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Brett McCormick targets August return

30 March, 2020
Brett McCormick will be at Miller Motorsports this weekend for the latest Superbike round, but he’ll be there only as a spectator, as the Liberty Racing rider is still recovering from his Assen crash where he sustained multiple injuries, including…

Motorcycle tuning: BMW Hypermotard easy done

30 March, 2020
I had a look myself at the BMW F800GS rebuilding as a mean hypermotard; we showed you the photo gallery last week. This was an easy job for AC Schnitzer, adding 17-inch wheels with road tyres and returned some of…

Italian Monster Day: the true Monster territory

30 March, 2020
On a tip from our reader, who is a passionate ducatista, we give you this patriotic Italian post-script to the Monster Day in Belgium.If there were 405 Belgian owners of Ducati Monster models out for the Monster Day, the Italians…

Yamaha to close factory in Spain

30 March, 2020
Less than two years ago Yamaha Gerno di Lesmo factory was downsized and it’s entire production line sent to Spain, now according to motociclismo.es the Japanese manufacturer will be shutting down the Spanish factory in Palau, with an official announcement…

WSBK Imola Brolly Girls

30 March, 2020
No World Superbike weekend is complete without a gallery of those sexy looking brolly girls. These ladies graced the Imola the paddock and the grid at the famed Imola race circuit.If you’re wondering why one of the girls is wearing…

Moto2 Jerez Day 2 – Toni Elias on top on Sunday

30 March, 2020
Mixed weather conditions at Jerez saw Gresini’s Toni Elias set the best time with a lap of 1’45.024 leaving Yonny Hernandez (Blusens STX) in second and more than half a second behind him and American Kenny Noyes in third.Alex De…

MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 2012 provisional entry lists

30 March, 2020
FIM has released today the 2012 provisional entry lists for all three GP classes. In MotoGP, as expected there will be 21 riders: 12 riders between factory and satellite machines and 9 CRT entries with Aprilia RSV4 engines and with…

Colin Edward's crew chief Guy Coulon behind fatal accident?

30 March, 2020
Reports from several media sources regarding the fatal accident that involved a 54- year-old French motorcyclist and a Yamaha Tech3 truck at the La Ciotat toll booth, is that Colin Edward’s highly regarded and veteran crew chief Guy Coulon may…

MV Agusta Serie Oro F3

30 March, 2020
How much do you want one of these? How about €24,900…? That’s the price of the new MV Agusta F3 Serie Oro exclusive top spec sports model but hell, we think it’s (nearly) worth it to get a bit of…

Bimota group in Japan do tour of Tokyo on motorcycles

30 March, 2020
Tokyo recently hosted the Bimota Branch Meeting with about 25 Bimota models, old and new, and including the new DB7 (sales commenced in Japan on the 8th September). A tour of Toyko was undertaken, including all the main roads, before…

Moto2: Mika Kallio takes maiden Moto2 win in Brno

30 March, 2020
Finnish rider Mika Kallio (Kalex Marc VDS Racing Team) has taken today his first Moto2 win in his career at the Czech GP ahead of Japan's Takaaki Nakagami (Kalex Italtrans Racing Team, +0.590) and Switzerland's Thomas Luthi (Suter Interwetten Paddock…

BMW Concept 6 EICMA

30 March, 2020
As we promised from the BMW stand at EICMA, here’s a look at the chunky BMW Concept 6, which has an inline six cylinder engine. Despite it being bulky, we’re surprised that it’s not actually wider that what it is,…

Motus Motorcycles MTS-01 video

30 March, 2020
“This is not the typical American motorcycle” is the opening phrase of this video on the new Motus MTS-01 touring bike. We’re inclined to believe them as this is unlike most US-style bikes you’ll see, and here the guys from…

Ducati Alstare reveals team logo

30 March, 2020
In ten days time World Superbike’s testing ban will be finally over and the teams will be able to return to track and continue to prepare for the new championship season.The Team Ducati Alstare, with Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini…

Moto2 Estoril test: More bad weather, almost no riders on track

30 March, 2020
The second day of Moto2 testing at Estoril was another washout, with only nine riders deciding to risk doing some laps in very poor weather conditions, while all the others prudently decided it wasn’t worth turning a wheel.Aleix Espargaro, Axel…

WSBK Phillip Island – Gallery of Pics

30 March, 2020
After the race highlights of round 1 of the World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island, you can now check out our gallery of pics from the race weekend.

MotoGP testing over for Nicky Hayden

30 March, 2020
Talk about bad luck for Nicky Hayden.This morning we thought that he had limited his testing time due to problems to his wrist, but apparently his lap times were done by Ducati test rider Franco Battaini who went out to…

Cattive Compagnie team: NCR Corse Millona for sale

30 March, 2020
We’ve received some nice pictures from the Italian “Cattive Compagnie Team”. What makes the bike from this team so special? The NCR Millona was used in the Italian Supertwin Championship in 2005 and 2006 and in the Ducati Desmo Challenge.…

500×500 online booking: sold out in 5h 45'

30 March, 2020
We just got a call from Fiat: they were very happy about the 500×500 online booking initiative. All 500 units of the fiat “500 wants you edition” were sold out in 5 hours and 45 minutes. One every 40 seconds!If…

Casey Stoner dominates FP3 at Valencia

30 March, 2020
Since our post on the FP3 results disappeared, we’ve decided to post it again.It was sunny and dry, but cold this morning during the final MotoGP free practice at Valencia and this made most of the riders happy after yesterday’s…