Personalities

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…

Marco Simoncelli museum and memorial to be inaugurated

5 April, 2020

The city of Coriano has decided to dedicate December 8th to the memory of Marco Simoncelli. Next Saturday will also be an important date as they will inaugurate and open to the public, inside the Palazzo della Cultura, the museum…

Barry Sheene Legacy Trailer

5 April, 2020

A Grand Prix champion, charasmatic, with a wild and flamboyant personality and one of racing’s greatest legends, and we’re not talking about the modern day Valentino Rossi, but about Barry Sheene. The English rider did everything first, not only was…

Send A Get Well Message to Valentino Rossi

5 April, 2020

Yamaha Racing has decided to open a support Valentino Rossi on their Facebook page where fans can send their get well messages to the 9 times World Champion, that Yamaha will pass on to Rossi during his long convalescence: “Like…

Casey Stoner getting closer to Supercar decision

4 April, 2020

Even before Casey Stoner officially retired from MotoGP racing at the end of the 2012 season, his name was linked to race for Triple Eight Racing in in the Dunlop series in 2013. Both parties denied the allegations that they…

Valentino Rossi to open La Biscia MX track in Tavullia

4 April, 2020

These are the first photos of the Biscia (which means snake in Italian) ranch near Tavullia, where Valentino Rossi is having built his own private 1800 meter motorcross track with adjacent parking lot.The Italian rider based his idea after seeing…

Valentino Rossi laughs off retirement story on radio show

4 April, 2020

You’re Italy’s most famous motorcycle racer (after Giacomo Agostini) and you wake up around noon and before you drink your first coffee of the day, you turn on your phone only to find out that the entire world is spinning…

Alessio Salucci: Out of the Shadow, Into the limelight

4 April, 2020

I bet most of you are thinking who the hell is Alessio Salucci? You’ve seen him hundreds of times at the parc ferme with a yellow towel and cap in his hands, he’s better know by his nickname “Uccio.”Salucci has…

Casey Stoner given MotoGP legendary status

4 April, 2020

Casey Stoner started racing in GP when he was fifteen and now 12 years later the two-time World champion will be retiring the age of 27, with 45 victories, 89 podium finishes and 43 pole-positions, and to honour the Australian,…

Nicky Hayden Talks Ducati and 2010

4 April, 2020

Before heading to the MotoGP Qatar tests that took place week last week, Nicky Hayden was in Daytona taking in Bike Week and watch his brother Tommy finish 2-2 in the season opener. The excellent guys from OTT (On The…

Two time World Superbike champion Troy Corser retires from racing

4 April, 2020

Troy Corser has announced his retirement from racing. The two time World Superbike champion (1996 and 2005) will be hanging up his lid and leathers at the end of today’s Superbike final round of the season at Portimao.Corser 40, has…

Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso visit Red Bull F1 HQ

4 April, 2020

After their four wheel karting experiences, Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso decided to try something a little more different when they visited the Red Bull Racing facilities in Milton Keynes and got the chance to test the F1 Simulator ahead…

Casey Stoner says good-bye

4 April, 2020

Casey Stoner turned up at the Valencia circuit during today’s test - wet and with not very interesting lap times with only 14 riders of 21 turning a wheel - to say goodbye to the paddock that was part of…

Kel Carruthers visits Benelli headquarters

4 April, 2020

A little piece that will please those die-hard Benelli fans - Kel Carruthers recently visited Benelli headquarters, after a visit to Italy’s Asimotoshow on May 17, and completed a factory visit, granting photos and autographs to the factory workers. Carruthers…

Moto2: Giacomo Agostini Racing Team?

4 April, 2020

The well informed Italian website Motosprint is reporting that motorcycle racing legend Giacomo Agostini is thinking of entering a team in the new Moto2 series.The project if it goes through would see the involvement of number of high profile people…

Marc Marquez meets Freddie Spencer

4 April, 2020

In a special Alpinestars event that was held at the Maxxess Megastore in Bordeaux, France last weekend, MotoGP rookie and the latest racing superstar Marc Marquez got to meet racing legend and three-time World Champion Freddie Spencer. The encounter was…

Yamaha Confirms Valentino Rossi's test at Misano

4 April, 2020

It wasn’t all media gossip that Valentino Rossi would try to ride a streetbike at Misano to check out his physical conditions since his accident during free practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, because Yamaha Racing has released…

Loris Capirossi talks about his problems and Ducati

4 April, 2020

That scrappy Loris Capirossi isn’t pleased with his results so far this season is a big understatement and he’s even getting beat by a rookie like Karel Abraham on the same satellite Ducati who has less a racing pedigree than…

Lorenzo and Checa at Nolan 2011 launch

4 April, 2020

The 2011 Nolan helmet range has been presented with brand ambassadors Jorge Lorenzo, Carlos Checa and Marco Melandri all on board to enjoy the 2011 range launch. The new year sees some innovative and exciting helmet development from Nolan, including…

Valentino Rossi's Monza Rally Car livery

4 April, 2020

We’ve already mentioned that this upcoming weekend’s Monza Rally Show will be dedicated to late Marco Simoncelli and friend Valentino Rossi will also be taking part as he usually does every year (last year he missed it, as he was…

Valentino Rossi explains Bridgestone's Battlax S20 w/video)

4 April, 2020

After Valentino Rossi’s first video as Bridgestone’s ‘ambassador,’ promoting the Japanese manufacturer’s Battlax BT-023 here’s the second giving the low down on the Battlax S20 tires.The Doctor becomes The Professor (he does have a degree honoris causa in communications from…

Valentino Rossi hints again at WSBK switch

4 April, 2020

Valentino Rossi is a fan of World Superbike racing and in many interviews talks about how much he enjoys watching WSBK racing (he’s always present at the Misano round), how much more exciting it is compared to MotoGP, and the…

Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez talk Repsol Honda history

4 April, 2020

Before flying to the US for next week’s private MotoGP test in Austin, Repsol has released another video with Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez in a double interview talking about the history of Repsol Honda, from 1995 in the Spanish…

Jeremy Burgess: Ducati's new crewchief

4 April, 2020

Jeremy Burgess in an exlusive interview with Enrico Borghi (who also co-authored Valentino Rossi autobiography “What if I had never tried it”) of Italy’s Motosprint magazine comes across as usual; pragmatic, calm and almost seraphic in the way he talks…

Loris Capirossi continues to have shoulder problems

4 April, 2020

The Pramac Ducati team has been particularly unfortunate in these last two MotoGP rounds, Randy de Puniet crashed out both in Qatar and Jerez, while Loris Capirossi was clipped by his own team mate in the season opener, and had…