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WSBK Brno: Michel Fabrizio Returns to the Top in QP2

24 March, 2020
Four Ducati’s in the top five spots with a lonely Aprilia in second spot. Michel Fabrizio headed the top of the timesheets in this morning’s QP2 at Brno with an impressive 1′58″695 lap grabbed in the dying minutes of the…

WSBK Donington: Shake-up sees Melandri win his first race

24 March, 2020
Hot damn! Race 1 at Donington Park was everything that any hot blooded racing fan could hope for and get. If anyone was expecting to see Carlos Checa run away with it again will be slightly disappointed, but Marco Melandri’s…

MotoGP Estoril Images – Part 1

24 March, 2020
This is the first part of our picture gallery from the MotoGP weekend at Estoril, where Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo dominated the race.MotoGP Estoril 2009 Images Part 1

Valentino Rossi and Ferrari, a never ending story

24 March, 2020
This has to be the umpteenth story coming out of Italy about Valentino Rossi and Ferrari getting together ever since Rossi tested the red car in a number of occasions.Rossi confessed the other week that he and Stefano Domenicali of…

MotoGP Assen: Lorenzo Fastest Also in Warm-Up

24 March, 2020
Fastest in both practices, fastest in qualifying and Jorge Lorenzo was also the fastest in this morning’s warm-up session at Assen. The Spaniard laid down a series of fast laps, five in the 1.35 mark and then four in the…

Ben 'Elbowz' Spies Flies in Superpole Knockout

24 March, 2020
Texan WSBK rookie Ben Spies on his Yamaha YZF R1 took his first Superpole win of the season during the new Superpole formula session at Phillip Island in Australia, also smashing the lap record to that was held by Troy…

Yamaha Vmax Hyper Modified by Abnormal Cycles

24 March, 2020
Yamaha Motor Italia teamed up with renowned Italian customizers Abnormal Cycles to make a special one-off version of their popular Vmax, named Hyper Modified. The model is actually the fourth addition to the ‘Vmax Hyper Modified’ series, following the three…

MotoGP Sepang FP1 – Jorge Lorenzo strikes back

24 March, 2020
In the opening free practice at the Sepang circuit in Mayasia it was Jorge Lorenzo who topped the time sheets followed by a very close Casey Stoner who was just 0.064s from the Fiat Yamaha rider.Dani Pedrosa took third place…

Colin Edwards to undergo surgery in Spain

24 March, 2020
Colin Edwards will have to undergo surgery after breaking his right collarbone during this afternoon’s second free practice at Montmelo.Edwards was probably caught out by a cold slick tire after switching bikes and on the out lap crashed heavily at…

Yamaha Factory 2012 livery and interviews (w/videos)

24 March, 2020
The Yamaha Factory Team has officially revealed its 2012 racing livery and they’ve stayed with their handsome corporate blue and white livery and there’s barely a smudge of orange that indicates oil sponsor Eneos corporate color, but the main sponsor’s…

Yamaha Majesty 400 test ride

24 March, 2020
We took the new Yamaha Majesty 400 for 2009 out for a test ride, to see where scooters are going these days. It can be appreciated for its progression and increase in performance that have seen it establish itself in…

Jorge Lorenzo from Spartan to Crusader

24 March, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo’s spat with Marco Simoncelli on aggressive riders at the Portuguese GP was carried over at the Le Mans pre-event press conference yesterday. The Spanish rider was asked what he thought of Valentino Rossi’s statement after the Estoril test…

Rider Quotes after MotoGP Silverstone Qualifying

23 March, 2020
Today’s MotoGP qualifying session at Silverstone was quite eventful with Jorge Lorenzo taking his first pole position of the season and Dani Pedrosa and Randy de Puniet both crashing in the dying moments of the hour, fortunately both Honda riders…

Jorge Lorenzo beats Pedrosa for pole position at Motorland Aragon

23 March, 2020
This afternoon’s MotoGP’s qualifying session at Motorland Aragon was fortunately dry, but the asphalt was cold just 16°C and even if the riders didn’t have any dry set-up time they immediately starting pushing and in the opening minutes Dani Pedrosa…

Lin Jarvis talks Riders

23 March, 2020
Italian website Gpone has a interesting audio interview in English with Lin Jarvis, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing.Jarvis is now negotiating with Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies, both riders contracts are up at the end of the year and…

Star Wars Moto X: Space Balls freestyle /video

23 March, 2020
What drives a man to spend money and two days of his life to go in the desert and shoot a short film which has as its protagonists two freestyle motocrossers disguised as Star Wars “Stormtroopers”? No, it’s not dementia.…

Superbike Testing at Misano with Aprilia, BMW, Ducati and Yamaha

23 March, 2020
Three days after the World Superbike round at Assen, four official teams, Aprilia, BMW, Ducati and Yamaha all headed to the Misano Adriatico race track for a two day test session (Wednesday and Thursday), before next week’s important Monza round.The…

WSBK Valencia Heat 2 – Nitro Nori Haga wins by 0.025s!

23 March, 2020
After Race 2 at the Ricardo Tormo race track in Valencia was red flagged following the big crash of Kawasaki rider Simon Andrews and Vittorio Iannuzzo on his Squadra Corse Honda, the second heat would reserve a big surprise with…

Alex Polita gives up on 2009 WSBK season

23 March, 2020
Alex Polita was dropped from Sterilgarda’s BRC Racing Team even before the SBK season started due to sponsorship troubles, with Team Manager Marco Borciani promising that they would be back on track for the Valencia round with their second bike.…

Yamaha T-Max 530 Sport – Live @ Motor Bike Expo

23 March, 2020
Yamaha’s brand new Super Tenere Worldcrosser “Competition White” is not the only novelty brought to the 2012 Motor Bike Expo by the Iwata-based manufacturer. Making its first appearance at the event in Verona is also the new ‘Sport’ version of…

Yamaha T-Max 750. New developments and design

23 March, 2020
According to Motociclismo.es Yamaha has started projects for a three cylinder engine for a new development on its sports T-Max 500 scooter.The development is taking place on the current engine base: the T-Max 500 cc twin cylinder, with a third…

Yamaha Factory team leaves Sepang happy and optimistic

23 March, 2020
Casey Stoner may have left Jorge Lorenzo adrift by almost six tenths of second, but the Mallorcan rider admitted that at this stage of testing chasing lap times is not that important, even though the Yamaha rider admitted was satisfied…

WSBK Assen QP2 : Troy Corser on Top for the First Time

23 March, 2020
Troy Corser topped the time charts in this morning’s qualifying practice 2 at Assen. Mr. Croccodile was the first rider to go under the 1.36 mark with a best lap of 1′35.621 to take provisional pole heading into this afternoon’s…