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Send A Get Well Message to Valentino Rossi

5 April, 2020
Yamaha Racing has decided to open a support Valentino Rossi on their Facebook page where fans can send their get well messages to the 9 times World Champion, that Yamaha will pass on to Rossi during his long convalescence: “Like…

Moto Guzzi gets a 616 km/hr speeding fine

5 April, 2020
Moto Guzzi has a new reputation as the fastest bike on the planet after one Italian got himself caught doing 616 km/hr on his Guzzi - according to the speeding notice that arrived at his house. Paolo Turina already had…

Vespa meet in Italy: the Rosa D'Inverno in Milan

5 April, 2020
There’s nothing like a Vespa meet on the weekends to give a vintage touch to a city, and here we give you some shots from the Vespa Club Pavia and the 41st Rosa D’Iverno (winter rose) Vespa gathering.Among the historical…

James 'Bubba' Stewart training in slo-mo (w/video)

5 April, 2020
After the Red Bull series of 1,000 frames per second starring Casey Stoner, Andrea Dovizioso and Hiroshi Aoyama, the energy drink company has turned its slo-motion cameras towards two time motocross champion James ‘Bubba’ Stewart while he’s training at his…

Honda riders comment final day of testing at COTA

5 April, 2020
Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez, plus LCR’s Stefan Bradl concluded the final day of private testing at the Circuit of the Americas with Marquez having lead the top of the timesheets all three days, and now is…

Piaggio scooters MP3 Touring

5 April, 2020
The new Piaggio MP3 Touring gets a 500cc motor and “Sport” or “Business” packages for the updated model. While it still looks like an awkward model to us, the MP3 Touring sticks to its safety, stability and comfortable ride in…

Althea Racing confirms World Superstock pullout

5 April, 2020
The rumors regarding Althea Racing would be pulling out of the Superstock champion after just two races have now been officially confirmed and we didn’t even have to wait for Friday morning.Here’s the laconic press release from the team that…

Dainese safety: free back armour with jacket

4 April, 2020
In Italy Dainese has launched an exclusive promotion to encourage the use of back protection. Until June 27, on purchasing a jacket of minimum value 400 euros, customers at Dainese flagship stores will receive a free back protection Wave G1…

Fiat Linea

4 April, 2020
Fiat has officialy announced its new Linea, the saloon derived from the Grande Punto hatchback. The Linea is 4.56 metres long, 1.73 metres wide, 1.5 metres tall, with a wheelbase of 2.6 metres and a 500 litre luggage compartment.The engine…

Aprilia Sportcity Cube 300: technical details

4 April, 2020
After yesterday’s launch of Aprilia’s new Sportcity Cube scooter, we bring you some technical details from the press release. For a full photo gallery of the new model, go to our gallery of the Sportcity Cube.Aprilia has expanded on its…

MotoGP Mugello Gallery – Part 1

4 April, 2020
Here’s our first batch of great pics from last weekends MotoGP race at the Mugello and if you happened to miss any of the races you can try watching them on Sportmediaset’s website here.

Max Neukirchner on track at Sachsenring

4 April, 2020
After almost two months from his horrific crash during Race 1 at Monza, Max Neukirchner was finally back on track yesterday at the Sachsenring circuit doing some training. The Alstare Suzuki rider did a dozen laps around the track on…

Hybrid M1 Hommage coming to Frankfurt?

4 April, 2020
Just in case we don’t see the BMW M1 Hommage hybrid at the Frankfurt motor show, we though we’d run our Hommage gallery again. Apparently given BMW’s infatuation with SUVs, a new commitment to being green is needed.So after withdrawing…

New Golf 7: the technical slides of the VW presentation

4 April, 2020
The new Golf 7 gets shown in a new teaser released by Volkswagen and premiered during a press conference that has anticipated what’s new about the model. As previously announced, the Volkswagen Golf MK7 will be 100 kg lighter than…

Moto2 Aragon: Injuries, replacements and riders fired

4 April, 2020
Moto2 teams are becoming difficult to follow with a whirlwind of riders coming and going, injuries and replacements and last but not least, riders being fired.After Lukas Pesek being axed from Matteoni Racing and being temporarily replaced by Santiago Hernandez,…

Ruben Xaus becomes Bimota's sporting director

4 April, 2020
Virgin Radio Italy is live at the EICMA show in Milan and while interviewing Ruben Xaus everyone’s favourite Superbike rider who bins it more than he rides it, the personable Spaniard who speaks better Italian than I do, revealed that…

World Superbike 2011 Silverstone brolly girls

4 April, 2020
These fine young ladies from the World Superbikes ninth round at Silverstone, will certainly wake you up this Tuesday morning and make you wish that you had your own paddock and grid girl following you around.To enjoy even more pics,…

Valentino Rossi expected to do better at Sepang

4 April, 2020
Ending up 10th and behind two satellite Yamaha riders, satellite Ducati rider Hector Barbera on the GP12 Zero and and two satellite Honda riders including a rookie is not what Valentino Rossi expected in this final day of testing at…

Aprilia Sportcity One 2010 scooter

4 April, 2020
The 2010 Aprilia Sportcity One, next up in our “scooter a day” mini-series, has a few updates for the new year that continue its sports style and tradition. Modifications include a new saddle finish, exhaust protection system and new panel…

BMW Series 5 rendering for next generation

4 April, 2020
This rendering shows a take on what the future BMW Series 5 generation could look like. It’s an evolution in Series 7 style with some more “normal” elements, for example a smaller and better integrated radiator grill. There is also…