Here’s the first video of the new Ducati 848 Evo which will be presented at the Laguna Seca MotoGP this weekend. We can only imagine we’ll get more pics after its debut. While the 848 Evo is not a new…
Okay it’s only kart race and MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi and Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso are doing it for “Friends of Iker vs. Friends of Rafa” the second annual event that tennis star Rafael Nadal and Real Madrid goalie…
Winter testing this year have been a bust. More wet than dry conditions have hampered the riders in the development of the their machines for next season, but Marco Melandri seems satisfied with what he was able to do during…
It has finally been confirmed that Max Biaggi will ride the Aprilia RS4 Superbike next year. Max is the top rider in World Superbike for the Italian manufacturer Aprilia. The rider from Rome won the past three of his four…
Carlos Checa continued his devasting form to take his second Superpole of the season at very chilly Donington Park. His storming lap of 1’28.099 left BMW’s Leon Haslam in second and a little more than 3 tenths off, but the…
Just like GPTech, Attack Performance Racing has also decided to re-enter their CRT machine and wildcard in the three US rounds of the 2013 MotoGP World Championship at Austin, Laguna Seca and Indianapolis.APR’s Kawasaki ZX-10R based CRT (with CNC frame)…
An email from Dorna sent to IRTA (International Road Racing Teams Association) who then conveyed to all the MotoGP, Moto2 and 125cc teams that they expect that everyone to honour their contracts regarding the Japanese Grand Prix has melted the…
Ducati keeps on bringing us news, after the Ducati Streetfighter and Superbike shown at the EICMA Fiera. But today we’ve got some American Ducati news. Ducati North America will organise the Ducati Apparel line 2009 during a fall fashion night.…
Aprilia has decided to lodge an appeal with the International Disciplinary Court following Tom Sykes reinstatement to third place late Sunday evening following race 2 at Monza. Sykes had just conquered the third position by overtaking Sylvain Guintoli during the…
There are many conflicting and confusing bits of news coming from Italy regarding Joan Lascorz’ condition following his 200km/h crash at Imola and none of them are sounding good - from that his life is still a risk and is…
If you expected an apology or a decent explanation about what happened today during the WSBK FP1 at Imola, you’re not going to get it. The circuit organizers have down played the occurance and stated that a number of riders…
Valentino Rossi has revealed via his Twitter account his brand new Ducati Desmosedici GP12.Like Filippo Preziosi, who is present at Sepang, said it wouldn’t look completely different from the GPZero, maybe slighter slimmer and smaller, but what’s important is what’s…
Jonathan Rea had to jump off his Honda at 200 km/h during Tuesday’s afternoon’s final World Superbike test session at Phillip Island, after he realised it had caught fire due to a technical problem.Taken to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne…
Just hours before the start of Friday’s World Superbike practice for the penultimate round of the season at Portimao, Effenbert Liberty Racing has decided to axe another rider from their line-up, and this time it is Maxime Berger.After Sylvain Guintoli,…
Luca Ruggeri, Motoblog’s inhouse artist, as usual is a spot on with his comics and this time getting the brunt of his pen, is the Ducati Xerox factory team’s this year’s dismal and disappointing results with both Noriyuki Haga and…
After revealing certain aspects of the Ducati GP12 (take it with a grain of salt because this isn’t the version that the Ducati factory team will be using) Cardion AB racing team held a big party (and what a party…
Ducati has finally decided to react following Valentino Rossi’s Qatar post-race comments and the person to do it is none other than Gabriele Del Torchio, the President of Ducati.While Investindustrial and Ducati are working on the sale of the company…
India celebrated it’s Republic Day last week and during the annual parade that’s held in New Delhi and one of the displays was done by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers who performed several motorcycle stunts. The above video…
Victory Motorcycles has introduced its brand new Judge model at the recent 2012 Motor Bike Expo in Verona, Italy, but the actual model wasn’t there. Apparently, they will proceed with the official unveiling of the Judge on European soil at…
The second free practice in Qatar was delayed due to light drops of rain falling on the track but the track surface was deemed safe just a few minutes later and the session got the greenlight, but a very stiff…
After the BMW S1000RR special edition carbon fibre with Akrapovic exhaust, here’s another exhaust to help get even more power out of your new BMW superbike. The Laser Works exhaust from the Netherlands is a complete exhaust kit made from…
Marc Marquez spent the whole nightmarish pre-season recovering from his eye injury, taking part only in the final test at Jerez, but the CatalunyaCaixa Repsol rider and Andrea ‘Crazy Joe’ Iannone offered some of the wildest racing in this first…
Last year at Misano Valentino Rossi took second riding the Ducati, this year Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden couldn't do better than 8th and 9th, and on the track where they tested rather extensively in July, and after debuting a…
Today’s MotoGP race at Sachsenring offered something for everyone. The race was red flagged after 9 laps when Jorge Lorenzo was leading in front of Dani Pedrosa by three tenths followed by Casey Stoner. Randy de Puniet crashed out at…
Stoner is under fire from the local press in Australia due to the tobacco sponsorship deal, as already reported by TwoWheelsBlog. The campaign from anti-smoking groups against the Marlboro sponsorship is showing just how many traps there are for the…