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Jorge Lorenzo with his Scooter (w/video)

19 April, 2020
Check out MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo who gives El Follonero, from Salvados Spanish TV show an adventurous, but slow ride on his very vintage scooter with matching sidecar along the streets of Barcelona. Between slight mechanical difficulties, billowing smoke and…

Colin Edwards talks about Macio Melandri

19 April, 2020
Colin Edwards is one of the most (choose from placable, polite, calm) and obliging riders of the MotoGP. But this time Marco “Macio” Melandri has really got him angry. Here’s what the “Texas Tornado” said in an Italian television interview.

EICMA Custom new at 2011 EICMA

19 April, 2020
The 2011 EICMA show might seem a long way off but this year a new customizing area will be open to the public. Perhaps more in the American motorcycle tradition, custom bikes and their culture are becoming more fashionable in…

2011 EICMA: Honda NC700X

19 April, 2020
Together with its twin sister NC700S (that we introduced in a dedicated post just a few hours ago), Honda NC700X is at the 2011 EICMA too. This crossover model has been developed on the same platform that generated its naked…

Rider Quotes from Motegi

19 April, 2020
More from Motegi. Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha) 1st:“First of all I just want to thank my team, my Mum, Dad and whole family, my friends and all the team workers. Also Yamaha, as it is their home race, it was…

Audi TT GT4 Concept pics

19 April, 2020
The Audi TT GT4 Concept racer has been revealed. Audi plans to put this TT ready-to-race model into production for 2012 as it steps-up its presence in the privateer racing market. The car has been previewed in demo laps at…

Borsellino Helmets

19 April, 2020
You’ve seen Borsalino’ the famous Italian hatmaker idea of motorcycle liveries on Bimotas DB6 and DB5 so take a look at their range of luxurious, high fashion jet helmets. These fancy helmets may be okay while riding a Vespa or…

Valentino Rossi ready to write off the GP11.1

19 April, 2020
During today’s MotoGP qualifying session, Valentino Rossi hit a new time low, qualifying only sixteenth on the starting grid of seventeen riders with the highly tooted Ducati GP11.1 (2012 chassis and the DST) which debuted at Assen which was supposed…

MotoGP Assen: Marco Simoncelli continues to lead also in FP2

19 April, 2020
Due to yesterday’s free practice cancellation, this morning’s longer second practice session started under cloudy skies and a dry track, but halfway through it started to drizzle, and then with 20 minutes left it started to rain with the riders…

Moto2 Valencia Test: Simon and Bradl fastest

19 April, 2020
Thirty-five Moto2 riders took to a cold and windy Valencia track yesterday for one day of official testing alloted to the teams. Several rider have yet to be officially confirmed, and were more or less auditioning for a ride in…

Pic of the day: Louis Vuitton Vespa

19 April, 2020
This lovely little Vespa with Louis Vuitton paint job and finishings was photographed at the 2010 ‘Vespata’ in Bologna. Apparently the seat is made from leather (so we’re not talking those cheap knock-offs you find sold on street corners) with…

Nicky Hayden Gets his Own Ducati 848

19 April, 2020
Remember the Ducati 848 Nicky Hayden Special Edition that Ducati unveiled at the Laguna GP? Well Ducati has given Nicky Hayden his own replica bike. You’ve got to love Nicky’s line when he say’s he hopefully he knows how to…

Gallery of Pics From Brno

19 April, 2020
After the video highlights from the World Superbike races at Brno, we’ve also got a big batch of pics from the entire weekend that you can enjoy.

MotoGP Motegi rider quotes after Friday's sessions

19 April, 2020
After the last two Friday practice sessions at Misano and Aragon with mixed conditions, the MotoGP riders finally found almost perfect weather conditions at Motegi. Dani Pedrosa was not only the quickest rider of the day and he actually broke…

Ducati Goes Logo and Colour Mad (w/videos)

19 April, 2020
The launch of of the Ducati Monster 796 has sparked the Italian marque to brink out some interesting promo videos to compliment the Monster 796’s smashing colours by adding them to their Monster Art Colour Therapy project. Not happy with…

Bell Aurens Longnose: one over-the-top Land Rover

19 April, 2020
The Bell Aurens Longnose offers the more audacious purchaser the option of Rolls Royce Merlin V12 engine at 27 litres - 27 litres!! This re-edition of the Land Rover pre-series III offers a turbo compressor capable of 1,500hp which was…

Why the Misano Moto2 wasn't red flagged

19 April, 2020
The entire Race Direction, the Clinica Mobile, the marshalls and the astroturf at Misano have come under attack by outraged fans, and we say rightly so, regarding how the horrific and tragic accident that took the life of Shoya Tomizawa…

Casey Stoner – The Final Lap

19 April, 2020
If you are a Casey Stoner fan - and even if you are not - you absolutely can’t miss this wonderful video prepared by Australia’s Channel 10 to celebrate the two-time World Champion’s sixth consecutive win at Phillip Island and…

Special edition Ducati Desmosedici RR at G8 summit in Italy

19 April, 2020
Ducati has prepared this one-off special edition Desmosedici RR for the G8 summit in the earthquake stricken town of Aquila, in Italy’s Abruzzo region. The Desmosedici RR special livery has been created by Ducati and Fiera Milano, on suggestion from…

WSBK -Blake Young to ride at Donington with Alstare Suzuki

19 April, 2020
According to Italian website GPone, 21 year old American Blake Young with be riding at Donington Park for the next round of WSBK championship with Alstare Suzuki’s Brux team. Young will be replacing Max Neukirchner who is still out from…