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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…

Chevrolet Volt: staff to get first look

9 April, 2020
General Motors is making a move in difficult times with the Chevrolet Volt, making an exclusive preview presentation to staff, in a gesture of appreciating the sweat and hard work of personnel in making this model possible.The company is underlining…

Carlos Checa debuted new helmet graphics in Aragon

9 April, 2020
At the recent Grand Prix of Aragon, second round of the World Superbike Championship 2013, Spanish rider Carlos Checa debuted a new graphic scheme for his famous X-Lite X-802R helmet. The 2011 SBK World Champion has in fact decided to…

New Audi A2 coming in 2015

9 April, 2020
The Audi A2 is probably the worst Audi model around, stylistically speaking, and could be considered one of the weaker links in the Audi rings. Not that my personal prejudice is the reason for the A2 overhaul in the future,…

Yamaha MotoGP Team Launch at Sepang

9 April, 2020
The official 2010 Fiat Yamaha Team launch will take place at the Sepang circuit on February 4th at 10 in the morning (local time) before the official MotoGP tests that kick off on the same day.It will be an old…

VW Golf 6th: with a glance at the past

9 April, 2020
In Nomvember 2009 VW will play its ace with the sixth series of the Golf: a difficult task for the small-medium car which will have to make its way on the knife edge passage from one generation to the next.…

BMW S1000RR titanium valves in action video

9 April, 2020
See the BMW S1000RR valves in action in this video and while you might think that nearly three and a half minutes of this is boring, it’s actually very mesmerising. It’s not every day we get to see the engine…

Moto2 Mugello: Andrea Iannone Romps Away with Win

9 April, 2020
Andrea Iannone surprise pole position in yesterday’s qualifying session at the Mugello was no fluke because the Italian rider literally romped away with the first flag to flag victory in Moto2 and his first of the season.Iannone who hails from…

KTM Tony Cairoli and Ken Roczen replicas

9 April, 2020
Limited edition versions of MX1 & MX2 championship-winning bikes – KTM has released details on two limited edition versions of its 2012 250 & 350 SX-F motocross machines in celebration of once again winning the MX1 and MX2 world championships…

Yamaha R1 goes sexy with Amanda

9 April, 2020
Our cousins at Motosblog.fr are big connoisseurs of fast motorcycles (France has a controversial 100bhp limit law on street bikes) and beautiful women as this gallery of sexy biker babe Amanda with a Yamaha R1 can confirm. Enjoy the gallery.

MotoGP Team vacancy for Yamaha Umbrella Girl

9 April, 2020
The MotoGP Tech 3 Yamaha Team is looking for Umbrella Girls, you must be available on all the Sunday races of the MotoGP Championship in the country of your choice. If you are tall and slim and if you’d like…

Ducati GP12 suffers fiery death at Jerez test

9 April, 2020
The three day CRT test is continuing at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit, and yesterday (Tuesday) saw almost all the riders present bin their CRT Aprilia’s and it also the fiery death of Ducati GP12, all probably due to…

Troy Bayliss gives Mark Webber a spin on his Ducati

9 April, 2020
Three-time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss gave F1 star Mark Webber a ride on his two seat Ducati 1109S Superbike around the Queensland Raceways in Australia yesterday.Webber wrote on his Twitter page, “Some things need doing. Thanks to @TroyBaylisstic. Great…

New Ossa TR280i trial bike available from August

9 April, 2020
The Ossa TR280i, which we saw as a trial prototype at the 2009 EICMA show, has gone into production and will be going on sale from August this year. Ossa will produce 1,250 TR280i units this year, available in Europe,…

CRT teams to get a spec tire in 2013?

9 April, 2020
After the news of a standard Magneti Marelli ECU that will be made available next season and give a helping hand to CRT teams - and a new MotoGP qualifying format that will give a little more airtime to those…

2011 EICMA: Honda Crosstourer

9 April, 2020
In the wake of the article we published just yesterday, here are the live pictures of the new Honda Crosstourer taken at the 2011 EICMA. The new model is definitely one of the highlights of the Honda’s booth in Milan,…