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Andrea Iannone's Misano Step Up 4 Revolution livery

29 March, 2020
Andrea Iannone will be debuting a new livery on his Speed Master bike for this Misano GP. The livery is promoting the movie Step Up 4 Revolution 3D that will be released in Italy on October 4th.Iannone who will be…

BMW R 1200 GS "Tom Lüthi Edition"

29 March, 2020
The 2012 Swiss-Moto show will be opening its doors in Zurich on February 16th and BMW Motorrad will be bringing a special edition of the R 1200 GS ABS dedicated to Switzerland’s most famous rider, Tom Lüthi. This special model…

Shane Byrne heading back to BSB in 2011?

29 March, 2020
Last weekend was Shane Byrne’s last race for Althea Racing Team (who may field only Carlos Checa next season) and the British rider after spending two years in World Superbikes and finishing 10th in this year’s standings, may be heading…

MotoGP Valencia – Casey Stoner Crash Video

29 March, 2020
It didn’t take long for someone to put Casey Stoner’s sighting warm up lap crash at Valencia on YouTube, let’s see how long it takes Dorna to take it off.Ducati’s Fillippo Preziosi was hard up in trying to explain Stoner’s…

BMW to prepare an F800 Superbike?

29 March, 2020
Could BMW be preparing an F 800 R in a motard version? SoloMoto has posed the question and is announcing that we could see this very version appear in summer 2009. The possible motard F800 will be based on the…

Pol Espargaro joins Yamaha Tech3 for two seasons

29 March, 2020
Following the official announcement that Cal Crutchlow will be riding for Ducati for the next two seasons, Yamaha has officially announced that Moto2 rider Pol Espargaro will be racing in MotoGP next season, and as expected for the Monster Yamaha…

50,000 Fiat 500 to be sold in US

29 March, 2020
Reports are that Fiat has planned sales of 50,000 Fiat 500 models in the US market when it turns up later this year. Those figures are good for 2011 as well, but that sounds like a lot of little cars…

Beware the cyclist: New York rider attacks pedestrian

29 March, 2020
While we normally deal with two wheels topics with engines, what this cyclist lacks in a motor he makes up for with aggression. I don’t know what his choice of weapon was, but I think the pedestrian is lucky he…

Cal Crutchlow fastest in Brno MotoGP test

29 March, 2020
It was an almost perfect weekend for Cal Crutchlow, he renewed with Yamaha Tech3, took second in qualifying and his first ever podium in MotoGP, and today he was top dog in the post race test at Brno.Crutchlow posted the…

Valentino Rossi's 2009 Mugello Helmet

29 March, 2020
In keeping with tradition, Valentino Rossi showed off another distinctive new helmet design. The special edition Mugello helmet in the MotoGP Saturday morning free practice session, as has become the custom on his home race weekend.This year’s Rossi´s Aldo Drudi…

Repsol Twitter

29 March, 2020
Sacrilege! Repsol, the Spanish oil giant is using the image of the Iwo Jima Memorial of the raising of the flag, in this case a checkered flag. to follow their Repsol riders on Twitter.If you’re interested in what’s happening in…

Kenny Roberts Jr.'s Yamaha YZR500 on sale for $ 200,000

29 March, 2020
Being the son of such a living legend as ‘King’ Kenny Roberts brings great responsability and loads of pressure, but Kenny Roberts Jr. managed to secure his own place in racing history winning the World Championship of the 500 cc…

Ducati Desmosedici Day at Donington

29 March, 2020
Donington Park woke up yesterday to the roaring sound of 60 privately owned Ducati Desmosedici RR’s.Organized by Ducati UK, it was the first ever Desmosedici track day and these owners got to ride the full MotoGP circuit.As well as riding…

MotoGP 2012 : 9 CRT entries, weight increase and red lights

29 March, 2020
The FIM has issued another press release regarding the Grand Prix Commission meeting that was held on December 14 and once again have deliberated more tweaks to the 2012 season. The tweaks confirm the number of tires that manufacturer teams…

NCR and Ducati North America together with Canadian Superbikes

29 March, 2020
Ducati North America has announced that Team NCR, officially sponsored, will compete in the 2008 championship of Parts Canada Superbike with two Ducati 848 Superbikes racing in the Canadian Thunder National category.The two riders of team NCR will be the…

MotoGP Catalunya 2013: the paddock girls photo gallery

29 March, 2020
Let’s be honest here: the latest MotoGP round in Catalunya was definitely not one of the most exciting races we have seen this year. The Spanish riders on the Japanese factory bikes just dominated start to finish and didn’t really…

Ducati 1098 vs Nissan GT-R Skyline

29 March, 2020
After the defeat of a Ducati Hypermotard by the Caterham R500, the guys at Autocar have decided to up the ante, and pit a Ducati 1098 against a Nissan GT-R Skyline. The 1098 S has about 150 hp and weighs…

A Decade in MotoGP (w/video trailer)

29 March, 2020
After watching this video trailer by Duke, A Decade in MotoGP 2002-2012 this is going to straight onto my Christmas shopping list. A Decade in MotoGP, is a 109 minute official documentary that has got it all. Covering the history…

Honda Superbike with special livery at Magny Cours

29 March, 2020
Honda’s World Superbike Team will debuting a special livery for the final round of the 2012 World Superbike championship at Magny-Cours this weekend.The new paint job is based on the 2013 version of the Fireblade that was unveiled this week…

Sak Art Design Electric Superbike Concept Video

29 March, 2020
Italian company Sak Art Design (who are very close to Ducati) has come up with the electric Superbike concept, obviously called SBIK_E” and is based on Agni Motors electric powerplant and inspired by sea creatures. Check out the video to…

Brammo motorcycles coming to Europe?

29 March, 2020
Could the Brammo brand of electric motorcycles be coming to Europe? The American company brought over a couple of models to show at the 2010 EICMA show, creating curiosity for many who had their first chance to get up-close to…