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Valentino Rossi and friends celebrate the holiday season with a race

30 March, 2020

December 26th or St. Stephen’s Day as it is known in Italy is a still a holiday when people try to recover from overeating and overdrinking from the Christmas festivities, but at Valentino Rossi’s Motoranch in foggy and cold Tavullia,…

NCR-Ducati wins again

30 March, 2020

NCR Ducati wins at Mosport in the Canadian Superbike Championship.Two races at Mosport in the Thunder Class of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship. After a win under dry weather conditions, the Italian Valter Bartolini won again under wet conditions using…

Aprilia Shiver 750 GT pics

30 March, 2020

Here’s a full gallery of the lovely Aprilia Shiver 750 GT, including the 750 GT ABS version. This sports tourer is designed for full rider control and optimal power delivery. See our previous post for the Shiver technical specs, and…

Jorge Lorenzo goes Semakin Di Depan for Yamaha again

30 March, 2020

World Champion Jorge Lorenzo is currently touring and promoting the Yamaha brand in Indonesia and also got to launch the company’s new Jupiter MX and the Lexan electric moped for that vast market.Not only taking part in the official press…

MotoGP riders Moonlighting at Chippendales ®

30 March, 2020

Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!MotoGP riders moonlighting isn’t a novelty anymore, we saw the Yamaha riders do it between races, but maybe this is just taking it a little too far. One word of warning if you don’t like male…

Videos Rossi vs Stoner: battle at Laguna Seca between Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner

30 March, 2020

This was once emotional race, as we reported yesterday, between Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner. The Yamaha-Ducati battle would not have disappointed the crowds, well rewarded by the tense and exciting duel between the Italian and the Australian riders. Check…

Family, friends and fans say final good-bye to Marco Simoncelli

30 March, 2020

Hoodies and jeans, and dozens of red ballons with his racing #58 and his name, were released in the air as an immense and silent crowd gathered to say good-bye to Marco Simoncelli at his home town of Coriano today.A…

World Superbike goes to South Africa in 2009

30 March, 2020

World Superbike will ride from the 15th until 17th of May on the South African Kyalami circuit. This news was given by the Gauteng provincial Government last Sunday.Paolo Ciabatti, SBK General Manager said: “The return of the Superbike World Championship…

Dainese on Jorge Lorenzo's D-Air Leathers

30 March, 2020

The comic is from Luca Ruggeri over at Motoblog and perfectly depicts how Jorge Lorenzo’s D-Air leathers looked like after his crash at Brno.After Jorge Lorenzo’s D-Air leathers did not deflate immediately after his crash at Brno, Dainese investigated the…

Valentino Rossi denies rumors of wedding plans

30 March, 2020

December is probably a slow month for gossip magazines, so they have to keep up their usual 'standards' and try to invent something to keep things going, and this time they've launched the rumor that Valentino Rossi is ready to…

GSE riders at the Birmingham NEC show

30 March, 2020

British Superbike fans are welcome at The Carole Nash International Motorcycle and Scooter Show this week at the Birmingham NEC. You can meet GSE Racing British Superbike riders, Leon Camier and James Ellison at the Yamaha stand. They will be…

NCR Ducati 848 won again: six in a row!

30 March, 2020

The NCR Ducati 848 has won again, this time at the twisting and bumpy Atlantic Motorsport Park track in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. The two riders, Andrew Nelson and the Italian Valter Bartolini were riding with big smiles on their faces…

WSBK – Roland Resch back for Valencia

30 March, 2020

Team Reitwagen BMW rider Roland Resch will finally return to racing for the third round of this year’s Superbike World Championship at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia this weekend.The Austrian rider who broke his collarbone in two places during…

Icon Sheene Superbikes

30 March, 2020

Fifty-two units, $ 160,000 each, customed fitted, the Icon Sheene Superbike will get it’s launch on Saturday July 3rd at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.Developed by motorcycle designer and builder Andrew Morris, this motorcycle is a tribute to the legendary…

Nicky Hayden has chattering and Valentino Rossi still has understeer issues

30 March, 2020

Former 1981 World Champion Marco Lucchinelli has known Valentino Rossi since he was in diapers and nicknamed him ‘virus’ because he was always bothering everyone in the paddock and asking a million questions. Tonight Lucchinelli was co-hosting the Qatar commentary…

Valentino Rossi drives Kyle Busch’s NASCAR Toyota

30 March, 2020

Following the Austin GP Valentino Rossi flew to North Carolina with Yamaha’s Lin Jarvis to take part in a promotional event for sponsor Monster Energy with three time NASCAR champion Kyle Busch at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.The MotoGP champion got…

Video Jorge Lorenzo for Alpinestars – part 2

30 March, 2020

Jorge Lorenzo: Parte Dos from Alpinestars USA on Vimeo.Here’s the second part of Alpinestars interview with MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo where he talks about his hobbies, the importance of diet, his favourite tracks and corners, the importance of social networks…

Ducati Multistrada world tour

30 March, 2020

Forget Ducati at Pikes Peak, where the new Ducati Multistrada 1200 will really be put to the test is a world tour. Italian Paolo Pirozzi, from the Ducati Dreams Club in Naples, is taking a new Multistrada across 90,000 km…

Casey Stoner to run #1 plate in 2012

30 March, 2020

Apparently two time MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner is not superstitious as he’ll be running the number one plate on his Honda RC213V in 2012 - of late MotoGP riders who have run #1 haven’t won back-to-back titles.Stoner won a…

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…