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KTM Duke 200

2 April, 2020
The new KTM Duke 200 has been presented in Malaysia, as seen in these pics from Visordown. The bigger capacity Duke 200 is similar to the 125 model with its upside-down forks, trellis frame and single-cylinder engine. It’s been entirely…

Aspar presents 125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP 2011 teams

2 April, 2020
Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez for the second year running will have teams in all three classes in Grand Prix racing and yesterday at the “Casa Encendida” in Madrid officially presented his 2011 rider line-up and liveries.Martinez is able to run six…

WSBK Nurburgring: all the pics from the paddock

2 April, 2020
The German GP surely turned out to be a pivotal moment in the 2012 World Superbike Championship, with Max Biaggi taking advantage of Marco Melandri’s unfortunate double blunder to get back at the top of the table with a decent…

Ferrari F450 – photoshop

2 April, 2020
TopSpeed has a photoshop of the Ferrari F450, the presumptive heir of the Ferrari F430 that should be on the market in 2010.According to TopSpeed, the F450 might have a 10-cylinder 4.5-liter engine with more than 500 hp, to better…

Best 2008 Move

2 April, 2020
What did you think about Valentino Rossi’s overtaking move on Casey Stoner at the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix?Voting online in the Third Annual SPEED Performance Awards, nearly 120,000 motorsports fan thought that Rossi’s pass at the Corkscrew was the…

Tom Sykes leads the field in QP2 at Phillip Island

2 April, 2020
Tom Sykes jumped to the top of the timesheets in QP2 at Phillip Island ahead of this afternoon’s first Superpole of 2012 World Superbike championship season.The Kawasaki rider set the best lap of the 45 minute session in 1.31.323, which…

Eugene Laverty takes victory in race 2 at P.I

2 April, 2020
Phillip Island has officially become an Aprilia stronghold. After a 1-2-3 podium in race 1 with a victory by Sylvain Guintoli, race 2 saw team mate Eugene Laverty take the win - his second with the Italian manufacturer. Completing the…

WSBK: Yoshimura Suzuki will not be at Imola or Magny Cours

2 April, 2020
Yoshimura Suzuki has announced that they will not compete in the last two races of the 2010 WSBK championship. The current All Japan Superbike team had already taken part at the Monza round with Daisaku Sakai (who pulled out after…

GPtech to wildcard in all three US MotoGP rounds in 2013

2 April, 2020
After taking part in this year’s Indianapolis GP where Aaron Yates rode to a 16th place on the first Suzuki based CRT, GPtech has decided to take part in all three of next season’s 2013 US rounds after receiving the…

Jorge Lorenzo and Ricky Cardus with Laglisse Bike

2 April, 2020
As we reported last week that Jorge Lorenzo was going to personally sponsor long time friend Ricky Cardus in the Spanish CEV with the X Fuera logo and here’s a neat photo of the two Spanish riders together with the…

2011 KTM SX braap braap video

2 April, 2020
This amusing video shows the KTM riders imitating the sound of the KTM offroad bike range in readiness for the 2011 KTM SX. We’re calling it the ‘braaap braaap’ video, and it comes from KTM’s new YouTube channel which is…

Milan snow: motorcyclists ride through city snow

2 April, 2020
It has done nothing but snow in Italy over the last week or so and while it’s great for skiing it’s not so great for motorcyclists. This rider though, seems unperturbed by the snow and has continued on his way…

Dorna and Suzuki talks continue

2 April, 2020
Despite Carmelo Ezpeleta having previously told Suzuki that if they wanted to return to MotoGP racing in 2014, they would have to committ to three years and Suzuki’s MotoGP project leader Satoru Terada having ruled out they would be entering…

Valentino Rossi to race in the 2012 Monza rally

2 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi will be back on four wheels after taking part in the 5th round of the Blancpain Endurance race at Nurburgring last month (where he Alessio “Uccio” Salucci and Andrea Ceccato finished 19th overall and 9th in the Pro-Am…

Eicma 2008: Malaguti Blog 125 i.e. and 160 i.e

2 April, 2020
The Malaguti scooter offering has been updated with a couple of new models: the Blog 125 i.e and the 160 i.e. The new Blog is a medium-sized scooter with two versions of a 125cc or a 160cc engine.Both scooters have…

Citroen DS3 Cabriolet

2 April, 2020
The Citroen DS3 Cabriolet looks like it won’t have the same folding roof mechanism as the Fiat 500C, despite this being considered the favoured option for some time. It seems like the DS3 will go “anti-retro” again, and have a…

More spy shots of Ducati's new Mega Monster

2 April, 2020
MCN and motociclismo.it have captured more spy shots of Ducati’s new Mega Monster near the Italian factory in Bologna.The first shots that revealed that the bike was already in the works were taken by a reader of Motoblog, but these…

Your pics: KTM wreck turns chopper

2 April, 2020
Here’s a KTM SX50 in pieces after a jump attempt that has created a KTM wreck looking more like a chopper than an offroad. The pic was sent to us from Yongki in Indonesia, though we didn’t get an answer…

Triumph Rocket III Rocketeer

2 April, 2020
From Montargis France, Mecatwin produces some of Europe’s most beautiful Triumph and Harley customs and this is one of his latest jobs on the Triumph Rocket III that he calls the Rocketeer.This version goes for 28.000 euros and you can…

Beijing 2008: Opel broadens its China presence

2 April, 2020
At the Beijing show Opel has shown as a preview to the Chinese public of the three volume version of the Astra, the brand’s sixth model available in the Chinese range, and the hybrid Flextreme concept.With the new four door…