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Kawasaki thinking of a return to MotoGP?

15 March, 2020
Kawasaki officially pulled out of MotoGP racing at the end of 2008 due to the economic crisis, but to avoid Dorna suing them for breach of contract, Kawasaki continued for one more season with their ZX-RR, and since the Akashi…

Yamaha BW 125 Fi 2009

15 March, 2020
The team at Soloscooter gave us this news on the new Yamaha scooter BW 125.The scooter was seen as a prototype at the Tokyo show in 2007, and while the new version loses a little agression, the Booster changes slightly,…

Leon Camier quickest on day 1 of official WSBK testing

15 March, 2020
Today’s first day official World Superbike testing at Phillip Island saw twelve riders in less that one second and with Leon Camier leading the field taking up where he left off after last Thursday’s and Friday’s private test, but this…

Kevin Schwantz explains that he was banned from COTA

15 March, 2020
The legal battle between Kevin Schwantz and the Circuit of the Americas regarding the alleged rights to the 10-year contract to promote MotoGP went up a couple of notches during the recent MotoGP tests at the Austin circuit, when the…

Katsuyuki Nakasuga to sub for Jorge Lorenzo at Sepang

15 March, 2020
Two time Japanese Superbike champion (2008 and 2009) and Yamaha M1 test rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga has been called on to sub for recovering Jorge Lorenzo in this weekend’s MotoGP race at Sepang.For Nakasuga it will be his first MotoGP appearance,…

Nicky Hayden's 'Just Married' helmet

15 March, 2020
Relax ladies, Nicky Hayden is still single but he’s decided to celebrate his sister’s recent wedding with this ‘Just Married’ design on his Arai helmet.It might be sort of corny, but most chicks will fall for this very romantic thought…

Harley-Davidson water cooled patent

15 March, 2020
The Americans are excited - a new Harley-Davidson patent which has emerged shows that the company is working on a new liquid-cooling system for a V-Twin engine. According to reports, the main purpose behind the water-cooled plant seems to be…

Alfa Romeo 8C: De Meo opens up about the GTA

15 March, 2020
This is a birthday presented signed with three simple words: Gran Turismo Alleggerita. It’s a birthday card dedicated to all the “alfisti” (alfa fans), written by Luca De Meo, general manager of Alfa Romeo. The words are the following: it’s…

Rider quotes from MotoGP Silverstone qualifying session

15 March, 2020
Even if you missed out watching today’s MotoGP qualifying action at Silverstone, you can find out what the riders had to say about it, right here.Casey Stoner - 1st“Everything has gone really well this weekend. We were lucky it stayed…

Indian Chief by Polaris

15 March, 2020
One of the US’ historic motorcycle brands, Indian, was ready to disappear from the market recently before being bought by Polaris Industries last April. Polaris bought the Indian brand clearly with the Chief model in mind as it was definitely…

World Superbike 2013 calendar still up in the air

15 March, 2020
Despite having run the first round of the World Superbike season at Phillip Island, who announced Sunday morning a contract extension until 2017, the 2013 World Superbike calendar is still remains pretty much up in the air.The Silverstone round that…

Imola girls part one

15 March, 2020
Here’s the first part of our paddock girls gallery from Imola. Check out the ladies from Nurburgring, too and pick out your favourite.

Miss Yamaha girls at Donington

15 March, 2020
These two lovely ladies are the 2009 Yamaha girls. Present at the Donington Park MotoGP to accompany Ben Spies and Tom Sykes on the starting grid, Beckie Jane and Kaleigh Fabien won the Miss Yamaha Competition, judged by Yamaha Racing…

Two songs to help the Marco Simoncelli Foundation

15 March, 2020
Rainband will be performing live “Rise Again” at the British MotoGP at Silverstone next month. The song which will be officially released as a single on June 18th, is a tribute to the late Marco Simoncelli who tragically died during…

Max Biaggi's 2012 World Superbike championship Suomy replica helmet

15 March, 2020
Max Biaggi celebrated his second World Superbike championship title at Magny-Cours wearing this special celebratory helmet, and now Suomy will be releasing a special and limited edition of the lid.Bargy Design naturally did the graphics and it features six stars,…

2011 Suzuki GSR750 revealed

15 March, 2020
The 2011 Suzuki GSR750 was revealed by Motoblog.it when it discovered these pics in the download section of the Suzuki website. The new GSR750 will have the same engine as the GSX-R family and will be presented sometime today at…

Max Biaggi fans want him to wildcard at Mugello GP

15 March, 2020
Max Biaggi fans have never really gotten over the fact that their beloved Roman Emperor was exiled, banned, kicked out (chose whatever term you prefer) of MotoGP and despite their idol having won a World Superbike championship in the meantime…