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WSBK Magny-Cours: Regis Laconi Back on Track

6 April, 2020
Five months after his dramatic crash during the first free practice at the Kyalami, South Africa round, WSBK rider Regis Laconi, yesterday rode three honour laps around the Magny-Cours circuit to a big round of applause.The French rider riding his…

Fausto Gresini vs Marco Melandri

6 April, 2020
Fausto Gresini, Team San Carlo Honda Gresini Racing team manager and owner is usually a very patient man and has been almost a father figure to Marco Melandri.Gresini hired Melandri when the Italian rider was released by Poncharal’s Yamaha Tech3…

Brendan Roberts moving to SBK in 2009?

6 April, 2020
Next update for riders changing in World Superbike is here. Not only Superbike riders are looking for opportunities but also Superstock riders are looking for their future. Today, we bring news from Brendan Roberts, Superstock 1000 rider in the Ducati…

Carlos Checa says WSBK rules and politics handicap Ducati

6 April, 2020
In 2011 Carlos Checa won the World Superbike championship with an extraordinary fifteen wins and six podium finishes, however the 2012 season went backwards for the Althea rider who struggled with an extra six kilos on his 1098R.Checa and other…

Marco Melandri supermoto riding at Castelletto

6 April, 2020
Marco Melandri usually likes to train with motocross bikes and is a big friend of 4-time Motocross champion Tony Cairoli, but this time the Superbike rider decided to put in a little supermoto training at the Castelletto di Branduzzo circuit,…

Teething problems for the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R

5 April, 2020
“Let the good times roll” Kawasaki’s motto apparently won’t apply, at least for the moment to their 2011 ZX-10R Superbike as the Japanese manufacturer has put the model on ‘technical hold’ (in my books that’s a recall, no matter how…

Moto2 rider Michele Pirro also becomes a cop

5 April, 2020
Moriwaki Gresini Racing Moto2 rider Michele Pirro has joined the Italian police force, under the Fiamme Oro (golden flames) sporting group. The group now counts two GP riders, as Pirro follows the footsteps of Moto2 rider Simone Corsi who joined…

Randy de Puniet talks about the 1st day of testing (w/video)

5 April, 2020
Or Randy de Puniet has suddenly become web savvy or maybe after five years in MotoGP and his horrible accident at this year’s Sachsenring GP, with the impressive comeback from his broken leg that grabbed alot of attention, has finally…

Valentino Rossi talks about shoulder, Ducati and rivals

5 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi finally was able to speak during this morning’s Ducati press conference, to a packed house at the Palacongressi auditorium at Madonna del Campiglio, the attention was focused around Rossi’s shoulder injury, that hindered his 2010 season and the…

Valentino Rossi & Friends at the Biscia

5 April, 2020
We’ve already mentioned that Valentino Rossi is having his own motocross track and flat track oval, dubbed the Biscia Ranch (snake), built near Tavullia, while the place isn’t completely finished, he’s already having friends over to test the track out…

Casey Stoner: Australia's 4th highest paid sports earner

5 April, 2020
At the beginning of this year we published Australia’s Business Reviews Weekly’s Top 10 Sports Earners of 2009 where Casey Stoner was ranked 8th saying that the Australian racer would probably be getting a pay hike, and we guessed it…

Valentino Rossi to move to the A1GP Championship?

5 April, 2020
Team Italia is still talking with Valentino Rossi to come over to car racing and join the A1GP Championship, as confirmed by Team Italia boss Piercarlo Ghinzani, according to the British magazine “Autoblad”. Rossi has tried race car driving a…

Video: Marco Melandri's first taste of the Yamaha R1

5 April, 2020
Marco Melandri and Eugene Laverty are currently testing at Phillip Island and we can now give you a video courtesy of Italy’s Superbike.TV, who followed the former MotoGP rider to Valencia earlier this month and filmed his first outing on…

Jorge Lorenzo vs Lewis Hamilton in fitness test

5 April, 2020
From ‘When Playboys ruled the World’ (video here) where fitness in the ’70s for certain motorsport stars - Barry Sheene and James Hunt - was based on’riding and driving and shagging’ to today’s stars where fitness, both physical and mental,…

Valentino Rossi Packard Bell Laptop – First Pics

5 April, 2020
Packard Bell will continue to be one of Yamaha’s sponsor in 2010 and here are the first pics of their Valentino Rossi notebooks and netbooks designed by graphic designer Aldo Drudi of Drudi Performance, who designs all of Rossi’s helmets.…

Ducati Superbike 2012: interview with Troy Bayliss

5 April, 2020
When Ducati officially pulled out their factory team from World Superbikes there were a lot of moans and groans from Ducatisti, with the doubting Thomases not believing Ducati CEO Gabriele Del Torchio’s who said, “We knew that we were going…

The Making of Valentino Rossi's 'Donkey' Helmet

5 April, 2020
When you mess up a race like Valentino Rossi did at Indianapolis, what do you do? Find plausible excuses and then go on to the next race or call yourself a stupid ass and make fun of yourself? After the…

Casey Stoner talks about his future

5 April, 2020
In a video interview with Sportmediaset.com, the 2011 MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner talked about his future in racing and naturally about Valentino Rossi, that we’ve translated for you.Having a child on the way will change your attitude towards racing…

Marc Marquez penalized after incident with Ratthapark Wilairot

5 April, 2020
Marc Marquez’s title chances took a big step backwards after this morning’s Moto2 FP1 session at Phillip Island, when the Spaniard collided at high speed with Thai rider Ratthapark Wilairot (we did have the video, but you guys know Dorna).The…

Million dollar Cosmic Starship Harley by Jack Armstrong

5 April, 2020
Bartels Harley Davidson (Harley Davidson dealer to the stars) in Marina Del Rey, California, finally unveiled Jack Armstrong’s, $1,000,000 “Cosmic Starship Harley Davidson” paint job. For those of you unfamiliar with this artist’s work, his unique painting style is called…