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More gossip on Valentino Rossi's silly season

23 March, 2020
This year’s silly season theme song regarding where Valentino Rossi is going in 2013 could be Fleetwood Mac’s song “Tell me Lies”, because after learning that several people from Marc Marquez’ entourage stated that the Moto2 star would like to…

Dorna's proposals to save MotoGP

23 March, 2020
2012 will be a monumental transition year for MotoGP with GP and CRT bikes running together while Dorna is trying to push the MSMA hand in making the prototypes more affordable, but this will not be enough to save the…

MotoGP: Stoner, Rossi and Bridgestone

23 March, 2020
As the battle between Rossi and Stoner continues, we should remember it’s hard to race against Valentino. Stoner won the fight against Rossi last year, the package from Ducati was very strong with the Desmosedici, the Bridgestone tyres and the…

Jorge Lorenzo beats Pedrosa for pole position at Motorland Aragon

23 March, 2020
This afternoon’s MotoGP’s qualifying session at Motorland Aragon was fortunately dry, but the asphalt was cold just 16°C and even if the riders didn’t have any dry set-up time they immediately starting pushing and in the opening minutes Dani Pedrosa…

Moto2 Test Results at Jerez and Pics

23 March, 2020
Last weekend saw the Moto2 teams at Jerez again for the final official test before the season opener at Losail, Qatar on April 9-11th.Day 1, with mixed weather conditions saw former MotoGP rider Toni Elias come out on top with…

Loris Capirossi undergoes surgery, to miss Aragon GP

23 March, 2020
Loris Capirossi underwent reconstructive surgery on his right-hand little finger in San Marino yesterday that he injured after his crash during the Misano MotoGP.The surgery on his joint capsule and ligament was carried out by Dr. Oliviero Sorgano and will…

Ducati Streetfighter 848: spy shots

23 March, 2020
In the past, loads of rumors were circulating about a new Ducati naked bike and finally, thanks to these spy shots, we can confirm the existence of the Streetfighter 848. We don’t believe the sighting happened by chance: it’s probably…

James Toseland on SBK and MotoGP

23 March, 2020
Some years SBK riders leave the Championship for the MotoGP and some others return to SBK. What will is the difference? Is it harder to race in the MotoGP? James Toseland explains something.James believes winning doesn’t make a difference. When…

Pic of the day: BMW F 800 GS in Italy

23 March, 2020
These beautiful shots show a trusty BMW F800GS touring a natural reserve not far from Italy’s lovely Urbino town in the Marche. The photos come from Italian Pierpaolo who describes his motorcycle tour as “incredible emotions with an all-purpose bike”.…

WSBK – PSG1 Team to miss USA and South Africa Rounds

23 March, 2020
After having to axe Aryton Badovini due to the economic crisis and keeping only rider Matteo Baiocco, PSG1 has now announced that they will not take part in two overseas rounds, Kyalami in South Africa and in the USA at…

Moto2 and Moto3 almost as popular as MotoGP in Spain

23 March, 2020
Yesterday we did a post on Italy’s viewing audience for all three classes of Le Mans GP, wondering if Valentino Rossi’s second place in the race had anything to do with the rise in the numbers and if in other…

Honda Faze 250cc Scooter

23 March, 2020
Take a look at the brand new Faze that Honda released the other day for the Japanese market.This 250cc scooter has a liquid cooled, four-stroke, single cylinder four-valve engine. Maximum power 23hp at 7500 rpm, and a torque of 23Nm…

2012 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy lightweight class

23 March, 2020
A new Lightweight class race returns to the 2012 Isle of Man TT which includes three laps of the island before the Senior TT race takes to the road. The Lightweight TT is for SuperTwin spec machines with 650-cc, twin-cylinder,…

Rizla to remain in Motogp?

23 March, 2020
After pulling out of Suzuki’s British superbike team, Rizla has yet to decide whether it will continue to back Suzuki’s factory MotoGP squad in 2009 and are still negotiating with the team. “The position is that Rizla is still considering…

Lin Jarvis talks Riders

23 March, 2020
Italian website Gpone has a interesting audio interview in English with Lin Jarvis, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing.Jarvis is now negotiating with Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies, both riders contracts are up at the end of the year and…

Good-Bye Hayate

23 March, 2020
The Hayate Racing Team was born on the ashes of the late Kawasaki team who officially pulled out of the MotoGP championship last January, now according to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Kawasaki has decided also to pull the plug on…

Liberty Racing team confirms it will skip Moscow round

23 March, 2020
Yesterday in passing we mentioned that Effenbert Liberty racing team would not be taking part in next week’s upcoming round at Moscow because they couldn’t afford the long haul to the new Russian circuit, and today the Italian-Czech team has…

Ixon Iris women's motorcycle jacket

23 March, 2020
Call us vain, but even when riding we women like to look good and this Iris jacket designed specifically as a women’s motorcycle garment from Ixon fits the bill both in terms of fashion and safety. Ixon jackets describes this…

Niklas Ajo disqualified from upcoming Moto3 race at Estoril

23 March, 2020
Niklas Ajo (TT Motions KTM) has been disqualified from next weekend’s Moto3 race at Estoril after he pushed one of the Jerez marshals following his crash. The FIM released the following statement:“Gran Premio bwin de España: Decision of the Race…

Aprilia riders Laverty and Guintoli talk about Jerez test

23 March, 2020
Aprilia Racing Team concluded testing yesterday at the Spanish circuit of Jerez de la Frontera (where the squad also officially displayed ther 2013 livery that you can check out in the gallery), the last ones before leaving for Australia for…

BMW officially confirms Tardozzi out of team

23 March, 2020
We already knew from Davide Tardozzi’s interview that he was splitting from BMW, but now the German team has officially confirmed the divorce, but instead of a separate press release they put it at the end of the usual rider…

Harley Davidson Forty-Eight vs Roller Derby Ladies

23 March, 2020
Take Harley-Davidson’s recent addition to their 2010 Sportster 1200 lineup, the Forty-Eight and pit it against some very tough looking Roller Derby ladies from Toronto, that go by names like Demolition Dawn, Harlot Johanssen, Sinead O’Clobber and you’ll end up…