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Dirt-RAD by Radical Ducati

29 March, 2020
Sooner or later, it was bound to happen anyway. For once, Pepo Rosell and Reyes Ramon of renowned aftermarket company Radical Ducati put their love for the Italian desmo machines aside and turned their attention to a Japanese motorcycle from…

Aprilia Dorsoduro Factory local pricing

29 March, 2020
The Aprilia Dorsoduro Factory will be available on the Italian market this month, with local pricing released and an offer “you can’t refuse” for March only. Until March 31, the Dorsoduro Factory will be available with sports slip-on exhaust for…

Photo of the Day: #46 on the Cutting Edge

29 March, 2020
You’re probably thinking this is another one of those Valentino Rossi fans that stickers everything he owns with Rossi’s number, well you’re both right and wrong. This pimped out lawn mower belongs to Alex Briggs, one of Rossi’s Aussie mechanics…

New Aprilia Sportcity One scooter

29 March, 2020
Aprilia has really worked on bringing up its family of models, and we can see an interesting evolution in the Aprilia scooter segment, with the latest addition, the Sportcity One 50 2T, showing a trend towards smaller rather than larger…

2011 EICMA: a visor wiper for your helmet

29 March, 2020
Taiwanese company HaiHao introduced a pretty peculiar new product at the 2011 EICMA: you read it in the headline, it’s wiper for the visor that has to be placed on the top of your helmet. Surely, every time the rain…

Kawasaki off-road 2010: KX range gets improvements

29 March, 2020
Kawasaki is presenting its off-road KX model year 2010 range with some improvements to the following current models: KX450F, KX250F, KX85, KX65, KLX450R and KFX450R.While the bikes will remain essentially Kawaski style, some engineering developments mean that the lime green…

Schumacher pulls out of IDM Superbike

29 March, 2020
Former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has called off plans to race this weekend at Lausitzring in Germany in the German IDM Championship on a Honda CBR1000RR with Holzhauer Racing.Schumacher crashed in February while testing on the track in Cartagena,…

BMW Vision EfficientDynamics production vehicle to become BMW i8

29 March, 2020
The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics production vehicle could be called the BMW i8 according to reports from Dutch site AutoInternationaal. The concept vehicle was revealed at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show and a production model was announced not long after. The…

Rider quotes from Friday practice sessions at Motegi

29 March, 2020
Despite all the controversy from the riders that surrounded this weekend’s Japanese GP at Motegi, when the light went out at the end of the pitline for today’s free practice sessions, all the MotoGP riders were present and accounted for.…

T-Max Protex 01, with a Ducati 749 engine

29 March, 2020
The T-Max Protex 01 is a project conceived by Fuorigirimoto, for a scooter with motorcycle’s engine. Our contacts over at Special tried it out and liked what they saw.Basically, this is a T-Max equipped with a Ducati 749 engine. A…

Marco Simoncelli's pass on Max Biaggi

29 March, 2020
Lucky for us the Flamini Brothers and Infront Motor Sports who run the WSBK series are less strict with Superbike footage, so this video probably won’t disappear like the MotoGP ones do.Here’s Fabrizio Calia from Italian TV La 7 interviewing…

Volkswagen Golf R Convertible: spy shots without cammo

29 March, 2020
The Volkswagen Golf R Cabriolet has been spotted again on the road, but this time around our photographers caught it stripped of any sort of camouflage. thereby the pictured model should be very, very similar to the final production version.…

Givi custom motorcycle saddle bag

29 March, 2020
Italian company, Givi, has created this stylish but practical saddle bag for fans of custom motorcycles, called the GP97. The custom bike saddle bag is made from high quality PVC with characteristics similar to leather, a hard internal shell and…

MotoGP – John Hopkins to FB Corse?

29 March, 2020
John Hopkins in his health update video said that he’s looking for another ride next year as Stiggy Racing is having financial problems and he may just get the opportunity to return to the MotoGP Championship with a brand new…

Ben Spies decides to leave Yamaha!

29 March, 2020
Ben Spies has made a shock announcement via email to American website SuperbikePlanet.com that he will be leaving Yamaha’s factory MotoGP team at the end of the season, and suprisingly the announcement comes ahead of his home race at Laguna…

BMW vintage sidecar

29 March, 2020
These pics come from our guys on Motoblog.it and show a vintage BMW sidecar and a Laverda which we believe is a 1980’s 750SF model but we’re happy for someone to step in and correct us on that one. The…

Ixil exhaust for the Kawasaki Ninja 250

29 March, 2020
For the new Kawasaki Ninja 250 R, Ixil has designed the Xtrem Oval Short Carbon exhaust. Only 32 centimetres long, it comes in an oval shape, with carbon fibre or Inox steel finish in black and with a 60 mm…

2011 EICMA: Aprilia RSV4, Shiver and Dorsoduro m.y. 2012

29 March, 2020
Aprilia’s range of sportsbikes, supermotos and naked bikes will not receive any dramatic turnaround for the next season. RSV4, Dorsoduro 750, Shiver 750 and Dorsoduro 1200 for the year 2012 will just get some aesthetic change that, apparently, will be…

Official Mercedes-Benz E Class Coupe images leaked

29 March, 2020
Will Mercedes-Benz really drop the name CLK? This is what it seems, according to Autoblog.nl, which has revealed these pictures of the future C-Class based coupe, a car that is supposed to be named E-Class Coupe. Expected to be seen…

Cagiva Mito SP525 2009

29 March, 2020
After the recent acquisition of Cagiva by Harley Davidson, the former has taken up production of its smaller sports model, the Cagiva Mito SP525.The Mito SP525 is the latest evolution of the famous and much-loved 125cc. The engine is two-stroke,…

Rider Quotes from Indianapolis MotoGP Race

29 March, 2020
The 11th round of the MotoGP championship at the famed Indianapolis Speedway that saw Dani Pedrosa conquer the top spot of the podium for the third time this season in very difficult race for all the riders who had problems…