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No penalty for Kenan Sofuoglu over Catalunya Moto2 crash

22 March, 2020

The Race Direction hearing that took place yesterday afternoon to discuss the accident between Kenan Sofuoglu and Julian Simon that left the Spaniard with a fractured tiba and fibula during last Sunday’s Moto2 race at Catalunya, has cleared the Turkish…

Carlos Checa at Aragon for WSBK Testing

22 March, 2020

Carlos Checa get a head start on his testing at the Motorland Aragon circuit yesterday. His Althea Racing team showed up a day earlier to allow their rider to get to know the track, that will be become one of…

MotoGP Qatar: Casey Stoner Continues to Dominate in FP2

22 March, 2020

Casey Stoner continued where he left of last night in today’s second free practice at Losail and taking once again the top spot on the time charts with a best lap of 1’55.501, which was only one-thousandth of a second…

Motorbikes and Beef?

22 March, 2020

The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) has announced that it will be opposing a plan by U.S trade officials that could double the cost of some European motorcycles imported into the United States.It would impose a 100 percent import duty on…

Official Pics: Valentino Rossi fitness test on the Ducati 1198 – UPDATED

22 March, 2020

We didn’t have to wait for some fan photos and videos to show up on the web showing Valentino Rossi in action for the first time on the Ducati 1198, because the Ducati website posted these pics.So far no word…

Karel Abraham in MotoGP with a 6th Ducati in 2011?

22 March, 2020

Czech rider Karel Abraham who currently races in Moto2 with the Cardion AB Motoracing team may be making the big jump to MotoGP next year with a brand new team and riding a Ducati.The all new team will be financed…

More rider quotes from Motegi GP race

22 March, 2020

This year’s MotoGP race at Motegi will be longed remembered in the minds of racing fans. The race was postponed due to the horrific earthquake and tsunami that hit the Japanese country and population in March. The riders and paddock…

BMW sends Superbike riders to boot camp

22 March, 2020

In a not so distant past, riders got fit their own way. In one hand, they held a bottle that didn’t have water or an energy drink in it, and in the other a cigarette and some good looking babes…

Irresponsible father lets his 9-year-old son drive his Ferrari F340

22 March, 2020

Is your child bored of playing video games? Does he need something more challenging than ‘Need for Speed’? Why not let him take a real Ferrari F340 for a spin? At the end of the day what’s the worst that…

MotoGP Test times at Valencia

22 March, 2020

It is dry and sunny at Valencia today, and the teams are out to begin the new 2012 season and the debut or may we say the welcome return of 1000cc machines. Besides the usual MotoGP riders (minus Jorge Lorenzo…

Bezzi's Ducati 989 R Desmofighter

22 March, 2020

Here’s a look at Oberdan Bezzi’s vision of the Ducati 989 R Desmofighter, or the Desmosedici RR after a strip tease, with 200 hp and weighing 160 kg.According to Bezzi, it makes the Streetfighter look like a toy. Remembering though,…

New Norton racing bikes back to Isle of Man TT

22 March, 2020

Norton will be back to motorcycle racing next year with a brand new Norton superbike fitted with a Wankel engine. The bike is set to be a rotary model with more than 210 hp which could see Norton enter the…

Silverstone GP: a race to forget for Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies

22 March, 2020

Today’s race day at Silverstone was a day to forget for the Yamaha factory riders. Both Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies crashed out within seconds of each other, and the Spaniard not only dropped precious points he also dropped the…

Randy de Puniet to test Suzuki GP bike in Japan

22 March, 2020

Randy de Puniet’s DNF during his home race at Le Mans left a bitter taste in the French rider’s mouth, but he’ll soon put that behind him as he officially confirmed with the MotoGP.com website that he’ll be testing Suzuki’s…

WSBK – Alstare Suzuki Tests in Down Under

22 March, 2020

While MotoGP was in sunny Spain for the three day official tests. On the other side of the world Alstare Suzuki was at Phillip Island for a private three day winter test. The factory WSBK team with Leon Haslam and…

Troy Bayliss denies comeback move

22 March, 2020

We knew what Troy Bayliss said to Motosprint was really just some wishful thinking by the former three-times World Superbike champion and that it couldn’t have been true and that it was mostly Italian hopeful hype.Infact Bayliss has denied through…

DRZ 400 SM Supermoto Jump in the Streets of San Francisco

22 March, 2020

You’re not going to leave only your heart in San Francisco if you continue to do this on a city street.

Harley Davidson Sportster Seventy-Two and Softail Slim

22 March, 2020

Harley Davidson expands its range for the year 2012 with the addition of two new motorcycles, which follow the recently unveiled Dyna Switchback: they are called Sportster Seventy-Two and Softail Slim. The Sportster seventy-Two somewhat retrieves the legacy of the…

Moto Morini Shuts Down Shop?

22 March, 2020

According to French website motorevue, Moto Morini has stopped production and facilities at Casalecchio di Reno have closed down.Unfortunately (or fortunately for us) today is a holiday here in Italy and many companies have taken a long holiday weekend and…

Three Renault SUVs over the next three years

22 March, 2020

Three new SUV’s from Renault are on the way. The first, available next June, will be the Koleos, the French-Korean SUV developed in conjunction with Samsung and presented recently.Renault design manager Patrick Le Quement, stated on Autocar that the company…