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New Citroën C2 1587 Brutale

21 April, 2020
MV Agusta and Citroën Italy have presented at the sixth edition of My Special Car at the Rimini fair, the brand new C2 1587 Brutale, a Show-Car loved by all afficionados of tuning. The panel colouring of the concept has…

Gabor Talmacsi switches to rally cars

21 April, 2020
At the beginning of last year, we said that former 125cc World Champion Gabor Talmacsi was at career crossroad, after spending half a season with the now defunct MotoGP team Scot Racing thanks to his sponsor Mol, he was then…

Aprilia Dorsoduro on the streets of LA (w/video)

21 April, 2020
In this economic market you need to promote your motorcycles and make them look better than your direct competitors (read Ducati), so this is what Aprilia USA came up with.Stunt-rider Jamie Robinson takes the Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 around and up…

WSBK Portimao test: Ruben Xaus fastest in morning session

21 April, 2020
Bad weather continues to hamper World Superbike testing at Portimao, on the third and final day. This fifth session was dominated by Ruben Xaus on the Castrol Honda with a best lap 1′47.065 leaving Michel Fabrizio on the Suzuki GSX-R1000…

Audi RS6 Avant- official images and specs

21 April, 2020
Finally, the official announcement of the Audi RS6 Avant has come. The new “monster” from Ingolstadt is really a super-car in all but appeareance: the engine is a 5.2-liter V10 twin-turbo with 580 bhp and a torque of 650 Nm…

SC-Project new exhausts for Triumph

21 April, 2020
SC-Project has developed a range of new silencers for the 2011 Triumph Speed Triple and the Triumph Tiger. The new silencers come in both “low position” and “high position” versions. The Speed Triple comes available only with the former and…

ADV and CRP Racing reveal Moto3 bike

21 April, 2020
Here’s the first image of the Moto3 dubbed ADV AT03-1.0, another motorcycle that will be ready to replace the 125cc class in 2012.Designed and built by ADV Advanced Technology and CRP Racing, the AT03 continues the ‘AT’ project that Moto2…

World Superbike Riders Safety Commission formalized

21 April, 2020
It has taken a long time, but the World Superbike riders finally have the own Riders Safety Commission.Unlike MotoGP (but there are issues there, as only very few riders attend) there has never been a riders safety commission, even if…

Casey Stoner unveils his V8 Supercar (w/video)

21 April, 2020
Casey Stoner will be joining the line of other two-wheel champions like Wayne Gardner, Mick Doohan, Aaron Slight and Troy Bayliss trying his luck in racing V8 Supercars in Australia.The former two-time MotoGP champion who retired at the end of…

Harley Davidson commercial: Respect

21 April, 2020
Unlike Aretha Franklin’s song, “Respect”, nothing needs to be spelled out in this Harley Davidson commercial with a twist. Amusing enough, this is a simple commercial for a legend (and we’re not talking about the guy).

Audi A1 more official pics

21 April, 2020
As we finally got through all six episodes of “The next big thing” car movies for the Audi A1, we thought we’d post the new official pics of the car. The Audi A1 will be available from September, costing about…

Chaz Davies works on riding position in BMW wind tunnel

21 April, 2020
In November of 2010 former BMW riders Troy Corser and Leon Haslam got a chance to use BMW’s wind tunnel to optimize their riding positions, and so did Marco Melandri last year, and and Aragon winner Chaz Davies also got…

Interview: Valentino Rossi

21 April, 2020
Over on Blog Dolce Vita, we’ve posted an extract from an interview with famous Italian icon Valetino Rossi (Valentino Rossi and the art of motorcycling). After the interview with Paronama First, we pulled out some of the best bits for…

Valentino Rossi autographed Ducati 1198 to be auctioned

21 April, 2020
When Valentino Rossi had to switch to a street version of a Ducati 1198 at Silverstone after his spec 1198 SP conked out on him, several pundits remarked that we’d soon be seeing the bike on sale on e-Bay, instead…

Vyrus 986 Moto2 bike at Verona Motor Bike Expo

21 April, 2020
Vyrus the exclusive Italian motorcycle manufacturer will be debuting the 986 M2 at the 2011 Verona Motor Bike Expo that takes place January 21st to the 23rd. This 986 M2 has been specifically designed to be sold and compete in…

Imola 200 Miglia Revival – 3rd Edition (w/video)

21 April, 2020
The third edition of the three-day Imola 200 Miglia Revival was held this past weekend at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari and this year marks the 40th anniversay of Imola 200 Miglia, which was won by Paul Smart…

Ducati GP12 unveiling presentation video

21 April, 2020
If you weren’t one of the 96,000 followers who happened to tune in to watch yesterday’s Ducati Desmosedici GP12 unveiling on the team’s Tim sponsor’s Facebook page, you can catch up on what happened with this video that shows the…

2012 MotoGP helmets

21 April, 2020
Twenty-one riders will be on the 2012 MotoGP grid this season and these are the helmets they will be wearing. Some graphics are instantly recognizable like the one on Valentino Rossi’s new AGV PistaGP helmet, or Casey Stoner’s Nolan X-Lite…

Alex Baldolini heads to World Supersport

21 April, 2020
World Supersport Power Team by Suriano has added another Italian to their 2012 line-up after Vittorio Iannuzzo, Moto2 rider Alex Baldolini.The 27 year old Baldolini is a veteran of the GP paddock with nine years of experience between the 125cc,…