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Nicky Hayden to undergo shoulder surgery

31 March, 2020
Nicky Hayden thought he had escaped surgery after breaking his shoulder when he crashed during a pre-season training accident at the end of December, instead after experiencing some serious shoulder pain during the three day test at Sepang that hampered…

Scoop – Valentino Rossi to Test at Brno – UPDATED

31 March, 2020
Italian Superbike commentators Luigi Vignando and Mauro Sanchini (one of Valentino Rossi’s motocross buddies) have revealed during the WSBK pre-race show, that Valentino Rossi will be in Brno tomorrow to carry out another fitness test following the one carried out…

Valentino Rossi already under the knife – UPDATED

30 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi is presently undergoing arthroscopy surgery at the Cervesi Hospital at Cattolica to repair the damaged tendons and ligaments on his left shoulder, that he picked up in a motocross training accident last April and conditioned his racing season.The…

KTM 250 Duke soon to be available on the market

30 March, 2020
We were feeling harried after the end of the MotoGP and Superbike 2010 season, and all the news presented at the 2010 Intermot and EICMA shows. But now as Christmas rolls around and we’ve got the time to start dreaming…

NCR Ducati 848 won again: six in a row!

30 March, 2020
The NCR Ducati 848 has won again, this time at the twisting and bumpy Atlantic Motorsport Park track in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. The two riders, Andrew Nelson and the Italian Valter Bartolini were riding with big smiles on their faces…

Brett McCormick targets August return

30 March, 2020
Brett McCormick will be at Miller Motorsports this weekend for the latest Superbike round, but he’ll be there only as a spectator, as the Liberty Racing rider is still recovering from his Assen crash where he sustained multiple injuries, including…

Yamaha to close factory in Spain

30 March, 2020
Less than two years ago Yamaha Gerno di Lesmo factory was downsized and it’s entire production line sent to Spain, now according to motociclismo.es the Japanese manufacturer will be shutting down the Spanish factory in Palau, with an official announcement…

MotoGP testing over for Nicky Hayden

30 March, 2020
Talk about bad luck for Nicky Hayden.This morning we thought that he had limited his testing time due to problems to his wrist, but apparently his lap times were done by Ducati test rider Franco Battaini who went out to…

TT3D: Closer to the Edge now available on Blu-ray and DVD

30 March, 2020
2011 has finally seen a bumper crop of motorcycling racing documentaries, from Fastest to I, Superbiker, Charge and TT3D: Closer to the Edge, all different, but all have to be seen by any hard core racing fan who can’t get…

Attack Performance to to wildcard in all three MotoGP US rounds

30 March, 2020
Just like GPTech, Attack Performance Racing has also decided to re-enter their CRT machine and wildcard in the three US rounds of the 2013 MotoGP World Championship at Austin, Laguna Seca and Indianapolis.APR’s Kawasaki ZX-10R based CRT (with CNC frame)…

Yamaha expects Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies to be at Motegi

30 March, 2020
An email from Dorna sent to IRTA (International Road Racing Teams Association) who then conveyed to all the MotoGP, Moto2 and 125cc teams that they expect that everyone to honour their contracts regarding the Japanese Grand Prix has melted the…

Kawasaki updates on Joan Lascorz condition

30 March, 2020
There are many conflicting and confusing bits of news coming from Italy regarding Joan Lascorz’ condition following his 200km/h crash at Imola and none of them are sounding good - from that his life is still a risk and is…

Liberty Racing axes Maxime Berger

30 March, 2020
Just hours before the start of Friday’s World Superbike practice for the penultimate round of the season at Portimao, Effenbert Liberty Racing has decided to axe another rider from their line-up, and this time it is Maxime Berger.After Sylvain Guintoli,…

Gabriele del Torchio: "It's too early to talk about divorce"

30 March, 2020
Ducati has finally decided to react following Valentino Rossi’s Qatar post-race comments and the person to do it is none other than Gabriele Del Torchio, the President of Ducati.While Investindustrial and Ducati are working on the sale of the company…

CIV riders to wear medical safety alert bracelet

30 March, 2020
It’s still in the experimental stage, but Ivan Capelli’s company Motivegeeks Labs (an ICT company) in collaboration with the Italian Motorcycle Federation has decided that this year’s CIV riders will be using a medical safety bracelet in order to improve…

Error 404: new look Dainese site

30 March, 2020
If you’ve had the Dainese site bookmarked, this picture of Valentino Rossi appears when you try to open the site. That’s because Dainese has an updated site that has been recently been launched online, www.dainese.com.New material, product range with online…

GPTech enters CRT for Indianapolis GP

30 March, 2020
Back in 2010 at the Indianapolis GP, GPTech entered Jason DiSalvo as wild card in Moto2 with a FTR M210, and DiSalvo finished in a highly respectable 9th place, two years later GPTech has obtained another wildcard entry, but this…

MotoGP: It's Official, Hungarian GP Out, Aragon GP In

30 March, 2020
Carmelo Ezpeleta will have to open his wallet and buy dinner for the entire MotoGP Safety Commission. Dorna’s CEO lost his bet with Loris Capirossi. The FIM has just announced that the Hungarian Grand Prix at Balatonring has been cancelled.The…

BMW Motorrad C evolution e-scooter: videos, images and info

30 March, 2020
BMW Motorrad is becoming increasingly sensitive to individual mobility issues in urban areas, and with CO2 emissions laws becoming more and more stringent basically everywhere, the electric option just seems the natural way to go. During the 2011 BMW Motorrad…

MotoGP 2012 provisional calendar released

30 March, 2020
MotoGPs 2012 provisional calendar was released today and starts with season night race opener in Qatar, and will have to wait to April 15th to see the first race as it’s scheduled three weeks later than this year.Looking over the…