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Nicky Hayden to miss Brno GP

3 April, 2020
After having to miss the Indianapolis GP, Nicky Hayden will be also forced to skip this weekend’s round at Brno. The Ducati rider suffered a massive highside during qualifying (see video after the jump) that briefly knocked him unconscious and…

100 years of Benelli: European Raid

3 April, 2020
To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Benelli, a huge ride across Europe is being organised. The European Benelli Raid will take in about 3,000 km of the European continent in this month of August, and happens before the Benelli Week…

World Superbike BMW Motorrad Motorsports 2012 livery

3 April, 2020
World Superbike team, BMW Motorrad Motorsports has released their first official studio images of this season’s 2012 S1000RR team livery.As you can tell they’ve haven’t changed and kept the usual and classical BMW blue, white and red colours they debuted…

Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade 2009

3 April, 2020
Honda’s CBR1000RR Fireblade was confirmed as the leader in its sector for 2008, both in terms of sales and performance. It’s lighter, more agile and faster than the competition, and can be adapted to both road and track riding.For the…

WSBK Valencia Race 1 – Haslam Takes Win

3 April, 2020
Leon Haslam crushed the opposition today in WSBK race 1 at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia, taking a spectacular win with an almost two second advantage over the rest of the field.The Brit rider was faultless in conducting his…

Solex motorised bicycle…. tuning

3 April, 2020
The Solex moto-bicycle was a French motorised bicycle from the 1960’s that can still be seen on the streets of France today as people use a helping hand as they pedal their way around. The Solex has a single-cylinder, two-stroke…

Bridgestone apologises to Dani Pedrosa

3 April, 2020
Bridgestone race tyre manager Tohru Ubukata has issued an official apology to Dani Pedrosa and Repsol for the condition of his front tire and has also promised to carry out a full investigation to find out why the tire was…

MotoGP Rider Quotes after Assen Qualifying

3 April, 2020
Ahead of tomorrow’s 80th Dutch TT race tomorrow we’ve got all the rider quotes from this afternoon’s qualifying session that saw Jorge Lorenzo head the timesheets and take the pole position.Jorge Lorenzo - 1st“I’m very happy to take my second…

Ducati Speed Week at Pannoniaring

3 April, 2020
The next Ducati Speed Week is already racking up its registrations, taking place in Hungary at Pannoniaring from July 25 to 27. Registrations from nine different nations have already been included, from Denmark to Spain, with some categories likely closing…

Aston Martin Rapide secret agent video part 3

3 April, 2020
Here’s another of the episodes in the Aston Martin Rapide video collection in which the story looks like it’s all over before we realised it had begun. As the Rapide powers its way around steep coastal roads, we get a…

Moto2: Valentin Debise confirmed with Speed Up Team

3 April, 2020
Valentin Debise is another Moto2 rider that has gotten an early Christmas gift this year, because he’s been confirmed with Luca Boscoscuro’s Speed Up team for the 2011 season.Debise secured a ride with the Italian team after the Moto2 testing…

Special Yamaha: four cylinder two stroke

3 April, 2020
This is every rider’s dream: the Yamaha R6 with two stroke engine. Obviously we’re talking about a special, but it’s so perfect that Iwata could produce it in series.These photos come from the Australian Ride On Two forum, where the…

Brazil becomes Fiat's biggest market

3 April, 2020
For the first time in Fiat’s 111-year history, Italy is no longer the brand’s number one market. The local market has been overtaken by Brazil, purchasing 750,000 cars a year to Italy’s 722,000. If any evidence was needed as to…

Valentino Rossi's 2012 Misano special edition helmet

3 April, 2020
For his home races Valentino Rossi always debuts a special edition helmet and this morning in FP3 sported this new ‘boxer’ helmet design on his AGV lid.The cartoon, designed by Aldo Drudi, shows that Rossi hasn’t lost his sense of…

Pedrosa's New Sticker

3 April, 2020
Dani Pedrosa for his home race in Jerez, will have a special sticker on the tail of his RC212V. It’s for the National Ride Safe campaign organized by Montesa Honda, S.A , a Honda subsidiary in Spain responsible for production…

250cc Valencia – Barbera wins and Aoyama is World Champion

3 April, 2020
In the last ever 250cc race in motorcycling GP history saw Hiroshi Aoyama crowned the 2009 World Champion.In an action packed, full of ‘mistakes’race it was Hector Barbera who actually won the race at Valencia.Aoyama made the first mistake on…

Valentino Rossi in Ferrari? Even Fiat's CEO Gets into the Act

3 April, 2020
You’d think that Fiat/Chrysler’s CEO Sergio Marchionne would have better things to do after introducing the company’s highly ambitious five-year plan to increase Fiat’s and Chrysler’s car production to 5.5 to 6 million vehicles by 2014, than thinking about Valentino…

James Toseland blames tyres

3 April, 2020
James Toseland is blaming his tyres on a last disappointing round. He said: “We have six rounds left and there is still a lot can happen. We can’t be finishing at the back because at the start of the season…

Ducati Race Track by Chicco Toys

3 April, 2020
Chicco Toys has come up with this Ducati Race Track that features two mini remote controlled Ducati 999 Superbikes, that can be driven around the curves and bumps of a Grand Prix race track with an infra red handle bar…

Aspar Martinez wants to field two Ducati's in 2012

3 April, 2020
According to Spanish website as.com Aspar Racing is interested in fielding two Ducati’s in 2012.Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez who’s contract with Ducati is up at the end of this season is already in talks with the Italian manufacturer to see if…

MV Agusta F3 800 ready in a month

3 April, 2020
It now seems confirmed that the much rumored MV Agusta F3 800, powered by the same ‘Tre Pistoni’ engine of the Brutale 800 and the recently unveiled Rivale 800 (which will finally be available for order in the second half…