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First Look at Portimao Circuit

1 April, 2020
Those lucky people over at MCN had the opportunity for a first see of the new Portimao circuit in Portugal and SuperSport rider Miguel Pria also gave the them a guided lap tour of where the World Superbikes will be…

Your pics: Triumph Bonneville Streetracker

1 April, 2020
These pics come from Ralph in London and show his 2003 Bonneville Streetracker built by Mule motorcycles in San Diego. The bike is equipped with a 904cc engine, 595 forks and a handmade alloy fuel tank holding just seven litres…

Aspar Racing riders take a field trip to a nuclear power plant

1 April, 2020
Almost every rider in the GP paddock has more or less decided to go to Motegi (of their own free will?) and since knowing about radiation, nuclear plants isn’t part of a professional rider’s cultural baggage, Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez decided…

Carlos Checa takes comfortable victory in race 1 at Silverstone

1 April, 2020
Carlos Checa took another comfortable win, his 9th this season, in race 1 at Silverstone while giving Ducati an ulterior reason to celebrate; Checa gave the Italian manufacturer its 300th win in World Superbikes.The Althea Ducati rider rode a tatical…

Why Yamaha isn't using the new Öhlin forks

1 April, 2020
Why isn’t Yamaha using the new Öhlins forks that were introduced and tested during the Brno test? According to William Favero, Yamaha’s Communications Manager the decision was based on the fact that Öhlins is unable to supply more that two…

Valentino Rossi visits the Yamaha factory in the US

1 April, 2020
The workers of Yamaha Motor Company in Cypress, California, received a much-welcomed visit at the American factory from MotoGP drivers Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Colin Edwards and James Toseland, who took the occasion to compliment the people who contribute to…

Marco Melandri wins three-way final lap thriller at Monza

1 April, 2020
Only in World Superbikes can you find a three way battle on the final lap without knowing who will take the victory.Today’s race 1 at Monza, offered an incredbile and superb example of very tight exciting motorcycle race that saw…

Aprilia RSV4 2009 – technical specs

1 April, 2020
Aprilia has become a legend in the world of motorcycle racing in recent years, with 31 titles, 250 victories in the Motomondiale, and eight victories in Superbike in the last 16 years. In the next step in its unique sports…

Peugeot RCZ 24 hrs Nurburgring model

1 April, 2020
The Peugeot RCZ will appear at the Nurburgring 24 hours with two RCZ models. Peugeot is fitting them with a new aerodynamic kit, but otherwise the vehicle will have the same standard components, or components from the Peugeot Sport range.…

Valentino Rossi's greatest passes: survey

1 April, 2020
In something a little different for TwoWheels Blog, today we discuss what the best passing move of Valentino Rossi’s has ever been. While it’s hard to pick, we’ve selected a few that you might remember, and have thrown in last…

MotoGP Assen 2013: the paddock girls

1 April, 2020
The 2013 Assen TT will never be forgotten mainly because of two things: Valentino Rossi finally getting back to winning ways for the first time since 2010 and Jorge Lorenzo miraculous recovery from its broken collarbone after a high-speed crash…

Motorcycle web comic

1 April, 2020
There’s nothing like a bit of fun to bring us into Friday and the weekend, and so we take a look at KnjMoto’s motorcycle web comic. It’s a really neat web-based comic strip about the world of motorcycling, with six…

Paolo Simoncelli downplays rescue incident

1 April, 2020
Marco Simoncelli’s father Paolo, has decided to talk about the video that many of you have already seen, where track recuse workers dropped his son as they were rushing to put him into the waiting ambulance.Paolo Simoncelli was arriving at…

Stunting with a Ducati Monster (w/video)

1 April, 2020
Here’s Emilio Zamora of the Ducati Stunt Team showing off with wheelies, stoppies and burnouts with a Ducati Monster for a Taft hair styling products commercialI wonder if Taft has anything to avoid helmet hair?

Ducati Multistrada 1200 pics leaked

1 April, 2020
It seems that pics of the new Ducati Multistrada 1200 have been leaked to the internet, before its presentation at the EICMA this week. As we’ve already posted, the new Multistrada is set to have a Testastretta 1198 cc engine…

WSBK Brno Race 2 – Ben Spies Takes 11th Victory

1 April, 2020
Ben Spies took his 11th victory in Race 2 at Brno and cut the championship lead to seven points from Noriyuki Haga. Spies took the lead of the race from Troy Corser at the second turn, follwed by Michel Fabrizio…

1985 Battle of the Twins – Lucchinelli vs Church

1 April, 2020
We knew that Marco Lucchinelli won the Battle of the Twins in 1987 on a Ducati 851 at Daytona, but what we didn’t know until we saw this rare video, that he also took part in the 1985 BOTT race…

Band of Horses – Dilly (w/video)

1 April, 2020
This ’70s biker film-inspired video shot entirely on location in the Mojave desert by Philip Anselman and launches indie rock band, Band of Horses in their major label debut, Infinite Arms, that was released worldwide in May of this year.“Dilly”…

Moto3 Silverstone: Sandro Cortese returns to the top in FP2

1 April, 2020
Completely different weather conditions met the Moto3 riders for this afternoon’s second free practice at Silverstone, while the session was declared wet at the start due to a few drops of rain, the practice was actually sunny and dry, but…

Chris Pfeiffer stunts at Motorrad days

1 April, 2020
We know that the BMW Motorrad days is a big event, but seeing Chris Pfeiffer work his magic in the flesh would be quite something. This gallery shows the world stunt-riding champion with his faithful F 800 R and with…

2013 MotoGP Austin brolly girls gallery

1 April, 2020
The stunning Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX offered some pretty fine racing last weekend, which saw three Spanish riders all take their maiden victories in their respective classes.Alex Rins won his first Moto3 race, Nico Terol claimed his…