Photo of the day: lost something at the MotoGP Mugello 2005?
What are they looking for? In Pitlane for the MotoGP Mugello 2005. The rider?Photo Koen
Auto brand Smart to produce electric scooter
In attempts to revive and diversify its Smart city car brand, Mercedes Benz has announced it will develop a two-wheeled vehicle which will likely take the form of an electric scooter. It’s the first step in a new diversification plan…
Your opinion on the Ducati Diavel: questionnaire on Diavel minisite
We’ve had plenty to say ourselves of the Ducati Diavel - it’s interest for the US market, the Diavel pricing and how it departs from Ducati philosophy, particularly for European customers used to Ducati as a sports bike brand. While…
Video Castrol Honda: Past and Present
When Ten Kate revealed the famed green, red and white Castrol livery a couple of weeks ago, long time Superbike fans had a walk down memory lane, so naturally Honda couldn’t resist giving fans a visual reminder of their historic…
Video: girl tries a burnout
We’ve already seen that girls can do burnouts too. In this video, another blonde in heels tries it out with a Honda CBR100RR, creating some smoke.
Andrea Dovizioso talks about Pedrosa, Melandri and others
Andrea Dovizioso is not exactly the stereotyped Italian rider that lets it all hang out or vents his frustrations, except for couple occasions last year when he publicly cried with happiness after coming 4th in the Qatar season opener after…
Motorcycle news: Edwards-Yamaha agreement concludes
The soap opera that has gone on for some weeks between Colin Edwards and the Team Yamaha Tech 3, driven by Herve Poncharal, seems finally over.At Sachsenring negotiations finally came to a close with the Texas Tornado remaining with his…
Two-stroke Kawasaki ZX-7
This 1990 Kawasaki ZX-7 has been fitted with the two stroke engine of a 1972 Kawasaki H2. The 740cc three-cylinder produces 80 hp, but combined with a lighter engine weight and chassis in general, you get an idea of the…
Repsol Honda's 100 victories video
Milking the 100 victories with 8 world titles that goes with it, Repsol Honda has released this short, but very pleasant video with some pretty good racing scenes with all their past and present stars.Enjoy.
Niccolò Canepa to wildcard in WSBK Donington round
Niccolò Canepa, who currently leads the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup championship standings will be racing in next weekend’s World Superbike Donington Park round as a wildcard entry.The Italian will be racing a 1199 Panigale R in SBK trim and will…
WSBK riders talk about final day of testing at Phillip Island
Just two more days and the first round of the 2013 World Superbike season will officially start and the riders after the two days of official testing are now ready to take on the new season, despite having lost half…
Julien Dupont rides the Millennium Bridge (w/video)
Urban freestyle trial rider Julien Dupont did another of his amazing stunts on Tuesday morning and this time it was Gateshead’s Millennium Bridge that felt the wheels of Dupont’s trials bike.The ‘Blinking Eye’ is celebrating its 10th anniversary next month…
Analysis: Audi A3 Concept for the US – what the Americans say about their A3 sedan
When Audi revealed its A3 Concept sedan model at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, it made no secret of the fact that it’s a concept designed specifically with the US in mind. The German brand is already improving its status…
Ducati 1199 Panigale elected 2012 SWA Bike of the Year
Since its debut at the EICMA show in 2011, the Ducati 1199 Panigale has been receiving raving accolades worldwide, and to add still another award to the iconic Italian marques already full trophy case, the Panigale was voted by the…
WDW 2012: classic and special Ducati bikes from the paddock
The organization of the World Ducati Week 2012 certainly did not overlook the glorious past of the Borgo Panigale-based manufacturer. In Misano there was a dedicated zone called ‘Heritage Galaxy’ where they had set up two areas whose aim was…
BMW S1000RR – Watch the valves from the piston
You’ve seen the birth of the BMW S1000RR from the drawing table to the race track, the other day you saw the bike’s valves in action and now BMW Motorrad has released this second technical video of the valves from…
Safety Commercials from Belgium and France
These are two pretty good motorcycle awareness commercials from Belgium and France. Something that you’ll probably never see from Italy, in the so called Terra dei Motori (land of motors) who has such brands like Ducati, Aprilia, MV Augusta, Guzzi,…
Your pics: eat your heart out, superbikes, minibikes are here!
We can’t but agree with Fabrizio, who took this photo and sent it through to us. His words were: “who would have said that you could lean like this with a minibike”. Who, indeed?Send your funny, bizarre or surprising pics…
MV Agusta Cannonball Kit takes Brutale to 165 hp
The MV Agusta Cannonball kit for the 2010 Brutale 1090RR is described as a track-only kit designed to further boost the 144 hp of the Brutale up to 165 hp. The Cannonball Kit is fitted to the Brutale and includes…
Haga and Fabrizio Re-Sign for Ducati in 2010
The Xerox Ducati WSBK team has announced today that they have re-signed Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio for the 2010 World Superbike season.Haga and Fabrizio are currently second and third in the world standing with three rounds remaining and Haga…
WSBK – Ernesto Marinelli new Ducati Xerox Team Manager
Ernesto Marinelli, who was Xerox Ducati’s technical director has been promoted and will take over Davide Tardozzi’s role as SBK project manager.Marinelli’s promotion came after Tardozzi’s decision to step down from his position to seek new challenges because he lost…
MV Agusta Brutale to get restyling kit
The MV Agusta Brutale is set to get a restyling, as revealed in an interview with Andrea Tamburini from Tamburini Corse. The restyling kit would apply to the single seat version of the Brutale.Tamburini has revealed that the restyling is…
Yamaha unveils 2009 YZR-M1
With a special online conference by Fiat Yamaha that took place today at noon at Yamaha headquarters in Italy, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo unveiled the 2009 factory Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP.With an unchanged rider line-up, Yamaha’s factory team has made…
Maverick Vinales takes home Spanish sports award
On Wednesday at the El Pardo Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain’s National Sports Awards were held and Moto3 rider Maverick Vinales was on hand to recieve one of the prestigious awards.The 17-year old Viñales received the award for the Breakthrough…
Peugeot Sum Up 125
Sum Up 125 is the new scooter from the a href=”http://www.motoblog.it/categorie/peugeot”>Peugeot Motorcycles range: it’s a simple and functional scooter with two 13-inch wheels . Sum Up is equipped with a 125cc, air-cooled Euro 3 engine. It’s available in two colours:…