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Barry Veneman to sub for James Toseland at Assen

25 March, 2020
39 year old Dutch rider Barry Veneman has been chosen to replace injured James Toseland in BMW Italia at the upcoming World Superbike round at Assen in two week’s time.Veneman has considerable experience on the BMW S1000RR having been the…

Ride Safe so you Can Ride Again Motorcycle Safety Ad

25 March, 2020
Swiss insurance companies did their motorcycle safety ad with a singing guardian angel and halfway around the world the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning did their ad with another winged creature, a fairy godmother.The “ride safe so you can…

Richard Hammond's Honda Fireblade

25 March, 2020
Richard Hammond pre-Top Gear days with a Honda Fireblade (CBR 1000 RR) in this ridiculous video races a rocket and a golf ball to see who goes fastest. Hardly a surprising result from the Brainiac series, but a very nice…

WSBK Assen: Jonathan Rea Blazes to Superpole

25 March, 2020
With a blistering lap of 1′34.944 Jonathan Rea took his first ever World Superpole position at Assen today. The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team rider was was the only one to dip under the 1.35 lap barrier. On the first…

Preview: Aprilia RSVR Superbike

25 March, 2020
Here is the lovely Superbike Aprilia RSVR with which Max Biaggi will confront the next two Superbike seasons (photo from GPone). The colours a great too - with the Factory colour particularly striking (see after the jump).

Infront on sale, Bridgepoint Capital interested?

25 March, 2020
Infront Sports and Media, is the Swiss agency that holds the majority rights to the World Superbikes series has been put up for sale on June 20th and supposedly one of the bidders will be Bridgepoint Capital, the investment firm…

MV Agusta Privilege Day gallery

25 March, 2020
The first edition of the MV Agusta Privilege Day took place on June 9 and 10 on the Estoril track, organised by Italian Job, importer of the brand in Portugal.From the photos sent to us by organiser Jaques Abreu da…

Cal Crutchlow blitzes field in FP4 in Qatar

25 March, 2020
Cal Crutchlow is in a state of grace. The Yamaha Tech3 rider dominated the new half hour FP4 session with a blistering lap of 1:55.655 and was the first rider to break the 1.56 barrier this weekend and he was…

MotoGP Malaysia: preview Ducati Team

25 March, 2020
The Ducati Marlboro MotoGP team is traveling this time to Malaysia for the next round of the championship. Livio Suppo, the MotoGP Director from the Ducati Team is hopeful to get good results, Ducati’s winter test went well and Casey…

USA: McCain visits Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

25 March, 2020
US presidential candidate McCain has made a stop in the Badlands of South Dakota to speak to thousands of motorcyclists during the 68th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. During a pause to honor American veterans, McCain criticised his Democratic presidential opponent…

Video highlights from the WSBK Donington round

25 March, 2020
Despite the chilly temperatures at Donington Park and luckily it wasn’t pissing rain, both races went off without any big hitches.Marco Melandri’s media value certainly went up a couple of notches after the ‘Biaggi Affair’ and his coming back from…

Husqvarna Nuda 900R pics Husqvarna naked

25 March, 2020
Pics of the new Husqvarna Nuda 900R have been released and not only is this a hot looking machine, we understand it’s got the performance to back up the looks. While full technical specs and other details haven’t been released…

Ducati Corse New Logo (w/video)

25 March, 2020
With a video that’s a walk down memory lane in Ducati racing history, the iconic company has launched their new Ducati Corse logo. Last year Ducati changed their logo and this year it’s their racing department’s turn.It’s got the same…

Pramac Racing Laguna Seca Livery

25 March, 2020
Pramac Racing has a new one off livery for this weekend’s Laguna Seca race, their title sponsor is Powermate, a leading consumer brand in the USA whose products include portable generators, pressure washers, air compressor and air tools.Paolo Campinoti -…

Max Biaggi denies comeback rumors

25 March, 2020
Following the rumors during last week’s Aragon Superbike round that Max Biaggi was thinking of making a comeback, the Roman Emperor in an interview with the usual Gazzetta dello Sport, categorically denied he was thinking of a return to racing,…

MotoGP Assen Qualifying – Rider Quotes

25 March, 2020
Rider quotes from today’s qualifying session at the Assen circuit. Valentino Rossi - 1st - 1:36.025“This is a really good pole position because I’ve only had one other this season, at Motegi in strange conditions. I had a lot of…

Marco Melandri signs 1 year contract with Hayate

25 March, 2020
We can call it cut and wrap, the Kawasaki/Dorna/Hayate/Melandri soap opera that started at the end of December is over and Carmelo Ezpeleta can finally stop biting his nails because Marco Melandri has finally and officially confirmed that he has…

Live pics from Assen: the paddock girls

25 March, 2020
For this behind the scenes at the MotoGP gallery I had to put myself in the shoes of my male colleagues. It’s in fact, not difficult to do because you can still think like a woman. If a brolly girl…

WSBK – Pitt and Resch at Eastern Creek with BMW

25 March, 2020
While waiting to receive the of racing version of their BMW, new World Superbike private racing team BMW Reitwagen Motorsport were at the Eastern Creek race track in Australia to try out a street version of the BMW S 1000…

Vintage footage: Max Biaggi wheelie

25 March, 2020
Have you ever wanted an example of Max Biaggi’s brashness? Wondered what it is that makes him so bold? What about his self righteous attitude? Well, in a little old school footage we give you a Max Biaggi wheelie that…

MotoGP Sepang Test Thursday: Pics and Rider Quotes

25 March, 2020
To accompany today’s riders quotes, we’ve got a batch of pics from today’s MotoGP test in Sepang, some official and some from Motoblog who has its own blogger who’s reporting directly from Malaysia.Valentino Rossi - 1st 2′01″411 Laps: 54“Today was…