battery chargers, sissy bars, tool sets and much more. You can even look on the site at all the…
Ben Spies out for the rest of 2013 season?
Both GPone.com and Sportmediaset are reporting that the situation regarding the return of Ben Spies for the remaining part of the season is not looking good, and Ducati is looking for a permanent replacement rider to fill his boots for…
Scooters from the Superbike riders
Among the novelties at the Monza Superbike round, is this curious look at the Superbike riders’ scooters. The guys often use these to get around the paddock, and we explored to see the various models and livery of each.Check out…
Photo of the Day: Two World Champions Celebrating
To celebrate their titles, here are the 2010 MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo and Moto2 World Champion Toni Elias giving a wild celebration party at the Luna Bar in Kuala Lumpur, where everyone ended up in the pool naturally singing…
Gilera 600 Supersport in 2009?
This news certainly won’t go un-discussed: the Piaggio group could present a new supersports bike in 2009, “Gilera” branded and with a 600, four cylinder engine.We hope so as the Supersport segment needs an Italian challenger. In readers’ news on…
Heiwa Motorcycles specials, Honda
From Hellforleathermagazine.com we learn that the world of tuning is not always about mega-horse power versions. In fact, we have a lovely example here of how a delicate touch can sometimes be just as appreciated.Japanese tuner, Heiwa, has created these…
Motorcross in the snow: bike tuning for the winter months
It’s supposed to snow here this weekend, so to get yourself prepared for the motorcycle snow season, you might want to spend some time in your garage tuning up your bike… possibly with a monoski on the front and a…
MotoGP Catalunya – What the Riders Had to Say
With another impressive win at the Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya, Jorge Lorenzo continues to fly in the championship standings. The Fiat Yamaha rider leads with 165 points and his nearest rival, Dani Pedrosa is in second with 113 points.Here’s…
Ducati Hypermotard 1100 S VS Catheram
Caterham R500 (270 hp /506 kg) vs Ducati Hypermotard 1100 S (95 hp / 177 kg) .
Video: Max Biaggi, the leopard that doesn't change his spots
You’d think that after his antics and subsequent meltdown at Donington Park and being publically blasted every way but loose that the Roman Emperor would have learnt his lesson and mended his ways, but not Max Biaggi, the guy never…
Rolls Royce: Pininfarina publishes first teaser of the Drophead Coupè Hyperion
Pininfarina yesterday revealed the first teaser of its next creature, a special version of the already aristocratic Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupè. The Turin specialists have been commissioned by an unknown collector to create an exclusive interpretation of the cabriolet, with the…
Marc Marquez undergoes eye surgery
Marc Marquez was supposedly almost recovered from his double vision problems in his right eye that he sustained during his practice crash at Sepang last October, but the young Spanish rider has opted to undergo surgery to correct the fastidious…
Misano now officially known as Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
Just a few days after the death of Marco Simoncelli and the pressing rquest by thousands of fans that launched a petition to Misano World Circuit to be renamed as a tribute to the late rider, the Misano World Circuit…
Effenbert Liberty decides to drop out of Superstock championship
A little more than 24 hours after confirming that Brett McCormick would be riding for their Superbike team, and that “Federico Sandi remains the Effenbert Liberty Racing Team’s ace in Superstock and I am sure he will give us very…
2012 Kawasaki KLX updates
After the Kawasaki KX450F got new launch control for 2012, and the KX250F has new technical updates too, the 2012 Kawasaki KLX model range gets new graphics and design. Here are pics of the KLX450, KLX110, KX85 and KX65 with…
Eicma 2008: Gilera GP850 Corsa maxi-scooter concept
Gilera has also produced a prototype for the Eicma show in the form of a concept scooter. It’s a new Gilera GP 850 Corsa which takes the engine and the GP 800 road chassis of the maxi-scooter, while other elements…
Loris Baz takes maiden win in action packed re-started race 1 at Silverstone
The first World Superbike race at Silverstone was yellow flagged after just a few corners of the first lap when David Johnson crashed and Norino Brignola plowed into the the downed Kawasaki machine, but almost simultaneously it started to rain…
How big is the Porsche Panamera ?
Auto Zeitung has a gallery of spy photos of the Porsche Panamera, the future sports saloon from Zuffenhausen. The prototype seems to be very similar to those we have already seen. The truly interesting photo is the one in which…
Aprilia RSV4R Promo Video
Check out this spectacular promo video of the Aprilia RSV4R. Doesn’t it just want to make you go to an Aprilia dealer to buy it and then head to the nearest track and just whack open the throttle and feel…
Rea and Haslam ready for home race at Assen
Assen is Pata Honda’s home race and track as they are based 60km from the Dutch circuit. Jonathan Rea will be trying to defend his record at the circuit - he was won there for three straight consecutive years -…