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Pedrosa and Marquez receive new Honda NSC50R scooters

5 April, 2020
On the eve of the Dutch GP, the seventh round of the 2013 MotoGP World Championship, Repsol Honda’s official riders Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez have received new Repsol Honda replica scooters for use in the paddock at the remaining…

Lauren Vickers, view the pictures of the popular paddock queen

5 April, 2020
To kick off the New Year with some sexy MotoGP hotness, we thought you’d enjoy seeing what we consider MotoGP’s most famous paddock girl, Lauren Vickers.Lauren has graced LCR Honda Team this year, wearing her Playboy costume and Playboy Italia…

Axo Helmets and Warner Bros team up

5 April, 2020
Motorcycle gear manufacturer AXO has teamed up with Warner Bros to give their Glory jet helmet collection a young and fresh graphic design based on superheros and favourite Looney Tune characters, that will no doubt make you stand out while…

Kawasaki Z800: first images leaked on the web

5 April, 2020
The first pictures of the new Kawasaki Z800 have surfaced on the internet, confirming that the new generation of the popular Z750 will receive for the occasion an increase in displacement of 50 cc. Apparently, the images of the new…

Marc Marquez penalized after incident with Ratthapark Wilairot

5 April, 2020
Marc Marquez’s title chances took a big step backwards after this morning’s Moto2 FP1 session at Phillip Island, when the Spaniard collided at high speed with Thai rider Ratthapark Wilairot (we did have the video, but you guys know Dorna).The…

Triumph Thruxton Cup 2009 pics

5 April, 2020
Here are a few images from the Triumph Thruxton Cup 2009. The single branded trophy has reached its fourth edition, dedicated to the Triumph Thruxton.The Italian edition of the trophy started on April 26 at Mugello, and will finish on…

Bridgestone: The dynamics of grip in MotoGP

5 April, 2020
After Brembo’s video on their braking systems used on MotoGP bikes, Bridgestone has released a video on how their tires work in the championship, with a mix of 3D animation and real racing footage. You’ll find out in detail how…

WSBK Miller: Jakub Smrz on first provisional pole

5 April, 2020
Jakub Smrz sure likes Miller Motorsports Park. The Liberty Racing rider posted this morning’s best time in the wet and went on to the top the chart in the first qualifying practice which was luckily dry and even if it…

Yamaha R1 Street Tracker by Gregg Customs

5 April, 2020
How about this 2009 Yamaha R1 modified to be a street tracker? This work of art is by Gregg Des Jardins of Gregg’s Customs and was seen at the Yamaha party that was held at the Yamaha Musuem during the…

Marushin Calendar 2009

5 April, 2020
Marushin has presented the 2009 edition of its calendar with Polish model Sylwia featured in the pages. Sylwia comes from the Casting agency in Florence and has made her career in Italy.Luca Bracali is the photographer behind this work, and…

Lin Jarvis Wants to Announce Yamaha 2011 Line-Up At Brno

5 April, 2020
Don’t you just love it when head honchos like Lin Jarvis of Yamaha try to pull the wool over your eyes? The Yamaha manager who does the actual negotiations and signs contracts with the riders in a interview with Italian…

Million dollar Cosmic Starship Harley by Jack Armstrong

5 April, 2020
Bartels Harley Davidson (Harley Davidson dealer to the stars) in Marina Del Rey, California, finally unveiled Jack Armstrong’s, $1,000,000 “Cosmic Starship Harley Davidson” paint job. For those of you unfamiliar with this artist’s work, his unique painting style is called…

Fiat Yamaha 2010 Unveiling

5 April, 2020
The Fiat Yamaha Team officially presented their new Yamaha YZR-M1 and Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo who will contest in the 2010 MotoGP season.For the fourth consecutive year Fiat will be sponsoring the team and there’s also new sticker slogan/message…

Vintage motorcycles: post-war exhibition in Bologna

5 April, 2020
For anyone interested in vintage motorcycles, if you can get to Bologna between November 2008 and May 2009, you will find an exhibition entitled “Moto bolognesi del Dopoguerra” or “Post-war Bolognan Motorcycles”, showing at the Museo del Patrimonio Industriale.From November…

French court orders the destruction of counterfeit Vespas

5 April, 2020
If you’ve every been to a large motorcycle shows you’ll see a number of blatant knock offs of other manufacturers bikes and scooters, and a number of manufacturers who want to protect their propriety rights will call in the cops…

Schumacher on a CBR1000RR: the video

5 April, 2020
After our news on Schumacher testing the Honda CBR1000RR from Team Ten Kate, we give you the video of him on the Fireblade 2008. Technically not bad, we think.

Marco Simoncelli museum and memorial to be inaugurated

5 April, 2020
The city of Coriano has decided to dedicate December 8th to the memory of Marco Simoncelli. Next Saturday will also be an important date as they will inaugurate and open to the public, inside the Palazzo della Cultura, the museum…

Troy Bayliss Monza 2000

5 April, 2020
Troy Bayliss will be present at this weekend’s WSBK races at Monza. Here’s a small flashback from nine years ago at the Monza circuit and watch Troy Bayliss do magic and overtake four riders in one braking pass.

Valentino Rossi Ranked 7th as 2010 International Sports Earner

5 April, 2020
Sports Illustrated has published their annual Top 20 Highest International Sports earners and naturally MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi is on the list, even if the 9 times World champion has dropped from fifth to seventh from last year.The Italian continues…

Rain hampers Ducati testing at Mugello

5 April, 2020
Those big black clouds and rain that helped Valentino Rossi at Le Mans on Sunday has followed Ducati across the border to Italy and all the way to Mugello and instead of helping them is now hindering the Ducati team’s…

Alstare Suzuki with one bike in WSBK

5 April, 2020
Suzuki has got its problems right now both in MotoGP and the WSBK series, although the Alstare team has moved to try and keep things afloat in the WSBK. The Alstare Suzuki team will drop to one bike with Leon…