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Marco Simoncelli among the Neapolitan Christmas creche figures

15 April, 2020
In the street of San Gregorio Armeno in Naples you can find the traditional “mercatino dei pastori” (shepherds’ market) where detailed models of creche figures have been handcrafted by skillful artists to the delight of Italians and visitors from around…

Triumph Tiger Explorer XC 2013: first image

15 April, 2020
Triumph expands its offer in the adventure-touring segment with the new Tiger Explorer XC 2013, quite clearly inspired by its “little sister” Tiger 800 XC. The model had been introduced to the fans during the recent Triumph Live - the…

Max Biaggi becomes a Father

15 April, 2020
Four times 250cc World Champion and Aprilia Superbike rider Max Biaggi and his girlfriend, Eleonora Pedron, a former Miss Italy have announced the birth of their first child, a daughter, called Inès Angelica.2 kilos and 600 grams, Inès Angelica was…

Rossi Yamaha R1 Project to be auctioned by Bonhams

15 April, 2020
Some of you may remember the one off Valentino Rossi Yamaha YZF-R1 that was unveiled at Cycle World International Motorcycle Show at Long Beach, California last year.The bike was specially prepared to raise funds and create awareness for Riders for…

Martinez vs Talmacsi: "Divorce" finalized

15 April, 2020
Jorge “Aspar” Martinez and Gábor Talmácsi held a press conference yesterday in Budapest to confirm that he and Talmácsi were unable to reach a common agreement on communication and media rights in Hungary that caused the Hungarian rider to pull…

Casey Stoner announces retirement at the end of the season

14 April, 2020
Everyone will have to apologize to SoloMoto and Sportmediaset, because during today’s MotoGP pre-race conference at Le Mans, Casey Stoner made the shock announcement that he’ll be retiring from the sport at the end of this season.At Estoril, just two…

Max Biaggi to race with #1 plate

14 April, 2020
Pressing fans waited for 12 long years to see it, it’s good for Aprilia PR, 2010 Superbike World Champion Max Biaggi has finally decided to race using the #1 plate on his Aprilia RSV4.The ‘Corsaro Nero’ showed up at Phillip…

Sébastien Loeb on a KTM RC8

14 April, 2020
If Valentino Rossi can try his hand at rallying and driving a F1 race car why can’t Sébastien Loeb try motocycle riding? The five times World Rally Champion rally took to the Bresse circuit in Louhans, Burgundy during the KTM…

Karel Abraham to check fitness at Silverstone

14 April, 2020
Karel Abraham has decided to be at Silverstone for this weekend’s MotoGP round after his partecipation was put in doubt after sustaining a finger injury during the recent Aragon test.The Czech rider will undergo a further medical visit in Great…

Coriano Mayor asks fans to go to Misano circuit

14 April, 2020
The Mayor of Coriano is afraid that his small town (population 10,000) will be invaded by thousands of fans who want to pay their last respects to Marco Simoncelli, and has asked that fans instead head to the Misano World…

Yamaha debuts new Race-Blue livery for Misano GP

14 April, 2020
The Yamaha Factory Racing Team will run a special ‘Race-Blu’ livery for the Misano and Aragon Grand Prix race weekends. The unique livery, designed by Italian designer Aldo Drudi, features a contrasting combination of Yamaha Blue and matt grey bodywork,…

New Kawasaki Ninja ZX10R 2011 with Teaser Video

14 April, 2020
The new Green machine is coming! Kawasaki has released this official sketch of the all new Ninja ZX10R 2011 superbike and this teaser video that really doesn’t show us much, but the manufacturer from Akashi is betting on it and…

Effenbert Liberty will not replace Brett McCormick at Monza

14 April, 2020
Effenbert Liberty Racing team has announced that they will not be replacing injured Brett McCormick in next week’s World Superbike round at Monza (May 6th - which clashes with MotoGPs Estoril round).20-year old McCormick suffered serious, but not threatening multiple…

WSBK: Maxime Berger to sign with Supersonic Ducati

14 April, 2020
We are sort of worried about next season’s World Superbike grid, that is painfully looking like MotoGP, with some teams cutting back on their budgets and fielding only one rider, but Supersonic, the team which debuted this year with Luca…

Kevin Schwantz files lawsuit against Circuit of Americas

14 April, 2020
As we mentioned is our previous post Kevin Schwantz has began legal action against the Circuit of Americas (COTA). As everyone knows the former World Champion has been involved since day one in trying to bring MotoGP to the Austin…

Toni Elias visits LCR HQ

14 April, 2020
Toni Elias’s test times on the LCR Honda at Valencia weren’t exactly news stopping as Casey Stoner’s were, but the M0to2 champion had a couple of good excuses for his poor performace. He had to re-adapt to MotoGP bikes after…

MotoGP test in Argentina confirmed

14 April, 2020
Following the rumors that MotoGP would be testing at the Termas de Río Hondo circuit in Argentina in 2013, despite the fact the event was cancelled this season, the MotoGP website has now officially confirmed that some teams will be…

Wild-Card riders at Donington Park

14 April, 2020
Leon Haslam, Cal Crutchlow and James Ellison will race as Wild-Card riders at Donington Park during the next round of World Superbike.Elison, 6th in the British Superbike Championship will race with a World Superbike engine from his Hydrex-Bike Animal Honda…