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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…

San Paolo 2008: Fiat shows-off with hot wheels and Abarth

3 April, 2020

Fiat went off to the San Paolo motor show in Brasil, clearly with the intention to impress. As a kind of feature compayn at the event, Fiat took a show car and two other vehicles with stand-out personality to gain…

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…

Gresini presents Ratthapark Wilairot and unveils 2012 Moto2 livery

3 April, 2020

Thai rider Ratthapark Wilairot will be officially riding for Gresini in this season’s Moto2 championship and he’ll be doing it under the banner of “Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2″ thanks to Thai Honda, PTT and Federal Oil.The announcement came last…

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…

Patient Jorge Lorenzo takes victory, Ben Spies error caused by impatience

3 April, 2020

Jorge Lorenzo believes his calmness and patience in today’s MotoGP race at Catalunya was the key to his third victory of the season. Going to silly season, it seems that Lorenzo has been offered a two year contract by Honda…

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…

FIM to Intensify Anti-Doping Controls

3 April, 2020

The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) has announced they will further update their anti-doping controls. Starting this year, the FIM to better follow the rules set out by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) that the Federation adopted back in 2003, will…

1199 Panigale Racing Cafe Artwork

3 April, 2020

Our buddies from parent site motoblog.it warned us about this pretty interesting concept design created by Italian designer studio Sefsdesign that conceptualizes a cafe racer based on the recent, astonishing Ducati 1199 Panigale. Aptly called 1199 Panigale Racing Cafe Artwork,…