For the second year in a row the Aprilia RS 125 has been voted as Bike of the Year according to the Italian magazine, In Moto. The RS 125 was preferred by 94,000 readers to the Cagiva Mito and the…
In a press release from today, the Ducati Marlboro MotoGP team announced the latest news about Nicky Hayden: the 27-year-old Kentucky kid will join the Ducati factory team in 2009 like we all expected already. Nicky and Casey will ride…
The Ducati Multistrada 1200 is gradually earning kudos in biking circles as press testing gets underway (see the Multistrada vs BMW R1200GS test from MCN for example), and it will be interesting in the future to see how the market…
Nicky Hayden once again ended up being the best Ducati rider at Jerez and put in several hard fought and entertaining passes until you noticed that after a few laps that he was running and the slowly began to fade…
Official video featuring the new Subaru BRZ premiered at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The small Japanese sportscar - and sister of the Toyota GT 86 – is pushed by a four-cylinder boxer engine, with D4-S injection system, capable of…
While waiting for the official announcement, here are some more images of the Smart ForTwo vintage 2007, very official-seeming.Still waiting for the official announcement, with all the official data and interior photos. More on the ForTwo 2007 here.
Ducati has taken their two test teams to Jerez de la Frontera, which also includes team manager Vittoriano Guareschi who took off his official cap to don his rider’s helmet again, to help Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden in their…
Pramac’s Andrea Iannone and Ben Spies may be smiling in this picture at the 2013 Wrooom, but the two riders are still fighting to regain fitness ahead of the first official MotoGP test at Sepang early next month.The MotoGP rookie…
Pramac’s Andrea Iannone will be forced to skip this upcoming MotoGP round at Laguna Seca.The MotoGP rookie crashed his Ducati GP13 during the fourth free practice at Sachsenring, dislocating his right shoulder.The Clinica Mobile fixed the shoulder, but he was…
Casey Stoner’s retirement announcement yesterday at Le Mans not only shook the MotoGP world, but it also opened a whole new scenario for the 2013 season, leaving Repsol and Honda in a very complicated situation of who they will replace…
According to superbikeplanet.com the highly popular Ben Bostrom is open for a return to Europe to race next season.Since Bostrom will not be riding for Jordan Suzuki’s DMG/AMA team in 2013, the American rider could find a ride in World…
The final free practice at Monza finally saw a completely dry track which allowed the riders to work on setup after all the previous sessions that were either wet or very damp.With a dry track Eugene Laverty was the fastest…
Austrian national broadcasters ATV organized a promo event yesterday for the neighbouring AB Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno, with several Gran Prix riders hitting the streets of Vienna for a ride down the famous Ringstreet of the Viennese capital…
After spending two seasons with Italtrans in Moto2 (and picking up a single point), 26-year old Robertino Pietri will be making the leap to the premier class after reaching an agreement with CRT Avintia Racing (formerly known as BQR) to…
Yamaha revealed the other day the special paint job that all their MotoGP team will be using for the Assen and Laguna Seca rounds to celebrate their 50th anniversary of GP racing.Not stopping at that, the manufacturer has also launched…
The 2011 Triumph Speed Triple will either captivate or repel you, depending on whether you were a fan of the round headlights or not. In any case, Triumph has decided to widen its horizons and capture the broader market with…
At the 2011 EICMA exhibition in Milan, Italian aftermarket company and racing team CRP Racing had introduced the prototype of a punchy, pioneering sportsbike that was going to become the first all-electric Italian sportsbike ever, making the most out of…
Balatonring Zrt, the event promoter for the Hungarian Grand Prix has spoken to MotoGP Rights Holders Dorna Sports requesting postponement of this year’s race until 2010. The decision to move back the September 20th race owes to a delay in…
From the rumors that World Superbike’s Max Neukirchner would be heading to MotoGP and ride a Pramac Ducati with the latest item coming out of Sepang is that not only Neurkirchner will not be in MotoGP, but the Italian team…
The Yamaha Super Ténéré is sporting a new black livery on the Yamaha stand live at the 2010 EICMA show and it’s an example of the natural evolution of some of the Yamaha bikes at the show, given that the…
If the Race Direction didn’t punish Marc Marquez for torpedoing Kallio in Saturday’s third final practice, karma almost got him in the Moto2 race start at Motegi, but the talented Spaniard sliced through the field from almost last (just like…
We all know that Valentino Rossi and his famous friends get off riding motocross bikes to do a little training (with injuries for both Rossi and Simoncelli) and that Jorge Lorenzo (also injured riding a MX) gets together with the…
More pics of the Brutale 990R and 1090RR have been released, and the company seems justifiably proud of its new, mean-looking machine. The 2010 MV Agusta Brutale comes with an engine choice of either 990cc or 1090cc. Essentially the same…
Legend Cook Neilson was reunited recently, with the bike he rode when he won the Daytona Superbike race in 1977. The reunion took place at the Barber Vintage Museum in the US last Saturday, 20th October.After an emotional speech during…