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Tour the Globe with Honda's CBR 250R

19 March, 2020
Honda’s 2011 CBR 250R, made to snag those younger riders out there and try to take some sales away from Kawasaki’s Ninja 250R, really takes the youth side a little to seriously, especially if you want to play their new…

MotoGP – Casey Stoner Interview with Shell

19 March, 2020
Shell is a pretty unobtrusive sponsor for Ducati and the last time we saw something from them was when they interviewed Nicky Hayden before this year’s Mugello GP.This time they’ve got Casey Stoner and more or less asked him the…

Mattia Pasini Gets Another Chance to test a Ducati

19 March, 2020
It looks like that Mattia Pasini is trying out for a Ducati GP ride next year. The Italian will again be testing the Desmosedici GP9, during a three day test that was already organized at the Mugello race track this…

Kevin Schwantz and Randy Mamola at this year's IOMTT

19 March, 2020
Former 1993 World Champion Kevin Schwantz and racing’s most famous runner-up, Randy Mamola will be Arai’s guests this year at the Isle of Man TT Races to take part in the parade lap on Wednesday June 6th. Schwantz will be…

MotoGP Motegi: Casey Stoner tops the charts in FP1

19 March, 2020
In the first free practice at the Twin Ring circuit at sunny Motegi, it was business as usual for Casey Stoner who started this Japanese weekend with a best lap 1.47.289, and the only rider to break the 1.48 barrier…

Valentino Rossi's AGV Pista GP Soleluna 2013 limited edition

19 March, 2020
AGV is releasing a limited edition of Valentino Rossi’s 2013 Pista GP ‘Soleluna’ helmet, that will be available exclusively from AGV dealers.This limited edition helmet faithfully reproduces the graphics on Valentino’s 2013 race helmet (except for other sponsor’s logos, visor…

Manuel Poggiali: "I understand Casey Stoner"

19 March, 2020
Casey Stoner’s retirement announcement just one week ago brought out reactions from his rivals and former riders, but who could understand better Stoner’s ‘my passion has ebbed’ and has ‘basically lost my passion’ than two-time World Champion (125cc and 250cc)…

Moto2 – Toni Elias changes his mind about Pons

19 March, 2020
Toni Elias was supposed to have signed with Sito Pons Moto2 team when the Spanish rider couldn’t find a MotoGP who wanted him, has had second thoughts about Pons’s capability of paying his future salary.Hector Barbera, who rides for the…

2010 Superbike of the year video

19 March, 2020
video platform video management video solutions video player There is so much motorcycle eye candy in this sports bike of the year test that it gets difficult to pick which is the best, unless you’re a die-hard fan of one…

Carlos Checa takes the Panigale to 1st pole position

19 March, 2020
Carlos Checa wasn’t in the greatest form following his crash during Q1 - that he defined ‘one of the biggest highsides of my career,’ but that didn’t stop the Alstare rider from taking the first Superpole of the 2013 World…

Mercedes C 250 CGI BlueEfficiency

19 March, 2020
Mercedes is strengthening its C Class offering with the introduction of a new BlueEfficiency petrol model. The model will be the C 250 CGI, 1.8 litre turbo charged with direct injection, already announced on the E Class and capable of…

MotoGP Mugello: Marco Simoncelli leads in sunny warm-up

19 March, 2020
MotoGP warm-up this morning saw a sunny and dry Mugello with the forecast expected to be the same for this afternoon’s race. Heading the top of the chart was Marco Simoncelli who laid down a best lap of 1.48.430 on…

More from the Kawasaki Soap – The Hurricane

19 March, 2020
Not Dornaski nor Kaworna, but Hayate. This is the name that has been chosen by Kawasaki for their private team. The new team will be equipped with Kawasaki motorcycles and supporting materials, but has opted to change its name because…

2013 KTM 450 SX-F Factory Edition – Preview

19 March, 2020
In the wake of the success of the 2012 version - presented in December 2011 in the U.S. market and gone ’sold out’ in a matter of months - KTM introduces the new 2013 KTM 450 SX-F Factory Edition, which…

Cal Crutchlow undergoes surgery, Assen in doubt

19 March, 2020
Cal Crutchlow has finally undergone surgery to repair his left collarbone that he fractured during qualifying at Silverstone after surgery was delayed for two days as doctors assessed a suspected non-displacement fracture of his C2 vertebrae.Given the all clear after…

Sway Motorsports reveals its 3-wheel e-scooter prototype

19 March, 2020
California’s Sway Motorsports introduces an electric three-wheel scooter prototype that took a few years to develop and is now almost production-ready. Apparently, the project was carried out ‘in his spare time’ by one Mr. Joe Wilcox, a toy-designer and Rhode…

Ryuichi Kiyonari to Gresini Moto2? UPDATED

19 March, 2020
With Moto2 World Champion Toni Elias linked back to MotoGP in 2011 with Pramac Ducati (evidently he’s gotten over his qualms about riding a Ducati after a disastrous 2008), Fausto Gresini is already casting around for another rider to fill…

Honda CBR500, CB500X and CB500R sighted in Italy: spy shots

19 March, 2020
The first images of the brand new Honda CBR500, CB500X and CB500R (though something has already surfaced on the internet) come from Sulmona, Italy, where local newspaper Il Centro (’The Centre’) has spotted the three models on the ‘top secret’…

Guided Tour of Chris Vermeulen's Motorhome

19 March, 2020
Chris Vermeulen has finally returned to racing in this weekend’s World Superbike round at Assen,after missing the last two rounds due to the serious knee injury he picked up during his highspeed crash at Phillip Island.The Australian gives us a…

Cooking with tire warmers?

19 March, 2020
You thought tire warmers were important only to keep your tires up to temperature and help avoid crashes? Think again, because those great folks at On The Throttle have come up with this silly video for cooking a holiday meal…