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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…

Star Wars Moto X: Space Balls freestyle /video

23 March, 2020
What drives a man to spend money and two days of his life to go in the desert and shoot a short film which has as its protagonists two freestyle motocrossers disguised as Star Wars “Stormtroopers”? No, it’s not dementia.…

First Look: Aprilia RSV4 Alitalia Livery

23 March, 2020
The official 2010 Aprilia Superbike team launch will be held February 9th at the Fiumicino airport in Rome, but this picture of the Aprilia RSV4 decked out with Alitalia livery was taken at the Piaggio Convention that was held last…

Valentino Rossi has given up hope

23 March, 2020
Filippo Preziosi defended Valentino Rossi after his horrible qualifying session in Qatar saying that Rossi’s talent is out of the question, however after yesterday’s lowly 10th place finish, the former World Champion in a post race interview with Sportmediaset very…

WSBK Donington: Rea's fall sequence (gallery)

23 March, 2020
Our mates from twin site Motoblog.it got ahold of a quite interesting sequence of pics showing Jonathan Rea’s crash in Donington during this morning Free Practice. We are not allowed to publish it because of copyright reasons, but you can…

Michelin boss talks about the single tyre rule

23 March, 2020
Michelin boss Jean-Phillippe Weber has given his idea about the safety and the single tyre rule in MotoGP. Weber is thinking it will not change much. About the new coming changes he has said: “I don’t think it will change…

Nolan helmets: the X-Lite X-802:

23 March, 2020
Nolan’s X-Lite brand is certainly one of the most popular on the market for bike helmets, and in 2009 they have produced another impressive top-of-the-range racing helmet, the new X-802.Each component of this helmet has been designed separately, and with…

The FB01 Moto Corse at Valencia (w/video)

23 March, 2020
Turn up the volume on your sound speakers, because we’ve got a brief video with the magical sound of FB Corse’s FB01 machine during last week’s shakedown test at Valencia.As we reported last Thursday, the FB01 didn’t exactly make the…