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Francis Batta wants Max Biaggi as a test rider – UPDATE

21 March, 2020
Max Biaggi joked all weekend long at Assen regarding the rumor that he’ll be at Monza in two weeks time as a wildcard. The former rider also displayed a scrap book with all the clippings from Italian newspapers and websites…

Video: Seat Ibiza Cupra concept

21 March, 2020
Seat has anticipated the new Ibiza Cupra displaying a concept in its almost definitive form at the 2012 Beijing Motor Show. Compared to the original, the facelift version boasts a more streamlined outline, aggressive front and rear bumpers, black wing…

Tom Sykes blazes into pole position at Assen

21 March, 2020
Tom Sykes decimated the field in today’s Superpole at Assen. The Kawasaki rider who lead all the timesheets so far this Dutch weekend except for QP2 that went to Davide Giugliano, posted a stunning 1.35.0143 in SP3 that was virtually…

Toyota Tundra to transport your bike

21 March, 2020
Toyota has unveiled the Toyota Tundra Ducati Transporter. The new 5.7 litre V8 Toyota with supercharger has 500hp of power. It’s based on the Tundra CrewMax and is the best way to transport your Ducati Desmosedici RR MotoGP bike. The…

Ducati "Kill Me Fast" by Von Hornsleth

21 March, 2020
When we took the first cursory glance at these photos, we went bug eyed and immediately thought that Valentino Rossi and Aldo Drudi had teamed up again and decided to go crazy with the palette, instead these Ducati’s 1098 and…

Ducati is Cool

21 March, 2020
Some of you have missed this piece of interesting news last October, but Ducati has been named again amongst the UKs top 20 coolest brands by influential CoolBrands opinion makers and a public survey.Ducati was included in such a prestigious…

Kawasaki ZX-10R Emerson Fittipaldi Limited Edition

21 March, 2020
Former F1 star Emerson Fittipaldi (who actually started by racing motorcycles) owns two Kawasaki dealerships in Brazil, and displayed this Kawasaki ZX-10R special edition at the Salão Duas Rodas in 2011.This limited edition Kawasaki Fittipaldi World Edition that sports an…

Troy Bayliss tries another V8 Car

21 March, 2020
After Casey Stoner’s withdrawl from the next three MotoGP races due to chronic fatigue, there’s been a lot of fan requests that Ducati try to persuade Troy Bayliss to come out of retirement and take his fellow countryman’s place. Many…

WSBK Nurburgring: Carlos Checa leads in the drying conditions

21 March, 2020
Today’s first free practice at Nurburgring for the World Superbike riders started on damp track and several riders didn’t hit the tarmac until the halfway mark when the German circuit started to dry out completely, and it was points leader…

Ducati Rome Team to debut in WSBK in 2012

21 March, 2020
World Superbike team Supersonic Racing announced last month that they would be withdrawing from the championship at the end of the season, however team owner Danilo Sonicini has managed to sell the team’s entire technical package to Andrea Petricca, who…

MotoGP riders preview Phillip Island GP

21 March, 2020
MotoGP is heading to the marvelous venue of Phillip Island this weekend where Casey Stoner could wrap up the 2011 championship on his home turf and also celebrate his 26th birthday all on the same day, if he wins the…

PBM loses Kawasaki factory contract

21 March, 2020
About a week ago the French media were reporting that Paul Bird has lost the bid to field factory backed Kawasaki’s next season in World Superbikes and that it had been assigned to WSS team Provec Motocard who was one…

Videos Nurburgring gyrocam Kawasaki ZX-10R

21 March, 2020
This video shows rider Tim Röthig take on the Nurburgring with a Kawasaki ZX-10R and a set of Battlax Racing R10 Bridgestone tyres. Along for the ride is a gyrocam, so we can really see what it means to ride…

Alvaro Bautista gets green light at Estoril

21 March, 2020
It was just the usual formality, because circuit medical commissions never turn anyone down especially MotoGP riders, and this includes Rizla Suzuki’s Alvaro Bautista who has been given the green light to ride at this weekend’s Estoril GP.Bautista was examined…

Best Wishes from Lucio Cecchinello

21 March, 2020
We’d like to post Lucio Cecchinello -LCR Honda’s team owner and manager - seasons greetings because it isn’t the usual Christmas card or video, but an interesting and different view point from a manager who runs a small team and…

Garelli XO' 50 scooter at EICMA

21 March, 2020
Garelli will be present at the 2009 EICMA motorcycle show next week, with its XO’ 50 scooter model. The 50cc model will be included in the XO’ range of 125 and 150 cc, but will be a more compact scooter…

Photo gallery: Valentino Rossi 100 images of MotoGP 2008

21 March, 2020
It’s not easy to attempt a tribute in such a momentous occasion as Valentino Rossi’s 8th MotoGP championship win. But we’re going to try with this extensive gallery of shots from the 2008 season, and we think Valentino for the…

WSBK: Sylvain Guintoli confirmed with Liberty Racing

21 March, 2020
Yesterday we posted that Sylvain Guintoli was in talks with Liberty Racing and now we can confirm that the French rider has officially signed with the new Czech team.Guintoli finished his rookie season with Alstare Suzuki, seventh overall in the…

Marco Melandri troubled with continuing shoulder pain

21 March, 2020
Marco Melandri has injured himself more times than we can count and runs a very close second to Dani Pedrosa for riding injured; even this year he highsided during Friday’s practice session at Assen, dislocating his shoulder and had to…

2011 EICMA Girls photo gallery: Part IV

21 March, 2020
Here’s the fourth instalment of our huge photo gallery dedicated to the pretty ladies attending the 2011 EICMA, once again courtesy of our mates from motoblog.it. This time we got another 85 pictures for you, and we actually did save…

Iannone and Marquez Fastest at Aragon on Day 1

21 March, 2020
On the first day of private testing at the Motorland Aragón circuit saw Fimmco Speed Up Moto2 rider Andrea Iannone continue his excellent form even on the new race track. Iannone who has been impressive in the last three Moto2…