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Honda XRE300 pics: enduro sister to the CBF250

28 March, 2020
The Honda CB300R (in Europe known as the Honda CBF250), produced in Brasil by Honda Amazonia, will have a sister enduro called the XRE300. It will be equipped with the same engine: a 300cc, four-stroke direct injection engine at 26…

MotoGP Gossip – Valentino Rossi buys a bigger toy

28 March, 2020
When you earn $ 35.000.000 a year and you’re a world famous MotoGP superstar rider named Valentino Rossi you can buy what ever you want.Rossi has traded in his Pershing 50 yacht called Titilla (which he also called 46+4) to…

Spain lowers speed limit to fight rising oil prices

28 March, 2020
While Italy is lowering its speed limits on certain provincial roads and in cities to fight air pollution, Spain will be doing it as an energy saving initiative brought on by the civil uprisings in Libya.The Libyan crisis is starting…

Moto Guzzi factory at Mandello faces closure

28 March, 2020
A petition to save Moto Guzzi’s original factory at Mandello del Lario is underway, as Piaggio plans to close the facility and move workers to other plants. MCN seems to be championing various causes this month, as they are also…

WSBK Phillip Island: Leon Haslam Rockets into Superpole

28 March, 2020
Leon Haslam rocked in all three stints of Saturday’s Superpole at Phillip Island by taking his first ever career pole position in WSBK and edging out Ducati’s Michel Fabrizio in the last stint by a mere 0.016s. Cal Crutchlow will…

Aprilia RXV 4.5 Rally Dakar podium place

28 March, 2020
Dakar 2010 has concluded with Cyril Despres and his KTM taking out first place. Pal Ander Ullevalseter came second, also on a KTM, but what a success story for Aprilia! The RXV 4.5, ridden by Francisco Lopez, came in third…

KTM RC6 2009

28 March, 2020
Fantasising on the new KTM RC6 2009, the Dutch magazine Motor has created this example on its site www.motor.nl. Similar to the RC8’s form, it should or could be equipped with a 790cc engine.June is on its way with all…

Yamaha T-Max 500 2009: yellow is always cool

28 March, 2020
It seems only yesterday that Yamaha presented its first maxi-scooter which signalled a shift in the European scooter market. And yet eight years have passed, with the debut having occurred back in July 2000.This is much more than a simple…

MV 675 on the market soon?

28 March, 2020
This could be the new bike from the American - Italian MV factory. It’s a nice looking 675 Triple Sportsbike with Brembo brakes, underseat exhaust pipes, trellis frame and swing-arm. Its style sits between an MV, the Triumph Daytona 675…

Valentino Rossi gives his mom a Ducati Monster

28 March, 2020
What do you give your loving mom for a present? Flowers, chocolates, a Hermes scarf, a Prada handbag, nah, you give her Ducati Monster 696.That’s what Valentino Rossi decided to give his mom Stefania Palma who has always wanted one,…

Sylvain Guintoli to sub for Loris Capirossi at Sachsenring?

28 March, 2020
With Loris Capirossi out of action after breaking a couple of ribs and picking up a distorted shoulder after his highside crash during qualifying at Assen and is expected to miss at least the upcoming Sachsenring GP, Pramac Ducati will…

Honda teases with another Honda Crossover sketch

28 March, 2020
With the EICMA Show to kick off next week in Milan, Honda has decided to tease us with a third and full design sketch of their V4 Crossover adventure bike and little PR to go with it, before releasing the…

Norton Commando 961 gets + People fashion makeover

28 March, 2020
Ahead of the 2012 Motor Bike Expo that takes place in Verona from January 20th to 22th, Motocicli Speciali of Cremona, Norton’s official importer in Italy has teamed up high end fashion brand + People created by Pier spa of…

Aprilia Celebrates Biaggi's 1st win with RSV4

28 March, 2020
A racing win with a brand new bike in its debut season is a good reason to party and Aprilia celebrated Max Biaggi’s win and second place at Brno with the RSV4 with a get together at the factory’s headquarters…

The Alfa Romeo 159 GTA at the Nurburgring

28 March, 2020
Spy photos of an Alfa Romeo 159 test mule have been doing the rounds these last few weeks, and everyone suspects that it’s a 159 GTA test mule, due to its 4 menacing exhaust tubes and the camouflage that presumably…

Return of the Aspes brand after 27 years

28 March, 2020
The not-so-young will certainly remember teh Aspes brand, linked to the Yuma and Hopi models, and now we’ll have the chance to see them back on the market. Menzaghi Motors, from Varese in Italy has announced its acquisition of the…

Videos: Kiyonari sliding for 3 minutes at Donington

28 March, 2020
Have a look at this great movie and see the winner of the last SBK race at Donington sliding for more than 3 minutes. Commentary is in Italian but I am sure you will like the intonation from the presenter.…

Motorcycle helmets Trussardi 1911 by MomoDesign

28 March, 2020
MomoDesign and Italian fashion house Trussardi have hooked up to produce this Trussardi 1911 motorcycle helmet. Trussardi has obviously put in the fashion side of things, while MomoDesign has been the technical partner - one of the leading fashion helmet…

Supersonic, Liberty Racing and Aprilia testing at Aragon

28 March, 2020
Not satisfied by the three day SBK test that was held at Portimao that was curtailed by rain two days out of three, Supersonic, Liberty Racing teams and Aprilia test rider Alex Hofmann are currently carrying out another two days…

Anime style for MotoGP Motegi promo poster

28 March, 2020
This anime poster promotimg this year’s 2012 round of the AirAsia Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi (after last season’s ’should I stay or should I go’ BS by riders following the Fukushima radiation fallout) is one of the best we’ve…

Team PMRH2O version of Aprilia SXV Replica

28 March, 2020
If you’re a supermotard fan, then this Team PMRH2O bike could be for you. This racing motard is a replica based on the Aprilia SXV, the team’s racing bike that Luca Minutilli has the joy of using.The bike has been…

Loris Capirossi to skip Motegi GP

28 March, 2020
Loris Capirossi will have to miss his last ever race in Japan.. The Pramac Ducati rider re-injured himself during last weekend’s Aragon GP when he clipped Toni Elias’s Honda in an overtaking pass and crashed out together with the Spaniard,…