Italian bike design: Vun story, part two
Here’s the second part of the Vun story, as seen yesterday. It continues the feature of the development of this unusual bike from Milan bike builder, Cafe’ Racers and Superbikes, or CR&S.
Valentino Rossi sends another stinger to Ducati after Assen qualifying
Valentino Rossi ended up 10th in today’s qualifying at Assen and he was again more than 1.3 seconds from the top of the timesheets and what’s worse he ended up again behind his team mate Nicky Hayden who was more…
Lambretta Pato italian commercial
We have found on Youtube the Lambretta Pato italian commercial. The blond girl is Valeria Marini.Blogdolcevita has found an Lambretta 150 Special commercial. From “Carosello” Gigliola Cinquetti perform “Sooner or later you will call”.From ‘60 an old commercial called “Carosello”…
Robbie Maddison Does It Again
Robbie “Maddo” Maddison the Aussie daredevil did it again. In the Red Bull New Year No Limits Event Robbie Maddison said hello to 2009 by climbing on his Yamaha motocross bike, launching up a ramp and flying vertically almost straight…
Davide Brivio says Valentino Rossi is not stopping
We all saw the despair on Valentino Rossi’s face yesterday at Sepang and some were speculating that the Italian would not take part in the upcoming season finale at Valencia, or that that he would actually retire from racing following…
Casey Stoner Fishing at Top End
When Casey Stoner withdrew from three MotoGP races due to a mysterious fatigue illness, a lot of things have been written, some true and some was downright speculation, but it’s nice to see Stoner smiling and feeling better and looking…
Parkalgar Honda withdraws from World Supersport
The World Supersport championship may have acquired WTR Ten 10 as a new entry, but they’ve just lost the long standing Parkalgar Honda team.The team run by Paulo Pinheiro has decided to withdraw their WSS efforts after six years of…
Kenan Sofuoglu breaks foot – ruled out of Indianapolis Moto2 GP
This is Technomag-CIP’s Kenan Sofuoglu horrific highside during yesterday’s Moto2’s first free practice at Indianapolis.The former two-time World Supersport champion crashed out at Turn 16 and suffered a broken right foot and also injured his left knee. The incident has…
Bikers attacked … by a Turkey
Troy Croser has been hit by so many birds while racing we can’t even begin to count them. Noriyuki Haga was hit by a pigeon in race 2 in Monza that eventually caused him to crash. We’ve seen cobras slithering…
Visit Spain: Angel Nieto museum dedicated to a Spanish hero
In Spain Angel Nieto is considered a national hero. Nieto, born in Zamora (Spain) in 1947 on January 25th, became Spanish hero after achieving an enormous amount of race wins.He won the Spanish National Championship title in the 50, 125,…
Photo of the day: Desmosedici
From our reader “il Biondo” we get today’s photo. It’s not really a two-seater Desmosedici, but what the International Motorcycling Federation would impose on Ducati at the next German grand prix, to contain the “super” performance that emerged in the…
Pretty in Pink with the Piaggio Liberty Elle
If you’re a woman who loves to ride scooters and adores the the colour pink and likes to attract attention wherever you go, then Piaggio has something just for you in their new 2010 lineup.Taking one their best selling scooters,…
Harley Davidson stays put in Wisconsin
We don’t think it’s far fetched to describe Harley-Davidson as a beleaguered company right now but it seems like it just got through a round of tough union negotiations which should see it make some savings. The company has been…
MV Agusta gains 12% market share in Italy
MV Agusta, during a difficult period for the world markets, is reporting a significant increment of its 3 cylinder and 4 cylinder model registrations in the first two months of the year with a 100% increase compared to the same…
San Carlo Gresini to field FTR/Honda CRT in 2012
Instead of running two very expensive Honda RC213Vs in next season’s MotoGP championship, Fausto Gresini has decided to split his garage and also run a CRT machine thus confirming the recent rumors.The Italian manager has opted for a chassis made…
Supermoto: Sylvain Bidart 'best of' video
Here is a nice video showing the best moments of the last year for French supermoto specialist Sylvain Bidar and his Honda CRF-R of the Luc1 Motorsport team, all of which in slow motion. The footage is indeed quite cool…
Dani Pedrosa training in the Canary Islands
Switzerland is story book perfect in the winter time, the Alps, skiing, hot chocolate or something a little more alcoholic to warm you up, but it isn’t the ideal spot to start doing some outside training for the upcoming MotoGP…
Valentino Rossi's Crew to Ducati
In a long and very interesting interview with Sport Rider website, Jeremy Burgess finally let the world know that he’ll be definitely going to Ducati with Valentino Rossi next season as will Brent Stephens and Matteo Flamigni. Now one of…
New Ducati factory: Ducati moves to new facilities
In a historic moment for Ducati, the traditional headquarters at Borgo Panigale will make way for a residential complex, with Ducati facilities moving to Persicetana and a new factory measuring 165,000 square metres.The reason for the move includes the need…
Rosso Puro TTre Moto Guzzi vintage custom by Filippo Barbacane
Filippo Barbacane could be considered the modern embodiment of the Moto Guzzi philosophy, and his Rossopuro brand is well known among fans of Guzzi and afficionados of the aftermarket and tuning segments. It seems that the majority of the Barbacane…
Opel Meriva Concept – official images
Some photos of the Opel Meriva Concept surfaced today. The small MPV features rear-hinged rear doors that can open to a 90° degree angle. If you put together the presence of the b-pillars and the sober interiors, the Meriva Concept…
Sylvain Guintoli rode at Donington with undiagnosed fractures
Effenbert-Liberty’s Sylvain Guintoli has had rough start to his 2011 season. The French rider crashed out during race 1 at Phillip Island and didn’t ride in race 2, but reports at that time said he wasn’t suffering from any serious…
Double Turkish delight for Eugene Laverty at Istanbul
Eugene Laverty is the 'sultan' of the Intercity Istanbul Park circuit. The Aprilia rider after his victory in race 1, repeating himself in race 2 in the inaugural World Superbike championship in Turkey.Race 2 seemed a copy of race 1…
2012 BMW kits F 800 GS and F 650 GS
BMW has created some new updates and kits for its “F” range for the 2012 model year. Starting with the BMW F 800 GS Triple Black kit, which takes on the same Triple Black details as used on the R…
Phillip Island MotoGP Paddock Girls Gallery
These Aussie brolly and grid girls have to be hard as nails, traipsing around the Phillip Island pitlane and grid in mini skirts and bare midriffs and continue smiling in those cold and windy conditions.I don’t know how Lauren Vickers…