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Dani Pedrosa pips Lorenzo for pole position at Misano

30 March, 2020
The weather finally took a turn for the better at Misano for this afternoon’s MotoGP qualifying session and the Italian track was finally completely dry, even if wasn’t completely rubbered so the grip wasn’t optimum and the riders and teams…

Adriana Stoner's ring from her husband Casey Stoner

30 March, 2020
Casey Stoner buying his wife Adriana, a $40,000 diamond ring, must be big news in this off season in Australia, as big as an Italian sports papers writing about what Valentino Rossi and girlfriend Marwa and the rest of the…

Bikes vs cars: from sex appeal to road rash

30 March, 2020
The age-old war of four wheels vs two was taken up again with a guest post from Paul Crowe at the Kneeslider, over on car blog Jalopnik (which is also the day job of Wes Siler from Hell from Leather,…

Blindfolded Andrew Phoenix drives car instead

30 March, 2020
We posted on Andrew Phoenix’s riding blindfold experiment earlier, but it turns out that he used a car instead to complete the task. The police had requested Phoenix wear a helmet during the enterprise, and so he switched to a…

Torneo Helmets

30 March, 2020
How to do you combine your love for motorbikes and safety with love for other sports?Simple, with one of these Torneo Jet Helmets. These helmets faithfully reproduce four different sport balls: soccer, american football, volleyball, basketball and baseball.Created by Andrea…

Casey Stoner's Jeans Painting Auctioned for $ 20,000

30 March, 2020
While Bradley Smith and Jenson Button are going to partecipate in London’s Trialthon for their favorite charities, a pair of jeans owned by Australian MotoGP star Casey Stoner were auctioned off at the annual Jeans for Genes Charity Auction Dinner.The…

WSBK Monza Paddock Girls gallery

30 March, 2020
The weather was sunny and hot at this weekend’s World Superbike round at Monza, as were some of these great looking paddock girls who delighted racing fans with their smiling presence. Enjoy the pics.

Subaru presents Impreza Sport and G4 in Tokyo

30 March, 2020
Even though the undisputed stars of the booth are the new BRZ and Advanced Tourer Concept, Subaru also introduced the new Impreza at the Tokyo Motor Show showcasing the two most significant models of the new range: the Impreza G4…

MotoGP Friday quotes from Silverstone

30 March, 2020
Hot, cold, wet, dry or just plain patchy you can throw any type of weather and any track condition at Casey Stoner and he just rides away on his Honda RC212V as if it was the easiest thing in the…

MotoGP – Bets are on for Balatonring

30 March, 2020
The MotoGP riders who are part of the Safety Commission met up with Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta on Friday before the Sepang GP and one of the topics discussed was the Balatonring circuit.Loris Capirossi, who is one of the founding…

Randy de Puniet to skip Estoril test

30 March, 2020
Randy de Puniet finished 10th in yesterday’s race at Estoril, but it was a real struggle for the French rider, who suffered some pretty bad leg pain, so much pain that he’s decided to skip today’s important MotoGP test to…

No Rossi vs Alonso at Vrooom?

30 March, 2020
The long awaited racing battle between Valentino Rossi and Ferrarista Fernando Alonso may not take place at all in this year’s Vrooom event.Apparently Rossi is still not in tip top shape after his shoulder surgery (which doesn’t sound good) and…

Wayne Gardner tests Superbikes at Portimao

30 March, 2020
Wayne Gardner, the 1987 500cc World Champion and four time winner of the Suzuka 8 Hours and motorcycle icon of the ’80’s alongside the likes of Kevin Schwantz, Eddie Lawson and Wayne Rainey, got to try seven different Superbikes marques…

Lotus Exige S featured in new video

30 March, 2020
Historic British band Lotus has released a new video starring their Exige S (whose new Roadster variant is about to hit the markets this summer). The model is powered by a 3.5-liter supercharged V6 engine producing 345 horsepower and, in…

Special bikes: Ducati Monster MS4R by Paolo "Tex" Tesio

30 March, 2020
Paolo “Tex” Tesio is an Italian car designer who got started with his career in 1995 and has always shown a taste for high performance motorbikes. Today we are going to talk about his Ms4R concept, a project that rose…

Video: Yamaha's Another Day at the Office

30 March, 2020
Three year’s ago Yamaha USA released a video ahead of the 2009 US Grand Prix called a A Day at the Office (starring Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Colin Edwards and James Toseland) that became an instant hit amongst racing fans…

The Tumbler at the Gumball 3000

30 March, 2020
Team Galag will take part in the Gumball 3000 with quite a unique and unconventional vehicle, bound to stir much more talk and curiosity than the supercars it will share the road with. The car is called The Tumbler and…

BMW M3 Cabrio E93 – spy shots

30 March, 2020
News.auto.cz has a nice gallery of spy-shots of the next BMW M3, in its coupè version, in its saloon version and, a novelty, in its cabrio version (E93), with the folding metal roof.As with the coupe and saloon siblings, the…

WDW 2012: the mighty Scramblers

30 March, 2020
The World Ducati Week 2012 was like the ultimate celebration for all Ducati owners regardless of the type of bike, age, nationality and so on, but there is one particular family of Ducati models that many enthusiasts of the Italian…

Offroad 2009: the new Kawasaki KX-F 450 and 250

29 March, 2020
After the new YZ 2009 offering from Yamaha the MX model year is being enriched with the arrival of Kawasaki. The lovely green will present itself at the starting blocks this year with some interesting news.The protagonists are always the…

Max Biaggi: "Donington Park and my superbike future"

29 March, 2020
Having concluded the long summer break (five weeks), the extraordinary spectacle of the World Superbike championship returns, kicking off at Donington Park. Troy Bayliss heads the news with a possible third victory in his retirement season.For Max Biaggi the next…

Red Bull Don Quixote Video

29 March, 2020
This has to be the most historical way to launch the Red Bull Don Quixote enduro race that takes place in Herencia, Spain in the heart of La Mancha, on November 29, 2009.As many as 1,000 riders (pros and amateurs)…