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Jorge Lorenzo coming to grips with his new ride

2 April, 2020
Last October we told you that MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo was going to do a cameo role in the Spanish TV series Aguila Roja (Red Eagle), so here’s a video of Lorenzo coming to grips with this very different ride…

Valentino Rossi to race in the 2012 Monza rally

2 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi will be back on four wheels after taking part in the 5th round of the Blancpain Endurance race at Nurburgring last month (where he Alessio “Uccio” Salucci and Andrea Ceccato finished 19th overall and 9th in the Pro-Am…

Video: Mika Kallio ice racing

2 April, 2020
Most riders like to train with motocross bikes, but if you live in Finland where in the winter off season the ground is covered with ice and snow, you end up occasionally training on it, like Moto2 rider Mika Kallio.Kallio…

Valentino Rossi's Oldest Fan Celebrates Birthday on Yamaha R1

2 April, 2020
Hilda Wright may just be Valentino Rossi’s oldest living fan ever. This 102-year-old English lady (that’s right 102!) celebrated her birthday by sitting and revving the engine of Rossi’s Yamaha YZF-R1 which he used for a parade lap at the…

Motorcycle design Claudio Castiglioni

2 April, 2020
As Italy and the international motorcycle industry prepare to farewell Claudio Castiglioni, here is our small gallery tribute to a legendary motorcycle figure with a series of just some of the creations Castiglioni has been credited for over the years.…

Photo of the Day: Why we Prefer Motorcycle Racing to Football

2 April, 2020
With the World Cup stealing viewing audiences left and right, world superbike rider Luca Scassa decided to take the situation in hand and with a variation on “racing because football, baseball, bowling and golf only require one ball” exhibited this…

Why Ignite is sponsoring Pramac Ducati and Ben Spies

2 April, 2020
There are several different reasons why a company would want to sponsor or endorse a team or rider in MotoGP, that includes more brand recognition, enhancing their image, shape consumer attitudes and loyalty, heighten visibility and target specific markets.When it…

Carlos Checa on being Ducati's MotoGP test rider

2 April, 2020
In an interview with Spain’s Marca website reigning Superbike champion Carlos Checa talked about swimming with sharks, skiing and the Dakar rally and being Ducati’s test rider for their 2012 MotoGP project. Checa has already ridden the GP0 twice and…

Video: Rossi vs Rossi – Ten years later

2 April, 2020
While everyone is still discussing Valentino Rossi’s QatarGP post race interview (video after the jump) and wondering why Ducati hasn’t gone beyond a simple no comment to Sky Sport adding only that their rider’s comments were ’strange,’ the struggling former…

Valentino Rossi: Racing for Another 3 Years

2 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi has talked about his future in a long interview in this week’s Motosprint magazine that will leave his numerous fans happy, his haters unhappy and his many racing rivals wincing, because The Doctor has once again said that…

Stefan Bradl visits the University of Texas

1 April, 2020
Before the start of the Austin GP, Stefan Bradl and Livio Suppo (HRC Team Principal) met with 200 students at the University of Texas taking part in an Engineering Lecture which deeply impressed the US students fascinated by the Honda…

Valentino Rossi to help young Italian riders when he retires

1 April, 2020
You’ve probably already seen videos from Valentino Rossi’s Biscia ranch, where he occasionally invites young Italian riders from the Moto3 and CIV championships to train and have fun on his personal track.Apparently watching and riding with these teenagers has prompted…

Santa's Team vs Three Kings Racing (w/video)

1 April, 2020
Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi aren’t the only ones to have their own personal dirt tracks, former Moto2 GP and CEV Moto2 rider (3rd in the overall standings this year) Kenny Noyes also owns a track located near the Aragon…

MotoGP, Indianapolis: all the images from the paddock

1 April, 2020
The tricky tarmac of the Indianapolis circuit turned out to be quite problematic for several MotoGP riders, but that was not Dani Pedrosa’s case. The Spanish star of the Repsol Honda team showed excellent shape throughout the whole weekend and…

Haga's Special Training Regime

1 April, 2020
Most professional riders have a very tough and serious training regime that is varied and usually consists of running, road cycling, mountain biking, motocross riding, working out in the gym, but Noriyuki Haga candidly admits in this video that he…

'Thursday Afternoon Live' with Nicky Hayden

1 April, 2020
Don’t let Nicky Hayden’s Kentucky drawl fool you or how hard he works, because besides being very down to earth, he’s also very witty and the famous “N. HYPOCRITE” sticker back in 2008 proved it, and now he looks like…

Ducati & Rossi: How much are they worth together

1 April, 2020
Even if the announcement of Valentino Rossi going to Ducati was more than expected, the news surrounding his switch hasn’t exactly died down, especially here in Italy, with newspapers and TV calling it the “marriage of the decade”, an “Italian…

Apinestars video: Beyond the Riders with Ben Spies

1 April, 2020
Alpinestars has released another of their Beyond the Riders videos, and after the interviews with reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo, this time it’s with his Yamaha team mate Ben Spies.Who would have expected that the apparently calm and collected,…

Valentino Rossi's greatest passes: survey

1 April, 2020
In something a little different for TwoWheels Blog, today we discuss what the best passing move of Valentino Rossi’s has ever been. While it’s hard to pick, we’ve selected a few that you might remember, and have thrown in last…