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Kenny Roberts puts several racing bikes on the auction block

24 April, 2020
Triple World Champion Kenny “King” Roberts has decided to partially empty out one of his personal garages and museum (which is temperature controlled) and has appointed RDM Motors to auction off several of the family heirlooms and part of motorcycle…

BMW to downsize to one team in World Superbikes

24 April, 2020
Does Marco Melandri bring bad luck? Kawasaki dropped out of MotoGP after he signed up, Yamaha Superbike closed down their Superbike effort after the Italian spent a season with them and now BMW has made a suprise announcement that they…

Dani Pedrosa heading to Phillip Island

24 April, 2020
Dani Pedrosa has confirmed that he’ll be ready to race in this weekend’s Australian GP after breaking his collarbone during free practice at Motegi ten days ago when a throttle glitch on his Honda made him crash.Missing two GP’s, the…

Harley Davidson to buy MV Agusta

24 April, 2020
Harley Davidson could be considering the acquisition of MV Agusta, Claudio Castiglioni’s historical Italian brand. Negotiations are said to be at an advanced stage and are involving the credit banks of the Varese company - at the head is the…

Moto2: Raffaele de Rosa confirmed in G22 Racing Team

24 April, 2020
Raffaele de Rosa through his personal website has officially confirmed that he’ll be in Pablo Nieto’s Moto2 G22 Racing Team for the 2011 season.The 23-year old Napolitan rider who raced for Herve Poncharal’s Moto2 Tech3 team in 2010, will be…

Opee, The Motocross Dog

24 April, 2020
We thought that Cash was a great dog because he rode shot gun on a sportsbike, but take a look at Opee, a 70-pound Blue Merle Australian shepherd, who takes part in motocross races. This dog is a pro and…

Audi interested in Ducati?

24 April, 2020
Under the high sounding name of operation ‘Project Eagle’ could lie the acquisition of Ducati by Volkswagen Group’s largest brands, Audi according to UK publication, Car Magazine.Since Ducati has been on the market, several groups have been tied to the…

Three CIV Ducati riders to bolster Imola WSBK grid

24 April, 2020
This weekend’s World Superbike round at Imola, will be bolstered by three more riders on the grid coming from Italy’s Superbike Championship (CIV) and all three ride Ducati’s.Federico Sandi (Max Biaggi’s crewchief’s son) who rides full time for Althea Racing…

Giorgio Bettinelli, Vespa adventurer and writer, dies

24 April, 2020
The Italian writer Giorgio Bettinelli, has died in China at the age of 53. He was an incredible man, with a different path in life and a vision of things that was appreciated by many Italians.Bettinelli was one who had…

Suzuki Hayabusa J-Lo Pepsi bike up for sale

24 April, 2020
Now here’s something collectabile for those die hard Jennifer Lopez fans (aren’t you sad that she split from her hubby) who can actually ride and have £ 19,995 just sitting in their bank accounts. It’s the special Suzuki GSX1300R that…

Riders pay tribute to Shoya Tomizawa

24 April, 2020
.All the riders of the paddock showed up today with some sort of tribute in honour of Shoya Tomizawa.Some like Valentino Rossi has the face of the Japanese rider on the side of their helmets (Rossi also has a Norifumi…

Marc Marquez gets light wrist slap over Kallio incident

24 April, 2020
Marc Marquez has gotten another light slap on the wrist - his third this season after Qatar with his run in with Thomas Luthi and Catalunya which ended in tears for Pol Espargaro - from the Race Direction for punting…

Bridgestone thinking of making MotoGP teams pay for tires

24 April, 2020
Bridgestone has been the sole tire supplier for MotoGP since 2009, after most of the riders demanded a switch to Japanese tire manufacturer, leaving Michelin with no option than a pull-out. At the end of next year Bridgestone’s contract with…

Michel Fabrizio gets Red Devils Roma ride for 2013

24 April, 2020
Earlier this month Michel Fabrizio was linked to ride for Red Devils Roma team after the team picked up General Invest as their new sponsor and the Italian has now been officially confirmed in Andrea Petricca’s outfit in 2013, and…

Nicky Hayden undergoes carpal tunnel surgery

23 April, 2020
MotoGP test ban time is when all the riders fix themselves up with major or minor surgery that they’ve put off during the racing season and now it’s Nicky Hayden’s turn.Yesterday, the Ducati rider underwent carpal tunnel surgery on his…

2011 Provisional World Superbike and Supersport entry lists

23 April, 2020
The FIM has been very busy today, because they’ve not only released the Grand Prix 2011 entry lists, they’ve also released the World Superbike and Supersport lists.Giving it the once over, World Superbikes has just 20 riders with one still…

Jorge Lorenzo reveals his #1 logo

23 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo has just revealed through his Facebook page the #1 he’ll be using this year on his Yamaha M1. The design chosen is a combination his initials that form #1 and a star that symbolizes his first MotoGP championship…

Jorge Lorenzo finishes 24th in car endurance race

23 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo took off his motorcycle leathers this weekend and donned his driver’s ones to take part in the Copa de España de Resistencia, a car endurance race with a Fiat 500 Abarth Assetto Corse at the Catalunya race track.The…
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