Automotive

Niccolò Canepa to wildcard in WSBK Donington round

16 April, 2020

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

16 April, 2020

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)

16 April, 2020

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

16 April, 2020

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

16 April, 2020

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

16 April, 2020

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

16 April, 2020

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

16 April, 2020

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!

16 April, 2020

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

16 April, 2020

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

16 April, 2020

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

16 April, 2020

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

16 April, 2020

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

16 April, 2020

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

16 April, 2020

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

16 April, 2020

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:…

Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi hope to capitalize on Yamaha friendly Le Mans

16 April, 2020

Even if the Circuit de la Sarthe at Le Mans is considered a stop-and-go track, Yamaha usually performs well and the team is hoping to capitalize on the historically friendly circuit, after what turned out to be a suprisingly demanding…

Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC Special Edition details and pics

16 April, 2020

The Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC Special Edition has been revealed at the 2010 Intermot show. The special edition RSV4 Factory taps into Aprilia’s racing heritage, especially after Max Biaggi’s WSBK championship win this year and Aprilia having earned the manufacturer’s…

BMW S1000RR wins Bike of the Year award in Japan!

16 April, 2020

BMW’s S1000RR has won several awards so far since its debut and has been a sales success for the German manufacturer, but winning the Bike of the Year in Japan has got to be the greatest satisfaction ever, while thumbing…

New Seat Leon revealed in video

16 April, 2020

After the accidental video revealing the new Golf 7, it looks like Seat has also inadvertently revealed a drawing of the new Seat Leon in the background of an interview with a Seat manager. The interview is part of a…

Team Gresini Official 2009 Launch

16 April, 2020

The San Carlo Honda Gresini Team officially launched its 2009 MotoGP campaign. The team, led by two-time 125cc world champion Fausto Gresini, took off on its 2009 journey at the ‘Officine del Volo’ in Milan.Fausto Gresini and Alberto Vitaloni, President…