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Two mechanical elves for Dani Pedrosa

24 March, 2020
Dani Pedrosa is definitely not a media monger, he hasn’t an autobiography out or stars in some comic book like Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, so we find it interesting that he has this children’s book called “Dos duendes mecánicos…

Honda V4 countdown: VFR1200F to debut on October 8

24 March, 2020
Honda will reveal the new VFR1200F in a few days’ time, and the V4 countdown has appeared on the dedicated site. The Honda presentation will take place in Tokyo on October 8, although we’ve already seen V4 spy shots that…

Moto2 – Toni Elias to Sign with Gresini, finally

24 March, 2020
Unbelievably, former MotoGP rider Toni Elias has yet to be finalize his deal with Fausto Gresini’s Moto2 team.Elias had initially signed with Pons’ team, but then reneged preferring to go back with his former team manager Fausto Gresini.Elias has already…

Eugene Laverty regains top position in FP2 at Aragon

24 March, 2020
The second World Superbike free practice at the Motorland Aragon saw Eugene Laverty regain the top of the timesheets with a blistering lap of 1’57″409, that lowered Tom Sykes QP2 time by more three tenths of a second in preparation…

Kawasaki ER-6n design competition concludes: Italian winner

24 March, 2020
The Kawasaki ER-6n Design Competition has closed, after three months and a whopping 22,230 entries from around Europe. From Italy, there were 8,544 design projects, and the Italian winner is Lorenzo Pittola, with this ZETA-n design. Other winners and images…

Valentino Rossi's 2013 Mugello tribute helmet

24 March, 2020
Every year for the Mugello GP Valentino Rossi debuts a special helmet design for his home race. This season the Italian picked one of his several trademark symbols, a bright green turtle, that features his blue eyes. The helmet graphics…

A great Christmas present: Kicking Up Dirt by Ashley Fiolek

24 March, 2020
Travis Pastrana said of her: “Ashley Fiolek’s not just good at motocross for a girl…she’s flat-out good. She is a tough, confident, competitive racer who has overcome enough in her life to know that nothing is impossible.”Kicking Up Dirt is…

Dani Pedrosa dominates Indianapolis GP

24 March, 2020
The signs that Dani Pedrosa was completely at ease at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway started Friday morning and into today’s 28 lap race as the Repsol Honda rider completely dominated the processional race with a blistering pace - almost always…

Wakan back to life as Avinton Motorcycles

24 March, 2020
Seven years ago diminutive French manufacturer Wakan Motorcycles introduced its own Wakan 1640, a gritty naked sportsbike designed around a S&S-sourced 1640 cc V-Twin encrusted in a deliberately minimal frame. The idea behind this model was to emulate what AC…

Big Battery SE electric motorcycle concept

24 March, 2020
This hefty looking motorcycle concept from Paolo di Giusti. Described as a ‘big battery’ electric motorcycle, the idea is that it would have an electric motor in the rear hub and another one up front. The larger rear motor and…

MotoGP Assen: Lorenzo Fastest Also in Warm-Up

24 March, 2020
Fastest in both practices, fastest in qualifying and Jorge Lorenzo was also the fastest in this morning’s warm-up session at Assen. The Spaniard laid down a series of fast laps, five in the 1.35 mark and then four in the…

Alstare Superbike concept by Rusak

24 March, 2020
To celebrate the 20 years of World Superbike Championship racing Francis Batta’s Alstare team and its return to World Superbikes, they had this concept done by Belgium designer Serge Rusak from Rusak Kreaktive Designworks while the video is by Tryptik…

No replacement for Motegi if Japanese GP is cancelled

24 March, 2020
A couple of weeks ago there were rumors circulating that Istanbul Park could be the replacement for the Japanese Grand Prix if the current situation in Japan remains critical. Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta speaking to Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport, confirmed…

Jeremy Irons picks up his BMW R1200 GS

24 March, 2020
Oscar winning actor Jeremy Irons, is currently in Hungary filming the the television series ‘The Borgias,’ in which he plays Rodrigo Borgia, also known as Pope Alexander VI.The popular English actor usually rides BMW R100RT (and belonged to the famous…

Photo of the Day: The Biker Chick

24 March, 2020
Gotcha! You all thought this was going to be some half dressed, hot looking, sexy biker babe drapped over some exotic and erotic sportsbike to drool over, instead you’ve get a real little chick dressed in black leathers on a…

Mustang motorcycles are back: retro bikes revived

24 March, 2020
Mustang motorcycles are being revived by the California Scooter Company who has built a 149cc, four-stroke engine. The original Mustang bikes were built from 1947 to 1965 and were generally equipped with a 320cc single cylinder motor, or a 122cc…

Toseland talks about the rift with Colin Edwards

24 March, 2020
In these last months James Toseland has kept a very low profile and refused to talk about the crew chief swap that led teammate Colin Edwards to make certain public statements and request that a wall be put up between…

MotoGP Sepang 2 test – more from the riders on day 1

24 March, 2020
Day 1 of the second official Sepang test was marred first by a greasy and slippery track that didn’t allow lap times to drop and then it was further hampered by the appearance of the usual afternoon tropical downpour but…