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All FP2 practices cancelled at Assen – UPDATED

21 March, 2020
All FP2 practices for all three GP classes at Assen have been cancelled this afternoon due to an oil spill that is proving very tough to clean up for the marshals.The oil came from Alex Badolini’s Suter MMXI during this…

Garry McCoy with FB Corse: It's Official

21 March, 2020
Garry McCoy who was recently axed from Triumph’s World Supersport effort has already found a new ride in record time. The Aussie rider was called to Italy on Friday by FB Corse, who was jilted by John Hopkins who preferred…

Max Biaggi on pole position at Brno

21 March, 2020
Superpole at Brno was the usual exciting affair that World Superbikes offers.In Superpole 1 the fastest rider was Marco Melandri on the new softer version of the Pirelli race tire putting in a best lap 1′59.379 that put him on…

Interview with Hervé Poncharal Yamaha Tech3 boss

21 March, 2020
Our French speaking cousins at Motosblog.fr had the opportunity to talk to Hervé Poncharal, Yamaha Tech3 and Moto2 boss the other day, and since we don’t often hear from the other side of the Alps, we thought that a translation…

Test ride of the Vespa LX 50 4Valvole

21 March, 2020
When we took a test ride of the Vespa GTS 125 Super, we also had the chance to take the Vespa LX 50 4Valvolve out for a spin, and while the difference in the two is notable, the LX 50…

Suzuki V-Strom price

21 March, 2020
Suzuki has released the European price of its new V-Strom 650 ABS model. The updated V-Strom has been on sale since July 1st and costs about 8,499 euros on the European market. As a special launch price, and to celebrate…

Hector Barbera may have to skip Estoril test, too

21 March, 2020
Hector Barbera’s Estoril race lasted only four corners into the first lap, when the Mapfre Aspar rider suddenly crashed out due to the usual cold tire syndrome and was left lying breathless in the gravel pit, unaided at first by…

Biker O Wall 1 Video

21 March, 2020
When you see these sort of videos, you wonder what is exactly going through the helmetless brain of this guy and it’s amazing that he actually could still walk away from this crash.

New Husqvarna TC 450 and TE 310 2009 revealed

21 March, 2020
Already revealed in a preview at the Barcellona show, Husqvarna is not letting slip by the occasion of showing fans 2009’s new TC 450 and TE 310: set to be present at the Italian Motocross Grand Prix at Mantova on…

Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso at Aragon this week

21 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso will be at Motorland Aragon track that will host the 13th round of the MotoGP championship September 19th.Rossi and Dovizioso will get a first taste of the new 3.3-mile circuit near Alcaniz in Spain taking…

Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa (w/video)

21 March, 2020
Introduced at the EICMA show, Pirelli will be putting on the market next year, a new high-performance street tire named the Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa. The Rosso Corsa was developed from Pirelli’s experience as the exclusive tire supplier in the…

Video road test of Kawasaki KX250F and KX450F

21 March, 2020
I think it must be the dirt that makes an offroad test look so much more serious than a general road test. While this video is in Italian, you check out the test from MotoTV of the Kawasaki KX250F and…

Volvo C30 Efficiency – below 4.5 l/100km

21 March, 2020
Volvo has announced the C30 Efficiency, a new version of its hatchback with lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions: less than 4.5 l/100 km and 120 g/km on average.The C30 Efficiency needs 0.4 l/100 km less than the normal C30…

Tom Sykes bags fourth Superpole at Donington Park

21 March, 2020
Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes has taken his fourth Superpole the season at Donington Park (what is he going to do with all those Tissot watches?) after Sylvain Guintoli broke his run at Monza.The Huddersfield man stopped the clock in the third…

More rider quotes following Jerez MotoGP race

21 March, 2020
If there was one rider who impressed us this Jerez weekend - besides the usual aliens - that would have to be Cal Crutchlow. Not only did the Brit stick to Dani Pedrosa like glue, and thanks to his tire…

The best from the Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA Concept videos

21 March, 2020
After so many spy shots, viral videos and news over the last week, we choose some of the more significant videos of the Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA Concept in Valencia. Alfa had released 26 videos in total, clearly very taken…

Bulgarian MotoGP in 2011?

21 March, 2020
According to International Motorcycle Federation (FIM) and the Bulgarian Motorcycle Federation (BMF) have announced an agreement to design and build a Motogp circuit in Bulgaria.Claude Denis, chairperson of the MotoGP committee with FIM, said that the Bulgarian circuit would be…

KTM 1290 Super Duke: spy shots

21 March, 2020
German website Motorradonline.de has posted some ’stolen’ photos a prototype that seems to be very close to what will be the production version of the 1290 KTM Super Duke, a first ‘incarnation’ of which appeared last year at 2012 EICMA…

Carlos Checa's Nolan helmet following Phillip Island crash

21 March, 2020
Carlos Checa’s first round of the 2013 season at Phillip Island was bittersweet. The Ducati Alstare rider spent the pre-season unofficial test in the hospital with intestinal problems, during practice he crashed and then he went on to take the…

Preview of the KTM 990 Supermoto R

21 March, 2020
KTM is giving a preview of the new KTM 990 Supermoto R, a renewed and more radical Supermoto than the latest 990 version. KTM is calling the bike “ready to race”.The “R” is lighter, developed to ride a higher corner…

Honda NR 500: from New Racing to "Never Run"

21 March, 2020
The Honda Museum in Motegi offers some interesting features, including the space dedicated to the Honda NR 500. In 1979 the company worked on one of the most difficult projects imaginable: competing with a 500 four stroke against the 500…