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WSBK Portimao Superpole highlight video and rider quotes

20 April, 2020
Today’s last Superpole of the 2011 season at Portimao went to Jonathan Rea, but the main topic of the session was silly season. And more specifically why is Ducati refusing to support Althea Racing next season, after Bevilacqua’s team brought…

Piaggio Group gets 60 million euros from EIB for R&D

20 April, 2020
It’s nice to know that European Union hasn’t cut back on everything and still believes in financing viable projects in order to help meet policy objectives, so their nonprofit long-term lending institution, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has lent the…

Casey Stoner back on a Honda at Motegi

20 April, 2020
It was since November 11, 2012 at Valencia, that former two-time World champion Casey Stoner hasn’t ridden a Honda MotoGP bike, and now the Australian is currently at Motegi for private test with HRC (the first of four in Japan)…

Cal Crutchlow Wants MotoGP in 2011

20 April, 2020
After his two race wins at Silverstone, Sterilgarda’s Yamaha Cal Crutchlow has revealed that he wants to head to MotoGP as soon as possible, because he’s twenty-four and doesn’t want to waste time.Despite turning down an offer to temporarily replace…

Ferrari Enzo abandoned in Dubai

20 April, 2020
TopGear has just published some pictures - obtained on Luxury4play.com forum - showing a dusty Ferrari Enzo which has been ditched in the desert heat of Dubai. Apparently, the car was dropped in a police impound lot of the Arabian…

Maxime Berger to ride for Effenbert Liberty World Superbike team

20 April, 2020
World Superbike team Effenbert Liberty Racing will be expanding their efforts next year and will be fielding three Ducati’s. After previously reconfirming last year’s riders Sylvain Guintoli and Jakub Smrz, the Czech based team will be adding French rider Maxime…

Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport at Pebble Beach

20 April, 2020
A special edition Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport is set to appear at the Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach. The Grand Sport Sang Noir open-top could be revealed, equipped with the same engine as the coupe version.The Veyron 16.4 open top…

Nicky Hayden reveals that he suffered a fracture at Aragon

20 April, 2020
Seeing Nicky Hayden sommersault over an unproctected barrier during the last GP at the Motorland Aragon and land onto the access road infuriated a lot of fans and put under the magnifying glass once again, circuit safety. Loris Capirossi and…

New Arai Chaser helmets for 2011

20 April, 2020
The Arai Chaser helmet range gets a couple of updates for 2011, including two new replica models: the Spencer Re-Style Black and Colin Legend White models. Both have been created by Aldo Drudi and are based on the Chaser-V Phil…

Saab 9-3: spy shots reveal Insignia similarity

20 April, 2020
Appearances can be deceiving is certainly true in this case as the spy shot you see here is not an Opel Insignia, but its Swedish cousin, the Saab 9-3. It appears that the next generation Saab, so as not to…

Jaguar XF SportBrake: spy shots

20 April, 2020
Jaguar released a couple of spy shots (although this might not be the proper name for these images, given the source) picturing a mule of the Jaguar XF Sportbrake. The move comes as a sort of official confirmation that a…

Harley Davidson changes your life (w/video)

20 April, 2020
Harley Davidson will be releasing three new models in 2011 by Harley Davidson, the XR 1200X, the Sportster Superlow and the Road Glide Ultra and four CVO’s ( Custom Vehicle Operations) limited-production motorcycles and with this commercial the Milwaukee manufacturer…

Brabus SLS AMG new-look before engine tuning arrives

20 April, 2020
Here’s a look at the SLS AMG Brabus tuning effort, which affects the look of the car while leaving the already impressive V8 engine untouched. The Brabus SLS AMG tuning program is centred around a carbonfibre reworking of the body…

Yuki Takahashi Axed from Scot Racing

20 April, 2020
Scot Racing could throw up as many smoke screens as they wanted, announcing its intention to keep both Yuki Takahashi and Gabor Talmacsi. They could tell us that they were trying to get a couple of extra RC212Vs, that they…

World Superbikes heading to Russia?

20 April, 2020
The World Superbike championship is becoming more Europecentric, with only two fly away races scheduled on the 2011 calendar, Phillip Island and Miller Motorsports Parks, so the rumors that WSBK organizer Infront, is looking for new racing venues is pretty…

Jaguar XF Concept – more photos

20 April, 2020
We had to take down the “almost” official images coming from Car & Driver, but fortunately Edmunds’ Straight Line has a nice batch of photos of the Jaguar XF Concept, in which we can better appreciate the complete break from…

Stefan Bradl to undergo arm pump surgery?

20 April, 2020
It looks like this season’s Rookie of the Year, Stefan Bradl will not be joining Marc Marquez for the private three-day test session that Honda organized for their MotoGP riders at the Sepang International circuit next week.According to French website…

Troy Bayliss Classic flat track motorcycle event

20 April, 2020
Last January, former three time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss returned to his roots when he competed at the Old Bar Roadside Circuit during the Taree Motorcycle Club’s twilight meeting, apparently the event was such a hit that it has…

Jorge Lorenzo goes Hollywood movie in Garmin video

20 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo is having a very busy off season, his personal sponsors are taking every advantage of his championship title have him doing a lot of promo work and as one of Lorenzo’s hobbies is acting, this lastest ad campaign…

Ducati Fighter 1098: news before presentation

20 April, 2020
New rumours regarding the next Ducati Fighter 1098 have emerged, after we checked out some news on the possible future super naked, with its 1098cc desmoquattro engine.It’s the hellforleathermagazine.com site which again reveals news that the new bike has already…

Suzuki RM125/250 Cross Country for the UK

20 April, 2020
A great expression around my parts is “Ah…smell that two stroke”, which is always enough to evoke memories all sorts of motor sports indulgences; and one that will never die is off-road riding. Having seriously taken this sport to heart,…