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Mika Kallio to miss Laguna Seca

25 March, 2020
Mika Kallio will miss this weekend’s U.S. GP at Laguna Seca following a serious finger injury he suffered after crashing during the final lap at Assen.The Finnish rider elected not to ride the spectacular American circuit in these conditions:“I was…

NCR M4 and NCR M4 One Shot (w/video)

25 March, 2020
If you’re into very expensive and very exlusive Italian made motorcycles, and who wouldn’t be if you had a lot of greenbacks or euros just laying around, then NCR’s latest models, the NCR M4 and NCR M4 One Shot are…

Valentino Rossi to retire at the end of the season?

25 March, 2020
While rumors regarding Casey Stoner retiring at the end of the season came from the Spanish and Italian press - and was shot down by the 2011 World Champion, this new rumor regarding Valentino Rossi comes from the English media.According…

Gardner and Moriwaki team up again

25 March, 2020
In 1981 Wayne Gardner launched his international career with Moriwaki Engineering. Now, thirty years later the famous Gardner/Moriwaki pairing are set to further cement their historical partnership.Team Gardner prepares to relocate to Barcelona Spain to advance the road racing careers…

Aston Martin V8 Vantage N400 Roadster

25 March, 2020
Aston Martin will build a Roadster variant of the V8 Vantage N400, a special limited-edition based on the V8 Vantage shown at the latest Frankfurt auto show and dedicated to the legendary Nürburgringer Nordschleife. Only 240 units will be produced,…

WSBK Misano QP1 – Fabrizio comes out on top

25 March, 2020
It was Michel Fabrizio with his Xerox Ducati that took today’s provisional pole at the Misano Adriatico circuit clocking in at 1.037”016 in the last seconds of qualifying. While it was Ben Spies showing again that he just has to…

Randy de Puniet confirms talks with Suzuki

25 March, 2020
When PTR’s Simon Buckmaster said “the new Suzuki MotoGP test rider Randy de Puniet” we were left scratching our heads and wondering how much truth was behind the statement, but apparently Buckmaster was close, but not exactly right, as De…

Sylvain Guintoli takes maiden Superpole at damp Monza

25 March, 2020
Althea Ducati boss Genesio Bevilacqua had been doing a rain dance at Monzaso the Ducati’s could recover something against the top speed of the four cylinder machines and the Gods listened to him as today’s Superpole was declared wet -…

Valentino Rossi to drive Ferrari in F1 competition?

25 March, 2020
It looks as though Valentino Rossi’s test drive of a Ferrari with the excuse that it was a present to himself for winning the MotoGP 2008 championship could be an exercise in smoke and mirrors, according to Rossi’s friend and…

BMW 1 Series M Coupé teaser videos

25 March, 2020
This teaser video of the BMW 1 Series Coupé gives us another glimpse of the pocket rocket that BMW will officially present at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. We get the feeling it will be a busy event! The new…

Snow chains for scooters (video)

25 March, 2020
Our colleagues from twin-site Motoblog.it alerted us about a video that shows how an ingenious scooter owner from Italy - which was recently hit by quite some heavy snowfalls - has built himself a set of clever snow chains for…

The new 2012 MV Agusta Brutale R 1090

25 March, 2020
Here are the first pictures of the new MV Agusta Brutale R1090 2012. The new naked bike from the Italian manufacturer will be powered by a 1078cc in-line four cylinder engine with radial valves, which is claimed to deliver a…

Casey Stoner becomes poster boy for a tractor company

25 March, 2020
When we read that Casey Stoner has recently signed a two year deal with an Italian tractor company to become their testimonial, we couldn’t imagine someone better than the two time World MotoGP Champion as their poster boy.As Stoner is…

Special bikes: BMW R 100RT by Cafe Racer Dreams

25 March, 2020
Since it opened its doors a little over two years ago, Spanish workshop Café Racer Dreams has released 18 bikes, plus another four or five models that are still in the works. A while ago we talked about their classy…

Moto Guzzi Sportbike Concept by Luca Bar Design

25 March, 2020
Designer Luca Bar introduces a captivating concept bike that envisages an hypothetical Moto Guzzi sportbike, a model that many fans of the Italian brand around the globe have been dreaming about for years. Mr. Luca has come up with a…

MotoGP – Marco Simoncelli signs with Honda Gresini?

25 March, 2020
According to the well introduced Italia 1 commentators, Guido Meda and Loris Reggiani, 250cc rider and reigning World Champion Marco Simoncelli has signed a two year € 4.000.000 contract with Honda HRC and with the new rookie rule in 2010,…

Video of the new BMW S 1000 RR

25 March, 2020
After the official photos, of the new four-cylinder S 1000 RR which will debut in the next Superbike season, check it out, revealed in this offical video.

The paddock girls from the CIV round in Vallelunga

25 March, 2020
Thanks to our buddies from twin-site Motoblog.it, we can provide you with a nice appetizer of what we are supposed to see at the upcoming MotoGP round, the Italian GP. Just a few days ago in fact the Vallelunga round…

Benelli TnT R160 live at EICMA

25 March, 2020
This gallery goes out to our reader Tonup who was lamenting the lack of aesthetic changes to the new Benelli TNT 1130 version. Here, we get a closer look with live pics from EICMA, of the new Benelli cafe racer…

Alfa Romeo Zagato TZ3 Corsa first pic

25 March, 2020
Here’s the first pic of the Zagato Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa which will be presented at the Villa d’Este Concours d’Elegance (or Concorso di Eleganza). The vehicle has been designed as part of Alfa Romeo’s 100th anniversary celebrations and clearly…

MV Agusta: the next new bike will be called Rivale

25 March, 2020
Giovanni Castiglioni, president and CEO of the legendary Italian manufacturer MV Agusta and son to the late and great Claudio, has confirmed that their next three-cylinder machine will be named ‘Rivale’ and it won’t be a Supermoto, it will rather…