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MotoGP Le Mans – FP1 Rider Quotes and Results

23 April, 2020
Andrea Dovizioso came out at the top of the charts before rain showers interrupted the first free practice session for the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, after just 35 minutes of practice. Andrea Dovizioso - Repsol Honda – 1st“Well…

MotoGP Phillip Island: Jorge Lorenzo leads in FP1

23 April, 2020
Friday free practice for all three GP classes was delayed due to bad weather conditions that hit Australia’s Phillip Island. Cold temperatures, strong winds and heavy rain hit the Island causing standing water in several areas of the track with…

Yamaha FJR 1300 and ports just don't mix (w/video)

23 April, 2020
Since our French isn’t that great, we have to assume that this video by French website Motojournal is something along the lines of epic fails on motorcycles or in this case motorcycle luggage can turn out to be a bitch…

It's Official! Jorge Lorenzo chooses Yamaha

23 April, 2020
After almost ten days of intense speculation regarding Jorge Lorenzo’s high profile and multi-million euro switch to Ducati has been finally laid to rest today as Yamaha has officially announced that Lorenzo has decided to remain with them for another…

Yamaha YBR 125 2010: pictures and technical specs

23 April, 2020
The 2010 Yamaha YBR125 is a nifty-looking machine with a few updates for the new year, keeping it an adaptable bike for agile city riding. 2010 sees the YBR125 fitted with a newly designed muffler and tank covers for greater…

Yamaha TMAX 530 '2012 Giro d'Italia' Edition

23 April, 2020
In a presentation that took place at the Yamaha Factory Racing head-quartes in Gerno di Lesmo, Italy, Ben Spies and cyclist Enrico Battaglin introduced a special version of the Yamaha TMAX 530 that will be part of the crew at…

Wanna be a Tech 3 Moto2 Grid Girl?

23 April, 2020
This is for all you girls out there who’ve always wanted to be a brolly girl and didn’t know where to start, here’s a great opportunity. The Tech 3 Moto2 team is looking for some lovely ladies to be their…

Jorge Lorenzo on Riders: Rossi copies my settings

23 April, 2020
In this month’s issue of Riders Italian Magazine, the cover story reads “Jorge Lorenzo, Programmed to Win” which has an exclusive interview and some very interesting photos with Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo.Here’s a preview excerpt from the interview and…

MotoGP Rider Quotes from the Dry Lagoon

22 April, 2020
With yesterday’s win at Laguna Seca, Dani Pedrosa finally ended a winless drought of over a year for himself and Repsol Honda.After the 8th round of the MotoGP Championship, defending World Champion Valentino Rossi, still leads the series with 151…

Catalunya 2009 – Post Race Quotes

22 April, 2020
More from today’s Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya race. Read what all the riders had to say and if you didn’t see the amazing last lap of this race, after the jump you can also see the video. The commentary…

WSBK Valencia Preview

22 April, 2020
The 2009 Hannspree FIM Superbike World Championship returns to European soil this weekend for the third round at Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit and riders and teams are ready for action.Here is some rider comments about the upcoming Valencia round: Alstare…

Jorge Lorenzo's highside at Laguna Seca (w/video)

22 April, 2020
Check out the video (before you know who finds it) of Jorge Lorenzo’s horrific looking highside at Laguna Seca during FP3, but three hours after this crash and downing a couple of painkillers, he stormed to pole position.The reigning World…

WSBK Portimao Tests – Day 2 with rider quotes

22 April, 2020
Jonathan Rea was once again the fastest rider on the final day of testing at Portimao posting the fastest time of 1’41.7s. Rea’s lap on race tires was almost a second faster than his best qualifying time from the weekend…

Jorge Lorenzo in black and white (w/video)

22 April, 2020
Here’s an interesting behind the scenes video in black and white of Jorge Lorenzo from Blackmedia who did this photoshoot of the reigning MotoGP champion for Rockstar Energy USA.Check out more or less the same video after the jump, only…

Yamaha Employees: Valentino Help Us!

22 April, 2020
On the front page of one of Italy’s dailies, there’s a photo of Valentino Rossi, you’d say there’s nothing strange about that, but the photo is on an important political newspaper L’Unità and it’s about economics, recession, cost effectiveness, losing…

Jorge Lorenzo's new livery for Catalunya GP

22 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo unveiled a special one-off livery for his FiatYamaha M1, leathers and helmet in Catalunya today in honour of the Barcelona football club, which won the Champions League two weeks ago in Rome.Lorenzo who is a life long supporter…

Jorge Lorenzo renews with Yamaha for another two seasons

22 April, 2020
Ever since Casey Stoner announced his retirement, the key player and the most sought out rider for 2013 became Jorge Lorenzo.Honda wanted to get their hands on the former World Champion and current leader in the standings, however Yamaha has…

M1 2008 Replica Valentino Rossi by GP Motorsports

22 April, 2020
This Yamaha YZF-R1 has been transformed into an M1 replica, of which only the chassis of the original seems to have remained.The engine is a Superbike-spec, with the same forks used by Carlos Checa in the 2003 MotoGP, and an…

Yamaha Jog RR Race Replica Lorenzo

22 April, 2020
The Yamaha Jog RR scooter continues its adventure in the World Moto championship. After being nominated official scooter of the MotoGP, Yamaha will create a Race Replica Jorge Lorenzo to celebrate the Spanish rider’s talent.The Jog RR Race Replica Lorenzo…

Italy's Davide Biga completes journey around the world

22 April, 2020
Italian adventurer Davide Biga is about to make it back home after one year spent circumnavigating the world alone with his Yamaha Super Ténéré 1200. The 90,000 km ride required seven sets of tyres and eight oil changes, but from…

Jorge Lorenzo takes to the streets of Bangkok

22 April, 2020
While F1 driver Romain Grosjean won the 2012 RoC ‘Champion of Champions’ title at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, five-time 500cc champion Mick Doohan defeated reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo in their race heat, but both were unable to beat…

Silly Season goes into overdrive

22 April, 2020
We’ve been following the silly season rumors and speculations for last couple of weeks and yesterday the season officially opened. Let’s recap what we’ve read and heard so far. Marco Simoncelli supposedly signed a two year 4.000.000 euro contract with…

Valentino Rossi at Brno Video

22 April, 2020
Someone snuck this video off of Motogp.com of Valentino Rossi riding the Yamaha R1 at Brno to check out his fitness before deciding whether to ride at the Sachsenring, so we don’t know how long it will hold up before…