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SBK 2009: Guandalini with Smrz and Roberts

12 April, 2020
The Italian Guandalini Superbike Team lines up their pilots for 2009 in World Superbike with Jacub Smrz and Brendan Roberts riding the Ducati RS09. The FIM Superstock 1000 pilot signed his contact with team manager Mirco Guandalini.Mirco Guandalini said: “I…

Mercedes Black Falcon SLS AMG GT3

12 April, 2020
Kenneth Heyer will drive the Mercedes Black Falcon SLS AMG GT3 at the 24 hours Spa-Francorchamps, following in the footsteps of his father Hans who won the race in 1971 with the 300 SEL 6.8 AMG. It raced with the…

Carlos Checa dives with the sharks

12 April, 2020
2011 World Superbike champion Carlos Checa took a dive today at the L’Aquarium Barcelona where he swam with the sharks (last year it was Jorge Lorenzo’s turn) tweeted, “Just arrived at Barcelona Aquarium, where I will swim with sharks, I…

Bikes for sale at EICMA: pic of the day

12 April, 2020
This photo comes from the guys at Motoblog.it and shows a couple of bikes that were on sale at the 2009 EICMA for the grand total of 300 euros. The company in question, Madjin, decided it would be too expensive…

Max Biaggi: "I'm not going to retire" (w/video)

12 April, 2020
In a brief interview with RAI 1 (one of Italy’s national public service broadcasting stations) Max Biaggi talked about the fact that even if he’s forty he has not intention of retiring from racing so his fans can rest assured.…

James Ellison joins World Supersport Championship

12 April, 2020
James Ellison has penned a deal with Parkalgar Honda team and will contest in the 2011 World Supersport Championship in a new formed satellite team called PTR Parkalgar Honda.Ellison is only thirty, but is a two times European Superstock Champion,…

Ducati 1199 Panigale and the wolf

12 April, 2020
Brice Nunnari rides a Ducati 1199 Panigale for Ducati Shop Moto in the French Superbike Championship (Championnat de France Superbike) - and posted this sensational video produced by French director Antoine Elizabé, on his Facebook pace, with the slogan “Rejoignez…

Martin Bauer to wildcard in 2013 Brno MotoGP

12 April, 2020
In yesterday’s GP Commission press release besides indicating that Michele Pirro will have three wildcard rides in 2013, they also indicated that Austrian team Schwarz & Bronnen has been granted a wildcard entry for Martin Bauer for the Brno GP…

Rolls Royce gets loungeroom in Abu Dhabi

12 April, 2020
It would be easy to confuse this Rolls Royce Abu Dhabi dealership for a luxury hotel lobby or loungeroom. The new Rolls showroom in Abu Dhabi is the biggest for the brand in the world, measuring 900 m2. It holds…

Inquest opened on the death of Shoya Tomizawa

12 April, 2020
Italian prosecuter Paolo Giovagnoli of Rimini has opened in inquest into the death of Moto2 rider Shoya Tomizawa during Sunday’s race at Misano.The prosecuter is considering formulating a charge of manslaughter against persons unkown in the tragic death of the…

Robbie Maddison stunting in AIR.CRAFT video

12 April, 2020
Everyone’s favourite X-Fighters champion, X Games medalist, Red Bull: New Year. No Limits and Crusty Demon star, Robbie Maddison gets airborne again in this stunning video by DC Teamworks called Air.Craft, and where ‘Maddo’ struts his extreme and legendary talent…

MotoGP Laguna Seca: Casey Stoner super fast in warm-up

12 April, 2020
This morning’s warm-up practice at a very cool Laguna Seca saw only 17 riders take to track, as Randy de Puniet has wisely withdrawn from this afternoon’s race due to fractures (vertebra and pelvis) sustained in Saturday’s qualifying session.The 20…

Interview with Arie Vos: Dutch Superbike Champion

12 April, 2020
The friendly Dutchman Arie Vos won again the Dutch Superbike Championship. Twowheelsblog spoke to him:Arie Vos “Champion Open Dutch Superbike Class”, how does it feel?It feels great, although it is the fifth championship in three years for me. This one…

Oberdan Bezzi's 2011 MotoGP Dream

12 April, 2020
While Italy was going all out in celebrating Max Biaggi’s 2 race win at Portimao, with the recurrent theme of an Italian on an Italian bike, Oberdan Bezzi dreamed of another Italian duo that he’d like to see get together.Obiboicame…

Video: airbag for bikers?

12 April, 2020
Having good safety protection is one of the most important things in motorcycle riding. I can imagine you don’t like your leathers in summer but when you crash you will regret your decision not to wear it. Bikes are getting…

Ben Spies and Jorge Lorenzo talk about day 2 at Sepang

12 April, 2020
Yamaha Factory riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies continued to show promising form today in the second day of the Sepang test, the first official 1000cc MotoGP test of 2012. Having spent yesterday getting back into the rhythm of riding,…

How Casey Stoner's Honda could look like

12 April, 2020
Honda HRC has yet to announce whether they’ve unbroiled the contract mess they’ve made with Andrea Dovizioso when Livio Suppo hired Casey Stoner for the 2011-2012 seasons.Andrea Dovizioso, currently fourth in the MotoGP championship standings seems pretty confident that he’ll…

Husqvarna Nuda by LSL Motorradtechnik

12 April, 2020
Some say it is even more beautiful than the original, but whether you agree with that or not, certainly there’s no doubt that LSL Motorradtechnik did a great job with the Husqvarna Nuda. This German company is actually a manufacturer…

Moto Guzzi Norge GT 1200 8V official video

12 April, 2020
Moto Guzzi has released their official video of the updated version of the 2011 Norge GT 8V. While we understand that the Piaggio owned company is pretty traditional in it’s ways, but give us a break on the music, Coldplay’s…