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Moto Morini bankrupt: in voluntary liquidation

14 March, 2020
Moto Morini has gone into voluntary liquidation in what is surprising and unwelcome news for the Italian motorcycle industry. According to reports, Moto Morini is in a state of serious crisis, although facilities at Casalecchio di Reno are remaining open…

Moto Morini bargains before September closure UPDATED

14 March, 2020
Italy’s Moto Morini motorcycle company has agreed to stay open until the end of September in a last-ditch attempt to finalise any expressions of interest in its purchase before it finally closes its doors. The move also gives the company…

Valentino Rossi without Jeremy Burgess at Mugello GP

14 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi will have to face this weekend’s Mugello GP be without his legendary crew chief Jeremy Burgess, as the Australian has flown home to be with his wife Claudine who has been diagnosed with a serious illness, and is…

Rizla Commercial

14 March, 2020
Lets hope that Rizla will still be the title sponsor for Suzuki in MotoGP because I know a lot of guys that are really going to miss seeing Rizla’s brolly dollys with their dangling handcuffs standing on the grid.

Tom Sykes dominates QP1 at Donington

14 March, 2020
After this morning’s washout practice, the weather at Donington Park for this afternoon’s first qualifying practice saw gusty winds and the occasion intermittent rain and despite the tricky conditions lap times did drop on very cold and damp track.Taking the…

Eicma 2008: Nipponia models

14 March, 2020
Nipponia is an emerging company working to offer customers exclusive products with advanced technology and sought-after design. Three charismatic models are available for 2009, presented at the Eicma: the Vorrei, Ezio and Arte. The models were developed by designer Sotiris…

More from MotoGP Valencia test

14 March, 2020
MotoGP testing at Valencia is proceeding and so far we have only photos of Valentino Rossi on the Ducati, but we expect to receive other pics later in the day.Here are the test times at 15:38 pm and before anyone…

Team Texas does Some Male Bonding (w/video)

14 March, 2020
How can’t you love Yamaha Motor USA when they keep coming up with these fantastic and funny videos. Kudos to their marketing department and keep them coming.Check out their latest, starring Team Texas, where an enthusiastic Colin Edwards and a…

Husqvarna TC250 gem

14 March, 2020
This is the lightest single-cylinder engine bike and it’s called TC250.The Husqvarna TC 250 is built with an engine produced in the Husqvarna factory close to the Italian Varese Lake. The four-stroke 250cc engine, weighs only 22 kg and is…

WSBK – Fabrizio dominates Friday at Monza

14 March, 2020
It was Ducati’s Xerox rider Michel Fabrizio who dominated the first day of FP1 and QP1 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza for the fith round of WSBK championship.Rider Quotes:Michel Fabrizio - Ducati Xerox 1st 1:45:447“Fastest in both the free…

Rok Bagoros at the Kuala Lumpur MotoXpo (video)

14 March, 2020
Young Slovenian stuntman Rok Bagoros, testimonial and ambassador for KTM, has given yet another startling demonstration of its skills at the recent MotoXpo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Its outstanding performance has been documented in an official video and a few…

Your photos: Valentine's Day trip below zero

14 March, 2020
If you boyfriend offered to take you for a spin on his motorcycle for Valentine’s Day, at nearly 1000 metres of altitude in below zero temperatures, would you go? This is the question posed by our photo of the day,…

Triumph Thruxton 900 'Mighty Blue' by Maria Motorcycles

14 March, 2020
Today’s special bike comes from Lisbon, Portugal, where local customizar Maria Motorcycles has transformed a 2010 Triumph Thruxton 900 into the awesome machine you can admire in these pictures, which has been re-dubbed ‘Mighty Blue‘. What they wanted to do…

1982 GP – Buenos Aires

14 March, 2020
Kenny Roberts, Barry Sheene and Freddy Spencer. The Legends of Motorcycle Racing. What more can you ask for?

WSBK Portimao, all the pics from the paddock

14 March, 2020
The latest Portugese GP in Portimao turned out to be a pretty eventful weekend for the World Superbike Championship. On the track we saw Tom Sykes taking a well-deserved win in Race-1 after its Kawasaki got fine tuned before the…

Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi hope for better luck at Mugello

14 March, 2020
Yamaha’s factory team is preparing for the fifth round of the season at Mugello, especially after their highly disappointing Le Mans round.Both Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi will have to deliver top notch performances at the Italian circuit if they…

Mamma Rosella comforts fans

14 March, 2020
Marco Simoncelli’s death has hit hard the small town of Coriano located near the Adriatic coast where the late Italian rider grew up and still lived with his entire family. Simoncelli was autotopsied this morning at the Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan…

Graziano Rossi bins the Ouroboros Zaeta

14 March, 2020
Graziano Rossi was showing off the new Ouroboros Zaeta for the guys over at MCN who wanted to interview ‘Grazia’ about this new dirt track bike that will probably have it’s racing debut at the European Short Track Championship next…

More from FB Corse Team Launch

14 March, 2020
Today’s FB Corse official team presentation in Milan has clarified some questions surrounding this Italian team. FB Corse’s three cylinder bike designed and built by Oral Engineering will have a racing budget of 5 million euros that will have to…

Chris Bangle back to Fiat?

14 March, 2020
Could Chris Bangle make a return to Fiat? The Italians are reporting that the American designer, famous for some of the more controversial BMW auto design, has opened a studio in Piedmont in Italy’s north and could be considering working…