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Termignoni titanium silencer for Ducati Streetfighter

1 April, 2020
A new Termignoni silencer for the Ducati Streetfighter is on the market. The silencers are made from titanium and have a redesigned outlet end and caps. They come with catalytic converter and new high performance air filters and meet road…

Apinestars video: Beyond the Riders with Ben Spies

1 April, 2020
Alpinestars has released another of their Beyond the Riders videos, and after the interviews with reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo, this time it’s with his Yamaha team mate Ben Spies.Who would have expected that the apparently calm and collected,…

Renault Laguna Coupè – teaser

1 April, 2020
A new Renault coupè is coming, based on the Laguna III. An image was seen during the presentation of the new saloon, and Car Magazine got a snap. Then, someone from the Planète Renault forums managed to make a full…

Several World Superbike teams in two day test at Motorland Aragon

1 April, 2020
Ahead of next month’s seventh round of the World Superbike championship that will take place at the Motorland Aragon circuit, several teams will begin a two-day private test session at the Spanish circuit.Aprilia will be present with standings leader Max…

Sterilgarda to Sponsor Yamaha World Superbike Team

1 April, 2020
During last night’s Italian TV show “Paddock, uomini e corse” (Paddock, men and races) it was revealed that Sterilgarda will be Yamaha’s new main sponsor and will make their first appearance on the liveries of Ben Spies and Tom Sykes…

John Hopkins to get another MotoGP wildcard ride

1 April, 2020
John Hopkins has made no secret that after cleaning up his act, he wants to return to the international racing scene, and the Anglo-American rider’s last wildcard appearance in MotoGP at Brno in August, which unfortunately ended up with him…

Save the Ring petition online

1 April, 2020
Incredible but true that the legendary Nurburgring could face closure, but given its status around the world, it seems that a fairytale could be feasible. An online petition to save the ‘Ring has opened, and the official Facebook page “Save…

First Look at Portimao Circuit

1 April, 2020
Those lucky people over at MCN had the opportunity for a first see of the new Portimao circuit in Portugal and SuperSport rider Miguel Pria also gave the them a guided lap tour of where the World Superbikes will be…

Your pics: Triumph Bonneville Streetracker

1 April, 2020
These pics come from Ralph in London and show his 2003 Bonneville Streetracker built by Mule motorcycles in San Diego. The bike is equipped with a 904cc engine, 595 forks and a handmade alloy fuel tank holding just seven litres…

Aspar Racing riders take a field trip to a nuclear power plant

1 April, 2020
Almost every rider in the GP paddock has more or less decided to go to Motegi (of their own free will?) and since knowing about radiation, nuclear plants isn’t part of a professional rider’s cultural baggage, Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez decided…

Carlos Checa takes comfortable victory in race 1 at Silverstone

1 April, 2020
Carlos Checa took another comfortable win, his 9th this season, in race 1 at Silverstone while giving Ducati an ulterior reason to celebrate; Checa gave the Italian manufacturer its 300th win in World Superbikes.The Althea Ducati rider rode a tatical…

Why Yamaha isn't using the new Öhlin forks

1 April, 2020
Why isn’t Yamaha using the new Öhlins forks that were introduced and tested during the Brno test? According to William Favero, Yamaha’s Communications Manager the decision was based on the fact that Öhlins is unable to supply more that two…

Valentino Rossi visits the Yamaha factory in the US

1 April, 2020
The workers of Yamaha Motor Company in Cypress, California, received a much-welcomed visit at the American factory from MotoGP drivers Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Colin Edwards and James Toseland, who took the occasion to compliment the people who contribute to…

Marco Melandri wins three-way final lap thriller at Monza

1 April, 2020
Only in World Superbikes can you find a three way battle on the final lap without knowing who will take the victory.Today’s race 1 at Monza, offered an incredbile and superb example of very tight exciting motorcycle race that saw…

Aprilia RSV4 2009 – technical specs

1 April, 2020
Aprilia has become a legend in the world of motorcycle racing in recent years, with 31 titles, 250 victories in the Motomondiale, and eight victories in Superbike in the last 16 years. In the next step in its unique sports…

Peugeot RCZ 24 hrs Nurburgring model

1 April, 2020
The Peugeot RCZ will appear at the Nurburgring 24 hours with two RCZ models. Peugeot is fitting them with a new aerodynamic kit, but otherwise the vehicle will have the same standard components, or components from the Peugeot Sport range.…

Valentino Rossi's greatest passes: survey

1 April, 2020
In something a little different for TwoWheels Blog, today we discuss what the best passing move of Valentino Rossi’s has ever been. While it’s hard to pick, we’ve selected a few that you might remember, and have thrown in last…

MotoGP Assen 2013: the paddock girls

1 April, 2020
The 2013 Assen TT will never be forgotten mainly because of two things: Valentino Rossi finally getting back to winning ways for the first time since 2010 and Jorge Lorenzo miraculous recovery from its broken collarbone after a high-speed crash…

Motorcycle web comic

1 April, 2020
There’s nothing like a bit of fun to bring us into Friday and the weekend, and so we take a look at KnjMoto’s motorcycle web comic. It’s a really neat web-based comic strip about the world of motorcycling, with six…

Paolo Simoncelli downplays rescue incident

1 April, 2020
Marco Simoncelli’s father Paolo, has decided to talk about the video that many of you have already seen, where track recuse workers dropped his son as they were rushing to put him into the waiting ambulance.Paolo Simoncelli was arriving at…

Stunting with a Ducati Monster (w/video)

1 April, 2020
Here’s Emilio Zamora of the Ducati Stunt Team showing off with wheelies, stoppies and burnouts with a Ducati Monster for a Taft hair styling products commercialI wonder if Taft has anything to avoid helmet hair?

Ducati Multistrada 1200 pics leaked

1 April, 2020
It seems that pics of the new Ducati Multistrada 1200 have been leaked to the internet, before its presentation at the EICMA this week. As we’ve already posted, the new Multistrada is set to have a Testastretta 1198 cc engine…