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German Bike vs Japanese Bikes

29 March, 2020
BMW is going all out in promoting their first superbike, the powerful S 1000 RR and takes head on Japanese competitors to try to break their dominance in the high performance sportsbike segment, with this very aggressive ad campaign, that…

New Fiat Bravo – photos and press release

29 March, 2020
Fiat has finally shown the new Bravo hatchback to the world. On the italian version of our blog you can find an image gallery of the Fiat Bravo with all 27 hi-res images released.Initially, the Bravo engine range will include…

Ninja Trophy 2008

29 March, 2020
The 2008 edition of the Ninja Trophy, the Kawasaki one-brand trophy awarded to owners of ZX-6R models 2007/2008, will take place on March 30 at the Vallelunga track, Italy. Six races are to be held throughout various Italian tracks, three…

World Superbikes gets technical tweaks

29 March, 2020
The FIM announced today that World Superbikes is getting some technical tweaks that will go into effect immediately and with just three rounds left in the 2011 championship.One includes the use of ride-by-wire electronic system even for those teams who…

Indonesia to host World Superbikes for five years

29 March, 2020
The President of Infront Motor Sports, Maurizio Flamini has officially announced that World Superbikes will be returning to Indonesia (Sentul last hosted a WSBK event in 1997) in 2013 and has signed a five year contract to host the event…

Renault Fluence price and electric complications

29 March, 2020
There are many things that go against the purchase of an electric car in the minds of the car buying public. From so-called “range anxiety” to monthly battery hire, battery life and replacement, and recharge times, the actual economics of…

Rossi wants to make up last years race

29 March, 2020
Not only Stoner wants to win and gain many championship points in next weekend’s MotoGP round at Misano. Valentino Rossi wants to make up his disappointing breakdown in last year’s home GP. Rossi, leading the championship with 50 points over…

Silly Season: Ducati offers a Blank Cheque to Valentino Rossi?

29 March, 2020
We thought that silly season had died down with Valentino Rossi out of action, and everyone involved was now finally working quietly behind the scenes, but apparently we were wrong, because Spanish website motocuatro.com citing RTVE MotoGP commentator and journo…

Opel electric concept Frankfurt

29 March, 2020
The Opel electric concept that we’ll be seeing at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show is still without a name at this stage, but in this teaser pic it faces off with the Opel Ampera. Opel describes the model as a…

MotoGP, Indianapolis: here come the paddock girls (gallery)

29 March, 2020
The Indianapolis round of the MotoGP World Championship saw Marc Marquez completing a perfect weekend where he topped all the free practice sessions, got himself the pole position with the new record of the circuit n then won the race…

Monster Energy to sponsor Yamaha Factory team

29 March, 2020
Following the rumors that Yamaha had bought out Jorge Lorenzo’s personal sponsor RockStar to make way for Monster Energy who wanted to co-sponsor the entire team, today Yamaha Factory Racing officially announced that they signed a two-year sponsorship and partnership…

Marco Melandri undergoes ankle surgery

29 March, 2020
After completing 237 laps during his third and latest test on the Aprilia RSV4 at the Spanish circuit of Jerez de la Frontera, Marco Melandri underwent ankle surgery yesterday at the Policlinico Universitario in Modena. The Italian suffered the injury…

Maurizio Arrivabene: "We believe in Ducati's project"

29 March, 2020
Sponsors are usually silent partners, but they’re are the ones that fodder teams pockets and allows them to continue racing and they often wield power that goes beyond seeing their names on the livery.Many of you may remember Maurizio Arrivabene,…

Kymco Like 125cc and 50cc. Pictures and general info

29 March, 2020
The Kymco Like 125/50 is a new retro style scooter from Italian designer Massimo Zaniboni. The classic scooter has clean and modern lines, is compact but with some fine details and finishing.‘Like’ comes from a detailed study on 50’s and…

Dirt-RAD by Radical Ducati

29 March, 2020
Sooner or later, it was bound to happen anyway. For once, Pepo Rosell and Reyes Ramon of renowned aftermarket company Radical Ducati put their love for the Italian desmo machines aside and turned their attention to a Japanese motorcycle from…

Aprilia Dorsoduro Factory local pricing

29 March, 2020
The Aprilia Dorsoduro Factory will be available on the Italian market this month, with local pricing released and an offer “you can’t refuse” for March only. Until March 31, the Dorsoduro Factory will be available with sports slip-on exhaust for…

Photo of the Day: #46 on the Cutting Edge

29 March, 2020
You’re probably thinking this is another one of those Valentino Rossi fans that stickers everything he owns with Rossi’s number, well you’re both right and wrong. This pimped out lawn mower belongs to Alex Briggs, one of Rossi’s Aussie mechanics…

New Aprilia Sportcity One scooter

29 March, 2020
Aprilia has really worked on bringing up its family of models, and we can see an interesting evolution in the Aprilia scooter segment, with the latest addition, the Sportcity One 50 2T, showing a trend towards smaller rather than larger…

2011 EICMA: a visor wiper for your helmet

29 March, 2020
Taiwanese company HaiHao introduced a pretty peculiar new product at the 2011 EICMA: you read it in the headline, it’s wiper for the visor that has to be placed on the top of your helmet. Surely, every time the rain…

Kawasaki off-road 2010: KX range gets improvements

29 March, 2020
Kawasaki is presenting its off-road KX model year 2010 range with some improvements to the following current models: KX450F, KX250F, KX85, KX65, KLX450R and KFX450R.While the bikes will remain essentially Kawaski style, some engineering developments mean that the lime green…

Schumacher pulls out of IDM Superbike

29 March, 2020
Former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has called off plans to race this weekend at Lausitzring in Germany in the German IDM Championship on a Honda CBR1000RR with Holzhauer Racing.Schumacher crashed in February while testing on the track in Cartagena,…