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Video: Press conference Valentino Rossi after the victory

29 March, 2020
Listen to the English interview during the press conference with Valentino Rossi after the Motegi race.Valentino Rossi’s career:Nationality: ItalianBorn: 16th Februari 1979 in Urbino, ItalyWorld Chamionships: 8 ( 6x MotoGP/500cc, 1x 250cc, 1x 125cc)GP victories: 96 (70x MotoGP/500cc, 14x 250cc,…

Chris Vermeulen Tries Riding a Trials Bike (w/video)

29 March, 2020
Chris Vermeulen may be skipping this weekend’s WSBK round in Valencia after his keyhole surgery, but that doesn’t mean he’s become a potato couch waiting to heal. Check out how Vermeulen’s post surgery recovery is going.

Hulme Can Am Supercar, the new zealander supercar

29 March, 2020
There is more about New Zealand than meets the eye. Besides beautiful sightseeing tours, this country also produces a gorgeous supercar, although the Hulme Can Am Supercar is not in production yet, and there is no deadline for it to…

AGV jet helmet: Mowie by Diesel

29 March, 2020
The AGV helmet range by Diesel has a new Mowie model, designed for fashion riding in the city. The Mowie is available is various colours to help you make a statement this summer, and has an interchangeable visor with ergonomic…

Gabor Talmacsi to test Kawasaki ZX-10R at Sepang

29 March, 2020
Gabor Talmacsi may be at a crossroads in his career, but not wanting to leave any stone unturned and despite revealing that the World Superbike championship is hardly known in his native Hungary. Talmacsi is still deep in talks with…

Tom Sykes takes 8th Superpole at Portimao

29 March, 2020
Tom Sykes took his eighth pole position of the 2012 season in today’s Superspol session at the spectacular Portoghuese circuit at Portimao. The Kawsaki rider with his blistering lap in SP3 (he was also the fastest in SP2) in 1.41.415,…

Andrea Iannone's Misano Step Up 4 Revolution livery

29 March, 2020
Andrea Iannone will be debuting a new livery on his Speed Master bike for this Misano GP. The livery is promoting the movie Step Up 4 Revolution 3D that will be released in Italy on October 4th.Iannone who will be…

BMW R 1200 GS "Tom Lüthi Edition"

29 March, 2020
The 2012 Swiss-Moto show will be opening its doors in Zurich on February 16th and BMW Motorrad will be bringing a special edition of the R 1200 GS ABS dedicated to Switzerland’s most famous rider, Tom Lüthi. This special model…

Shane Byrne heading back to BSB in 2011?

29 March, 2020
Last weekend was Shane Byrne’s last race for Althea Racing Team (who may field only Carlos Checa next season) and the British rider after spending two years in World Superbikes and finishing 10th in this year’s standings, may be heading…

MotoGP Valencia – Casey Stoner Crash Video

29 March, 2020
It didn’t take long for someone to put Casey Stoner’s sighting warm up lap crash at Valencia on YouTube, let’s see how long it takes Dorna to take it off.Ducati’s Fillippo Preziosi was hard up in trying to explain Stoner’s…

BMW to prepare an F800 Superbike?

29 March, 2020
Could BMW be preparing an F 800 R in a motard version? SoloMoto has posed the question and is announcing that we could see this very version appear in summer 2009. The possible motard F800 will be based on the…

Pol Espargaro joins Yamaha Tech3 for two seasons

29 March, 2020
Following the official announcement that Cal Crutchlow will be riding for Ducati for the next two seasons, Yamaha has officially announced that Moto2 rider Pol Espargaro will be racing in MotoGP next season, and as expected for the Monster Yamaha…

50,000 Fiat 500 to be sold in US

29 March, 2020
Reports are that Fiat has planned sales of 50,000 Fiat 500 models in the US market when it turns up later this year. Those figures are good for 2011 as well, but that sounds like a lot of little cars…

Beware the cyclist: New York rider attacks pedestrian

29 March, 2020
While we normally deal with two wheels topics with engines, what this cyclist lacks in a motor he makes up for with aggression. I don’t know what his choice of weapon was, but I think the pedestrian is lucky he…

Cal Crutchlow fastest in Brno MotoGP test

29 March, 2020
It was an almost perfect weekend for Cal Crutchlow, he renewed with Yamaha Tech3, took second in qualifying and his first ever podium in MotoGP, and today he was top dog in the post race test at Brno.Crutchlow posted the…

Valentino Rossi's 2009 Mugello Helmet

29 March, 2020
In keeping with tradition, Valentino Rossi showed off another distinctive new helmet design. The special edition Mugello helmet in the MotoGP Saturday morning free practice session, as has become the custom on his home race weekend.This year’s Rossi´s Aldo Drudi…

Repsol Twitter

29 March, 2020
Sacrilege! Repsol, the Spanish oil giant is using the image of the Iwo Jima Memorial of the raising of the flag, in this case a checkered flag. to follow their Repsol riders on Twitter.If you’re interested in what’s happening in…

Kenny Roberts Jr.'s Yamaha YZR500 on sale for $ 200,000

29 March, 2020
Being the son of such a living legend as ‘King’ Kenny Roberts brings great responsability and loads of pressure, but Kenny Roberts Jr. managed to secure his own place in racing history winning the World Championship of the 500 cc…

Ducati Desmosedici Day at Donington

29 March, 2020
Donington Park woke up yesterday to the roaring sound of 60 privately owned Ducati Desmosedici RR’s.Organized by Ducati UK, it was the first ever Desmosedici track day and these owners got to ride the full MotoGP circuit.As well as riding…

MotoGP 2012 : 9 CRT entries, weight increase and red lights

29 March, 2020
The FIM has issued another press release regarding the Grand Prix Commission meeting that was held on December 14 and once again have deliberated more tweaks to the 2012 season. The tweaks confirm the number of tires that manufacturer teams…