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MV Agusta Cannonball Kit takes Brutale to 165 hp

16 April, 2020
The MV Agusta Cannonball kit for the 2010 Brutale 1090RR is described as a track-only kit designed to further boost the 144 hp of the Brutale up to 165 hp. The Cannonball Kit is fitted to the Brutale and includes…

Haga and Fabrizio Re-Sign for Ducati in 2010

16 April, 2020
The Xerox Ducati WSBK team has announced today that they have re-signed Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio for the 2010 World Superbike season.Haga and Fabrizio are currently second and third in the world standing with three rounds remaining and Haga…

WSBK – Ernesto Marinelli new Ducati Xerox Team Manager

16 April, 2020
Ernesto Marinelli, who was Xerox Ducati’s technical director has been promoted and will take over Davide Tardozzi’s role as SBK project manager.Marinelli’s promotion came after Tardozzi’s decision to step down from his position to seek new challenges because he lost…

MV Agusta Brutale to get restyling kit

16 April, 2020
The MV Agusta Brutale is set to get a restyling, as revealed in an interview with Andrea Tamburini from Tamburini Corse. The restyling kit would apply to the single seat version of the Brutale.Tamburini has revealed that the restyling is…

Yamaha unveils 2009 YZR-M1

16 April, 2020
With a special online conference by Fiat Yamaha that took place today at noon at Yamaha headquarters in Italy, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo unveiled the 2009 factory Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP.With an unchanged rider line-up, Yamaha’s factory team has made…

Maverick Vinales takes home Spanish sports award

16 April, 2020
On Wednesday at the El Pardo Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain’s National Sports Awards were held and Moto3 rider Maverick Vinales was on hand to recieve one of the prestigious awards.The 17-year old Viñales received the award for the Breakthrough…

Peugeot Sum Up 125

16 April, 2020
Sum Up 125 is the new scooter from the a href=”http://www.motoblog.it/categorie/peugeot”>Peugeot Motorcycles range: it’s a simple and functional scooter with two 13-inch wheels . Sum Up is equipped with a 125cc, air-cooled Euro 3 engine. It’s available in two colours:…

Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC Special Edition details and pics

16 April, 2020
The Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC Special Edition has been revealed at the 2010 Intermot show. The special edition RSV4 Factory taps into Aprilia’s racing heritage, especially after Max Biaggi’s WSBK championship win this year and Aprilia having earned the manufacturer’s…

BMW S1000RR wins Bike of the Year award in Japan!

16 April, 2020
BMW’s S1000RR has won several awards so far since its debut and has been a sales success for the German manufacturer, but winning the Bike of the Year in Japan has got to be the greatest satisfaction ever, while thumbing…

New Seat Leon revealed in video

16 April, 2020
After the accidental video revealing the new Golf 7, it looks like Seat has also inadvertently revealed a drawing of the new Seat Leon in the background of an interview with a Seat manager. The interview is part of a…

Team Gresini Official 2009 Launch

16 April, 2020
The San Carlo Honda Gresini Team officially launched its 2009 MotoGP campaign. The team, led by two-time 125cc world champion Fausto Gresini, took off on its 2009 journey at the ‘Officine del Volo’ in Milan.Fausto Gresini and Alberto Vitaloni, President…

Yamaha Black Max X-MAX 250 scooter for 2009

16 April, 2020
Among the new models that Yamaha presented at Eicma in Milan, it had plenty to show in the scooter segment. One of these was the Black Max X-MAX 250, with a 250cc four-stroke, liquid-cooled engine.The special edition black is a…

Yamaha FZ1 Abarth Assetto Corse

16 April, 2020
Karl Abarth, a legend in the world of automobile design, was born 100 years ago. Officially Austrian, he was Italian at heart, and the company founded has now put its stamp on some of the most fascinating Italian sports cars.The…

WSBK Aragon: Marco Melandri bags his first ever Superpole

16 April, 2020
Marco Melandri has bagged his first ever Superpole this afternoon at the Motorland Aragon circuit in Spain and stopping the reign of Carlos Checa as this year’s best polesitter in the dry.The Yamaha rider blazed to the top of the…

Harley Davidson recalls over 300,000 motorcycles

16 April, 2020
Harley Davidson is recalling more than 300,000 motorcycles from its Touring, CVO Touring and Trike line, produced between 2009 and 2012. HD clarified that the massive operation is due to a malfunction of the rear brake light switch. It seems…

Ducati revenues up 16% in 2012

16 April, 2020
During Audi’s Annual Press Conference that was held in Ingolstadt, Germany yesterday, the German manufacturer presented an opportunity to showcase the latest details of the Ducati acquisition to the world’s press, including the outstanding results achieved by the company during…

Moto Morini meet: pic of the day

16 April, 2020
We love it when the Italians get all patriotic about their motorcycles and let’s face it, there’s a lot to be patriotic about. In this photo from our guys at Motoblog.it, we see the 2011 MMW or Moto Morini Weekend.…

Four CRT teams will start using the control ECU in 2013

16 April, 2020
In his recent interview with the official MotoGP website Michael Laverty reported that PBMUK will be using the Magneti Marelli control ECU on his PBM-01 (Yonny Hernandez will be using ART electronics) and that other teams would also be implementing…

Moto2 Jerez: Andrea Iannone dominates in eventful race

16 April, 2020
Andrea Iannone won today’s Moto2 race in masterful way and taking the lead in the standings from Stefan Bradl. The Italian who was only 11th on the starting grid rode a perfect race on the treacherous Jerez track, that was…

Elena Myers makes history in Daytona Supersport race 2

16 April, 2020
Elena Myers may have finished 5th in race 1 in the Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport during Friday’s series opener at Daytona and 0.760s from winner James Rispoli, but in Saturday’s race two the 18-year old Suzuki Scoop Fans rider came back to…