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Loris Baz dedicates Silverstone victory to Andrea Antonelli

22 March, 2020
On August 5th 2012 at Silverstone, Loris Baz scored his first ever victory as a rookie rider, dedicating his victory to Joan Lascorz - who he replaced following the Spaniard’s career ending crash at Imola last year.One year later, almost…

KTM 690R the most powerful bike

22 March, 2020
Some lucky journalists were invited by KTM to test the new KTM 690R during a two-day excursion on the beautiful island of Elba in Italy. The excursion gave the media the chance to test the KTM 690R, the latest bike…

BMW factory team to test at Jerez

22 March, 2020
World Superbike BMW Motorrad team will be at Jerez de la Frontera circuit for a three day test with the new 2012 BMW S1000RR (Moto2 teams will also be present).For Leon Haslam it will be his second season with the…

Kawasaki moves to Thailand: Honda to follow?

22 March, 2020
Kawasaki will produce its medium to large motorcycles in Thailand. The move will mark the first for a Japanese motorcycle company to transfer production to a developing country, to take advantage of reduced production and labour costs.The production move to…

Jensen Button: "MotoGP riders are out of this world"

22 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi was one of the motorsports celebrities present at the inauguration of the new Silverstone Wing and rode a Ducati 1198 street bike to familiarize himself with the track, but what we enjoyed most was this part of the…

MotoGP Jerez: Light drizzle curtails action in FP1

22 March, 2020
The light drizzle that started in the final minuted of Moto3 free practice, curtailed MotoGP’s FP1 action. The Jerez circuit wasn’t completely wet and it wasn’t damp, but it wasn’t even dry, so very few riders decided to put in…

Video: Stoner and Rossi after the race at Laguna Seca

22 March, 2020
Calling some of Rossi’s moves “past the point”, an angry Casey Stoner struggled to shake the hand of Valentino Rossi after the epic race at Laguna Seca on the weekend. As seen in this video from the BBC Rossi, either…

2010 BMW Motorrad Days gallery

22 March, 2020
I’ll admit that when I first started writing about bikes, there was a lot of focus (here in Europe) on sexy Italian style - you know, lots of Ducati red, legends like MV Agusta and the EICMA show in Milan…

World Superbike releases new 2012 calendar

22 March, 2020
The FIM has released a new 2012 World Superbike calendar and this one features fourteen rounds instead of fifteen as the provisional calendar previously indicated.The March 4th TBA round has been dropped and Imola has been reconfirmed only it will…

Andrea Iannone Sponsor Punishment

22 March, 2020
If you follow the 125cc Championship, you’ll certainly remember the incident at Misano between Andrea Iannone and Pol Espargaro. Iannone head butted the Spanish rider and then in a post race interview with Italia 1 had a meltdown, seasoned with…

WSBK: Broc Parcs Injured, will miss 1st Round

22 March, 2020
Aussie rider Broc Parkes will miss the World Superbike season opener at Phillip Island after breaking the tibia of his right leg in a training accident.Parkes who raced last year for PBM Kawasaki, was to debut with Echo CRS Honda…

Nurburgring Superpole highlight video and rider quotes

22 March, 2020
WSBK’s may now be under the the same umbrella as MotoGP, but they still work better, because they’ve already posted a highlight video of today’s Superpole action at Nurburgring that saw the seemingly unstoppable Carlos Checa take another pole position…

Dani Amatriain: “Jorge is like a son to me”

22 March, 2020
After Dani Amatriain’s arrest the other day and questioning in regards to death threats made towards his former clients, Jorge Lorenzo and the Espargaro brothers, Amatriain who was released after 24 hours wants to set the record straight and issued…

Test: Piaggio Beverly Tourer 250 and 400

22 March, 2020
Recently we had the opportunity to undertake a brief test of the Piaggio Beverly Tourer 250 and 400 and while it wasn’t a complete test, we had a little taste on some varied urban routes.A high wheel scooter, the Beverly…

Honda prepares anti T-Max maxi scooter for Milan show

22 March, 2020
According to the Spanish magazine, Solomoto30, Honda has a big surprise in store for the Eicma show in Milan, starting next week on November 4.The interesting news is that we could see a new maxi-scooter appear, providing some competition to…

Sylvain Guintoli to race at the 8 Hours of Doha

22 March, 2020
The Suzuki Endurance Racing Team who won the 2010 Bol d’Or will be fielding WSBK rider Sylvian Guintoli in the final round of the Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship, the 8 Hours of Doha.Guintoli who debuted in WSBK’s last year…