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Motorcycle design Claudio Castiglioni

2 April, 2020
As Italy and the international motorcycle industry prepare to farewell Claudio Castiglioni, here is our small gallery tribute to a legendary motorcycle figure with a series of just some of the creations Castiglioni has been credited for over the years.…

Final day of testing for CRT and Moto2 teams at Jerez

2 April, 2020
The third and final day MotoGP and Moto2 testing at Jerez wrapped up today ahead of the testing ban that will goes into effect on December 1st.The field saw fewer partecipants as several teams decided to skip today’s test session…

Video: Motoraduno dello Stelvio 2008

2 April, 2020
Our last video post today (we promise!), shows some of the classic fun had at the 33rd Motoraduno dello Stelvio in northern Italy. We start with a burnout and below other stunts and antics from the meet.

The 2Evil Dragster

2 April, 2020
French scooter tuning house MXS Custom has come with this two stroke 172cc prototype scooter dragster named the 2Evil. Aluminum frame, Piaggio DNA engine, Malossi Overange kit and Roost exhaust system tailor made for the 2Evil and it does 150…

Mercedes F 125! concept at Frankfurt Motor Show

2 April, 2020
Six Mercedes models will get their official debut on local turf at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show with everything from the new B-Class, to the C63 AMG Coupé Black Series and a new concept the F 125!. The Mercedes B-Class…

Borsalino Bimota DB6 Delirio

2 April, 2020
When the Italian hat manufacturer Borsalino commissioned a limited edition of the Bimota D85 to celebrate their 150th anniversary in 2007, the result was pretty classy, so they decided to commission another special livery, this time with Bimota’s DB6 Delirio.…

Moto Guzzi Cherry O 1973 V7 Sport on sale

2 April, 2020
The Moto Guzzi Cherry O restored 1973 V7 Sport is on sale on e-Bay if you’re lucky enough to be able to purchase one. This particular Moto Guzzi V7 Sport comes from Combined Design, who develop custom parts for cafe…

Jumping rope with a trial bike

2 April, 2020
There’s training and then there’s having fun while training. Check out this video of Benoit Dagnicourt’s extreme skill and control as he jumps rope with his trial bike.The French rider is currently competing in the 2013 Trial World Championship and…

Confederate P120 Fighter out a glass window and into a fence

2 April, 2020
Crashing sucks, even for professional stunt men, especially when the script doesn’t call for it and when you do it with a high-end exclusive motorcycle with a hefty price tag, it sucks even more.Check out what happened while shooting episode…

Photo of the Day: Why we Prefer Motorcycle Racing to Football

2 April, 2020
With the World Cup stealing viewing audiences left and right, world superbike rider Luca Scassa decided to take the situation in hand and with a variation on “racing because football, baseball, bowling and golf only require one ball” exhibited this…

The Ducati Diavel is coming

2 April, 2020
After spy shots and now with this teaser photo, Ducati confirms via it’s website and facebook page that the Diavel, (they’ve confirmed the name) their muscle bike or power cruiser or whatever you prefer to call it, will officially debut…

Auto Zeitung Auto Trophy: SLS AMG top supercar

2 April, 2020
The Auto Trophy 2009 awards have been given by Auto Zeitung after reader surveys of about 105,000 participants. Obviously the local German cars were very successful, with Audi taking home a total of 40 percent of votes across all categories,…

MotoGP Riders Quotes after cancelled Qualifying session

2 April, 2020
Chris Vermeulen from Motegi tells us about the cancelled qualifying session and below what the other riders had to say.Casey Stoner “It would be strange to go through a whole season and have one session that you can’t ride in,…

Jules Cluzel meets his Suzuki and World Superbike crew

2 April, 2020
FIXI Crescent Suzuki new signing Jules Cluzel made his first visit to the team’s headquarters in Verwood, England today to get his first chance to meet his crew and try out for size the Suzuki GSX-R1000 that he will be…

Loris Baz to also miss Laguna Seca WSBK round

2 April, 2020
More bad news for Loris Baz. The Kawasaki rider will also be forced to miss the 12th round of the World Superbike championship at Laguna Seca.Baz crashed out during warm-up practice at Nurburgring fracturing his T4 vertebra and was forced…

Marc Marquez penalty overturned!

2 April, 2020
Following Marc Marquez team’s appeal against the one minute penality that he received several hours after his controversial clash with Pol Espargaro in Moto2 that resulted Espargaro ending up in the gravel pit. After several more hours the previous ruling…

Honda to officially present NSF250R in Catalunya

2 April, 2020
We’ve already seen a couple of photos and a teaser video of Honda’s new Moto3 now dubbed NSF250R, but will Honda has decided to present the bike officially during the Catalunya GP weekend with former World Champion Alex Criville riding…

Renders of new Ferrari F430

2 April, 2020
For Auto magazine from Italy, the new Ferrari F430 (project code F142 with debut at Frankfurt), will look like this, with a 4.6 litre engine and single-clutch, seven-speed transmission. In the future, a spider F430 version will also appear, with…

Triumph Bonneville Diamond Jubilee Limited Edition

2 April, 2020
Triumph Motorcycles has gifted a limited edition Diamond Jubilee Bonneville to The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust as a token of appreciation for the 60 years of the reign of Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Triumph’s chairman himself, Lord…

Jorge Lorenzo criticizes Marco Simoncelli and Alex Criville

2 April, 2020
A day after the highly controversial Le Mans GP, reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo decided to post his own opinion on his Facebook page regarding the Marco Simoncelli/Dani Pedrosa incident that cost the Spaniard a broken collarbone. The title of…

Sarath Kumar, first Indian to race in the 125cc GP Championship

2 April, 2020
After the announcement of the three-year partnership between WTR and Ten 10 Racing, the first Indian team that will compete in the 2011 125cc World Championship will be fielding 18-year-old Sarath Kumar as one of their riders.Kumar besides being one…

Marco Melandri fitness race against time

2 April, 2020
Marco Melandri has began his race against time in order to get fit for the 2011 World Superbike season after his shoulder operation, that took place on December 23rd.According to his Twitter page and this photo, the Yamaha Sterilgarda factory…

WSBK – Davide Tardozzi becomes BMW’s Team Manager

2 April, 2020
The rumors were circulating for several weeks, but Italian website Motosprint has now former Ducati Xerox manager Davide Tardozzi almost signed up with WSBK’s official BMW team.Tardozzi left Ducati after almost twenty years of service and eight Riders’ Championships, first…

The Bako E-TX Urban Electric Sportsbike

2 April, 2020
French designer Bako has designed this futuristic sports bike, christened the E-TX Urban. This completely electric motorcycle will chargeable via an AC outlet, powered by a Roadson Etronic 16 generator, that supplies 132.5 kw of energy which can generate a…