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Triumph Bonneville Heuer

28 March, 2020
Two brands, Triumph and TAG Heuer have teamed up to create this special Bonneville Heuer motorcyle.It’s distinctive blue and orange livery on the Bonneville was inspired by the Gulf Porsche 917 driven by the one and only, King of Cool,…

WSBK Magny Cours paddock beauties

28 March, 2020
Will Tom Sykes be crowned the 2013 World Superbike champion? We'll find out on October 20th when the final round of the season will be played out at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit for the first time.The World Superbike…

Special bikes: RAD 02 Imola, "La fuerza de la pasion!"

28 March, 2020
Today we are about to introduce a very special bike built by renowned Spanish specialist Radical Ducati, a Madrid-based customizer that has gained itself worldwide fame for its work on various Ducati models such as the Streetfighter, the 1198, the…

Special bikes: the Natural by "The Tarantulas"

28 March, 2020
There is something pretty fascinating about raw metal, it provides a feeling of primordial strenght and harshness that always strikes the onlookers, and this is something that is particularly evident with today’s special bike. This outstanding machine comes from the…

MotoGP, Catalunya: the paddock girls

28 March, 2020
As usual, to close the chapter of a big race, we publish a photo gallery starring some of the nice ladies attending the latest MotoGP round in Barcelona. The show on the Montmelò track was indeed quite entertaining, but as…

Italian Ministry of Transportation runs out of funds

28 March, 2020
You might know that Italians are being taxed left and right to save the country from default and the government is cutting back on budget spending (but very little from their own paychecks) and this has led to certain ministries…

Aluminium Polini kit for Vespa PX200

28 March, 2020
The world of scooters, and especially the iconic Vespa brand, has plenty of scope for accessories and aftermarket parts - whether purely for style or to create technical upgrades. Polini accessories have always focused on Vespa as their brand of…

Valentino Rossi, 20th highest paid athlete in the world

28 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi is the highest paid motorcycle racer in MotoGP (and the rest of the modern day racers can thank him when salary checks began going up back in the good old days, before the economic climate turned sour and…

Triumph Scrambler Amazonia by Ton-Up Garage

28 March, 2020
Today’s special bike comes from Portugal, where Pedro Oliveira and Daniel Cabral of Ton-Up Garage have taken a 2012 Triumph Scrambler and turned it into this fascinating special bikes that was specifically requested by an off-road loving customer. The standard…

Ducati confirms Valentino Rossi

28 March, 2020
Rossi in Rossso. Ducati (their website was beseiged) has finally confirmed that Valentino Rossi will join its line-up next season. The nine times world champion has signed a two-year deal with the Italian team, however there is no mention if…

Melandri Speedcar Series Debut – Almost Wins

28 March, 2020
Wild card MotoGP star Marco Melandri after finishing 5th in the first practice session and 4th in qualifying despite three tail spins and another spin in Race 1 that dropped the MotoGP star to the end of the field, almost…

MotoGP Mugello – Dani Pedrosa takes the Pole

28 March, 2020
It was a strange qualifying session today at the Mugello for most viewers, not seeing Valentino Rossi on a track for the first time since 1996, the reigning World Champion was already undergoing surgery on his fractured tibia after this…

Bradley Smith vs Jenson Button for Good Causes

28 March, 2020
125cc rider Bradley Smith who is currently third in the championship and Formula One championship leader Jenson Button aren’t going to take each other on two wheels or four, but they’re going to to compete in the Mazda London Triathlon…

Video: Motorcycle racer feigns fainting after crash

27 March, 2020
If you’ve ever seen a soccer match, you’ve see even million dollar players dive to the turf and begin holding their leg or foot and scream bloody hell or grimace in pain only to bounce back a couple minutes later…

ECRP Energica: the first all-electric Italian Sportsbike

27 March, 2020
At the 2011 EICMA exhibition in Milan, Italian aftermarket company and racing team CRP Racing had introduced the prototype of a punchy, pioneering sportsbike that was going to become the first all-electric Italian sportsbike ever, making the most out of…

Superbikes 2012 Honda CBR1000RR

27 March, 2020
If you were expecting a revolution from Honda, you might have to think again. The highly anticipated new Honda V4 for the 2012 Superbike rumours seem unfounded when looking at these pics of the 2012 Honda CBR1000RR restyling. Asphalt&Rubber say…

2013 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636 cc: info, images and videos

27 March, 2020
With a flashy presntation which took place yesterday in Times Square, New York, Kawasaki launched in style its brand new Ninja ZX-6R, the new generation of the successful Supersport model which will see the return to the 636 cc displacement…

WDW 2012: the coolest Ducati sportbikes in the paddock

27 March, 2020
The 2012 edition of the World Ducati Week has just closed its doors and the success in terms of numbers and attendants definitely lived up to the expectations. Over 65,000 passionate ‘Ducatisti’ showed up at the event gathering from every…

Ducati Hypermotard Appears in Diabolik Comic

27 March, 2020
You know when a bike has become a true success when it starts appearing in mainstream movies or in this case, one of Italy’s oldest and most iconic comics books, Diabolik.Diabolik is an anti-hero and a ruthless, master thief, who…

MotoGP Laguna Seca qualifying quotes

27 March, 2020
Yesterday’s qualifying practice at Laguna Seca saw the Black Mamba (Jorge Lorenzo) strike again, and while he pipped Casey Stoner for the pole position with his last flying lap, the Spaniard has a blistering race pace, but Repsol Honda riders…

French motorcyclists continue protest

27 March, 2020
Since no one is listening to their complaints regarding French interior minister Claude Guéant and his series of proposals that specifically targets motorcyclists, over 50,000 angry French bike took to the roads for the third time this year to continue…

WSBK – Alitalia to sponsor Aprilia?

27 March, 2020
Alitalia, Italy’s former national airline company, now called Alitalia-CAI is close to closing a two year sponsorship deal with Aprilia’s Superbike factory team.CAI is owned by a group of Italian investors led by Piaggio’s President Roberto Colaninno who also controls…