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Stunting with the KTM 125 Duke (w/video)

24 March, 2020
Wouldn’t it be great to be sixteen again and beg your parents for a motorcyle, with the great littleKTM 125 Duke on the top of your wishlist?Obviously you wouldn’t want to hand them KTM’s “Ready to Race” slogan and you’d…

Hiroshi Aoyama joins World Superbikes with Ten Kate Racing

24 March, 2020
It wasn’t exactly a surprise as the rumor that Hiroshi Aoyama would be another MotoGP refugee joining the World Superbike championship in 2012 has been floating around lately, and today Honda Motor Europe and Ten Kate Racing have officially confirmed…

The 200 Miles of Imola Revival Event

24 March, 2020
The 200 Miglia of Imola revival at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari of Imola will be a one of the hottest events to attend if you’re going to be in Italy from the 1st to the 3rd of October.…

Aprilia RSW 500 racing versions on sale

24 March, 2020
From the guys at Moto22 in Spain, we discover that two Aprilia RSW 500’s are for sale. The models participated in the world 500cc class with Tetsuya Harada in 1999, and in 2000 with Harada and Jeremy McWilliams.The Aprilia RSW…

Two mechanical elves for Dani Pedrosa

24 March, 2020
Dani Pedrosa is definitely not a media monger, he hasn’t an autobiography out or stars in some comic book like Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, so we find it interesting that he has this children’s book called “Dos duendes mecánicos…

Honda V4 countdown: VFR1200F to debut on October 8

24 March, 2020
Honda will reveal the new VFR1200F in a few days’ time, and the V4 countdown has appeared on the dedicated site. The Honda presentation will take place in Tokyo on October 8, although we’ve already seen V4 spy shots that…

Moto2 – Toni Elias to Sign with Gresini, finally

24 March, 2020
Unbelievably, former MotoGP rider Toni Elias has yet to be finalize his deal with Fausto Gresini’s Moto2 team.Elias had initially signed with Pons’ team, but then reneged preferring to go back with his former team manager Fausto Gresini.Elias has already…

Eugene Laverty regains top position in FP2 at Aragon

24 March, 2020
The second World Superbike free practice at the Motorland Aragon saw Eugene Laverty regain the top of the timesheets with a blistering lap of 1’57″409, that lowered Tom Sykes QP2 time by more three tenths of a second in preparation…

Kawasaki ER-6n design competition concludes: Italian winner

24 March, 2020
The Kawasaki ER-6n Design Competition has closed, after three months and a whopping 22,230 entries from around Europe. From Italy, there were 8,544 design projects, and the Italian winner is Lorenzo Pittola, with this ZETA-n design. Other winners and images…

Valentino Rossi's 2013 Mugello tribute helmet

24 March, 2020
Every year for the Mugello GP Valentino Rossi debuts a special helmet design for his home race. This season the Italian picked one of his several trademark symbols, a bright green turtle, that features his blue eyes. The helmet graphics…

A great Christmas present: Kicking Up Dirt by Ashley Fiolek

24 March, 2020
Travis Pastrana said of her: “Ashley Fiolek’s not just good at motocross for a girl…she’s flat-out good. She is a tough, confident, competitive racer who has overcome enough in her life to know that nothing is impossible.”Kicking Up Dirt is…

Dani Pedrosa dominates Indianapolis GP

24 March, 2020
The signs that Dani Pedrosa was completely at ease at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway started Friday morning and into today’s 28 lap race as the Repsol Honda rider completely dominated the processional race with a blistering pace - almost always…

Wakan back to life as Avinton Motorcycles

24 March, 2020
Seven years ago diminutive French manufacturer Wakan Motorcycles introduced its own Wakan 1640, a gritty naked sportsbike designed around a S&S-sourced 1640 cc V-Twin encrusted in a deliberately minimal frame. The idea behind this model was to emulate what AC…

Big Battery SE electric motorcycle concept

24 March, 2020
This hefty looking motorcycle concept from Paolo di Giusti. Described as a ‘big battery’ electric motorcycle, the idea is that it would have an electric motor in the rear hub and another one up front. The larger rear motor and…

MotoGP Assen: Lorenzo Fastest Also in Warm-Up

24 March, 2020
Fastest in both practices, fastest in qualifying and Jorge Lorenzo was also the fastest in this morning’s warm-up session at Assen. The Spaniard laid down a series of fast laps, five in the 1.35 mark and then four in the…

Alstare Superbike concept by Rusak

24 March, 2020
To celebrate the 20 years of World Superbike Championship racing Francis Batta’s Alstare team and its return to World Superbikes, they had this concept done by Belgium designer Serge Rusak from Rusak Kreaktive Designworks while the video is by Tryptik…

No replacement for Motegi if Japanese GP is cancelled

24 March, 2020
A couple of weeks ago there were rumors circulating that Istanbul Park could be the replacement for the Japanese Grand Prix if the current situation in Japan remains critical. Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta speaking to Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport, confirmed…

Jeremy Irons picks up his BMW R1200 GS

24 March, 2020
Oscar winning actor Jeremy Irons, is currently in Hungary filming the the television series ‘The Borgias,’ in which he plays Rodrigo Borgia, also known as Pope Alexander VI.The popular English actor usually rides BMW R100RT (and belonged to the famous…

Photo of the Day: The Biker Chick

24 March, 2020
Gotcha! You all thought this was going to be some half dressed, hot looking, sexy biker babe drapped over some exotic and erotic sportsbike to drool over, instead you’ve get a real little chick dressed in black leathers on a…