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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…

World Superbike Indian round at risk?

14 March, 2020
The Buddh International Circuit may have modified the track to host the the second round of the 2013 World Superbike championship scheduled for March 10th, but the event is now at risk according to gpone.com. The Italian website is reporting…

Ducati Streetfighter wins best bike at Eicma show

14 March, 2020
After our post on Ducati winning best bike of the show with its Streetfighter 2009 model, we show again these Streetfighter live shots from our lovely gallery of the Eicma show.With 25,000 show visitors voting, it’s a convincing endorsement of…

Randy de Puniet closes in on Ducati satellite bike

14 March, 2020
For those who are coming around to accepting the fact that CRT bikes are here to stay and could compete against the purebreed MotoGP bikes - at least the satellite ones - when they receive more development work, were proved…

Moto2 Catalunya : Stefan Bradl wins in crash fest race

14 March, 2020
Stefan Bradl took his third win of the season at Catalunya, lengthening his lead in the Moto2 championship by 43 points ahead of Simone Corsi in second.Bradl spent the first half of the race battling with Julian Simon who on…

Frustrated Ducati MotoGP fan launches online petition

14 March, 2020
When Casey Stoner left Ducati at the end of 2010, the Italian marque literally went downhill and hasn’t won a race since. The ‘Valentino Rossi project’ was a disaster and Rossi left after two horrible years, with Ducati’s new MotoGP…

BSB winner Shane Byrne signs for WSB 2009

14 March, 2020
Good news for the British rider Shane Byrne, “Shakey” who won the crown last weekend at the 2008 British Superbike Championship; he has signed for World Superbike 2009 with the Ducati Sterilgarda Team.Marco Borciano was searching for two new riders…

2014 Kia Soul: more official pictures released

14 March, 2020
Kia introduced its 2014 Soul at the New York International Auto Show back in March, but in view of next month’s unveiling of the European-spec variant at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, they have just released a bunch of new…