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MotoGP Sachsenring: Jorge Lorenzo Takes a Fiery Qualifying Session

9 April, 2020
Fire and flames characterized this afternoon’s MotoGP qualifying session at the Sachsenring circuit with Jorge Lorenzo snatching his fourth consecutive pole position of the season. The Spaniard grabbed the top spot despite his Yamaha M1 blowing up on the front…

Video: Jay Leno custom V-Max

9 April, 2020
Jay Leno’s customised Yamaha V-Max sold at auction for 75,000 pounds, with proceeds going to charity. Above is the video of the bike, which was custom designed by Jeff Palhegyi in just two weeks. The V-Max is equipped with a…

Pol Espargaro on Yamaha's radar

9 April, 2020
The 2013 Moto2 season has yet to start and last season’s runner-up Pol Espargaro is highly tipped to dominate the season and the Spanish rider is already on Yamaha’s radar according Speedweek.de website. It does seem a little early to…

Preview: Yamaha YZ250F 2009

9 April, 2020
From Spain the first shots of the 2009 Yamaha YZ250F have arrived, although the bike will be revealed on June 6. This is no rendering, but an official photo released by the Spanish branch of the company.We still don’t know…

MotoGP Gossip- What really happened to Valentino Rossi?

8 April, 2020
After Tuesday’s Yamaha release regarding Valentino Rossi’s strange home accident, rumors and speculations have been running rife in websites and forums, so I’ll just add to it.According to one of Rossi’s close friends, Gianfranco Guareschi, younger brother of Ducati test…

Video Yamaha R1 2009 at MotoGP

8 April, 2020
Here’s a brief video of the Yamaha R1 from the Indianapolis leg of the MotoGP season. While it doesn’t reveal too much detail, it’s always exciting to see something in the flesh. You can get an idea of the impressive…

WSBK Misano 2009 – Rider Quotes

8 April, 2020
Here are some rider quotes from today’s exciting 8th round of the WSBK Championship at Misano World Circuit:Ben Spies - (1st, 9th)“Race one was definitely better than race two! It was good for us, we did what we had to…

Cal Crutchlow signs with the Yamaha WSS Team

8 April, 2020
Cal Crutchlow and Fabian Foret will ride in the Yamaha World Supersport Team next year. Cal is the newcomer in the Yamaha supersport team and currently races in the British Superbike Championship. Today Cal is in fourth position in the…

WSBK Portimao Race 2 – Biaggi does double in Portugal

8 April, 2020
Max Biaggi took his first ever double victory in Superbikes at Portimao, winning the 2nd race in a very similar way that he took the victory in race 1, finishing again ahead of Leon Haslam by 0.191s.Getting the holeshot again,…

Jorge Lorenzo takes superb victory at Le Mans

8 April, 2020
It took Jorge Lorenzo less than a few corners on lap one to pass both Repsol Honda riders, Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner in one single overtaking pass to grab the lead on a wet and difficult Le Mans track.…

MotoGP – Jorge Lorenzo confirms he'll be in Qatar

8 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo has confirmed via his Twitter and Facebook pages that he’s been given the green light by his doctor to take part in this week’s final pre-season MotoGP test in Qatar.The Spaniard has been doubtful that he would be…

Special Yamaha R1 to be auctioned for Riders for Health

8 April, 2020
Parts Magazine will be doing something very special for the Riders for Health charity. It’s going to auction off a customized 2009 Yamaha R1, and what a custom job that this R1 has got.The bike donated by Yamaha Motor Corporation,…

Andrea Dovizioso fastest in wet warm-up at Valencia

8 April, 2020
It was raining during this morning’s MotoGP 20 minute warm-up practice at Valencia, something fully expected and despite the treacherous conditions the session was actually entertaining with handful of riders exchanging the top spot as they found their confidence on…

Jorge Lorenzo at the Vairano Circuit with the Yamaha R1

8 April, 2020
MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo was on hand yesterday at the Vairano di Vidigulfo circuit in Italy, where Nolan was presenting their new 2010 Nolan X-Lite range to the press.Lorenzo took to the track with the Yamaha YZF-R1, but with the…

Jorge Lorenzo's Indy Helmet

8 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo will be sporting a special design on his NolanX-Lite X-802 helmet in this weekend’s MotoGP race at the Indianapolis Brickyard.This one-off helmet is supposed to depict and pay homage to the comic book hero Captain America, and if…

WSBK Imola Test: Cal Crutchlow fastest on Day 2

8 April, 2020
Cal Crutchlow finished on top in the second of the two day World Superbike test session at Imola, posting a best lap of 1.47.478 in the afternoon session, that also shattered last year’s race record on the Italian circuit. Michel…

Ben Spies customized Yamaha WR450 finished

8 April, 2020
The other month we showed you the video of a Yamaha WR 450 that would be going to MotoGP rider Ben Spies, getting customized by Roland Sands Design group and now the bike that will be used for “quick runs…

Videos: Rossi – Furasawa Yamaha love fest

7 April, 2020
Getting the timing totally wrong or trying to get the one up, Yamaha Japan (the videos were released three days ago and Valentino Rossi has been officially a Ducati team member since January 1st) has given us this brand new…