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Benelli 100 years and the TNT Century Racer

7 April, 2020
After 2010 EICMA showed off this Benelli TnT Century Racer special edition, we can only hope that 2011 will see a couple of other events or limited edition bikes to celebrate 100 years of Benelli. The three-cylinder naked Benelli TNT…

Special Edition Fred Perry Vespa

7 April, 2020
The Fred Perry fashion brand is collaborating with Piaggio on a limited edition run of Vespa scooters bearing the famous laurel leaf logo and Fred Perry detailing. Piaggio will be producing only 100 of these special Vespa’s for Perry’s centennial…

Motorcycling: the pitfalls of buying a heavy bike

7 April, 2020
This is a ridiculous video of a motorcycle that crashes in the middle of a bicycle race. The crash happens right at the beginning and the rest of the video is of cyclists, drivers and other team members who, unpeturbed,…

Electric motorcycle race series to support MotoGP

7 April, 2020
Electric motorcycles will have their own FIM race series from next year, possibly as a support series to the MotoGP. It will be managed by Azhar Hussain from the TTXGP series, and could possibly be called the eGrandPrix.This is good…

MotoGP – Loris Capirossi: Another two seasons

7 April, 2020
Loris Capirossi is one of the experienced riders on the MotoGP grid and has already reached 299 race starts and has said he isn’t ready to hang up his lid yet.A guest at the Suomy stand at the EICMA show,…

2013 MotoGP Le Mans more post race quotes

7 April, 2020
After Yamaha, Repsol Honda, Yamaha Tech3 and Ducati riders’ quotes you can now check out what the rest of the riders had to say after the exciting and eventul French GP at Le Mans that was livened up by the…

Motorcycle of the future: an exoskeleton on wheels

7 April, 2020
While it looks like something out of a Robocop film, this project is actually real. What you see in the video is a prototype for an innovative form of transport constituted by an exoskeleton with wheels and an engine.It’s easy…

Danilo Soncini joins Red Devils Roma SBK team

7 April, 2020
Danilo Soncini used to be the team owner of Supersonic Racing who competed in World Superbikes in 2010 (with Luca Scassa) and 2011 (with Maxime Berger) before pulling out and selling the team to Andrea Petricca who renamed the squad…

Live pics from EICMA: Husqvarna Mille 3 concept

7 April, 2020
How cool is this Husqvarna Mille 3 Concept? Below you can see live pics from EICMA of the cross between a cruiser and a motard and as a pure design exercise, we love it. The retro style is not all…

Moto2 – Niccolò Canepa in Team Scot

7 April, 2020
Niccolò Canepa will be in the new Moto2 series next season. Canepa has signed a one year contract with Cirano Mularoni’s Scot Racing.Canepa in 2007 won the Superstock 1000 World Championship and then become a Ducati test rider 2008 and…

Kevin Schwantz – The Magic Touch

7 April, 2020
Guest of Honour at the 30th Pukekohe Classic Motorcycle Festival in New Zealand, Kevin Schwantz competed in six races on a 1962 Manx Norton and doing what he does best, won all six events that he entered.Previous famous faces from…

Sylvain Guintoli decides to postpone shoulder surgery

7 April, 2020
During this past weekend’s World Superbike round at Silverstone, Sylvain Guintoli said he was considering undergoing surgery to help clear up the physical issues he has been having after having dislocated his right collarbone, and torn the ligaments in his…

Wrong Way Round with Robot riding Pillion

7 April, 2020
Graham Merrick wants to take part in Enduro Africa that supports UNICEF, Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Fund, Sentebale and Touch Africa and to raise funds to partecipate he’ll be riding from John O’Groats to Cape Cornwall with this unusual passenger, a…

Peter Lenz dies at Indianapolis USGPU

7 April, 2020
It’s always very hard to talk or write about a racers death and when it involves a 13-year old it’s even more heart breaking especially if you have kids of your own.Peter Lenz was killed in a tragic accident during…

Valentino Rossi involved in home accident

7 April, 2020
MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has injured his hand and foot after falling at his Italian home.Reportedly the accident occurred when the Fiat Yamaha star slipped while closing the curtains and fell onto a glass table cutting the ring finger of…

WSBK Assen round quotes and race highlight videos

7 April, 2020
Round three of the World Superbike championship is now more or less tucked away, and Max Biaggi despite a tough and opaque weekend came away from Assen with the lead in the standings and ahead of Carlos Checa by just…

Ducati thanks its 1 million Facebook fans with special video

7 April, 2020
Ducati Motor Holding company has released this cute little video thanking their 1,000.000 + plus passionate fans of the marque that follow them on their Facebook page since they opened their account back in Summer of 2009.Now that’s some good…

Valentino Rossi to race Ferrari at Nurburgring

7 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi will be switching to four wheels again and will take part in the fifth round of Blancpain Endurance Series next weekend at Nurburgring. The Italian made his debut in the series at Monza last April driving a Ferrari…

2010 Triumph Daytona 675 SE more pics

7 April, 2020
As spring approaches in the northern hemisphere, motorcycling this season is looking exciting as consumers are spoiled for choice with the bikes on offer. If you’re in the market for a new motorcycle, unless you’re a die-hard fan of a…

James Bond's Honda RF250R from Skyfall to be auctioned

7 April, 2020
If you’re a James Bond fan and love movie memorabilia - besides loving motorcycles- here’s your opportunity to take bid on the modified Honda CRF250R that the world’s most known spook used in the opening chase scene in the lastest…