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PSG-1 Corse Pulls out of WSBK series

14 March, 2020
Cash strapped PSG-1 Corse team has officially announced that they will not finish this season in the WSBK Championship.The Republic of San Marino based team found itself in deep water when several sponsors pulled their financial backing. With such a…

Motorcycle pics: vacation's over

14 March, 2020
Get your stuff together and get back to work! How much stuff can you fit on a Moto Guzzi Griso? Or a BMW K1300R? Quite a lot, by the look of it, but the motorcycle pic below deserves a special…

MotoGP Sepang Test: Vitto Guareschi talks about his Day (w/video)

14 March, 2020
Since everyone is desperate after such a long winter (it’s still winter and freezing here in Europe) for some sort of MotoGP news, even the light stuff, we’ve decided to translate Vittoriano Guareschi’s video interview with Gpone after today’s test…

AGV releases Valentino Rossi Corsa Winter Edition helmet

14 March, 2020
For the 2013 pre-season’s test Valentino Rossi has being using a different design on his AGV Pista GP helmet customised with a grey/black livery and with unmistakeable fluorescent yellow touches, which is the former World Champion’s trademark and favourite colour.…

Cal Crutchlow recovering from shoulder surgery

14 March, 2020
Shoulder injuries are almost always worse than anyone expects as both Valentino Rossi and Cal Crutchlow have recently found out. Yamaha Tech3’s new rookie who underwent surgery last week in Manchester, revealed through his Twitter page, that the tendon and…

Domenicali on Valentino Rossi's F1 ride

14 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi, the Italian MotoGP World Champion and hero went to Mugello to drive the red Ferrari Formula 1 car. Valentino, riding the Ferrari with the number 46 on the nose, set an incredible laptime of only 1.5 seconds slower…

WSBK: Jonathan Rea undergoes successful surgery

14 March, 2020
Jonathan Rea who underwent surgery on his injured left wrist Tuesday afternoon in the UK. The Honda Ten Kate rider who crashed during qualifying session at Imola, missed the Italian round and was able to take part only in race…

Valentino Rossi testing fitness at Misano with a Ducati 1198

14 March, 2020
We certainly should have expected that Valentino Rossi would want to test his shoulder condition before heading to Sepang for the official pre-season MotoGP tests next week, because the Italian rider is currently at the Misano Adriatico race circuit with…

BMW R1200GS engine pics

14 March, 2020
The new BMW R1200GS gets some significant engine updates in a bike perhaps not meant to be revolutionary, but that has become an icon in the world of European motorcycling. It has DOHC cylinder head and cam set-up, with different…

Filippo Preziosi: "The GP12 is 90% new"

14 March, 2020
Filippo Preziosi’s official title is Ducati Corse General Manager, but this man is much, much more. He’s the genius behind the Ducati Desmosedici and all the versions of the D16 that we’ve seen over the years.During today’s press conference at…

Gallery of Pics inside the WSBK Paddock at Magny-Cours

14 March, 2020
Our French cousin Haga (no relation to NitroNori) from Motosblog.fr was at last week’s final round of the World Superbike Championship at Magny-Cours and got a chance in the open and friendly paddock to take these wonderful pics while the…

Biker vs Geeks

14 March, 2020
Take a look at this marvelous parody made up by the Texas Iron Motorcyle Magazine and have a laugh.

Why you shouldn't ogle chicks while riding (w/video)

14 March, 2020
Passing a good looking babe while riding may want to make you turn your head to eyeball and give her the once over, but sometimes it isn’t a great idea as this Chinese guy riding a scooter - and without…

Jorge Lorenzo tests new engine spec at Sepang 2

14 March, 2020
Yamaha factory duo Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies concluded the first day of testing at Sepang in 3th and 4th place respectively, with the former World champion the last rider to be within a second of timesheet leader Casey Stoner.Lorenzo…

Dani Pedrosa will not be testing with Marc Marquez at Sepang

14 March, 2020
While Marc Marquez will be getting another three-days of testing at Sepang from November 24th to the 26th, team mate Dani Pedrosa has decided to skip the opportunity as his presence isn’t needed.Apparently the thirty laps that Pedrosa was able…

BMW 2009: photos of K1300 S/R

14 March, 2020
After our news on the BMW K 1300 S and K 1300 R models, we give you this lovely set of photos, from Motojournal. Here you can really appreciate the differences between the sports tourer and naked model, while having…

Astra to go electric in 2014

14 March, 2020
The new Opel Astra will have an electric version that will debut no earlier than 2014. The Astra electric will utilise Voltec technology, the same on the Chevrolet Volt and the Opel Ampera. The technology is the key feature, as…

WSBK Imola – Fabrizio steals Superpole

14 March, 2020
Ducati Xerox’s Michel Fabrizio took his first ever pole position for tomorrow’s two World Superbike races at Imola. Fabrizio snatched the pole position from Ben Spies on his final lap and in the dying seconds of the session, with a…

Stoner dubbed as the "Marlboro Man"

14 March, 2020
MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner has been targeted by anti-tobacco groups “Action on Smoking and Health”, “Smarter than Smoking” and “Young People and Tobacco”.They have written to Stoner and Ducati calling to end the sponsorship deal with tobacco giant Philip…

2011 EICMA: Italian Police seizes Chinese three-wheeled scooter

14 March, 2020
Piaggio Group confirmed in a statement that Italian Police force ‘Guardia di Finanza’ seized a three wheels scooter called YB 250 ZKT produced and marketed by Chinese company Kaitong Motor through its subsidiary Yiben. The Police carried out the operation…

Beep Motorcycle Commercial

14 March, 2020
I think that the advertising guys have to rethink this commercial, its probably not going to go down well with certain Italian and Japanese communities and the BEEP Motorcycle company may prefer their bikes to be in the main picture.

Scooter preview: new Kymco People GTi 300

14 March, 2020
The new Piaggio Beverly Tourer 300i will have a new competitor this summer in the form of the new Kymco People GTi 300. The new Kymco scooter will be released sometime this month and is equipped with a four-stroke, 300cc,…

European motorcycle market falls 37% in 2011

14 March, 2020
The Association of European Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM) in their yearly industry meeting have released the provisional data regarding overall sales in 2011 and the numbers as we expected are pretty frightening, a -37% over the last year, with just a…