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Yamaha RD 350 and Yamaha TDR 350: pictures and general info

29 March, 2020
After the release of the new V-MAX, Yamaha wants to surprise the public again, letting out the possible release of the Yamaha RD and TDR 350 with twin-cylinder, two stroke engines.After the renderings created by Motosketches, with Oberdan Bezzi models,…

Valencia Official Test Day 1 – Stoner fastest, as usual

28 March, 2020
After yesterday’s final GP race at Valencia that concluded the 2009 season, today began the first of three days of official testing in preparation for the 2010 that saw two new teams, new rookie riders and also several Moto2 bikes…

Colin Edwards and Cal Crutchlow will race at Motegi

28 March, 2020
What looked liked an almost compact front from the GP riders and paddock personnel to boycott the Motegi GP is now vacillating after the recent release of the ARPA study that concluded that radiation was ‘negligible.’Herve Poncharal who has been…

WSBK Portimao – Smrz heads FP1

28 March, 2020
The first free practice session for this weekend’s title bout between Ben Spies and Noriyuki Haga at the final round of the WSBK Championship in Portimao, opened with a couple of surprises, with Jakub Smrz from Guandalini Racing taking the…

MotoGP Sachsenring: After the Race Rider Quotes

28 March, 2020
Dani Pedrosa’s win today at the German GP slightly closed the championship gap to Jorge Lorenzo, The Fiat Yamaha rider leads the standings with 185 points, while his closest rival Pedrosa is at 138 heading into next weekend’s Laguna Seca…

MotoGP Mugello – What the Riders Had to Say

28 March, 2020
Dani Pedrosa ruled at the Gran Premio D’Italia TIM race at the Mugello circuit and Honda came back strong in Italy by placing four riders in the top six, but it Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo with his second place who…

Valencia WSBK Race 1 and 2 Video highlights

28 March, 2020
If you happened to miss the last week’s Valencia WSBK races due to problems with the SBK website channel’s live feed and because they’ve removed their video on demand feature after a highly tooted restyling, here are two highlight videos.Secondo…

Yamaha to deny Rossi Valencia test?

28 March, 2020
Most rider contracts end December 31, but riders are usually released immediately after the final race so they can begin testing their new bikes. One exception was Valentino Rossi. Honda HRC at the end of 2003 refused to release him…

MotoGP Mugello Gallery – Part 2

28 March, 2020
This is our last gallery of pics from the Mugello GP weekend. The next race will be the AirAsia British Grand Prix at the famed Silverstone circuit on June 20th.

Fiat Yamaha Interviews Now Subtitled

28 March, 2020
It looks like our idea to translate Fiat on the Web’s interview with Valentino Rossi has caught on, because the website has now subtitled all the interviews not only in English, but also in Spanish. So you can check out…

MotoGP Jerez Qualifying – Results and Quotes

28 March, 2020
MotoGP leader, Jorge Lorenzo got his first pole position of the season in yesterday’s qualifying in Jerez. Displaying that he’s already learned everything about Bridgestone tires, the Spaniard set a blazing lap of 1m 38.933s, with Dani Pedrosa second just…

WSBK: Carlos Checa on Top on 1st Day of Testing

28 March, 2020
Althea Ducati’s Carlos Checa left the Valencia test the fastest on track and on the first day of WSBK official testing at Phillip Island, the Spanish rider came out again on the top of the charts, with a best time…

Valentino Rossi to race in final two rounds of the season

28 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi underwent a further check-up on his shoulder once returning to Italy after the three fly away races in three weeks, that certainly put his lingering shoulder injury under physical stress.Apparently Rossi hasn’t received any bad news on his…

WSBK Misano: Troy Corser takes maiden pole for BMW

28 March, 2020
Troy Corser took his first pole position for the BMW team in today’s Superpole shoot-out at Misano. The Australian pole specialist (his 43rd) and two times World Superbike champion blazed a lap around the Misano Adriatico circuit to finish in…

Another Video of De Angelis Wiping out Edwards and Hayden

28 March, 2020
Shhh, don’t tell the Dorna watchdogs, but Asphalt & Rubber have found another video of Alex DeAngelis taking out Colin Edwards and Nicky Hayden at Misano. It’s from an another angle and you get a closer look see at Nicky…

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…

Andrea Dovizioso to ride for Yamaha Tech3 in 2012

28 March, 2020
According to German website Speedweek.de Andrea Dovizioso has finally made up his mind and will be riding for Yamaha Tech3 next season, even in the final contract details have yet to be ironed out.Dovizioso who has spent his entire career…

MotoGP Gossip – Valentino Rossi buys a bigger toy

28 March, 2020
When you earn $ 35.000.000 a year and you’re a world famous MotoGP superstar rider named Valentino Rossi you can buy what ever you want.Rossi has traded in his Pershing 50 yacht called Titilla (which he also called 46+4) to…

WSBK Phillip Island: Leon Haslam Rockets into Superpole

28 March, 2020
Leon Haslam rocked in all three stints of Saturday’s Superpole at Phillip Island by taking his first ever career pole position in WSBK and edging out Ducati’s Michel Fabrizio in the last stint by a mere 0.016s. Cal Crutchlow will…

Yamaha T-Max 500 2009: yellow is always cool

28 March, 2020
It seems only yesterday that Yamaha presented its first maxi-scooter which signalled a shift in the European scooter market. And yet eight years have passed, with the debut having occurred back in July 2000.This is much more than a simple…

MotoGP riders Toni Elias and Cal Crutchlow undergo surgery

28 March, 2020
More surgery for MotoGP riders, after Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden, Moto2 World Champion and MotoGP returnee Toni Elias also went under the knife Tuesday evening. The Spanish rider went in to remove the screws from his left hand and…

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo video interviews

28 March, 2020
Yamaha has released two video interviews with Valentino Rossi and reigning World champion Jorge Lorenzo following the team’s 2013 presentation today at Jerez de la Frontera.Rossi gets asked about his return to Yamaha, his famous love letter to his 2010…

Why was Ben Spies wearing Colin Edwards Helmet?

27 March, 2020
After the computer theft from the Aspar team garage that occured at Sepang, there was another small mystery in the paddock surrounding Ben Spies’ helmet. The Texas Terror usually wears a HJC FC-15 lid, but on Thursday Spies was sporting…

Yamaha T-Max gets 50th anniversary GP livery paint job

27 March, 2020
Yamaha revealed the other day the special paint job that all their MotoGP team will be using for the Assen and Laguna Seca rounds to celebrate their 50th anniversary of GP racing.Not stopping at that, the manufacturer has also launched…

Jorge Lorenzo at Motorland Aragon Circuit

27 March, 2020
The current FIM rules prohibit testing with official machines on circuits that are on the MotoGP calendar during the racing season, but that doesn’t mean that riders can’t ride on tracks with street bikes, like Jorge Lorenzo did yesterday at…