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Dainese on Jorge Lorenzo's D-Air Leathers

30 March, 2020
The comic is from Luca Ruggeri over at Motoblog and perfectly depicts how Jorge Lorenzo’s D-Air leathers looked like after his crash at Brno.After Jorge Lorenzo’s D-Air leathers did not deflate immediately after his crash at Brno, Dainese investigated the…

Valentino Rossi denies rumors of wedding plans

30 March, 2020
December is probably a slow month for gossip magazines, so they have to keep up their usual 'standards' and try to invent something to keep things going, and this time they've launched the rumor that Valentino Rossi is ready to…

GSE riders at the Birmingham NEC show

30 March, 2020
British Superbike fans are welcome at The Carole Nash International Motorcycle and Scooter Show this week at the Birmingham NEC. You can meet GSE Racing British Superbike riders, Leon Camier and James Ellison at the Yamaha stand. They will be…

NCR Ducati 848 won again: six in a row!

30 March, 2020
The NCR Ducati 848 has won again, this time at the twisting and bumpy Atlantic Motorsport Park track in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. The two riders, Andrew Nelson and the Italian Valter Bartolini were riding with big smiles on their faces…

WSBK – Roland Resch back for Valencia

30 March, 2020
Team Reitwagen BMW rider Roland Resch will finally return to racing for the third round of this year’s Superbike World Championship at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia this weekend.The Austrian rider who broke his collarbone in two places during…

Icon Sheene Superbikes

30 March, 2020
Fifty-two units, $ 160,000 each, customed fitted, the Icon Sheene Superbike will get it’s launch on Saturday July 3rd at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.Developed by motorcycle designer and builder Andrew Morris, this motorcycle is a tribute to the legendary…

Valentino Rossi drives Kyle Busch’s NASCAR Toyota

30 March, 2020
Following the Austin GP Valentino Rossi flew to North Carolina with Yamaha’s Lin Jarvis to take part in a promotional event for sponsor Monster Energy with three time NASCAR champion Kyle Busch at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.The MotoGP champion got…

Video Jorge Lorenzo for Alpinestars – part 2

30 March, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo: Parte Dos from Alpinestars USA on Vimeo.Here’s the second part of Alpinestars interview with MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo where he talks about his hobbies, the importance of diet, his favourite tracks and corners, the importance of social networks…

Ducati Multistrada world tour

30 March, 2020
Forget Ducati at Pikes Peak, where the new Ducati Multistrada 1200 will really be put to the test is a world tour. Italian Paolo Pirozzi, from the Ducati Dreams Club in Naples, is taking a new Multistrada across 90,000 km…

Casey Stoner to run #1 plate in 2012

30 March, 2020
Apparently two time MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner is not superstitious as he’ll be running the number one plate on his Honda RC213V in 2012 - of late MotoGP riders who have run #1 haven’t won back-to-back titles.Stoner won a…

Brett McCormick targets August return

30 March, 2020
Brett McCormick will be at Miller Motorsports this weekend for the latest Superbike round, but he’ll be there only as a spectator, as the Liberty Racing rider is still recovering from his Assen crash where he sustained multiple injuries, including…

Motorcycle tuning: BMW Hypermotard easy done

30 March, 2020
I had a look myself at the BMW F800GS rebuilding as a mean hypermotard; we showed you the photo gallery last week. This was an easy job for AC Schnitzer, adding 17-inch wheels with road tyres and returned some of…

Italian Monster Day: the true Monster territory

30 March, 2020
On a tip from our reader, who is a passionate ducatista, we give you this patriotic Italian post-script to the Monster Day in Belgium.If there were 405 Belgian owners of Ducati Monster models out for the Monster Day, the Italians…

Yamaha to close factory in Spain

30 March, 2020
Less than two years ago Yamaha Gerno di Lesmo factory was downsized and it’s entire production line sent to Spain, now according to motociclismo.es the Japanese manufacturer will be shutting down the Spanish factory in Palau, with an official announcement…

WSBK Imola Brolly Girls

30 March, 2020
No World Superbike weekend is complete without a gallery of those sexy looking brolly girls. These ladies graced the Imola the paddock and the grid at the famed Imola race circuit.If you’re wondering why one of the girls is wearing…

Moto2 Jerez Day 2 – Toni Elias on top on Sunday

30 March, 2020
Mixed weather conditions at Jerez saw Gresini’s Toni Elias set the best time with a lap of 1’45.024 leaving Yonny Hernandez (Blusens STX) in second and more than half a second behind him and American Kenny Noyes in third.Alex De…

MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 2012 provisional entry lists

30 March, 2020
FIM has released today the 2012 provisional entry lists for all three GP classes. In MotoGP, as expected there will be 21 riders: 12 riders between factory and satellite machines and 9 CRT entries with Aprilia RSV4 engines and with…

Colin Edward's crew chief Guy Coulon behind fatal accident?

30 March, 2020
Reports from several media sources regarding the fatal accident that involved a 54- year-old French motorcyclist and a Yamaha Tech3 truck at the La Ciotat toll booth, is that Colin Edward’s highly regarded and veteran crew chief Guy Coulon may…

MV Agusta Serie Oro F3

30 March, 2020
How much do you want one of these? How about €24,900…? That’s the price of the new MV Agusta F3 Serie Oro exclusive top spec sports model but hell, we think it’s (nearly) worth it to get a bit of…

Bimota group in Japan do tour of Tokyo on motorcycles

30 March, 2020
Tokyo recently hosted the Bimota Branch Meeting with about 25 Bimota models, old and new, and including the new DB7 (sales commenced in Japan on the 8th September). A tour of Toyko was undertaken, including all the main roads, before…

Moto2: Mika Kallio takes maiden Moto2 win in Brno

30 March, 2020
Finnish rider Mika Kallio (Kalex Marc VDS Racing Team) has taken today his first Moto2 win in his career at the Czech GP ahead of Japan's Takaaki Nakagami (Kalex Italtrans Racing Team, +0.590) and Switzerland's Thomas Luthi (Suter Interwetten Paddock…

BMW Concept 6 EICMA

30 March, 2020
As we promised from the BMW stand at EICMA, here’s a look at the chunky BMW Concept 6, which has an inline six cylinder engine. Despite it being bulky, we’re surprised that it’s not actually wider that what it is,…