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2011 Shoei X-Spirit II Tomizawa Replica Limited Edition

24 April, 2020
The 2010 GP racing season can be summed up in a nutshell. All three Championship titles went to Spanish riders, Valentino Rossi seriously hurting himself for the first time in his career, Rossi and Casey Stoner changing teams and the…

Gabor Talmacsi gets World Supersport ride for Misano

24 April, 2020
Gabor Talmacsi who dropped out of the motorcycle racing scene at the end of 2010 after refusing to pay to ride, and has kept busy up to now with rally races, will be debuting in this weekend’s World Supersport with…

European Volkswagen Jetta revealed

24 April, 2020
The European Volkswagen Jetta, released yesterday, shows only slight differences on the outside to the US-spec model, but has a brand new Jetta engine line-up for Europe and an improved suspension system. The Jetta has had mixed success in the…

Chibi likes to ride and water ski (w/video)

24 April, 2020
We’ve already seen dogs on motorcycles, but this 9-year-old mutt that goes by the name of Chibi is pretty special because not only does she like cruising around on her owner’s motorcycle, she also likes to water ski and also…

Vespa Stunt riding: Nicola Dutto shows his stuff

24 April, 2020
The guys from Team Smanettoni.net Freestyle could well be considered show-offs, and here their rider Nicola Dutto gives another example of their stunt riding efforts. Whether this is training or general daily freetime, Dutto certainly gives this scooter a work…

Casey Stoner returns to the top in FP3

24 April, 2020
The weather conditions in this morning’s MotoGP FP3 at Indianapolis were perfect and this time Casey Stoner solved the issues he had yesterday afternoon and he laid down his first fastlap just 10 minutes into the session in 1.39.740 and…

Andrea Iannone to test Pramac Ducati at Mugello

24 April, 2020
Pramac Ducati has confirmed that WSBK rider Sylvain Guintoli will be testing for the team at Mugello tomorrow (which will not see any 2012 factory bike testing) in the event that Loris Capirossi is unable to recover from his injuries…

World Supersport: Garry McCoy returns to Magny-Cours…?

24 April, 2020
The Vallelunga weekend was not a good one for the Italian Team Triumph-SC. Andrea Zappa returned to the pit after a few laps and Alex Cudlin finished 27th.But we have also a good news, the spectacular rider Garry McCoy was…

New 1.8-liter turbo engine for the Audi A3

24 April, 2020
Audi has announced a new 1.8-liter turbo engine for the A3. We talked about it a couple of weeks ago, together with a 2.8 V6 FSI ValveLift, but now it’s official: 160 PS; 250 Nm of torque; top speed of…

Catalunya Post Race Testing Results

24 April, 2020
With Monday post race testing slashed to a minimum as a cost saving measure, most riders were on hand for some vital testing. The test is the first since the start of season and will be followed by a second…

MotoGP and World Superbikes to be run under Dorna

24 April, 2020
When Bridgepoint private equity group, who already owned the MotoGP series decided to buy Infront Sports and Media - who also owned the World Superbike championship run by the Flammini brothers last year, you didn’t need a crystal ball to…

Video: Ducati Multistrada Pikes Peak Special Edition

24 April, 2020
We all know that the 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is set to go this month with last year’s winner Greg Tracy and Alexander Smith ready to take on the challenge again with their Ducati Multistrada 1200’s.With Ducati giving…

Andrea Dovizioso to sign a 2-year deal with Ducati

24 April, 2020
Several Italian media sources (Sportmediaset, Gazzetta dello Sport) are reporting that Andrea Dovizioso has decided to accept the ‘red challenge’and will replace Valentino Rossi in Ducati for the next two seasons and the announcement will be made during next weekend’s…

Be With Noriyuki Haga Live at Imola

24 April, 2020
Can’t be at Imola next week for 12th round of the WSBK Championship? The Ducati Xerox Team, in collaboration with Ducati Corse will be offering a rare opportunity for those fans from around the world the chance to see Noriyuki…

Peugeot 207 RC – spy shots

24 April, 2020
Féline 207 has some nice spy-shots of the Peugeot 207 RC, the hot hatchback expected in 2007.The 207 RC’s engine will be the 1.6 turbo engine jointly developed with Mini. In this case power output is expected to be in…

MotoGP Brno: Jorge Lorenzo runs away with the win

24 April, 2020
There’s no stopping Jorge Lorenzo this year. The Fiat Yamaha rider who was picture perfect and in a state of grace took his seventh victory of the 2010 season at the Brno race circuit and has lengthened his lead in…

Sete Gibernau's bike for 2009

24 April, 2020
You can see Sete Gibernau’s new bike in this picture, isn’t it great? MotoGP.com was able to have a look at the bike before the official news arrived announcing Sete will ride with the Onde 2000 team next year. Gibernau…

Hector Barbera signs with Pramac Ducati

24 April, 2020
When Aspar Martinez announced that their deal to continue to field a Ducati fell through and they would be fielding a CRT bike in 2012, we imagined that Hector Barbera didn’t exactly take it very well, infact the Spaniard started…

Wayne Gardner Does Not Approve

24 April, 2020
Former World Champion Wayne Gardner likes to keep in touch with the MotoGP racing scene and does it on his website Wayne Gardner Approved writing up his thoughts and opinions on the races.The Wollongong Whiz after the Assen race, joining…

Kawasaki ZX10R Hayate replica

24 April, 2020
German company Hoely has created this tuning of the ZX10R, calling it the Kawasaki ZX10R Hayate Replica. The bike was presented to Marco Melandri during a delivery of a mini-moto which was also a Hayate replica.This ZX10R replica is made…

Debut in July for the Seat Leon Cupra

24 April, 2020
The Seat Leon Cupra will debut on the july 18. It’ll be sportier and more muscular than the Leon FR: it will feature the most powerful (up to now!) incarnation of the 2.0 liters Turbo-FSI engine, with 240 ps. The…

Bezzi Ducati Hypermotard 848

24 April, 2020
In another design effort from Oberdan Bezzi, here’s a Ducati Hypermotard with a serious engine: the four valve “testastretta” evolution of the 848. While the engine dimensions are a little oversize for a motard, the 100 hp would certainly be…