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MotoGP Sachsenring – Rider Quotes

5 April, 2020
MotoGP rider quotes from today’s free practice at the Sachsenring circuit.Casey Stoner -1st 1′22.779“It would have been better to have a full wet session because even from the first two laps the track was starting to dry and you don’t…

Yamaha YZF-R1 10th anniversary

5 April, 2020
It seems like yesterday when the first model of the YZF-R1 was presented and yet ten years have already passed. To celebrate ten years of success, Yamaha has commercialised the R1 10th anniversary edition. It’s being produced in only 500…

Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden talk about FP1

5 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi may have only taken fifth place in last night’s free practice in Qatar and was off pace by 0.767s but it was his best outing so far on the Ducati GP11, and a big booster shot in in…

Ferrari F430 Challenge Stradale

5 April, 2020
The road going version of the Ferrari F430 Challenge is coming. Take an F430, add some 30 hp (total: 520 hp), subtract some equipment and add some carbon fiber for 160 kg of weight savings (total: 1.290 kg) and you…

New KTM US product lineup

5 April, 2020
In a leaked pic from a KTM North American dealership presentation, we get a good look at the next three years of the KTM lineup in the US. In fact, HFL has given us a complete rundown of KTM models…

Solar powered motorcycle Prometheus

5 April, 2020
It won’t have a modern motorcycle style, but if you think that a solar powered motorcycle can run for 80km and reach a maximum speed of 112 km/hr, it’s not so bad. And then style is not really at the…

Acura NSX: short official video surfaces

5 April, 2020
Acura - the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Honda - has released a very short video of the much-anticipated NSX that can actually be considered the first official clip starring the new model. The car we can see here…

WSBK Bombshell – Davide Tardozzi leaves Ducati!

5 April, 2020
What’s happening in Ducati’s Corse Racing teams? First we have the rumor, that’s getting stronger by the hour, that Livio Suppo will be leaving his postion in Ducati to head for Honda HRC, we have Serafino Foti that lead Ducati’s…

Davide Tardozzi banned from BMW garage, crew to strike?

5 April, 2020
That Davide Tardozzi has been on collision course with Berthold Hauser, BMW’s Sporting Director, on the way the team was being managed has already been bandied around for the last couple of weeks, and the rumors had the Italian manager…

Rossi's Dog Honoured

5 April, 2020
Many people may not know that Valentino Rossi’s beloved bulldog Guido, whose image has been a mascot on Rossi’s bikes and helmets, died after the Australian GP and to pay tribute to “man’s best friend”, the 2008 World Champion had…

Will Audi's V12 TDI also appear on the Bentley Arnage?

5 April, 2020
These two spy shots taken around Crewe, show the first steps of the next Bentley Arnage, the limousine at the top of the range for the aristocratic English brand, set to be revealed in 2010.As shown by the images, the…

Drag Racing Foul Out Crash

5 April, 2020
To the layman drag racing looks pretty simple, whack open the throttle and stay in a straight line, but this video shows what happens when everything that can go wrong, goes wrong, ending up with one of the strangest and…

WSBK Silverstone Round 10 Video Highlights

5 April, 2020
You can watch both video highlights from the 1oth round of World Superbike Championship at Silverstone where home boy Cal Crutchlow won both races and that took him from tenth to fifth position in the overall standings, ahead of team-mate…

Aprilia rumors from Monza WSBK round

5 April, 2020
Our French cousin Vincent from Motosblog.fr has picked up some interesting stuff at Monza (and no it wasn’t one of the brolly girls) regarding Aprilia’s Superbike plans in 2012, but since they’re all paddock rumors take it with a grain…

Custom 3D Skeleton Bike

5 April, 2020
Only during Daytona Bike Week can you see these things. Probably belongs to a fledgling serial killer, a pathologist or it’s going to be Nicholas Cage’s next bike in a Ghost Rider sequel.

Casey Stoner: Australia's 4th highest paid sports earner

5 April, 2020
At the beginning of this year we published Australia’s Business Reviews Weekly’s Top 10 Sports Earners of 2009 where Casey Stoner was ranked 8th saying that the Australian racer would probably be getting a pay hike, and we guessed it…

Jorge Lorenzo poses for Talita Charity Calendar

5 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo was one of the eleven Spanish personalities that recently posed for the 2010 Talita Charity Calendar that helps children and young people with Down Syndrome.The MotoGP rider had already posed for the 2009 Anima Foundation Calendar, a charity…

Valentino Rossi to move to the A1GP Championship?

5 April, 2020
Team Italia is still talking with Valentino Rossi to come over to car racing and join the A1GP Championship, as confirmed by Team Italia boss Piercarlo Ghinzani, according to the British magazine “Autoblad”. Rossi has tried race car driving a…