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Monster Yamaha Tech3 Livery for Laguna Seca

1 April, 2020
Not wanting to play second fiddle to the Fiat Yamaha team’s new livery for the Laguna Seca GP, the Monster Yamaha Tech3 team also known as Team Texas has also unveiled their new one off livery for the Red Bull…

Apinestars video: Beyond the Riders with Ben Spies

1 April, 2020
Alpinestars has released another of their Beyond the Riders videos, and after the interviews with reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo, this time it’s with his Yamaha team mate Ben Spies.Who would have expected that the apparently calm and collected,…

Sterilgarda to Sponsor Yamaha World Superbike Team

1 April, 2020
During last night’s Italian TV show “Paddock, uomini e corse” (Paddock, men and races) it was revealed that Sterilgarda will be Yamaha’s new main sponsor and will make their first appearance on the liveries of Ben Spies and Tom Sykes…

Ben Spies scores maiden MotoGP victory at Assen

30 March, 2020
Yamaha’s Ben Spies took his maiden MotoGP race victory today at a cold, but dry Assen. The Texas Terror taking off from the second spot on the grid got away and at the end of the first lap was already…

Yamaha expects Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies to be at Motegi

30 March, 2020
An email from Dorna sent to IRTA (International Road Racing Teams Association) who then conveyed to all the MotoGP, Moto2 and 125cc teams that they expect that everyone to honour their contracts regarding the Japanese Grand Prix has melted the…

WSBK Misano Race 1 – Spies does it again

30 March, 2020
In today’s WSBK race 1 at the Misano World Circuit we got more for our money’s worth in a highly entertaining and difficult wet to dry, flag to flag race.The Santamonica track had seen rain all morning but when the…

Ben Spies Gets a Volvo for explaining Safety

30 March, 2020
Ben Spies has taken WSBK Championship by the horns and given it a good shake and has become a sort of demi-god to European fans. The American rider is so popular that Volvo Italy contacted him for their promo “Real…

Video: Yamaha's Another Day at the Office

30 March, 2020
Three year’s ago Yamaha USA released a video ahead of the 2009 US Grand Prix called a A Day at the Office (starring Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Colin Edwards and James Toseland) that became an instant hit amongst racing fans…

Ben Spies book: Taking it to the Next Level

29 March, 2020
For all you MotoGP fans out there, Ben Spies is launching his book “Taking it to the Next Level” at the upcoming Indianapolis US GP this August. Available from September 1st, it describes the rise of this 3 times AMA…

Ben Spies decides to leave Yamaha!

29 March, 2020
Ben Spies has made a shock announcement via email to American website SuperbikePlanet.com that he will be leaving Yamaha’s factory MotoGP team at the end of the season, and suprisingly the announcement comes ahead of his home race at Laguna…

Yamaha previews 2012 livery for sponsors and partners

29 March, 2020
Yamaha MotoGP fans will have to wait until official Jerez test in ten days time before seeing the 2012 YZR-M1 livery, but nearly fifty Yamaha Team sponsors, suppliers and partners got a full preview yesterday in an exclusive event that…

Ben Spies Yamaha M1 Valencia livery

28 March, 2020
Yamaha Racing has released these official pics of Ben Spies‘ Yamaha M1 Valencia livery. The 2009 Superbike champion will have his MotoGP debut in the last round this season in what has been an exciting year for both WSBK and…

Injury updates on Nicky Hayden, Ben Spies and Casey Stoner

28 March, 2020
Following today’s MotoGP dramatic qualifying session at Indianapolis, that saw in Casey Stoner, Ben Spies and Nicky Hayden all suffer massive highside going towards turn 14, the three riders were all transferred to the Indianapolis Methodist Hospital to undergo further…

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…

Ben Spies and Andrea Iannone fighting to regain fitness

27 March, 2020
Pramac’s Andrea Iannone and Ben Spies may be smiling in this picture at the 2013 Wrooom, but the two riders are still fighting to regain fitness ahead of the first official MotoGP test at Sepang early next month.The MotoGP rookie…

Ben Spies and Yamaha together for another year

26 March, 2020
Ben Spies has signed a one-year extension to his Yamaha MotoGP contract, meaning that he’ll be staying on with the team for all 2012, and he’ll be also testing and giving feedback on the new 2012 1000cc bike which will…

MotoGP Qatar test – Yamaha's closer than in Sepang

25 March, 2020
Ben Spies and Jorge Lorenzo were encouraged by their 4th and 5th positions, with the American rider just 0.292secs from the Honda trio in the final pre-season MotoGP test in Qatar.“We made the bike go in a pretty good direction…

MotoGP rider quotes on day 3 at Sepang

25 March, 2020
The final day of MotoGP testing at Sepang saw improvement by the top seven riders in lap times, but for the rest of the field, recovering the gap was slightly less impressive than yesterday.Everyone seemed to be satisfied with the…

Ben Spies becomes brand ambassador for Jorg Gray Watches

25 March, 2020
MotoGP’s Casey Stoner is Same Deutz-Fahr Group poster boy for tractors, Valentino Rossi is Bridgestone’s consultant/ambassador, Nicky Hayden is one of Tissot watches ambassador’s and now Ben Spies has signed an agreement with Jorg Gray, an American watch brand (that…

MotoGP Phillip Island: Casey Stoner dominates FP2

25 March, 2020
Better weather conditions, but more cold and a couple of damp spots on the Phillip Island race circuit was what the the MotoGP riders found in this morning’s second free practice, with birthday boy Casey Stoner taking the top spot…

Ben Spies signs with Yamaha SBK team

25 March, 2020
Ben Spies has signed to ride with the Yamaha factory World Superbike Team next year. The American rider from Dallas just took the crown in the 2008 AMA Superbike Championship and is ready to fight to win in the next…

Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies to race at Motegi

25 March, 2020
After all the negative hype and declarations of not wanting to ride at Motegi due to radiation leaking from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, another two riders have now capitulated to the growing pressure by their team bosses to take…

Ben Spies gets sick during Yamaha Indonesia tour

24 March, 2020
The Far East doesn’t seem to agree with Ben Spies’ stomach. The Yamaha rider is currently in Indonesia with team mate Jorge Lorenzo for a Yamaha PR tour and fell sick with a bout of food poisoning. This is the…