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Max Biaggi to return to racing?

23 April, 2020
A couple of Tweets between Max Biaggi and Flavio Briatore, and some paddock gossip during last weekend’s World Superbike round at Motorland Aragon has prompted some speculation - by an Italian motorcycle website - that the retired two-time Superbike champion…

Alex Polita to replace sick Niccolò Canepa at Brno

23 April, 2020
Alex Polita will be replacing sick Niccolò Canepa in this weekend’s World Superbike round at Brno.Canepa wrote on his Facebook page that between the two Aragon races he felt sick and the result was that for last ten days one…

MotoGP Phillip Island: Jorge Lorenzo leads in FP1

23 April, 2020
Friday free practice for all three GP classes was delayed due to bad weather conditions that hit Australia’s Phillip Island. Cold temperatures, strong winds and heavy rain hit the Island causing standing water in several areas of the track with…

Yamaha FJR 1300 and ports just don't mix (w/video)

23 April, 2020
Since our French isn’t that great, we have to assume that this video by French website Motojournal is something along the lines of epic fails on motorcycles or in this case motorcycle luggage can turn out to be a bitch…

2013 WSBK: Eugene Laverty wins race 1 at Istanbul Park

23 April, 2020
A very empty Istanbul Park circuit - designed by Hermann Tilke - played host to the first ever World Superbike championship race that was won by Eugene Laverty who brought home his Aprilia RSV4 after bending Tom Sykes who could…

2010 BMW 3 Series pics

23 April, 2020
The 2010 BMW 3 Series coupé and cabriolet show some small changes to the style of the range, but this model year mostly focuses on a new engine range updated to comply with Euro 5 anti-pollution laws. The BMW 3…

Keeway Goccia 50cc 2009

23 April, 2020
Keeway presented at the recent Eicma show in Milan its Goccia scooter, a new high wheel scooter with a 50cc engine designed for young people.It was developed at the Keeway Research and Development centre in Pesaro, and has a single-cylinder,…

Fiat will invest 275 million Euro in the Tychy plant

23 April, 2020
Thanks to the success of the brand new Fiat 500, Fiat has approved a new 275 million Euro investment to expand the Tychy plant, that will have to satisfy the increasing orders for the old-fashioned italian citycar.In 2008 the polish…

Ducati production at risk after earthquake

23 April, 2020
The entire Emilia region of Italy that was hit by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake last Saturday which left seven dead (mostly workers on night shifts) 6500 people homeless and more than 13,000 people unable to return to their jobs in…

Overtaking Stoner: your pics

23 April, 2020
The caption to this pic reads, “We passed Stoner not once, but twice in one day”, and it comes from a couple of readers of Motoblog.it. We don’t necessarily want all your silly holiday pics, but feel free to send…

Makoto Tamada to return to racing full time in Japan

23 April, 2020
Despite being a former MotoGP and Superbike winner Makoto Tamada went off the racing radar almost all of last year.In 2010 the Japanese rider had signed a deal with Pro Ride, a team that was great in press releases, but…

Mighty Mick Doohan Considered Return to Racing

23 April, 2020
Five times 500cc World Champion, Micky Doohan who was forced to retire after crash in qualifying at the Jerez GP in 1999 that left hi, with serious leg injuries revealed to Australia’s Sunday Morning Herald that he was tempted to…

It's Official! Jorge Lorenzo chooses Yamaha

23 April, 2020
After almost ten days of intense speculation regarding Jorge Lorenzo’s high profile and multi-million euro switch to Ducati has been finally laid to rest today as Yamaha has officially announced that Lorenzo has decided to remain with them for another…

Volkswagen Polo R: might use a four-wheel drive system

23 April, 2020
Volkswagen Polo R might be using a four wheel drive system. The rumours about a 4 × 4 system equipping the new sports version of Volkswagen Polo could be true, as the current generation of Volkswagen Polo is based on…

Fantic Motor 2009 range

23 April, 2020
Fantic Motor is offering an updated range of its Caballero models for 2009, in the 50cc and 125cc class, and is introducing the new 200cc model.The Caballero Regolarità Competizione 50cc has a new look, with some improved technology including a…

Roberto Rolfo after the Stiggy Honda Axe

23 April, 2020
Roberto Rolfo who was axed by Stiggy Honda to make room for ex MotoGP rider John Hopkins has finally decided to talk and gave this interview to Italian website SBK Point with his side of the story: Roby, this has…

Valentino Rossi's 9th Championship Title

23 April, 2020
We think that Motoblog’s Luca Ruggeri’s comic is self-explanatory. Thirty year old Valentino Rossi is still a force to be reckoned with and a motorcyle legend. Here’s a not so brief history and record breaking career of the nine times…

Loris Baz auctions helmet to help Alessia Polita

23 April, 2020
Alessia Polita suffered a career ending accident at Misano Circuit last month, during the second qualifying session during the fifth round of the Italian Superstock 600 championship.The 27-year old Alessia (who is the sister of Alex Polita), lost control of…