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Let's help Alex Briggs with the Australian Flood Relief Auction

7 April, 2020

We’ve all seen the devastating images of the disastrous flooding in Australia that has hit the states of Queensland and Victoria, now our favourite Aussie MotoGP mechanic Alex Briggs, has decided to try to help out in his native country…

WSBK: Sheridan Morais confirms he'll sub for Parkes

7 April, 2020

Why wait for those official press releases from the teams, when riders keep their fans informed through Facebook and/or Twitter? Sheridan Morais has confirmed via his Facebook page that he’ll be subbing for Broc Parkes:Sheridan Morais to be riding the…

Third official Triumph Adventure teaser video

7 April, 2020

Right on schedule Triumph has released the third official teaser video of their two new 2011 Adventure motorcycles and this one teases us a little more and reveals more close-up details of the road version just to keep interested and…

MotoGP Sepang Rider Quotes after the 15th round

7 April, 2020

It certainly was Jorge Lorenzo’s day at Sepang yesterday, with the Fiat Yamaha rider taking his first MotoGP Championshio title in a fantastic and mistakeless season, but the 15th round of the season also threw up one of the best…

MotoGP Silverstone: Casey Stoner blitzes the field in FP1

7 April, 2020

First thing, who ever organized the WSBK and MotoGP calendar for this weekend should be strung up, because trying to follow both championships which just happen to overlap, requires more eyes and multitasking talents than we possess. Rant over and…

LCR Honda's comedy book (w/video)

7 April, 2020

Ever wonder what those hard working MotoGP teams do during a GP weekend? All work and no play you may think, but when you see this comedy photo book that Lucio Cecchinello’s LCR Honda Team put together to wish everyone…

Mercedes-Benz at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show

7 April, 2020

Mercedes-Benz is warming up for the 78th edition of the Geneva Motor Show: the brand is coming with a massive five world premieres: the all-new CLC, the facelifted CLS, SLK and SL, and the CL 500 4Matic, that features for…

Benelli 100 years and the TNT Century Racer

7 April, 2020

After 2010 EICMA showed off this Benelli TnT Century Racer special edition, we can only hope that 2011 will see a couple of other events or limited edition bikes to celebrate 100 years of Benelli. The three-cylinder naked Benelli TNT…

Special Edition Fred Perry Vespa

7 April, 2020

The Fred Perry fashion brand is collaborating with Piaggio on a limited edition run of Vespa scooters bearing the famous laurel leaf logo and Fred Perry detailing. Piaggio will be producing only 100 of these special Vespa’s for Perry’s centennial…

Moto2 Phillip Island: Wayne Maxwell's temper tantrum (w/video)

7 April, 2020

We all know that GP riders can have tempers, when things don’t go their way, the Andrea Iannone vs Pol Espargaro clash last year in the 125cc race at Misano was a clear example of what shouldn’t happen on a…

Video: Behind the scenes Rockstar and Jorge Lorenzo photoshoot

7 April, 2020

MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo is truly a sponsor’s dream. Every since picking up Rockstar as his personal sponsor, the Spaniard has gone all out in wearing the energy drink logo in all his public and even a couple of private…

Motorcycling: the pitfalls of buying a heavy bike

7 April, 2020

This is a ridiculous video of a motorcycle that crashes in the middle of a bicycle race. The crash happens right at the beginning and the rest of the video is of cyclists, drivers and other team members who, unpeturbed,…

World Superbikes searching for a tire supplier for 2013-2015

7 April, 2020

We may only be in 2011, but Infront Motor Sports who promote the World Superbike Championship is already on the look out for a tire supplier for the 2013-2015 seasons.Rumors over the last months or so, have it that current…

Electric motorcycle race series to support MotoGP

7 April, 2020

Electric motorcycles will have their own FIM race series from next year, possibly as a support series to the MotoGP. It will be managed by Azhar Hussain from the TTXGP series, and could possibly be called the eGrandPrix.This is good…

MotoGP – Loris Capirossi: Another two seasons

7 April, 2020

Loris Capirossi is one of the experienced riders on the MotoGP grid and has already reached 299 race starts and has said he isn’t ready to hang up his lid yet.A guest at the Suomy stand at the EICMA show,…

2013 MotoGP Le Mans more post race quotes

7 April, 2020

After Yamaha, Repsol Honda, Yamaha Tech3 and Ducati riders’ quotes you can now check out what the rest of the riders had to say after the exciting and eventul French GP at Le Mans that was livened up by the…

Motorcycle of the future: an exoskeleton on wheels

7 April, 2020

While it looks like something out of a Robocop film, this project is actually real. What you see in the video is a prototype for an innovative form of transport constituted by an exoskeleton with wheels and an engine.It’s easy…

Danilo Soncini joins Red Devils Roma SBK team

7 April, 2020

Danilo Soncini used to be the team owner of Supersonic Racing who competed in World Superbikes in 2010 (with Luca Scassa) and 2011 (with Maxime Berger) before pulling out and selling the team to Andrea Petricca who renamed the squad…

Live pics from EICMA: Husqvarna Mille 3 concept

7 April, 2020

How cool is this Husqvarna Mille 3 Concept? Below you can see live pics from EICMA of the cross between a cruiser and a motard and as a pure design exercise, we love it. The retro style is not all…

Moto2 – Niccolò Canepa in Team Scot

7 April, 2020

Niccolò Canepa will be in the new Moto2 series next season. Canepa has signed a one year contract with Cirano Mularoni’s Scot Racing.Canepa in 2007 won the Superstock 1000 World Championship and then become a Ducati test rider 2008 and…

Kevin Schwantz – The Magic Touch

7 April, 2020

Guest of Honour at the 30th Pukekohe Classic Motorcycle Festival in New Zealand, Kevin Schwantz competed in six races on a 1962 Manx Norton and doing what he does best, won all six events that he entered.Previous famous faces from…

Sylvain Guintoli decides to postpone shoulder surgery

7 April, 2020

During this past weekend’s World Superbike round at Silverstone, Sylvain Guintoli said he was considering undergoing surgery to help clear up the physical issues he has been having after having dislocated his right collarbone, and torn the ligaments in his…

Wrong Way Round with Robot riding Pillion

7 April, 2020

Graham Merrick wants to take part in Enduro Africa that supports UNICEF, Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Fund, Sentebale and Touch Africa and to raise funds to partecipate he’ll be riding from John O’Groats to Cape Cornwall with this unusual passenger, a…

Peter Lenz dies at Indianapolis USGPU

7 April, 2020

It’s always very hard to talk or write about a racers death and when it involves a 13-year old it’s even more heart breaking especially if you have kids of your own.Peter Lenz was killed in a tragic accident during…

Valentino Rossi involved in home accident

7 April, 2020

MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has injured his hand and foot after falling at his Italian home.Reportedly the accident occurred when the Fiat Yamaha star slipped while closing the curtains and fell onto a glass table cutting the ring finger of…