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Ducati confirms Nicky Hayden for 2010

4 April, 2020

Ducati has officially announced that they have resigned Nicky Hayden for another season in their factory team and will continue to be Casey Stoner’s team mate. The news comes after Hayden’s his first podium at his home event at Indianapolis…

Honda to donate two bikes to the Marco Simoncelli Foundation

4 April, 2020

In a unprecedented act of generosity, Honda Racing Corporation will be presenting to Paolo Simoncelli during next weekend’s MotoGP round at Mugello, two special bikes, Marco’s RC212V race machine (Marco slept with his 2008 Aprilia championship bike in his bedroom)…

Yamaha Confirms Valentino Rossi's test at Misano

4 April, 2020

It wasn’t all media gossip that Valentino Rossi would try to ride a streetbike at Misano to check out his physical conditions since his accident during free practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, because Yamaha Racing has released…

Custom AKOO Yamaha R1

4 April, 2020

Presented at the Magic International Trade Show in Las Vegas, this customized Yamaha YZF-R1 is a collaboration between American rapper T.I. AKOO’s clothing brand and custom sportbike designer and builder Rob Uecker of Voodoo Industries.Dubbed the AKOO YZF-R1, the bike…

Chinese motorcycles' builders target Europe

4 April, 2020

Loncin, Zongshen and Jialing are the three biggest Chinese motorcycle builders and they will join forces to build a 600cc sports bike for European market. They will directly target Japanese and European motorcycles and prices are expected to be around…

WSBK – Althea Racing Launches 2010 Line Up

4 April, 2020

You can tell that we are finally approaching the new racing season when teams start their official presentations.The new 2010 Althea Racing Team was officially presented on Saturday January 16th at a club in Fasano, near Brindisi (Italy). This year…

Loris Capirossi returns for Sachsenring GP

4 April, 2020

Loris Capirossi will be making an ahead of schedule return to take part in the upcoming German GP at Sachsenring, despite not being totally fit.The Italian rider missed the Assen and Mugello races after sustaining rib and shoulder injuries during…

GP Commission officially scraps Rookie Rule and adds minor tweaks for 2013

4 April, 2020

The proposed cost cutting rule changes (control ECU, rev limit ect) were supposed to epic and define the future of MotoGP racing in order to dumb down the prototypes and level them with the slower CRTs, but instead of a…

MotoGP Sepang Test Friday: More Pics and Rider Quotes

4 April, 2020

We’ve got more exclusive pics from the final day of testing from Motoblog’s Lallai who was with the Fiat on the Web team in Sepang and all the riders quotes.Valentino Rossi - 1st 2′00″925 (32 laps)“After yesterday this second day…

Valentino Rossi hints again at WSBK switch

4 April, 2020

Valentino Rossi is a fan of World Superbike racing and in many interviews talks about how much he enjoys watching WSBK racing (he’s always present at the Misano round), how much more exciting it is compared to MotoGP, and the…

Carlos Checa on top on final day of WSBK testing at Misano

4 April, 2020

The second day of WSBK testing at the Misano World Circuit ended up with Carlos Checa leading the six rider time chart. The Althea Ducati rider and standings leader completed over 140 laps in the two day session and with…

Loris Capirossi continues to have shoulder problems

4 April, 2020

The Pramac Ducati team has been particularly unfortunate in these last two MotoGP rounds, Randy de Puniet crashed out both in Qatar and Jerez, while Loris Capirossi was clipped by his own team mate in the season opener, and had…

Special bikes: DUU Supercustom by CR&S Lavoreri

4 April, 2020

Milan-based CR&S provided us with a few photos of some of their best creations of the year, designed by their extreme customization department. Basically, this Italian company can give everyone the chance to ride his own ‘bike of dreams’, which…

Cal Crutchlow to stay with Yamaha Tech3 in 2013

4 April, 2020

After having harshly criticized the economic situation that satellite riders face and the fact that on a satellite machine they can’t win, and threatening to leave MotoGP - “There’s no decision to make, I am not going to stay here…

Alex Polita also joins British Superbikes

4 April, 2020

After the likes of Noriyuki Haga, Anthony West and Luca Scassa, Italian rider Alex Polita will also be joining this season’s British Superbike championship.Polita is a former Italian CIV Superstock and Superbike and FIM Superstock 1000 Cup champion, and has…

Updates following Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi's surgeries

4 April, 2020

On Monday morning Nicky Hayden underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on the right shoulder that he had injured in late December in a pre-season training accident. The 40 minute procedure was carried out in Fremont, California by Dr Arthur Ting who…

Randy de Puniet and Aleix Espargaro re-confirmed with Aspar in 2013

4 April, 2020

Randy de Puniet and team mate Aleix Espargaro will be both back on the MotoGP grid next season with Aspar’s Power Electronics CRT Team.Aspar Martinez has decided to renew their contracts for another year and the Power Electronics team is…

Nicky Hayden fractures scapula and ribs in training accident

3 April, 2020

Nicky Hayden was still recovering from his scaphoid surgery when on Tuesday, December 27, he broke his left scapula and fractured two ribs while training near his home in Owensboro, Kentucky. Hayden was training at a private indoor flat track…

Jake Holden gets Grillini Progea Superbike ride for Miller round

3 April, 2020

While we thought that Grillini Progea Superbike team wouldn’t be at Miller Motorsports Park for this weekend’s sixth round of the World Superbike season after parting ways with Mark Aitchison, instead they’ve gotten AMA Pro Road Superbike racer Jake Holden…