News | Page 144 of 168 | NewsHub.co.uk

French court orders the destruction of counterfeit Vespas

5 April, 2020

If you’ve every been to a large motorcycle shows you’ll see a number of blatant knock offs of other manufacturers bikes and scooters, and a number of manufacturers who want to protect their propriety rights will call in the cops…

Marco Simoncelli museum and memorial to be inaugurated

5 April, 2020

The city of Coriano has decided to dedicate December 8th to the memory of Marco Simoncelli. Next Saturday will also be an important date as they will inaugurate and open to the public, inside the Palazzo della Cultura, the museum…

WSBK Kawasaki Team trucks and techs involved in drug bust

5 April, 2020

This has to be the worst story of the day, according to The Telegraph UK Border Agency has allegedly found a large quantity of drugs and a firearm in trucks belonging to Paul Birds WSBK Kawasaki team.The trucks were stopped…

Gresini Honda Valencia GP fairing to be auctioned

5 April, 2020

During the last MotoGP race of the season at Valencia, Alvaro Bautista debuted this very particular livery on his San Carlo Gresini Honda. The fairing was full of messages from fans who took part in an initiative organized by Gresini’s…

Suzuki Inazuma 250: images, info and technical highlights

5 April, 2020

Suzuki presents the final version of the Inazuma 250, a motorcycle clearly designed and built to suit the current situation of the motorcycle market and, generally speaking, the faltering global economy of these days. The model was initially presented at…

Althea Racing confirms World Superstock pullout

5 April, 2020

The rumors regarding Althea Racing would be pulling out of the Superstock champion after just two races have now been officially confirmed and we didn’t even have to wait for Friday morning.Here’s the laconic press release from the team that…

Ruben Xaus becomes Bimota's sporting director

4 April, 2020

Virgin Radio Italy is live at the EICMA show in Milan and while interviewing Ruben Xaus everyone’s favourite Superbike rider who bins it more than he rides it, the personable Spaniard who speaks better Italian than I do, revealed that…

UPDATED – Ducati GP12.1 with Franco Battaini, while Rossi bins the GP12

4 April, 2020

Valentino Rossi got right to work this morning at the Mugello circuit to test the new GP12.1 while Ducati’s test team with Franco Battaini spent yesterday giving the updated machine another shakedown (photo above).Sportmediaset.it spies are reporting that the chassis…

Valentino Rossi to open La Biscia MX track in Tavullia

4 April, 2020

These are the first photos of the Biscia (which means snake in Italian) ranch near Tavullia, where Valentino Rossi is having built his own private 1800 meter motorcross track with adjacent parking lot.The Italian rider based his idea after seeing…

Aleix and Pol Espargaro star in Racing for a Dream video

4 April, 2020

Earlier this month the Aleix and Pol Espargaró were at the Catalunya circuit to help film the video clip called ‘Racing for a Dream’ by the Rock Romeo band, who are big fans of the two brothers who race in…

MotoGP Brno: Alvaro Bautista ruled out of the rest of the weekend UPDATED

4 April, 2020

During this morning’s free practice at Brno saw Dani Pedrosa pip Jorge Lorenzo by 0.016s for the first spot in the timesheets followed by Andrea Dovizioso who took third and was 0.371s from his team mate on the damp and…

Two time World Superbike champion Troy Corser retires from racing

4 April, 2020

Troy Corser has announced his retirement from racing. The two time World Superbike champion (1996 and 2005) will be hanging up his lid and leathers at the end of today’s Superbike final round of the season at Portimao.Corser 40, has…

Video: Guinness World record for fastest motorcycle hearse

4 April, 2020

When I first read the headline I thought that crazy inventor Colin Furze was up to his old tricks again, instead this time it’s a real life Baptist reverend who set the Guinness World Record for the fastest motorcycle hearse.The…

SuperSic Honda CBR1000RR goes up to for auction

4 April, 2020

During the Mugello GP weekend, Honda Racing Corporation donated to the Simoncelli family two very special motorcycles, their son’s factory 2011 RC212V MotoGP machine # 58, that will be displayed in the Simoncelli Museum and a ‘Super Sic’ special edition…

Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso visit Red Bull F1 HQ

4 April, 2020

After their four wheel karting experiences, Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso decided to try something a little more different when they visited the Red Bull Racing facilities in Milton Keynes and got the chance to test the F1 Simulator ahead…

Casey Stoner's GP10 beats Valentino Rossi's GP11 in auction

4 April, 2020

Last March it was announced that Ducati was getting rid of two of their recent family heirlooms, Casey Stoner’s GP1o and one of Valentino Rossi’s GP11s and that they would be auctioned at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco by RM…

Hector Barbera gets driving license suspended and 1200 euro fine

4 April, 2020

The story of Hector Barbera being involved in a DUI and whether he was behind the wheel when the police stopped him or if it was his friend that was driving who was supposedly drunk as a skunk under the…

Bajaj Auto's stake in KTM reaches 47%

4 April, 2020

Slowly but steadily, Indian automotive giant Bajaj Auto keeps on building up its stake in Austrian manufacturer KTM and, following the recent acquisition of another 6.3%, it is now a little over the 47% mark, reinforcing its position as second…

Carlos Checa and Franco Battaini to test the Ducati GP12

4 April, 2020

Ducati didn’t present their ‘90% new’ 2012 MotoGP machine at last week’s Wrooom to the disappointment of everyone, but the GP12 is currently at Jerez de la Frontera circuit for a very private and behind closed doors three day test.Test…

MotoGP gets new qualifying format in 2013

4 April, 2020

As we anticpated a few weeks ago MotoGP will be getting a new qualifying format in 2013 and it was officially announced today at Motegi.The idea behind the change is to make the session more exciting for viewing audiences as…

Steve McQueen's 1963 Triumph Bonneville goes for $ 84,240

4 April, 2020

Bonhams & Butterfields auctioned last Saturday at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, Steve McQueen’s 1963 Triumph Bonneville Desert Sled built by Bud Ekins, motorcycle racer, stuntman and close friend of McQueen. It was Ekins who doubled for McQueen on…

Bridgestone to bring more tires and compounds from Brno GP

4 April, 2020

After receiving some pretty stinging criticism from the MotoGP riders, and after the lastest string of crashes during Friday morning practice at Sachsenring all to blame on cold tires and numerous Safety Commission meetings, Bridgestone has decided to increase the…

Robertino Pietri to ride in AMA with Team Venezuela

4 April, 2020

Former Moto2 rider Robertino Pietri will be riding part time (he is scheduled for five wild card rides - three Spanish rounds plus Indianapolis and Laguna Seca) in MotoGP this season with Avintia Racing, but the Venezuelan rider will also…

Moto2: Giacomo Agostini Racing Team?

4 April, 2020

The well informed Italian website Motosprint is reporting that motorcycle racing legend Giacomo Agostini is thinking of entering a team in the new Moto2 series.The project if it goes through would see the involvement of number of high profile people…

Gresini Racing adds Palladio to sponsor roster

4 April, 2020

Finding European companies especially Italian, willing to invest euros in sponsorship with the current economic crisis is almost like winning at the lottery for satellite or private teams. Despite the the construction business in Italy being down almost 18% in…