Wanna be a Tech 3 Moto2 Grid Girl?
This is for all you girls out there who’ve always wanted to be a brolly girl and didn’t know where to start, here’s a great opportunity. The Tech 3 Moto2 team is looking for some lovely ladies to be their…
WSBK: Michel Fabrizio confirmed with Alstare Suzuki
It was probably a matter of pro forma because former Ducati Xerox rider Michel Fabrizio, who already tested the Suzuki GSX-R1000 during the post season test at Magny-Cours has been officially confirmed that he’ll be riding with Alstare Suzuki in…
Frankie the Angel and the Swiss Safety Video
Switzerland isn’t known only for their banks, cuckoo clocks, chocolate and great skiing, but they’ll probably get their name in the motorcycling safety world with this very sweet video starring Frankie, the singing Guardian Angel who tells us to Slow…
Jorge Lorenzo New Helmet for Valencia GP
Jorge Lorenzo will be sporting a new helmet design on his Nolan X-802 for the season finale at Valencia. After wearing his fan helmet celebrating his favourite soccer team Barcelona Football Club and the Captain America one at the Indianapolis…
Adventuriders on a scooter: Elefantentreffen 2009 videos
We have already introduced you to our intrepid Italian elefantentreffen team and their adventure in the cold and ice is now seriously underway. For daily details of their excursion, check out the day-by-day elefantentreffen log on motoblog.it (in Italian).Below we…
Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 new pics from Intermot
As we get down to deciding the best bike at the 2010 Intermot show, here are the final contenders for the crown. In addition to its electronic-oriented RSV4 Factory APRC SE, Aprilia also brought along the new Dorsoduro 1200. While…
Electric motorcycle Orphiro cruiser
This Orphiro cruiser motorcycle is the latest concept to come from the world of electric motorcycles and for the moment takes us out of the two opposing worlds of either urban scooters to take on city streets, or electric superbikes…
Nicky Hayden in Ducati 848 Shoot
Ducati on the eve of the MotoGP race launched the new 848 Nicky Hayden special edition and on Sunday ran almost the same livery design plus the Malboro bar codes on his Ducati Desmosedici GP9. So watch Nicky talk about…
Angeline Jolie gives Brad Pitt Ducati Monster 1100S
While there are many reasons why you might want Angelina Jolie as a wife, one very good reason (for our TwoWheels readers) is that she gives great birthday presents. Already having given her husband one motorcycle, Jolie provides Brad Pitt…
Marco Melandri: "Max Biaggi's contract excludes an Italian as a team mate"
In his debut season in World Superbikes Marco Melandri ended up being the runner-up, but unfortunately for him Yamaha decided to withdraw their 2012 Superbike effort and he was forced to find a new team.Yamaha team mate Eugene Laverty found…
Bridgestone to stay with MotoGP for another 3 years
Despite rumors of Pirelli thinking of supplying tires to MotoGP and Michelin was thinking of a shock return in 2012, with Bridgestone thinking of cutting back their involvement in the series, the Japanese tire manufacturer has confirmed that it has…
Triumph next generation Triple
Oberdan Bezzi is teasing our imagination again with a rendering of the much-anticipated Triumph Superbike.The Triumph Triple Superbike render shows the future supersports Triumph with a possible new, compact three cylinder engine. The frame should be in alluminium, similar to…
New Valentino Rossi Website
There are thousands of websites about Valentino Rossi, but the 8 times World Champion has finally decided to open his own personal website and if your fan of the Italian rider, you’ll probably say it’s about time.According to GPone.com the…
Photo of the Day: Scary crash at the 2010 Bol d'Or
Grand Prix Moto2 has been criticized for it’s 40 rider strong grid, but the 74th Edition of the Bol d’Or at the Magny-Cours Nevers circuit saw 57 teams lined up for this weekend’s round of the World Endurance championship. This…
FGSport renewed contract with Pirelli
FGSport is pleased to announce the renewed contract in supplying tyres for the FIM Superbike World Championship for a further three years after the conclusion of the current contract with Pirelli (therefore until the end of 2012).The contract will include…
Ducati Launches the 1st Asia Ducati Week
After the success of the sixth edition of World Ducati Week at the Misano Adriatico World circuit last June, the iconic Italian company is now organizing another ‘Desmo’ experience called the Asia Ducati Week that will be held at the…
2009 Yamaha YZF-R1, more pics
It’s still the lovely Yamaha YZF-R1 2009 and one of the most anticipated supersports motorcycles for next year. Motociclismo.es has put together these shots from MCN, collected from some spying and rumour mongering going on.The company is said to be…
Yamaha Super Ténéré XT 1200 Z Italian commercial
Yamaha Motors has launched this new ad campaign for the Super Ténéré XT 1200 Z, for those modern day Marco Polo explorers or Dakar riders that we’ve all dreamt to be at least once in our lives, with the tag…
2010 Kawasaki Z1000 pics
The 2010 Kawasaki Z1000 is a brand new bike, with all new four-cylinder engine, alluminium chassis and a meaner look. It has been designed to draw on past naked streetbike tradition, but provide a totally new Z1000 riding experience for…
Jorge Lorenzo new face for Sector watches
Nicky Hayden is one of the faces for Tissot watches, while reigning World Champion and 2013 Qatar GP winner Jorge Lorenzo will be fronting this year’s ad campaigns for Sector No Limits watches. This is one of the first commercials…
Ducati Supermono Strada reinvented by Alistair Wager
The original Ducati Supermono was one of the most controversial sports experiments of the 90’s. Planned to race in the Supermono Championship dedicated to single cylinder prototypes, the Supermono 550 had technical specs similar to 125 gran prix model: 118…
Moto2 Jerez: Marc Marquez pips Takaaki Nakagami for pole position
With two Spaniards on pole position in Moto3 (Alex Rins) and MotoGP (Jorge Lorenzo), we more or less expected another Spaniard to be the pole sitter in today’s Moto2 qualifying session at Jerez and Marc Marquez was the rider who…
Vespa stunts: pics and video from Nicola Campobbasso
The Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour finished last Saturday in Rome and the Italians pulled Nicola Campobbasso out of their bag of tricks for the day. Nicola is also known as the ‘impennatore’ or ‘wheeler’ in the sense of one-wheel…
Alvaro Bautista takes first ever MotoGP pole position at Silverstone
Gresini’s Alvaro Bautista took his first ever MotoGP pole position during today’s qualifying session at Silverstone - the 18th of his career. The Spaniard’s maiden pole lap was in 2.03.303 in his last flying lap during his third run before…
Jorge Lorenzo on Riders: Rossi copies my settings
In this month’s issue of Riders Italian Magazine, the cover story reads “Jorge Lorenzo, Programmed to Win” which has an exclusive interview and some very interesting photos with Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo.Here’s a preview excerpt from the interview and…
