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Valentino Rossi Health Update via Twitter

17 April, 2020
Fiat Yamaha may have thrown a blanket over Valentino Rossi’s health update, but that doesn’t stop his team manager Davide Brivio and Alex Briggs his mechanic, from tweeting some first hand info on Rossi’s recovery.Davide Brivio: “Vale is good and…

Sic Supermoto Day – pics and videos from Saturday

17 April, 2020
Our Italian cousins over at Motoblog.it were present for the first day of 2012 Sic Supermoto Day> event that is being held at the Sagittario race track at Latina to raise funds for the Marco Simoncelli Foundation.Today saw the practice…

More promo work for Nicky Hayden (w/video)

16 April, 2020
Ducati’s indefatigable Nicky Hayden gave this interesting interview last Friday evening at the Long Beach Progressive International Motorcycle Show and talks about himself, MotoGP racing, the Ducati GP bike and team, the return to the 1000cc’s, and electronics and rider…

Troy Bayliss at Phillip Island

16 April, 2020
Troy Bayliss, the reigning World Superbike Champion who retired after last year after his third championship win, couldn’t stay away from WSB for long, as he returned to the Phillip Island paddock as a spectator this weekend, and was interviewed…

Julien Dupont rides the Millennium Bridge (w/video)

16 April, 2020
Urban freestyle trial rider Julien Dupont did another of his amazing stunts on Tuesday morning and this time it was Gateshead’s Millennium Bridge that felt the wheels of Dupont’s trials bike.The ‘Blinking Eye’ is celebrating its 10th anniversary next month…

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…

Randy de Puniet: "I was accused of being unmotivated"

16 April, 2020
Apparently everything was not rosy in LCR Honda in 2010 as we thought it was, at least in final part of the season and the split between Lucio Cecchinello and Randy de Puniet was not as amicable as the usual…

Gigi Soldano films Valentino Rossi at Monza Rally

16 April, 2020
You’ve already seen several videos and dozens of photos of Valentino Rossi at the 2012 Monza Rally Show that was held last November, which he won with co-driver Carlo Cassina.However very few are as top notch as this 13 minute…

Jorge Lorenzo teams up with Hot Wheels

16 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo has picked up still another personal sponsor, this time the reigning MotoGP champion has toy maker Mattel backing him, specifically Hot Wheels. Not only will Lorenzo be wearing the famous Hot Wheels logo on his leathers and taking…

Marc Marquez does PR tour of Repsol

16 April, 2020
Two-time World champion Marc Marquez (2010 and 2012) and new factory Repsol Honda rider has always been backed by the Spanish petroleum giant since his debut in racing, and the newest GP sensation- just look at the media hype behind…

Ben Spies reveals all his winning secrets

16 April, 2020
Here’s another awesome and funny video from Yamaha USA, starring WSBK sensation and points leader Ben Spies. ‘Elbowz’ spills the beans and lets everyone know his amazing and unbelievable secret of learning the layout of unknown tracks so fast, what…

Photo of the day: GP MX1 rider Ken De Dycker

16 April, 2020
We give you this brief rider profile and pic of Belgian professional motocross rider Ken De Dycker. Ken, number nine, was born on June 20th 1984 rides in the GP MX1 class with his Factory Suzuki RM-Z 450. Ken’s favourite…

Carlos Checa answers five questions

16 April, 2020
Carlos Checa left round one of the World Superbike championship at Phillip Island with a win and a DNF following a horrific highside in race 1 that would have sapped another rider not only physically, but also his confidence, but…

Max Biaggi is 2010 WSBK champion

16 April, 2020
The title of this post suggests that today’s race and the subsequent championship result for 2010 is simpler than it seems. Firstly, Carlos Checa continued his excellent form this weekend, winning Race 2 after a victory in Race 1 as…

Nicky Hayden Admits Being Scolded for GP10 Pic

16 April, 2020
Remember Nicky Hayden posting on his personal website the photo of the Ducati Desmosedici GP10 and that it hit every motorcycle website in the world?Well if you head over to Hayden’s website you’ll find that the photo has been removed…

Valentino Rossi Bicycle Collection

16 April, 2020
The fact that the 8 times World Champion, Valentino Rossi is a virtual gold mine when it comes to endorsements is a well known, besides all his VR46 tagged merchandise that includes T-shirt, caps, cell phone covers and lately even…

Valentino Rossi's Ferrari 458 VR46 livery

16 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi will be making his first public appearance following his controversial comments in Qatar during the Blancpain Endurance Series this weekend at Monza where he’ll be racing a Kessel Racing specially prepared Ferrari 458 sponsored by his own company…

Marco Melandri gets suspended sentence for tax evasion

16 April, 2020
Tax evasion in Italy is pandemic and estimated to be over 150 billion euros (the fiscal burden has now reached on average 55 percent of tax payers income) and to fight the debt crisis, the technocratic government run by Mario…

Noriyuki Haga in British Superbikes?

16 April, 2020
When Pata Racing announced that they had signed Lorenzo Zanetti for the upcoming Superbike season many fans were left wondering where Noriyuki Haga would be heading.Persistant rumors put the Samurai of Slide in a new team put together by DFX…

Claudio Castiglioni passes away

16 April, 2020
Claudio Castiglioni 63, the President of MV Augusta Motor S.p.A passed away early this morning in a clinic in his beloved Varese. The far seeing and charismatic Italian manager owner of Cagiva with his brother Giancarlo, helped create along some…

MotoGP – Livio Suppo to leave Ducati for Honda HRC?

15 April, 2020
The rumor that Ducati’s MotoGP project manager Livio Suppo will be leaving the team at end of season started gaining steam after Casey Stoner’s return from his three race break and after the Sepang GP. Michael Scott from GP Week…

Matt Wadsworth to attempt world record jump (w/video)

15 April, 2020
Matt Wadsworth isn’t only a world class lutenist, he’s also blind, but this handicap won’t stop him from trying to attempt a a Guinness Book of World Records in trying for the longest jump on a motorcycle, but he’ll have…