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Tor Sagen at Silverstone (w/video)

7 April, 2020
The editor of Raptors&Rockets, Tor Sagen appears in this video testing the 2010 Dunlop SportMax range onboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R at Silverstone.We happen to like this video because Sagen also gives us, from an onboard perspective, a good look at…

Valentino Rossi to become a dad?

7 April, 2020
Take it with a grain a salt, because so far this piece of gossip is just gossip, and is running across Italian web sites like wildfire, even if it hasn’t been officially confirmed by the parties involved, but it seems…

Interview with Troy Bayliss, the new World Champion SBK

7 April, 2020
Ducati Xerox rider Troy Bayliss is the new World Champion SBK 2008. A few minutes after the last race, we received this interview from Ducati Corse:-A third World Title and in your final year of superbike racing, a dream result?Yes,…

Marco Melandri: 'Rossi's crisis has given me credibility'

7 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi’s failure to perform in two seasons with Ducati has left former MotoGP rider Marco Melandri feeling somewhat vindicated because when he failed at Ducati no one gave him a free pass like fans have been doing with Rossi,…

Freddy Foray turns tester for Shark helmets (w/video)

7 April, 2020
You’ve got to love French rider Freddy Foray. His light-hearted and humorous videos of his escapades as a motorcycle racer are pure gold, like the brief series he did when he was trying to adapt to being the only French…

Ben Spies talks Ducati and MotoGP with Bloomberg

7 April, 2020
Ignite Pramac Ducati’s new rider Ben Spies is already making the PR rounds for Ducati - and also MotoGP - as he was interviewed by Matt Miller on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Rewind.”Spies talked about how he is looking forward to…

Valentino Rossi to race Ferrari at Nurburgring

7 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi will be switching to four wheels again and will take part in the fifth round of Blancpain Endurance Series next weekend at Nurburgring. The Italian made his debut in the series at Monza last April driving a Ferrari…

Cal Crutchlow's new Spidi glove ready for Qatar GP

7 April, 2020
Cal Crutchlow lost the tip of left little finger during the final evening of pre-season testing after his hand got trapped under the handlebars of his M1.The English rider is fortunately able to joke about on Twitter “Going to dinner…

Valentino Rossi and Bridgestone's new Battlax T30 (w/video)

7 April, 2020
Just the other day Bridgestone confirmed that Valentino Rossi would continue as their tire development advisor and the Japanese manufacturer has already putting the Italian back to work on promoting their new sport-touring tire, the Battlax T30. Filmed at Bridgestone’s…

Mick Doohan's hot laps at Phillip Island (w/video)

7 April, 2020
One of the promotional events in this year’s AirAsia Australian GP will be GP legend Mick Doohan riding a Repsol Honda RC213V MotoGP machine for some demonstration laps around the famous circuit.To promote the upcoming race and organized by Honda…

Valentino Rossi on Ducati Seattle Ad

6 April, 2020
While Italian Ducatisti don’t want Valentino Rossi, blaming him for Borgo Panigale’s factory team pull out from WSBK’s, across the ocean, judging by this Ducati Seattle store ad it looks like they can’t wait for the Italian to jump on…

Dani Pedrosa heading to Malaysia – UPDATED

6 April, 2020
Last Friday during free practice at Motegi Dani Pedrosa crashed and fractured his left collarbone, flew back to Spain and underwent surgery on Saturday to plate his damaged collarbone. On Monday left the hospital and yesterday underwent a check-up where…

Valentino Rossi: "If I could I'd buy Ducati"

6 April, 2020
The Gazzetta dello Sport’s weekly magazine, unoriginally named SportWeek, that comes out tomorrow and has Valentino Rossi on the cover (he debated on Twitter if he should cut his mustache before being photographed - personally I think he looks like…

Casey Stoner sets the record straight

6 April, 2020
Casey Stoner is the most successful rider of the 800cc MotoGP era, he was won two titles, the first and last one and has more victories than Valentino Rossi who also took two championship titles during this period.It’s commonly known…

Leon Haslam, body painting and Silverstone

6 April, 2020
Ahead of this weekend’s World Superbike round at Silverstone, BMW rider Leon Haslam underwent this gruelling (you try to stand still and on your feet for three long hours) body painting session to promote his home race (dad Ron also…

Casey Stoner visits the Sandown 500 – Updated

6 April, 2020
The last news that we heard from Casey Stoner was from his Repsol Honda blog where he updated fans on his post-surgery conditions. The reigning World Champions was to undergo a further check-up on Thursday September 13th, but no further…

Fausto Gresini Q&A interview

6 April, 2020
Fausto Gresini was a former two-time 125cc World Champion (1985-1987) before retiring in 1994 and becoming a team owner and manager and his sucessful satellite teams have been the most sought out in GP racing.Gresini has been a mentor to…

Alpinestars interviews Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso

6 April, 2020
Alpinestars’ Beyond The Riders: Dovizioso-Stoner-Pedrosa from Alpinestars USA on Vimeo.After Jorge Lorenzo’s in-depth interview, Alpinestars has gotten three of the more reluctant and shyest MotoGP riders to talk about themselves, which certainly was no mean feat.Andrea Dovizioso, Dani Pedrosa, and…

This could explain why Fabio was in the Yamaha video

6 April, 2020
And we thought that Fabio was just another pretty face. Check out what this Italian stud keeps in his garages; he’s been keeping the motorcycle industry in the black all by himself over these past years, and now we can…

Valentino Rossi to race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans?

6 April, 2020
That 9 times motorcyle World Champion Valentino Rossi has the car racing bug is a well known fact and the Italian rider after taking part in the 6 Ore di Vallelunga endurance race, may also take part in one the…

Aleix Esapargaro mid-season interview

6 April, 2020
Aleix Espargaro was the top CRT rider in 2012, and this season the Aspar rider has become even more competitive from the Mugello GP (where he supposedly received a new engine spec) onwards, and he is regularly qualifying with the…