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Ducati and Piaggio to merge?

19 March, 2020
New from Italy indicates that the two big Italian manufacturers of Ducati and Piaggio could merge. Ducati needs no introduction, while Piaggio is the parent company of Vespa and Moto Guzzi, as well as it manufacturing scooters under its own…

Spanish royalty meets GP royalty

19 March, 2020
After receiving the 2010 Don Felipe de Borbón prize for the best sportsperson of the year and the best sportsperson under 18 last week by the Spanish Royal family, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez, with the addition of Toni Elias…

Loris Capirossi undergoes arm surgery

19 March, 2020
MotoGP veteran Loris Capirossi has undergone surgery on his right arm on Wednesday according to Sportmediaset.The Pramac Ducati rider was clipped by team mate Randy de Puniet on the first lap of the Qatar race, and then had to retire…

BMW Motorrad K 1300 S Special "30 Jahre K-Modelle"

19 March, 2020
At the upcoming EICMA show in Milan (November 15-18), BMW Motorrad will present the exclusive special model K 1300 S “30 Jahre K-Modelle”, which will mark the 30th anniversary of the BMW Motorrad K series. It was in fact in…

David Salom to return to World Supersport

19 March, 2020
After spending the 2012 World Superbike championship between Kawasaki Pedercini and MotoGP with Avintia Blusens at the Misano and Aragon rounds replacing Ivan Silva, David Salom will be returning to the World Supersport championship for the second time, after signing…

KTM 1190 Super Duke 2013: spy shot

19 March, 2020
KTM continues its work developing the new 1190 Super Duke, which will become part of their offering in 2013. A prototype still in its testing stage has been immortalized in this spy photo published by website KTM Mania, which comes…

Moto2: RSM Team Scot to skip Brno and the rest of the season?

19 March, 2020
That Moto2 RSM Team Scot is having economic woes isn’t exactly new news, however the San Marino based team who fields former MotoGP riders Niccolò Canepa and Alex de Angelis, who is currently subbing for Hiroshi Aoyama in Daniel Epp’s…

Luis Salom to race for Red Bull KTM Ajo team in 2013

19 March, 2020
With Sandro Cortese on his way to winning the Moto3 championship and to switch to Moto3 next season with the IntAct GP team, Red Bull KTM Ajo team has decided to sign up the next best rider in the current…

Mattia Pasini Gets Another Chance to test a Ducati

19 March, 2020
It looks like that Mattia Pasini is trying out for a Ducati GP ride next year. The Italian will again be testing the Desmosedici GP9, during a three day test that was already organized at the Mugello race track this…

Kevin Schwantz and Randy Mamola at this year's IOMTT

19 March, 2020
Former 1993 World Champion Kevin Schwantz and racing’s most famous runner-up, Randy Mamola will be Arai’s guests this year at the Isle of Man TT Races to take part in the parade lap on Wednesday June 6th. Schwantz will be…

2013 KTM 450 SX-F Factory Edition – Preview

19 March, 2020
In the wake of the success of the 2012 version - presented in December 2011 in the U.S. market and gone ’sold out’ in a matter of months - KTM introduces the new 2013 KTM 450 SX-F Factory Edition, which…

Sway Motorsports reveals its 3-wheel e-scooter prototype

19 March, 2020
California’s Sway Motorsports introduces an electric three-wheel scooter prototype that took a few years to develop and is now almost production-ready. Apparently, the project was carried out ‘in his spare time’ by one Mr. Joe Wilcox, a toy-designer and Rhode…

Honda CBR500, CB500X and CB500R sighted in Italy: spy shots

19 March, 2020
The first images of the brand new Honda CBR500, CB500X and CB500R (though something has already surfaced on the internet) come from Sulmona, Italy, where local newspaper Il Centro (’The Centre’) has spotted the three models on the ‘top secret’…

Liberty Racing says Sylvain Guintoli has had poor results

19 March, 2020
After their brief press release issued this afternoon regarding Sylvain Guintolileaving their team, Liberty Racing has decided to put an entirely different spin to the story and from a “misunderstanding between the mechanics and the administrative management of the team”…

Balatonring – First stone laid

19 March, 2020
The first stone of the new £50 million Balatonring circuit, which will host next year’s Hungarian Grand Prix was laid on the construction site near Savoly in Western Hungary on Thursday.Among those attending the event was local star Gabor Talmacsi,…

Borile Multiuso: a unique multi purpose bike from Italy

19 March, 2020
A few weeks ago we went to the presentation of the final version of the aptly called Borile Multiuso (that’s Italian for ‘multi-purpose’), a simply unique motorcycle that had already been spotted before in some of its early and provisional…

Rossi and Hayden to test Ducati GP12 at Jerez

18 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden will be getting their first chance to ride and most importantly test the first GP12 prototype bike at Jerez.Rossi will be getting one-on-one time today, while team mate Nicky Hayden will ride it on Saturday…

Chris Vermeulen finally back on his Kawasaki

18 March, 2020
Chris Vermeulen has made it and is finally back on his Kawasaki superbike. The Australian after being out of action following his knee reconstruction surgery six months ago, had his first taste of the Ninja ZX-10R that he’ll be using…
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