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Red Devils Roma may field two riders in WSBK in 2013

29 March, 2020
World Superbike Red Devils Roma Ducati team has picked up an important sponsorship deal with Italian holding firm General Invest that will back the team for the final three rounds of this season and more importantly confirms the team will…

Dani Pedrosa will not be replaced at Silverstone GP

29 March, 2020
It was widely bandied around that Hiroshi Aoyama would replace injured Dani Pedrosa at the Silverstone GP and that test rider Kousuke Akiyoshi would be called in to take the vacant spot in Gresini Honda, however Repsol Honda has decided…

Nora Naraghi, Iran's first woman motocross champion

29 March, 2020
It isn’t always easy being a women who wants to ride motorcycles, even in open minded countries women on a motorcycles get the once over, but what happens if the country you live in prohibits you by law from obtaining…

Exan exhaust and mufflers for the Moto Guzzi Stelvio

29 March, 2020
Motorcycle parts dealer Exan, has a new exhaust and muffler system available for the Moto Guzzi Stelvio. The mufflers are available with oval silencers in either classic or carbon cap finish.They are available in four different materials, including stainless steel,…

Suter-BMW Moto1 to test at Brno

29 March, 2020
Marc VDS Racing team’s Suter-BMW Moto 1 is really getting a head start on all the future 2012 MotoGP CRT teams, because the team will be taking the bike to the Brno circuit for another important testing session.Riding the Suter…

Hiroshi Aoyama talks about Marco Simoncelli

29 March, 2020
Hiroshi Aoyama has to celebrate his 30th birthday (today) in the most unhappy way by speaking about the death of Gresini Honda team mate Marco Simoncelli On his personal blog ‘Hiro Hero’ paid this tribute to his fallen team mate:“My…

Fiat Analyst Day – future Alfa Romeo models

29 March, 2020
Fiat is having its Analyst Day at the Lingotto in Turin. Antonio Baravalle, brand manager of Alfa Romeo, did a presentation (pdf), which had some interesting information about new models, besides the slow but sure take-up in sales at Alfa…

Peugeot GTI badge to be revived: historic GTI gallery

29 March, 2020
As Peugeot goes into reverse over its decision to kill the GTI badge, we bring you an historic gallery of Peugeot GTI models. With the Peugeot brand reinvention going on, there was a plan to focus on sports coupe models…

German Bike vs Japanese Bikes

29 March, 2020
BMW is going all out in promoting their first superbike, the powerful S 1000 RR and takes head on Japanese competitors to try to break their dominance in the high performance sportsbike segment, with this very aggressive ad campaign, that…

New Fiat Bravo – photos and press release

29 March, 2020
Fiat has finally shown the new Bravo hatchback to the world. On the italian version of our blog you can find an image gallery of the Fiat Bravo with all 27 hi-res images released.Initially, the Bravo engine range will include…

Ninja Trophy 2008

29 March, 2020
The 2008 edition of the Ninja Trophy, the Kawasaki one-brand trophy awarded to owners of ZX-6R models 2007/2008, will take place on March 30 at the Vallelunga track, Italy. Six races are to be held throughout various Italian tracks, three…

World Superbikes gets technical tweaks

29 March, 2020
The FIM announced today that World Superbikes is getting some technical tweaks that will go into effect immediately and with just three rounds left in the 2011 championship.One includes the use of ride-by-wire electronic system even for those teams who…

Indonesia to host World Superbikes for five years

29 March, 2020
The President of Infront Motor Sports, Maurizio Flamini has officially announced that World Superbikes will be returning to Indonesia (Sentul last hosted a WSBK event in 1997) in 2013 and has signed a five year contract to host the event…

Renault Fluence price and electric complications

29 March, 2020
There are many things that go against the purchase of an electric car in the minds of the car buying public. From so-called “range anxiety” to monthly battery hire, battery life and replacement, and recharge times, the actual economics of…

Rossi wants to make up last years race

29 March, 2020
Not only Stoner wants to win and gain many championship points in next weekend’s MotoGP round at Misano. Valentino Rossi wants to make up his disappointing breakdown in last year’s home GP. Rossi, leading the championship with 50 points over…

Silly Season: Ducati offers a Blank Cheque to Valentino Rossi?

29 March, 2020
We thought that silly season had died down with Valentino Rossi out of action, and everyone involved was now finally working quietly behind the scenes, but apparently we were wrong, because Spanish website motocuatro.com citing RTVE MotoGP commentator and journo…

Opel electric concept Frankfurt

29 March, 2020
The Opel electric concept that we’ll be seeing at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show is still without a name at this stage, but in this teaser pic it faces off with the Opel Ampera. Opel describes the model as a…

MotoGP, Indianapolis: here come the paddock girls (gallery)

29 March, 2020
The Indianapolis round of the MotoGP World Championship saw Marc Marquez completing a perfect weekend where he topped all the free practice sessions, got himself the pole position with the new record of the circuit n then won the race…

Monster Energy to sponsor Yamaha Factory team

29 March, 2020
Following the rumors that Yamaha had bought out Jorge Lorenzo’s personal sponsor RockStar to make way for Monster Energy who wanted to co-sponsor the entire team, today Yamaha Factory Racing officially announced that they signed a two-year sponsorship and partnership…

Marco Melandri undergoes ankle surgery

29 March, 2020
After completing 237 laps during his third and latest test on the Aprilia RSV4 at the Spanish circuit of Jerez de la Frontera, Marco Melandri underwent ankle surgery yesterday at the Policlinico Universitario in Modena. The Italian suffered the injury…

Maurizio Arrivabene: "We believe in Ducati's project"

29 March, 2020
Sponsors are usually silent partners, but they’re are the ones that fodder teams pockets and allows them to continue racing and they often wield power that goes beyond seeing their names on the livery.Many of you may remember Maurizio Arrivabene,…

Kymco Like 125cc and 50cc. Pictures and general info

29 March, 2020
The Kymco Like 125/50 is a new retro style scooter from Italian designer Massimo Zaniboni. The classic scooter has clean and modern lines, is compact but with some fine details and finishing.‘Like’ comes from a detailed study on 50’s and…