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Pramac Racing Laguna Seca Livery

25 March, 2020
Pramac Racing has a new one off livery for this weekend’s Laguna Seca race, their title sponsor is Powermate, a leading consumer brand in the USA whose products include portable generators, pressure washers, air compressor and air tools.Paolo Campinoti -…

Max Biaggi denies comeback rumors

25 March, 2020
Following the rumors during last week’s Aragon Superbike round that Max Biaggi was thinking of making a comeback, the Roman Emperor in an interview with the usual Gazzetta dello Sport, categorically denied he was thinking of a return to racing,…

MotoGP Assen Qualifying – Rider Quotes

25 March, 2020
Rider quotes from today’s qualifying session at the Assen circuit. Valentino Rossi - 1st - 1:36.025“This is a really good pole position because I’ve only had one other this season, at Motegi in strange conditions. I had a lot of…

Marco Melandri signs 1 year contract with Hayate

25 March, 2020
We can call it cut and wrap, the Kawasaki/Dorna/Hayate/Melandri soap opera that started at the end of December is over and Carmelo Ezpeleta can finally stop biting his nails because Marco Melandri has finally and officially confirmed that he has…

Live pics from Assen: the paddock girls

25 March, 2020
For this behind the scenes at the MotoGP gallery I had to put myself in the shoes of my male colleagues. It’s in fact, not difficult to do because you can still think like a woman. If a brolly girl…

WSBK – Pitt and Resch at Eastern Creek with BMW

25 March, 2020
While waiting to receive the of racing version of their BMW, new World Superbike private racing team BMW Reitwagen Motorsport were at the Eastern Creek race track in Australia to try out a street version of the BMW S 1000…

Vintage footage: Max Biaggi wheelie

25 March, 2020
Have you ever wanted an example of Max Biaggi’s brashness? Wondered what it is that makes him so bold? What about his self righteous attitude? Well, in a little old school footage we give you a Max Biaggi wheelie that…

MotoGP Sepang Test Thursday: Pics and Rider Quotes

25 March, 2020
To accompany today’s riders quotes, we’ve got a batch of pics from today’s MotoGP test in Sepang, some official and some from Motoblog who has its own blogger who’s reporting directly from Malaysia.Valentino Rossi - 1st 2′01″411 Laps: 54“Today was…

Fonsie Nieto's Madrid Olympics Candidacy Helmet

25 March, 2020
Fonsie Nieto, who took part in three rounds of this year’s 2009 World Superbike Championship for Alstare Suzuki subbing for Max Neukirchner and then was called by DFX Corse to ride alongside Lorenzo Lanzi replaced injured Regis Laconi, will sporting…

Max Biaggi keeps teasing on comeback

25 March, 2020
Max Biaggi shot down any possibilities of returning to World Superbikes in an interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport with ‘it’s impossible’, but the Roman Emperor via Twitter keeps teasing his millions of orphaned fans with ambiguous tweets that leaves…

BMW K 1600 GT hidden function (w/video)

25 March, 2020
I swear I’ve poured over BMWs K 1600 GT technical specs half a dozen times and this function is not listed on their onboard computer, but it sure makes for proactive riding … and solving road rage.Enjoy.

Egrandprix TTXGP promo video

25 March, 2020
Whether you find electric motorcycles exciting or not, you’ve got to admit this video certainly makes it look like they are. The TTXGP World Series for 2010 is on its way, despite some fall-out over electric grand prix with FIM…

Last chance to get a Moto Morini Granpasso or Scrambler

25 March, 2020
As everyone know Moto Morini is being shutdown after going into voluntary liquidation, and the court with Piero Aicardi (who is following the shutdown) has informed the media that the factory will be opening up again for a brief time,…

Max Biaggi and Aprilia 2012 World Champions photo gallery

25 March, 2020
Forty-one years old and still beating riders almost half his age, Max Biaggi aka the Roman Emperor or the Black Corsair took home his sixth World title on Sunday, his second in World Superbikes and the Italian also gave Aprilia…

2011 EICMA: Suzuki GSX-R 1ooo m.y. 2012

25 March, 2020
The revamped Suzuki GSX-R 1ooo for the year 2012 is currently on display at the 2011 EICMA. We already introduced the model a while ago in a previous post, but we can quickly underline again the main differences between the…

Riders Comments- Final Testing Day

25 March, 2020
On the final day of testing in Sepang, here’s what the riders had to say. MotoGP testing will be back at Losail, Qatar in the night test on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of March.Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team) Position:…

MotoGP to race at new F1 Texas venue?

25 March, 2020
When Dorna renewed an one year extension with the Indianapolis Motors Speedway, rumors immediately started up that the Grand Prix circus was keeping the Indy track on the calendar while the new F1 circuit in Austin, Texas is being built.The…

World Superbike and Supersport 2013 entry lists

25 March, 2020
The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) ha released a provisional list of the riders who will be competing in the 2013 World Superbike championship and Supersport championship, which will kick off in just two weeks time.This year’s WSBK grid will…

Moto 2 Explained – Video

25 March, 2020
Still don’t understand the new Moto2 series that will be substituting the 250cc championship next year? Check out this video interview with Mike Webb, technical director for MotoGP and Jeremy Ferguson of Dunlop who’ll explain the new class for us.During…