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WSBK Portimao Tests – Day 1

13 April, 2020
The curtain has just come down on 2009 WSBK season on Sunday, but the first day of the official 2010 test got underway today at Portimao.Not all riders had their transponders on, so the times are unofficial and from some…

As if We didn't Know It: Ben Spies to MotoGP in 2010

13 April, 2020
The Spies story if finally over. After a couple of weeks of speculation regarding in which Championship series Ben Spies would be really racing for in 2010. Yamaha has officially announced today that Ben Spies will be moving to MotoGP…

Ben Spies to Wildcard at Valencia GP?

13 April, 2020
Yamaha announced today that Ben Spies will be contesting in MotoGP next year. During tonight’s television show Griglia di Partenza, speaking to Ducati’s team manager Livio Suppo and Filippo Preziosi from Estoril, Suppo let out a Yamaha secret regarding Spies,…

Yamaha World Superbike Replica 2009 clothing line

13 April, 2020
Yamaha Motor Europe has announced that the World Superbike Team Replica clothing line is available for 2009. The clothing is characterised by the blue and black livery of official sponsors.The Yamaha WSBK Team clothing line is the exact copy of…

Ben Spies leads in FP1 at Indianapolis

13 April, 2020
It was a warm and sunny morning for MotoGP’s first free practice on the newly resurfaced Indianapolis and since the track had to be rubbered, lap times were a little less than 4 seconds slower than last year and Ben…

MotoGP: Rider Quotes from Jerez

13 April, 2020
More from Sunday’s race at Jerez. Valentino Rossi - Fiat Yamaha -1st “This is a wonderful victory because yesterday we were really quite worried! I couldn’t ride how I wanted to and it was very hard. We had to work…

WSBK Donington Race 2 – Donington Double for Spies

13 April, 2020
Ben Spies completely dominated race 2 and officially re-opened the WSBK Championship. Spies is now just 14 points behind point leader Noriyuki Haga who suffered a massive highside and ended up underneath his Xerox Ducati.We saw Haga walking away from…

Valentino Rossi's dream girlfriend

13 April, 2020
It must be the heat wave that’s hit Italy or it’s something in the water that Italian journalists are drinking lately, but they’ve suddenly become obsessed in finding out the sex lives of MotoGP riders. To tell the truth they…

Monster Energy continues to sponsor part of Yamaha's WSBK effort

13 April, 2020
While Yamaha’s World Superbike Team still has no title sponsor they have confirmed that Monster Energy will continue to be their partner and their “Official Energy Drink Supplier,” which means you’ll see Eugene Laverty and Marco Melandri holding and drinking…

MotoGP Silverstone Rider Quotes Recap

13 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo ruled the AirAsia British Grand Prix at Silverstone and here’s what the riders had to say after the exciting race. You’ll also find the Riders Standing after five rounds and next Saturday (not Sunday) we’ve got Assen to…

Colin Edwards grits teeth to take 3rd at Silverstone

12 April, 2020
We know that Colin Edwards would never had been on the podium at Silverstone today if Jorge Lorenzo and Marco Simoncelli hadn’t binned it under torrential rain showers, but he was running a very solid fifth, much better than more…

BSB Video – Gowland’s Yamaha takes a dip in the lake

12 April, 2020
Take a look at Graeme Gowland’s crash during Race 1 of this British Superbike weekend at Oulton Park. Gowland fortunately wasn’t injured, but we can’t same the same for his Yamaha YZF-R1, who decided to jump the crash barriers and…

Piaggio Zip SP 70 vs Yamaha TMax

12 April, 2020
You’ve seen bikes vs cars, bikes vs bikes smackdowns videos, so how about a scooter vs scooter for a change?The venue is Varano de’Melegari circuit in Italy, take two Malossi Trophy Cup national scooter champions like Davide Zenari, the reigning…

MotoGP Laguna Seca – Dani Pedrosa takes USGP win

12 April, 2020
It was Dani Pedrosa who was the surprise winner at Laguna Seca. The Repsol Honda rider who was fourth on the grid took the holeshot and was off and lead the race for the entire 32 laps. Valentino Rossi was…

MotoGP Assen: Jorge Lorenzo Edges Out Stoner in FP1

12 April, 2020
Today’s MotoGP free practice at Assen, in almost perfect weather conditions, saw a Friday duel between Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner on who would post the fastest time.Both riders began knocking off tenths of second in all their practice runs,…

Masao Furusawa about Valentino Rossi and the M1 Yamaha

12 April, 2020
Masao Furusawa, Executive officer, Engineering Operations for Yamaha Motor Company gives his mid-season review. We will give you a part of the review, by the most 5 important questions:1. What’s been te biggest change to the M1 this year?“We have…

WSBK Imola- First Practice Session Red Flagged

12 April, 2020
Just five minutes into the first free practice at the Imola circuit, Yamaha’s Tom Sykes crashed out and the session has been red flagged. According to sources at the circuit, Sykes sustained only a contusion to his right foot, while…

Yamaha Tech3 truck kills motorcyclist in France

12 April, 2020
Yamaha’s Tech3 team upcoming weekend at Le Mans has started in a very tragic way. One of their trucks was invovled in fatal accident that caused the death of a 54-year old motorcyclist at the La Ciotat toll booth on…

Jeremy Burgess still against one tire rule

12 April, 2020
When Jeremy Burgess , legendary crew chief and mastermind behind the wins of World Champions Wayne Gardner, Mick Doohan and Valentino Rossi , decides to talk, everyone has the tendency to sit up and listen.The quiet Australian has always been…

WSBK Magny-Cours: Michel Fabrizio on Provisional Pole

12 April, 2020
Michel Fabrizio took this afternoon’s provisional pole at Magny Cours edging out Jonathan Rea for first place. Rea was followed by Noriyuki Haga and Ben Spies and all four riders were separated by less than 2 tenths of a second.Carlos…

MotoGP Jerez: Jorge Lorenzo takes thrilling pole position

12 April, 2020
Today’s MotoGP qualifying session at Jerez went down to fierce battle for the pole position between two rival Spaniards, Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo and Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa who were completely above the rest of the field for the entire session.Despite…