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Harley Davidson XR1200 Snow Sculpture

8 April, 2020
A team of snow sculptors created a giant ice-and-snow version of the Harley Davidson XR1200 outside the new Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, USA . Tom Queoff captaining the USA Snow Sculpting Team lended his talents and worked only with hand…

Nurburgring circuit goes into administration, Portimao also in trouble

8 April, 2020
Nürburgring GmbH, the current owners of the Nürburgring circuit has gone into administration after Kurt Beck, head of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate confirmed that the European competition authorities have refused to approve a €13 million rescue package. Without the…

Loris Baz video: 'Going for glory'

8 April, 2020
Loris Baz is in his second season riding for Kawasaki in World Superbikes and is currently 6th in the standings.The 20-year French rider is heading to the iconic Silverstone circuit (August 4th) to try to repeat his first ever victory…

Max Neukirchner concludes three-day test at Jerez

8 April, 2020
After a shakedown test at Mugello, Max Neukirchner is still continuing his familarization with the Ducati 1199 Panigale and just finished three days of testing at Jerez de la Frontera - which will be hosting the final round of the…

WSBK Misano 2009 – Rider Quotes

8 April, 2020
Here are some rider quotes from today’s exciting 8th round of the WSBK Championship at Misano World Circuit:Ben Spies - (1st, 9th)“Race one was definitely better than race two! It was good for us, we did what we had to…

Speed Queen Race during Le Mans MotoGP weekend

8 April, 2020
A unique race is in the making during the French MotoGP weekend on May 15-17, called the Speed Queen Race and it’s an amazing opportunity for women only to race at the famed Le Mans venue.The race will be part…

Triumph Tiger pricing in the US

8 April, 2020
After Triumph Tiger pricing in Europe was announced as starting at 8,990 euros for the Tiger 800 and 9,990 euros for the Tiger 800 XC, US pricing is hot on its heels. HFL reports that the Tiger will cost from…

Cal Crutchlow signs with the Yamaha WSS Team

8 April, 2020
Cal Crutchlow and Fabian Foret will ride in the Yamaha World Supersport Team next year. Cal is the newcomer in the Yamaha supersport team and currently races in the British Superbike Championship. Today Cal is in fourth position in the…

Mike Hailwood helmet auction at MotoGP Silverstone

8 April, 2020
Next month’s Silverstone MotoGP round on June 11 will see the auction of a rare historic race helmet. The helmet from Mike “The Bike” Hailwood is part of an auction of prestigious motorcycle memorabilia, of which this Hailwood helmet is…

Ducati Monster "flat track" by Alex Earle – pics and info

8 April, 2020
Proudly extreme and almost unrecognizable, here is a fascinating ‘Flat Track‘ version of the mighty Ducati Monster created by American designer Alex Earle. As usual, purists would probably call it an act of vandalism, but as far as we are…

Moto2 – Daniele Romagnoli heads to Moto2 Tech3 Team

8 April, 2020
Daniele Romagnoli, Jorge Lorenzo’s ex-team manager has found a home in Herve Poncharal’s Moto2 team, Tech3. Romagnoli made the shock announcement at the Sepang GP citing that he wanted to return to the more technical aspects in a team.The French…

Video: Motorcycle encounters of the slithering type

8 April, 2020
While riding (in this case at an insane speed of 250 km/h) you can encounter some ‘dangerous’ wildlife that can put your life in danger. We bet that you’ve had to swerve at least once in your to avoid a…

MotoGP Race Direction lectures Marco Simoncelli

8 April, 2020
Whatever anyone expected from the outcome of the Race Direction discussion with Marco Simoncelli regarding his highly controversial pass on Dani Pedrosa at Le Mans, was just a stern lecture and some sound fatherly advice to help correct the hairy…

Marc Marquez to miss Moto2 test at Jerez

8 April, 2020
Marc Marquez’ double-vision problems has yet to clear up. The 2011 Moto2 World Championship runner-up had to miss the final two races of the season and concede the Moto2 title to Stefan Bradl, has not recovered in time to take…

Tom Sykes Lascorz tribute helmet to be auctioned

8 April, 2020
Tom Sykes was wearing this special Lascorz tribute helmet (based on the Lascorz support sticker) during the last Superbike round at Magny-Cours to honour of his former team-mate Joan Lascorz.Sykes won the final race of 2012 season and just missed…

Ossa TR280i trial prototype

8 April, 2020
Here is the Ossa TR-i 280 prototype, which we first mentioned in October with news of the Ossa brand relaunch. The Spanish company was mostly active in the off-road and trial segments from the 1960’s to the 1980’s, and here…

2011 EICMA: Ducati Diavel Cromo

8 April, 2020
When it made its debut at the EICMA last year, there’s no denial that the Diavel shocked quite a few Ducati purists, who just could not believe what the Borgo Panigale-based company had come up with: a ‘fat cruiser’. One…

Moto Morini 1200 Sport new colour design

8 April, 2020
In occasion of the first Motorbike Expo in Verona, Moto Morini has presented its 1200 Sport with new graphic design of black and orange on white frame.The new colour is in addition to those already in the 1200 Sport range:…

WSBK Portimao Race 2 – Biaggi does double in Portugal

8 April, 2020
Max Biaggi took his first ever double victory in Superbikes at Portimao, winning the 2nd race in a very similar way that he took the victory in race 1, finishing again ahead of Leon Haslam by 0.191s.Getting the holeshot again,…

Robbie Maddison Backflips over Tower Bridge

8 April, 2020
Robbie “Maddo” Maddison does it again. This time the 27 year old Australian daredevil performed a no-handed backflip over an open Tower Bridge in London, becoming the first rider in history to jump the bridge on a motorbike.The Wizard of…

Karel Abraham decides to sit out Motegi race

8 April, 2020
Karel Abraham has decided to sit out today’s MotoGP race at Motegi. The Czech rider has been complaining of concentration problems since his arrival in Japan and after this morning’s warm up practice has decided to withdraw from the race.Abraham…