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Honda biggest market share in Italy

11 April, 2020
We came across what we thought was an interesting statistic for the Italian motorcycle market from our guys at Motoblog.it. Take a wild guess at who the market leader for motorcycles in Italy might be…. Yes, that’s right, Honda. In…

Lambretta in 125cc world championship

11 April, 2020
Historic Italian scooter brand Lambretta will participate in the 125cc class of the world championship, in the form of the “Lambretta Reparto Corse” team. The team will be directed by Nicola Casadei, and will have Giancarlo Cecchini as its technical…

Marco Melandri undergoes shoulder surgery

11 April, 2020
Marco Melandri certainly will not be having a comfortable Christmas, as he underwent shoulder surgery yesterday morning, confirmed by the same Melandri on his Twitter page, “surgery on rt shoulder went well.. long way to work to be fit at…

Ducati 1199 Panigale S vs Porsche GT2 RS /video

11 April, 2020
Well, this is one challenge you wouldn’t want to miss: a frightening 195 hp sportsbike, the mighty Ducati 1199 Panigale S, ridden by one Mr.Ben, and an equally threatening 620 hp sportscar, the awesome Porsche 911/997 GT2 RS, driven by…

Aprilia Caponord 1200: more pictures emerge

11 April, 2020
A while we talked about two brand new models from the Piaggio Group that were informally unveiled during a Dealer Meeting that took place in Montecarlo a few weeks back: the Moto Guzzi California 1400 and the Aprilia Caponord 1200.…

MotoGP to pay tribute to the late Marco Simoncelli at Sepang

11 April, 2020
This week’s upcoming 16th round of the MotoGP champion at Sepang will probably see two new world champions crowned, but it will also be an emotional return to the Malaysian circuit where Marco Simoncelli tragically lost his life on October…

Casey Stoner to test the RC213V at Sepang

11 April, 2020
With just two races left in the MotoGP 800cc era, Casey Stoner will be heading to Sepang with the 2011 Championship crown already on top of his head and wanting another pole position and another win to add to the…

MotoGP: Typo Error, Marco Melandri to race with #33

11 April, 2020
When the FIM released the provisional MotoGP entry list today, we were surprised to see that Marco Melandri would be racing with Toni Elias’ #24 and not his usual #33. According to several websites who contacted Team Gresini’s press office…

Video: Randy de Puniet updates on his physical condition

11 April, 2020
Randy de Puniet seems to be in pretty good spirits (and he certainly isn’t in Europe for Christmas) and decidely relieved that additional surgery he was contemplating of undergoing last month, is no longer needed, as he’s now pain free.The…

BMW R100RS "The First One" by C59R Cafe Racer Motorcycles

11 April, 2020
We would like to introduce you to yet another special bike from spain created by Cambrilsa-based workshop C59R (near Barcelona) and based on a BMW R100RS. The company was founded in 2011, but its reputation has quickly gone up among…

Chaz Davies breaks left radius, will miss opening round

11 April, 2020
ParkinGO MTC Aprilia’s Chaz Davies crashed out at the Southern Loop during QP2 at Phillip Island and fractured his left radius and has been ruled out of Sunday’s races.The Welshman who was due to make his official WSBK debut and…

Abu Dhabi to host MotoGP? It sure seems like it

11 April, 2020
Right about the same time last year, there were talks that Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marin circuit was being considered as a new venue that could host a round of MotoGP. Loris Capirossi and Casey Stoner even joined Franco Uncini and…

Suzuki to unveil the new GSX-R 1000 at the EICMA

11 April, 2020
Suzuki confirmed that the GSX-R 1000 model year 2012 will be unveiled at the upcoming EICMA in Milan on November the 8th. The bike is the latest addition to a completely renewed Superbike segment as new models from BMW, Honda…

Red, White and Blue for Roger Lee Hayden's Moriwaki Moto2

11 April, 2020
Stars and Stripes, this the livery that world famous graphic designer Aldo Drudi of Drudi Perfomance has come up for American Honda and their one off Moto2 effort at the 2010 Red Bull Indianapolis GP that takes place August 27th…

Ducati trucks with Marco Simoncelli's racing number

11 April, 2020
Ducati didn’t preview this weekend’s Valencia GP with the usual comments from Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden, instead they had team manager Vittoriano Guareschi doing the talking, and the Italian team is paying tribute to Marco Simoncelli in their own…

Noriyuki Haga testing the BMW S1000RR at Mugello

11 April, 2020
Noriyuki Haga has started testing in preparation for his wildcard entry for the seventh round of the World Superbike championship, that takes place at Imola later this month.‘NitroNorì’ who will be racing under the Grillini Dentalmatic SBK team banner, got…

Michele Pirro confirmed as Gresini Racing's CRT rider

11 April, 2020
It’s hard to forget Michele Pirro’s first ever and emotional victory during the final 2011 Moto2 race at Valencia that made Fausto Gresini break down in tears and Pirro dedicate the win to the late Marco Simoncelli, now the Italian…

Carlos Checa to test Ducati 1199 Panigale

11 April, 2020
As everyone knows Ducati is not running the 1199 Panigale in World Superbike’s this year as they are using the World Superstock and several national championships in different countries to be used as a further development basis before its debut…

Andrew Pitt hangs up his lid

11 April, 2020
Andrew Pitt has done it all. He’s a former two-time World Supersport Champion, competed in MotoGP, in World Superbikes, in British Superbikes and now the 35 year old rider has announced he’s retiring from motorcycle racing following a shoulder injury…

Nike and MV Agusta in new ad campaign

10 April, 2020
If Puma can team up with Ducati, then Nike can do it with MV Agusta. Nike has chosen the iconic Italian marque for their latest ad compaign dedicated to NFL stars.Steve Breaston of the Arizona Cardinals, Calvin Johnson of the…

Burt Munro's Velocette Auctioned

10 April, 2020
A piece of motorcycle history was sold yesterday at Webb’s classic motorcycle auction in New Zealand. It was a 1936 Velocette Drag Bike modified by Burt Munro and his friend Duncan Meikle.Munro is usually identified with Indians, but before he…

Ducati Christmas card: 'Wishing you a not so silent night'

10 April, 2020
Last month Ducati asked their on line comunity to design a Christmas card that the company could send as season greeting to their customers, suppliers and partners and launched a competition on the www.shicon.com website.The results are finally in, and…