Automotive

Jorge Lorenzo: 'Anything can happen' Valentino Rossi: 'problems in braking'

4 April, 2020

The Circuit of the Americas is a physically punishing track and Jorge Lorenzo is hoping with all his metronomic heart that Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa will fade during the 21 lap race, but as Yamaha Tech3 rider Cal Crutchlow…

Willie G. Davidson and family donate a sculpture to the Harley-Davidson Museum

4 April, 2020

Descendant to one of the founding fathers of the historic Harley-Davidson company and his family, have decided to commemorate the Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, with its inauguration on July 12, with a special donation.Willie G. Davidson, senior Vice President…

Tom Sykes brings Kawasaki up to potential

4 April, 2020

The real surprise of these last three days of World Superbike private testing was Tom Sykes. The British rider matched reigning World Champion Carlos Checa pace to the tenth of a second, which bodes more than well for the upcoming…

BMW R1200S Wunderlich Concept by Nicolas Petit

4 April, 2020

Nicolas Petit is a young French designer who has made a name for himself in the business thanks to his many elegant graphic concepts, mainly based on BMW models. Actually, Petit has recently crossed the boundaries of the mere graphic…

Photo of the Day: Valentino Rossi on his Way to the Parc Fermé

4 April, 2020

Valentino Rossi won the first race MotoGP race in Qatar, but ran out of fuel on his Yamaha M1 on the cool down lap. His Yamaha bike had to be picked up by a truck and instead of riding behind…

Intermot 2008: Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 4V ABS

4 April, 2020

After presenting the new Sport 1200 4V, Moto Guzzi is throwing itself into the mix of super enduros with the new Stelvio 1200 4V ABS.With the new Stelvio, the renewal of this historic brand is complete, and Italy’s legendary Moto…

Lamborghini – we are already selling enough

4 April, 2020

In an interview with Automotive News Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann declared that the 1,592 cars sold in 2004 were enough and that he has no intention of going beyond that number in 2005.Winkelmann could have more than one reason for…

Leon Camier to test Crescent Suzuki at Portimao

4 April, 2020

Crescent Suzuki with newly signed Leon Camier will be testing for three days at Portimao starting next Monday. This will be Camier’s first test on the GSX-R1000 in preparation for the team’s World Superbike debut in 2012.Unfortunately John Hopkins will…

Custom AKOO Yamaha R1

4 April, 2020

Presented at the Magic International Trade Show in Las Vegas, this customized Yamaha YZF-R1 is a collaboration between American rapper T.I. AKOO’s clothing brand and custom sportbike designer and builder Rob Uecker of Voodoo Industries.Dubbed the AKOO YZF-R1, the bike…

Loris Capirossi talks about his problems and Ducati

4 April, 2020

That scrappy Loris Capirossi isn’t pleased with his results so far this season is a big understatement and he’s even getting beat by a rookie like Karel Abraham on the same satellite Ducati who has less a racing pedigree than…

2010 Yamaha Super Ténéré first video

4 April, 2020

Here’s the first video of the 2010 Yamaha Super Ténéré, where we get all the technical details as to why this is all about off-road motorcycling. In short, the 2010 Super Ténéré has a twin cylinder engine with uneven firing…

Chinese motorcycles' builders target Europe

4 April, 2020

Loncin, Zongshen and Jialing are the three biggest Chinese motorcycle builders and they will join forces to build a 600cc sports bike for European market. They will directly target Japanese and European motorcycles and prices are expected to be around…

VW Golf VI – rumours and sketches

4 April, 2020

Auto Bild has a new rendering of the VW Golf VI by Huckfeldt, with a nice and sporty hatchback style (even if the single-frame grill is a little bit too “Audi”).Auto Motor und Sport has some pictures of the next…

WSBK – Althea Racing Launches 2010 Line Up

4 April, 2020

You can tell that we are finally approaching the new racing season when teams start their official presentations.The new 2010 Althea Racing Team was officially presented on Saturday January 16th at a club in Fasano, near Brindisi (Italy). This year…

BMW M3 E90 and the sticker we'd all like to have

4 April, 2020

Oh, to be that tester: a dream car like the next BMW M3, with its V8 engine with more than 400 hp and a sticker on the trunk that says “gov approved high speed safety test”.Besides the sticker, spyshots of…

Casey Stoner: "This feels really nice"

4 April, 2020

Casey Stoner absolutely dominated the Australian GP weekend from Friday morning to Sunday afternoon, taking his fourth consecutive win at Phillip Island. The Ducatista was so blazing fast that at the end of lap 1 that he already had a…

Loris Capirossi returns for Sachsenring GP

4 April, 2020

Loris Capirossi will be making an ahead of schedule return to take part in the upcoming German GP at Sachsenring, despite not being totally fit.The Italian rider missed the Assen and Mugello races after sustaining rib and shoulder injuries during…

Lorenzo and Checa at Nolan 2011 launch

4 April, 2020

The 2011 Nolan helmet range has been presented with brand ambassadors Jorge Lorenzo, Carlos Checa and Marco Melandri all on board to enjoy the 2011 range launch. The new year sees some innovative and exciting helmet development from Nolan, including…

Rispoli and Young ready for Indianapolis GP

4 April, 2020

The upcoming Indianapolis GP will see the return of Blake Young and Attack Performance in their third wild-card race of the season, after the previous two rounds at the Austin and Laguna Seca rounds.Young, who is often mentored by Kevin…

More rider quotes from the Silverstone GP

4 April, 2020

We’ve go the final round-up rider quotes from today’s MotoGP race at Silverstone and we have to admit that we were pretty impressed by how strong Alvaro Bautista and rookie Karel Abraham looked all this weekend, whether it was wet…

Style, Class and the BMW S1000 RR (w/video)

4 April, 2020

German photographer Markus Hofmann was once again called in for this very high class photo shoot during the WSBK Silverstone round starring the BMW S 1000 RR and some chic brolly models wearing Munich designer Kinga Horvaths clothes.According to BMW’s…