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Photo of the Day: Why we Prefer Motorcycle Racing to Football

2 April, 2020
With the World Cup stealing viewing audiences left and right, world superbike rider Luca Scassa decided to take the situation in hand and with a variation on “racing because football, baseball, bowling and golf only require one ball” exhibited this…

Why Ignite is sponsoring Pramac Ducati and Ben Spies

2 April, 2020
There are several different reasons why a company would want to sponsor or endorse a team or rider in MotoGP, that includes more brand recognition, enhancing their image, shape consumer attitudes and loyalty, heighten visibility and target specific markets.When it…

Carlos Checa on being Ducati's MotoGP test rider

2 April, 2020
In an interview with Spain’s Marca website reigning Superbike champion Carlos Checa talked about swimming with sharks, skiing and the Dakar rally and being Ducati’s test rider for their 2012 MotoGP project. Checa has already ridden the GP0 twice and…

Video: Rossi vs Rossi – Ten years later

2 April, 2020
While everyone is still discussing Valentino Rossi’s QatarGP post race interview (video after the jump) and wondering why Ducati hasn’t gone beyond a simple no comment to Sky Sport adding only that their rider’s comments were ’strange,’ the struggling former…

Valentino Rossi: Racing for Another 3 Years

2 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi has talked about his future in a long interview in this week’s Motosprint magazine that will leave his numerous fans happy, his haters unhappy and his many racing rivals wincing, because The Doctor has once again said that…

Stefan Bradl visits the University of Texas

1 April, 2020
Before the start of the Austin GP, Stefan Bradl and Livio Suppo (HRC Team Principal) met with 200 students at the University of Texas taking part in an Engineering Lecture which deeply impressed the US students fascinated by the Honda…

Valentino Rossi to help young Italian riders when he retires

1 April, 2020
You’ve probably already seen videos from Valentino Rossi’s Biscia ranch, where he occasionally invites young Italian riders from the Moto3 and CIV championships to train and have fun on his personal track.Apparently watching and riding with these teenagers has prompted…

Santa's Team vs Three Kings Racing (w/video)

1 April, 2020
Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi aren’t the only ones to have their own personal dirt tracks, former Moto2 GP and CEV Moto2 rider (3rd in the overall standings this year) Kenny Noyes also owns a track located near the Aragon…

MotoGP, Indianapolis: all the images from the paddock

1 April, 2020
The tricky tarmac of the Indianapolis circuit turned out to be quite problematic for several MotoGP riders, but that was not Dani Pedrosa’s case. The Spanish star of the Repsol Honda team showed excellent shape throughout the whole weekend and…

Haga's Special Training Regime

1 April, 2020
Most professional riders have a very tough and serious training regime that is varied and usually consists of running, road cycling, mountain biking, motocross riding, working out in the gym, but Noriyuki Haga candidly admits in this video that he…

'Thursday Afternoon Live' with Nicky Hayden

1 April, 2020
Don’t let Nicky Hayden’s Kentucky drawl fool you or how hard he works, because besides being very down to earth, he’s also very witty and the famous “N. HYPOCRITE” sticker back in 2008 proved it, and now he looks like…

Ducati & Rossi: How much are they worth together

1 April, 2020
Even if the announcement of Valentino Rossi going to Ducati was more than expected, the news surrounding his switch hasn’t exactly died down, especially here in Italy, with newspapers and TV calling it the “marriage of the decade”, an “Italian…

Apinestars video: Beyond the Riders with Ben Spies

1 April, 2020
Alpinestars has released another of their Beyond the Riders videos, and after the interviews with reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo, this time it’s with his Yamaha team mate Ben Spies.Who would have expected that the apparently calm and collected,…

Valentino Rossi's greatest passes: survey

1 April, 2020
In something a little different for TwoWheels Blog, today we discuss what the best passing move of Valentino Rossi’s has ever been. While it’s hard to pick, we’ve selected a few that you might remember, and have thrown in last…

Max Biaggi denies MotoGP rumors

1 April, 2020
More rumours about Italian Superbike rider Max Biaggi have emerged. After Max’s idea to replace Troy Bayliss at the Xerox Ducati team, we posted for you news about his return to Aprillia, signing a two-year contract. Today, more rumours are…

Michael Schumacher to test Honda Superbike at Valencia

1 April, 2020
After retiring again Michael Schumacher still needs to quench his thirst for racing and has taken up karting again, but one of his favourite past times is still riding motorcycles and according to German website Speedweek.de the former multi-Formula 1…

MotoGP Gossip: Rossi's new babe

1 April, 2020
No one escapes from Italian paparazzi and their cameras, not even reigning MotoGP World champion Valentino Rossi who’s usually headlined in sports papers more than in gossip magazines and is very low keyed about his love life.Here’s Rossi in St.…

Cal Crutchlow confirms Yamaha in talks with Pol Espargaro

31 March, 2020
Last January we reported the rumor that Moto2 rider Pol Espargaro was on Yamaha’s radar for a switch to MotoGP in 2014.Yamaha Tech3’s team owner Herve Poncharal had admitted that he had talked to Espargaro last year during the Indianapolis…

Rossi in Red

31 March, 2020
The worst kept secret of MotoGP has been finally revealed, Valentino Rossi will be in Ducati for the next two years. During Italy’s post race show Fuori Giri the host Franco Bobbiese showed TV viewers a page from the Ducati…

Casey Stoner to be operated?

31 March, 2020
In the latest press release distributed by Ducati Corse today, Casey Stoner and Livio Suppo are talking about the coming Indianapolis race and Casey’s injury.In Stoner’s opinion: “Obviously I’m not happy with the results of the last few races. We…