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Dani Pedrosa heading to Malaysia – UPDATED

6 April, 2020
Last Friday during free practice at Motegi Dani Pedrosa crashed and fractured his left collarbone, flew back to Spain and underwent surgery on Saturday to plate his damaged collarbone. On Monday left the hospital and yesterday underwent a check-up where…

Dani Pedrosa crashed his MX bike before the Losail GP

6 April, 2020
Two days after the Spanish GP where Dani Pedrosa took second place, the Spanish rider will be undergoing surgery to his left shoulder later this afternoon at the Centro Medico Teknon where Toni Elias, Ruben Xaus, amongst other top name…

Mustang bikes more pics

6 April, 2020
Here are more pics of the Mustang bike revival from the guys at California Scooter Company, where you can get a closer look at the Classic, Greaser and Baby Doll models. I like the Classic model but there’s no way…

DragonTT: CBR 600 Shogun and Yamaha R6 Atila 599R

6 April, 2020
Spain’s DragonTT - the company responsible for the look of the Ducati ‘Vendetta‘ - has introduced his latest creations at the recent 2012 MotoMadrid: two kits for CBR 600 and Yamaha R6 dubbed ‘Shogun’ and ‘Atila 599R’.The ‘Shogun‘ is for…

Ronnie Renner's whip: tutorial video

6 April, 2020
Key to Ronnie Renner’s world record of the highest jump achieved on a motorcycle, is a thing called the “whip”. Described by MCN as “the way you generate both the horizontal momentum necessary to reach the landing ramp and, and…

Jenny Tinmouth to race in BSB Championship

6 April, 2020
She’s got class, looks and more importantly she’s fast, and Jenny Tinmouth will be making history as she will be the first woman ever to compete in the British Superbike championship this 2011 season.Tinmouth 31, will be riding for Splitlath…

Hyosung GT650R 2009

6 April, 2020
Hyosung is a Korean company that manufacturers motorcycles at cheaper prices, and for 2009 is updating its Comet GT650R model.As seen on the company’s US site, the 2009 model will finally have electronic ignition and immobiliser alarm, along with some…

Valentino Rossi: "If I could I'd buy Ducati"

6 April, 2020
The Gazzetta dello Sport’s weekly magazine, unoriginally named SportWeek, that comes out tomorrow and has Valentino Rossi on the cover (he debated on Twitter if he should cut his mustache before being photographed - personally I think he looks like…

Niccolò Canepa fractures right leg to undergo surgery

6 April, 2020
Niccolò Canepa will be forced to miss this weekend’s Nurburgring round - and probably the rest of the season - after suffering a big crash during the second free practice. The Red Devils Roma rider who was already suffering from…

Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster

6 April, 2020
Mercedes has released this official gallery of the SLS AMG Roadster - the open-top version of the supercar which loses its distinctive gullwing doors to drop its roof. The new SLS drop-top model is every bit the AMG supercar, reaching…

Jorge Lorenzo's Italian masterpiece at Mugello

6 April, 2020
Over 76,000 fans were at the spectacular Mugello circuit today to see Jorge Lorenzo break the current Repsol Honda hegemony and take a forceful and masterful victory in the Italian GP and take his third consecutive victory at the Italian…

Casey Stoner sets the record straight

6 April, 2020
Casey Stoner is the most successful rider of the 800cc MotoGP era, he was won two titles, the first and last one and has more victories than Valentino Rossi who also took two championship titles during this period.It’s commonly known…

Aprilia wants Ben Spies

6 April, 2020
Yamaha SBK looks like they’re risking to loose their sensational top rider Ben Spies. According to this week’s issue of MotoSprint, the Texas Terror has upped his ante in contract negotiations and is asking for a cool 1.1 million euros…

WSBK: Federico Biaggi to sub for Leon Camier?

6 April, 2020
Federico Biaggi, nephew of top rider Max Biaggi is tipped to replace injured Leon Camier in the final two rounds of the World Superbike season.The 22 year-old Italian rider has already experience Aprilia’s superbike after competing in the 2009 Superstock…

Lexus LF-LC Concept: new video available

6 April, 2020
Lexus has just released a new video starring the LF-LC Concept, its new 2+2 sportscar that was one of the undisputed stars at the recent North American International Auto Show of Detroit. The footage shows us a little bit more…

Technological helmet: the "Schuberth Ferrari Scuderia"

6 April, 2020
The Schuberth Ferrari Scuderia helmet is one serious technological helmet, made from carbon and combining the safety of an integral helmet with the practicality of a jet design.The helmet has been designed for the lucky owners of the 430 Scuderia…

WSBK: Kawasaki and BMW Italia to test at Motorland Aragon

6 April, 2020
Kawasaki Paul Bird Motorsport and BMW Motorrad Italia will be holding a two day private test at the Spanish circuit of Motorland Aragon tomorrow and Friday.This new test, ahead of the second round of the WSBK season at Donington Park,…

Harley-Davidson 'Redhot' Cross Bones by Roberto Rossi

6 April, 2020
The 2011 Harley-Davidson Softail Cross Bones (FLSTSB) is the last H-D model to come with a standard Springer front end which, in combination with the fat tires (130 mm at the front, 200 mm at the rear), provides this motorcycle…

Jet Helmets designed by Agatha Ruiz de la Prada

6 April, 2020
Agatha Ruiz de la Prada is a hot Spanish designer who has tried her hand in designing the graphics on open face motorcycle helmets and the result is to say the least is very eye catching.The collection of nine different…

Repsol: We'll support Pedrosa for as long as it takes

6 April, 2020
When Jaume Girò, one of Repsol’s top managers, who recently left the Spanish oil company to head for the Caixa, one of Spain’s most important banks, Dani Pedrosa lost one of his most staunchest and oldest allys that he had…

Valentino Rossi meets his Ducati (w/videos)

6 April, 2020
Thanks to someone from Valentino Rossi’s staff and AsphaltandRubber.com who found the videos and posted them on Youtube, we can show you the behind the scenes of Rossi meeting his new ride at the Valencia tests for the first time,…

Josh Hayes leads in warm-up practice at Valencia

6 April, 2020
Wet, cold and windy and this was the weather this morning at the Ricardo Tormo circuit at Valencia for MotoGP’s warm-up practice and the surprise of the morning was that AMA Superbike champion Josh Hayes who is riding for injured…

Honda CB1100F pics

6 April, 2020
MCN has published these computer generated images of the highly anticipated future Honda CB1100F. While we’ll have to wait a while before seeing it in Europe, reports from Japan say the bike will appear as early as 2010 in its…