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James Toseland returns for Brno round, but Lanzi is on standby

20 April, 2020
James Toseland has decided he’ll try to race in this weekend’s World Superbike round at Brno. The Briton has been been battling an extremely serious and career threatening wrist injury that he picked up during testing at Aragon last March.…

Lorenzo's Land Comic to be released

20 April, 2020
Following in the footsteps of Valentino Rossi who was the star of a comic strip designed by Milo Manara in Italy’s Rolling Stone Magazine, which later became a graphic novel and a DVD, Jorge Lorenzo is also set to enter…

Ben Spies to undergo surgery – Updated

20 April, 2020
Ben Spies return to action at Indianapolis was very shortlived. The Pramac rider highsided during the third free praction caught out by the traction control on his Desmosedici, that doesn’t engage in first gear.The crash left the American with a…

Husqvarna Nuda 900 Touring spy shot

20 April, 2020
The year 2012 has been quite good for Husqvarna in terms of sales. The Swedish-named BMW-owned Italian manufacturer sold 10,751 motorcycles last year (+15.7% over the previous year), 1,936 of which belong the recent ’street range’ of the brand, consisting…

Colin Edwards to ride for Forward Racing CRT team in 2012

20 April, 2020
Colin Edwards announced late this afternoon what many already suspected, he’s staying in MotoGP in 2012 and be riding for NGM Forward Racing’s CRT team making him the first rider to be officially confirmed as part of a CRT tea,.The…

GP Commission tweaks rules for 2011 and clarifies Moto3 specs

20 April, 2020
Two years of cost cutting measures in MotoGP especially on the length of practice sessions had left harried and frazzled mechanics and grumpy riders, but now the GP Commission has decided to reinstate four one-hour sessions, which will no doubt…

Nicky Hayden PSA Commercial

20 April, 2020
Former 2006 MotoGP Champion Nicky Hayden’s public service announcement against motorcyclists drinking and riding created by the Indiana Governor’s Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving.

Horex postpones production of its VR6 Roadster

20 April, 2020
German manufacturer Horex announced that the beginning of the production of its own V6R Roadster - which was scheduled to happen this month - had been pushed back to the end of May. The decision was taken after the bike…

LCR Honda team presentation at Venice Casino

20 April, 2020
The city of Venice with the marvellous backdrop of it’s annual Carnival that recreates the atmosphere of the event as it was lived under the Serenissima Republic, hosted the LCR Honda MotoGP Team’s presentation at the reknowned Venice Casino. Last…

Eugene Laverty to partner Max Biaggi in Aprilia in 2012

20 April, 2020
Eugene Laverty, according to Italian website motosprint.it will be riding for World Superbike’s Aprilia Alitalia Racing team and fielded alongside Max Biaggi in 2012.Laverty was tipped to ride for BMW Italia, who was offering him a contract for 300.000 euros,…

Olive branch between Liberty Racing and Infront

20 April, 2020
Following their controversial post-Monza press release and then continuing their protest at the Donington Park round without their hospitality, World Superbike Liberty Racing team who previous said that they would continue in the championship has decided to officially kiss and…

Rossi and Lorenzo Superstars in Indonesia

20 April, 2020
If there were any question about how important emerging markets are to motorcycle manufacturers just check out Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi’s and Jorge Lorenzo’s leathers and YZR-M1 bikes, that see the Semakin di Depan “One Step Ahead logos and the…

Official: Cal Crutchlow to ride for Ducati in 2014-2015

20 April, 2020
As highly anticipated, Ducati has officially announced that Cal Crutchlow will be racing for their factory team in 2014 and 2015.The British rider will joining former team mate Andrea Dovizioso and will work on developing the Desmosedici and growing Ducati’s…

Andrea Dovizioso to undergo plate removal surgery

20 April, 2020
Andrea Dovizioso has decided to put off the removal of a plate from his shoulder until early next month. The new Ducati rider has been very busy since the end of the MotoGP season, he was at the EICMA show…

Confirmed: Marco Simoncelli signs with Team Gresini

20 April, 2020
One piece of silly season has finally fallen into place. On the eve of the Dutch GP the San Carlo Honda Gresini Team has signed Marco Simoncelli, who will make his MotoGP debut in 2010, to a one year contract.…

John Hopkins breaks silence , sort of

20 April, 2020
After posting his last message on his personal website on the 31st of December, John Hopkins has finally broke the silence. Besides thanking all his fans for their support, Hopper also says that he’s got a big treat in store…

Jonathan Rea to test Honda MotoGP bike at Sepang

20 April, 2020
Jonathan Rea will be getting a hot opportunity today and tomorrow, as the World Superbike Ten Kate Honda rider is scheduled to ride Casey Stoner’s MotoGP Honda in a special two day private test at Sepang organized by HRC.The test…

CRT testing calendar

20 April, 2020
There won’t be many CRTs testing at Sepang at the end of the month. The philosophy behind these production based bikes is to make MotoGP racing cheaper and even if Dorna is helping subsidize the nine Claiming Rule Teams not…

Yamaha MotoGP 2011 Livery – Pics and Video

20 April, 2020
Yamaha MotoGP officially took the wraps off their 2011 effort with a press conference today at Sepang ahead of the second pre-season official tests, and as widely expected they will be running corporate blue livery and winging it with no…

Riders Comments after Day 1 -Sepang Tests

20 April, 2020
The two-month winter testing ban came to an end yesterday with the first pre-season test of the 2009 MotoGP season and here’s what the riders had to say after the first day:Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team) Position: 2nd Time 2′02.038…

Nicky Hayden Undergoes Surgery

20 April, 2020
Ducati’s Nicky Hayden is the latest of riders who has gone under the doctor’s knife. Hayden needed a clean-up procedure to remove scar tissue from his right arm from an arm pump (the bane of professional riders) operation that he…

Sylvain Guintoli officially announced as Aprilia rider

20 April, 2020
After impressing in this week’s three-day private World Superbike test at Jerez (Monday through Wednesday) Aprilia has finally gotten around announcing - as it was widely expected - that Sylvain Guintoli will be part of their factory team effort next…

MotoGP: Repsol Honda 2010 Team Launch (w/video)

20 April, 2020
With the start of the 2010 MotoGP season that starts in April, the Repsol Honda Team held its official launch at the Palacio de Deportes in Madrid, Spain. In front of 7000 fans who were present for the penultimate round…

125 and Moto2 Testing at Motorland Aragon

19 April, 2020
Over 40 riders from the 125cc class and Moto2 after the Catalunya GP headed to another part of Spain, to the new Motorland Aragon race track for a two day test session organized by Pere Gurt of Tuenti Moto2 Racing…

Maverick Vinales issues public apology

19 April, 2020
Maverick Vinales has personally confirmed that he will be racing at Phillip Island this weekend and has issued a statement with public apologies (via the official MotoGP website) to everyone, following his walk-out on his team at Sepang.“Firstly I would…