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Lorenzo tops warm-up practice as Marquez bins it

23 March, 2020
For the first time this Misano weekend Marc Marquez hasn't topped the timesheets. During the 20 minute warm-up practice, today's polesitter crashed out at the Tramonto during his last flying lap as he was trying to beat rival Jorge Lorenzo.…

WSBK Valencia Test: Carlos Checa Comes Out on Top

23 March, 2020
Improved weather conditions at Valencia allowed the remaining WSBK teams to get in five hours of testing with Carlos Checa on the Althea Ducati who came out on top of the unofficial time charts. Checa put in 50 laps with…

2010 Suomy gloves

23 March, 2020
New Suomy gloves for 2010 include the Ipermotard and Kangaroo models. The Ipermotard represents a glove made specifically for this growing market in motorcycle gear and it’s made from 100 percent soft leather with carbon and metal reinforcements across the…

Alex Polita gives up on 2009 WSBK season

23 March, 2020
Alex Polita was dropped from Sterilgarda’s BRC Racing Team even before the SBK season started due to sponsorship troubles, with Team Manager Marco Borciani promising that they would be back on track for the Valencia round with their second bike.…

Leather, SM and Motorcyle protection

23 March, 2020
This video to promote Britain’s June 18th Ride to Work Day, but it is actually chock full of double entendres to help riders gear up properly before hitting the roads and that riding actually saves time and money so people…

Valentino Rossi helmet Second Life

23 March, 2020
We’re not quite sure what to make of this but what fan’s around the world get up to is anyone’s guess. Valentino Rossi’s followers from the group “Valentino Rossi - The Doctor” have been playing in the virtual world, with…

Tony Cairoli bets on Valentino Rossi

23 March, 2020
While racing legend Giacomo Agostini is tipping Jorge Lorenzo on winning the 2013 MotoGP title and believes that it will be difficult for Valentino Rossi to fight for the title due to his age, former MotoGP veteran rider Loris Capirossi…

2011 EICMA: 14 years old motocross rider seriously injured

23 March, 2020
Last Saturday morning, during the qualification round for an Under 17 Supercross Rookie event at the 2011 EICMA, 14 years old rider Kade Walker fell off its KTM 85 and got seriously injured. The stewards realized immediatly that the young…

Vyrus 986 M2 build video

23 March, 2020
If you’re wondering what that first sentence in Italian means it’s a kind of play on words that says that before motor monotony reigned in motorcycles. Obviously the Vyrus 986 M2 bike is here to change that. This video shows…

Yamaha T-Max 530 Sport – Live @ Motor Bike Expo

23 March, 2020
Yamaha’s brand new Super Tenere Worldcrosser “Competition White” is not the only novelty brought to the 2012 Motor Bike Expo by the Iwata-based manufacturer. Making its first appearance at the event in Verona is also the new ‘Sport’ version of…

Jonathan Rea completes first day of testing at Sepang

23 March, 2020
Don’t expect to see any laps times revealed on Jonathan Rea’s first day of testing the Honda RCV212 in Sepang, as it’s HRC’s R&D Team who is running the three-day test, so we expect it to be more of a…

Ducati Gulf Oil Cafe Racer

23 March, 2020
Today’s special comes from the US, where Mr. Johann Keyser runs CAV America, one of the leading builders of Ford GT40 replicas. Among other things, CAV America is the only GT40 builder with the rights to replicate the official Gulf…

WSBK Monza: No one crashed because of the bubbles

23 March, 2020
The never ending Italian telenovela regarding the bubbles on Monza circuit that may have been the cause of several crashes during that polemic World Superbike weekend in May, is still occupying space in major sports newspapers in the country. The…

Dani Pedrosa to ride the pneumatic valves engine bike

23 March, 2020
After the announcement to use Bridgestone tyres for the next coming races, Dani Pedrosa and the Repsol Honda team announced that Dani will ride the next Indianapolis race with the pneumatic valves engine, just like his team mate Nicky Hayden…

Sexy Bikers: Belen Rodriguez and the Ducati D16 GP

23 March, 2020
Argentinian showgirl/model Belen Rodriguez is our sexy biker of the day. Instead of being undressed the lovely Belen is wearing Ducati leathers and is onboard the Desmosedici GP10 to promote TIM, one of Ducati’s sponsors.The pics are from the TIM…

MIVV exhausts for the Honda CBR600F

23 March, 2020
The entire range of MIVV exhausts are now available for the new Honda CBR600F, in case you wanted to spice up your new machine. The MIVV X-Cone, GP, SUONO, Ghibli and Double Gun models are available in five different configurations,…

WSBK at Donington in 2010? Park owners looking for buyer

23 March, 2020
England’s Donington Park circuit owners are going into adminstration, and are looking for a buyer for the business. It may mean that major events next year are under a big question mark, with the World Superbike scheduled for August 1st…

Video: Kawasaki 1400GTR

23 March, 2020
Here’s the Kawasaki 1400GTR 2010 video. The new 1400GTR highlight is the traction control and combined K-ACT braking system. It’s a good-looking touring model that should continue its success into 2010. More details on the Kawasaki 1400GTR here, and watch…

NCR Leggera more pics

23 March, 2020
Here are more pics of the NCR Leggera model - described as the world’s lightest hypermotard with a price tag to match. The Leggera has been built off the Ducati Hypermotard and includes a swathe of titanium parts. It’s NCR’s…

Casey Stoner leads warm-up practice at Misano

23 March, 2020
MotoGP’s warm-up practice was pretty tight this morning at sunny Misano (rain is still expected this afternoon) until Casey Stoner decided to do one of his usual flying laps at the end of the session that left second place Jorge…