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Marco Melandri supermoto riding at Castelletto

6 April, 2020
Marco Melandri usually likes to train with motocross bikes and is a big friend of 4-time Motocross champion Tony Cairoli, but this time the Superbike rider decided to put in a little supermoto training at the Castelletto di Branduzzo circuit,…

WSS: Broc Parkes to sub for Joan Lascorz

6 April, 2020
It didn’t take Broc Parkes very long to find another ride to finish the season after leaving Echo CRS world superbike team. The Australian will be replacing the very heavily injured Joan Lascorz in the Kawasaki Provec Motocard WSS squad…

Festa Ducati at the Nurnburgring, Germany

5 April, 2020
The Ducati community will join the biggest meeting of the year at the famous Nurburgring in Germany. The “Festa Ducati” will take place from July 5th to 6th at the great GP circuit.Stunt Shows, presentation of the new Monster 696…

Marc Marquez to miss Moto2 test at Valencia

5 April, 2020
Marc Marquez has decided to miss the first official 2012 Moto2 test scheduled for next week at Valencia. The young Spanish rider underwent eye surgery in January to correct the double vision problems in his right eye that he sustained…

Teething problems for the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R

5 April, 2020
“Let the good times roll” Kawasaki’s motto apparently won’t apply, at least for the moment to their 2011 ZX-10R Superbike as the Japanese manufacturer has put the model on ‘technical hold’ (in my books that’s a recall, no matter how…

2011 EICMA: Headbanger Summertime and Woodstock Boogie

5 April, 2020
Italian manufacturer Headbanger Motorcycles presents two new bikes for the year 2012 at the EICMA, equipped with the famous Knuckle and Pan engines - courtesy of S&S - with 93 cubic inches (1.530 cc) dispacement: they are called Summertime and…

Marc Marquez wins Aragon GP

5 April, 2020
Marc Marquez has won the MotorLand Aragón GP at Alcañiz taking his sixth victory of the season flys to +39 points in the World standings over Jorge Lorenzo and +59 over team mate Dani Pedrosa, with just four rounds left…

Moto2 rider Michele Pirro also becomes a cop

5 April, 2020
Moriwaki Gresini Racing Moto2 rider Michele Pirro has joined the Italian police force, under the Fiamme Oro (golden flames) sporting group. The group now counts two GP riders, as Pirro follows the footsteps of Moto2 rider Simone Corsi who joined…

Aligi Deganello is Max Biaggi's new crewchief

5 April, 2020
Aligi Deganello was the late Marco Simoncelli’s crewchief from 2007 and Simoncelli had insisted bringing his beloved crewchief and 250cc pit crew into MotoGP after winning the 250cc title despite Fausto Gresini’s doubts regarding the team’s complete inexperience in setting…

Jorge Lorenzo undergoes surgery, will miss Sepang GP

5 April, 2020
Following his crash during this morning’s warm-up practice at Phillip Island, Jorge Lorenzo underwent surgery to repair the damage to his left ring finger. The Yamaha rider had the top of the finger torn off (it remained in his glove)…

De Tomaso SLS Concept new pics

5 April, 2020
As the De Tomaso SLC becomes the De Tomaso SLS (from Sports Luxury Crossover to Sports Luxury Sedan, of course), we get these new pics of the De Tomaso revival among very mixed reactions. The De Tomaso SLS will go…

Troy Bayliss Will NOT Be Making a Comeback

5 April, 2020
It wasn’t a pleasant day at the World Ducati Week at Misano for Troy Bayliss fans.The three times World Superbike champion, less than a month after saying he had retired to early and was missing racing and wanted to make…

John Hopkins in BSB to be announced

5 April, 2020
John Hopkins will be getting a fresh start in racing after seven years in MotoGP, less than a season in WSBK’s and a somewhat sticky and controversial injured season in the AMA . The Anglo-American rider according to Crescent Suzuki…

Volkswagen Passat rendering

5 April, 2020
The next Volkswagen Passat is back in the spotlight after recent spy shots that show the Passat testing being done. Now a rendering has been made of its possible look, likely inspired by the Passat CC such that it may…

Randy de Puniet talks about the 1st day of testing (w/video)

5 April, 2020
Or Randy de Puniet has suddenly become web savvy or maybe after five years in MotoGP and his horrible accident at this year’s Sachsenring GP, with the impressive comeback from his broken leg that grabbed alot of attention, has finally…

Ducati Multistrada Teaser Video

5 April, 2020
With a dedicated mini site and a teaser video Ducati has confirmed what we were calling Stradaperta is officially named Multistrada 1200 and after a lot of speculation and spy shots we’ll finally see it at the EICMA show in…

WSBK: Team Pedercini to continue with Kawasaki in 2011

5 April, 2020
World Superbike and Superstock 1000FIM Cup Team Pedercini in a press release have confirmed that will continue their collaboration with Kawasaki in 2011 and will be using the new version of the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R that the we saw testing…

Valentino Rossi talks about shoulder, Ducati and rivals

5 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi finally was able to speak during this morning’s Ducati press conference, to a packed house at the Palacongressi auditorium at Madonna del Campiglio, the attention was focused around Rossi’s shoulder injury, that hindered his 2010 season and the…

MotoGP, Motegi: the paddock girls

5 April, 2020
As tradition dictates, here is our usual gallery of images dedicated to the lovely paddock girls seen hanging around the Motegi track, where the latest MotoGP round took place. While the Moto2 and Moto3 classes offered some serious battle on…

Rider Quotes from the Laguna Seca MotoGP Race

5 April, 2020
Here’s what the MotoGP riders had to say after round nine of the 2010 world championship at Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix that saw Jorge Lorenzo plant his Lorenzo’s Land flag at Laguna Seca extending his title lead. Lorenzo now…

Adrenaline by Walz: your tailor-made Softail

5 April, 2020
After more than 20 years in the business, Marcus Walz has definitely become one of the most established customizers in the scene. Born and bred nearby the Hockenheim circuit and with a past in Moto Cross racing (abruptly cut off…

Valentino Rossi & Friends at the Biscia

5 April, 2020
We’ve already mentioned that Valentino Rossi is having his own motocross track and flat track oval, dubbed the Biscia Ranch (snake), built near Tavullia, while the place isn’t completely finished, he’s already having friends over to test the track out…

Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R video

5 April, 2020
Here’s the video for the 2010 Kawasaki ZX-10R. Once a Ninja, always a Ninja, we say, as the new model gets a few updates but nothing that changes it too much from Kawasaki’s highly popular and successful sport bike. The…