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More From Mugello – Rider Quotes

17 April, 2020
Here’s what MotoGP riders had to say after today’s Gran Prix d’Italia - Alice race and hopefully both Dani Pedrosa and Sete Gibernau will be able to return from their injuries for the Gran Premi Cinzano De Catalunya race June…

Ducati to kill SBK for Valentino Rossi contract?

17 April, 2020
As the Rossi to Ducati rumours really take off, the Italian press is reporting that Ducati will cut its SBK team to acquire the world champion Italian rider. If Valentino Rossi moves to Ducati it will be under a Marlboro…

Valentino Rossi's Yamaha M1 Valencia test livery?

16 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi’s return to Yamaha has already galvanized Sportmediaset, so they’ve decided to broadcast in live streaming two hours (from 10:30 to 12:30 CET) of the MotoGP Valencia test that starts Tuesday November 13th.According to the Italian website, the above…

Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday Theory doesn't work for Yamaha

16 April, 2020
Yamaha took three world titles on Sunday, Ben Spies in WSBK, Valentino Rossi in MotoGP and Cal Crutchlow in Supersport and that’s not counting James Stewart’s World Supercross title or Leon Camier’s title in BSB, but Yamaha is still deeply…

Yamaha 2012 TMax teaser video

16 April, 2020
The 69th edition of the EICMA show looks like it will be all about maxi-scooters, with BMW, Honda and Aprilia who are going to debut concepts and models, with the addition of Yamaha. The Iwata manufacturer will be revealing the…

Ben Spies reveals all his winning secrets

16 April, 2020
Here’s another awesome and funny video from Yamaha USA, starring WSBK sensation and points leader Ben Spies. ‘Elbowz’ spills the beans and lets everyone know his amazing and unbelievable secret of learning the layout of unknown tracks so fast, what…

MotoGP Sachsenring – Riders talk Qualifying

16 April, 2020
Here’s what the riders had to say after today’s difficult qualifying at the Sachsenring circuit . I you’ve happened to miss seeing what happened in this session, the MotoGP official website has put up a video with a selection of…

MotoGP Assen – Rider Quotes

16 April, 2020
Rider quotes after today’s MotoGP race at the Assen circuit. If you’re wondering why Marco Melandri is never present in the quotes, the reason is that the Hayate Racing Team to cut down on operating costs does not have a…

Jorge Lorenzo wins drama packed Misano MotoGP race

16 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo took a commanding, solitary and probably the easiest win of the season at the Misano World Ciruit Marco Simoncelli today and which could be the turning point of the championship, after Dani Pedrosa suffered a hard blow to…

Noriyuki Haga to wild card at Donington in WSBK?

16 April, 2020
Following the recent announcement that Swan Yamaha’s reigning BSB champion Tommy Hill and Noriyuki Haga will be taking part in the 35th Edition of the Suzuka 8 Hours with the Monster Energy Yamaha YART team in July, there are now…

Yamaha says Good-bye Brivio, Hello Meregalli

16 April, 2020
It isn’t exactly new news, but now at least it’s official. Valentino Rossi’s team manager Davide Brivio is leaving Yamaha after nineteen years with the company and will be substituted by Massimo “Maio” Meregalli, as everyone was expecting he would.Meregalli…

Yamaha YZF-R1 2009: details and official pics

16 April, 2020
The Yamaha YZF-R1 2009 has been presented for the European market, showing a radical superbike look with some great technological innovation. The 998cc engine has been developed with a MotoGP culture, and never before has this bike been so linked…

MotoGP: Valentino Rossi's 2013 Yamaha YZR-M1 renderings

15 April, 2020
A loyal reader of our twin site Motoblog.it, Mr.Samuel Laurora a.k.a. Samuxx, has sent us a couple of very interesting renderings that envision how the 2013 Yamaha YZR-M1 ridden by prodigal son Valentino Rossi could look like next year, in…

MotoGP Indy Qualifying – Dani Pedrosa Domination

15 April, 2020
Today’s qualifying session at Indianapolis saw Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa take the top spot with a smashing 1.39.730s on hard race tires and beating Valentino Rossi’s last year’s pole position on super soft qualifying tires by more than a second.…

Yamaha YZF-R125 Team Yamaha Race Replica 2009

15 April, 2020
Yamaha has released the YZF-R125 Team Yamaha Race Replica 2009. Aimed at younger people, it has been developed by the same designer for the Yamaha R1, Kazumasa Sasanami, and reflects the R1 and R6 look. Its a kind of miniature…

Stefan Bradl eyed by Yamaha for MotoGP switch

15 April, 2020
Stefan Bradl’s name is coming up often as one the crop of Moto2 riders to make the big jump to MotoGP next season. The German who currently leads the Moto2 championship after three races, has been mentioned as one of…

Colin Edwards in WSBK? Talks with Ducati and Aprilia

15 April, 2020
Not very long ago most MotoGP riders used to have two year contracts. The first year was usually an apprenticeship, getting used to the bike, the team structure and once in awhile on some special Sunday, and the stars were…

Yamaha Race-Blu livery now on Shark helmets

15 April, 2020
During last season’s Misano and Aragon Grand Prix race weekends, Yamaha Racing debuted a special ‘Race-Blu’ livery to celebrate the new ‘Race Blu’ Series that Yamaha will be launching on models this year (FZ8, XJ6, YZF-R1, YZF-R6 and the YZF-R125)…

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation is Yamaha's new sponsor

15 April, 2020
Following the rumors that Yamaha would be finally picking up a new official sponsor to back their MotoGP effort (after losing Fiat in 2010 and Petronas at the end of 2011 ) the Japanese manufacturer has confirmed an agreement with…