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Nicky Hayden undergoes carpal tunnel surgery

23 April, 2020
MotoGP test ban time is when all the riders fix themselves up with major or minor surgery that they’ve put off during the racing season and now it’s Nicky Hayden’s turn.Yesterday, the Ducati rider underwent carpal tunnel surgery on his…

Thank-you Casey from Ducati

23 April, 2020
While Ducati will be getting Valentino Rossi next year and making an Italian marketing dream come true, the manufacturer hasn’t forgetten what Casey Stoner has done for the marque in MotoGP racing in these last three years and before his…

Jorge Lorenzo finishes 24th in car endurance race

23 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo took off his motorcycle leathers this weekend and donned his driver’s ones to take part in the Copa de España de Resistencia, a car endurance race with a Fiat 500 Abarth Assetto Corse at the Catalunya race track.The…

Valentino Rossi Gets to Test the Ferrari Again

23 April, 2020
When Valentino Rossi won his ninth Championship title at Sepang he sent a text message to Ferrari’s Stefano Domenicali asking him if he could drive the F1 car again. Domenicali didn’t answer right away, as he had to check with…

Nicky Hayden and Ducati Corse special project

23 April, 2020
We knew that Nicky Hayden was at Ducati’s headquarters 10 days ago (at the same time that Rossi’s pit crew was learning all about the GP11) because he twitted, “Just left the factory in bologna watched the fellas build me…

Freddy Foray tries to blend in with the Brits (w/video)

23 April, 2020
Being the only French rider in the British Superbike Championship can’t be easy, so this time Quattro Plant Kawasaki rider Freddy Foray, in another great video documenting his adventurous life in the British series, tries to blend in with the…

William Shatner to Donate his Harley for Charity

23 April, 2020
William Shatner, best known for his portrayal of Star Trek’s Capt. James T. Kirk, is donating his 2005 Harley Davidson FXDC Dyna Super Glide to be auctioned off to raise funds for the Roddenberry Foundation who supports education, children and…

Moto2 – Lucas Pesek with Team Matteoni

23 April, 2020
The Moto2 grid is finally starting to fill up, another rider has find a home in Moto2 next season, and this time its Lucas Pesek who’ll be racing with Team Matteoni.The Czech rider rode for Auto Kelly-CP team on an…

Video: Robbie Williams rides Husqvarna in Bodies music clip

23 April, 2020
Robbie Williams rides a Husqvarna in this video clip of his single “Bodies”. It’s an older-style Husqvarna similar to Steve McQueen’s but apparently the latter’s wasn’t available for filming. Robbie lives out the dream of many offroaders in a desert…

Althea Ceramics involved in commercial and social security frauds

23 April, 2020
Just last week Carlos Checa and Davide Giugliano took home the 2011 World Superbike and World Superstock championships racing under Genesio Bevilacqua’s Althea Racing banner and now Ceramica Althea who sponsors the two teams, has been accused of commercial and…

Steve McQueen cologne

23 April, 2020
Do you dream of being Steve McQueen? If so, you’ll need this McQueen memorabilia product to get where you what to be - or at least to smell like what the man himself probably didn’t smell like at all. Introducing…

Pierfrancesco Chili criticizes Biaggi and Rossi

23 April, 2020
Back in 2007 and 2008, Pierfrancesco Chili was LA7’s network World Superbike technical commentator, but the following year he was dropped from the sports programme, without any explanations of sorts and replaced with the excellent Mauro Sanchini, a former WSBK…

Randy de Puniet bets on Marc Marquez winning season opener

23 April, 2020
MotoGP rider Randy de Puniet and everyone’s favourite model/brolly girl Lauren Vickers were married on Sunday in Australia (congratulations the newlyweds!), however during the FIM Gala earlier this month at Monte Carlo the French rider gave a long and very…

Jorge Lorenzo new face for Sector watches

23 April, 2020
Nicky Hayden is one of the faces for Tissot watches, while reigning World Champion and 2013 Qatar GP winner Jorge Lorenzo will be fronting this year’s ad campaigns for Sector No Limits watches. This is one of the first commercials…

Jorge Lorenzo on Riders: Rossi copies my settings

23 April, 2020
In this month’s issue of Riders Italian Magazine, the cover story reads “Jorge Lorenzo, Programmed to Win” which has an exclusive interview and some very interesting photos with Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo.Here’s a preview excerpt from the interview and…

Valentino Rossi and Bridgestone's Battlax BT-023 (w/video)

22 April, 2020
Last March Bridgestone announced that they had made Valentino Rossi their consultant to promote “passion for motorcycling for users and enthusiasts all over Europe” and the Japanese tire manufacturer has released this video starring their “ambassador” promoting the Battlax BT-023.The…

Marco Melandri motocrossing with a Husqvarna TC250

22 April, 2020
Despite the recent off season injuries of MotoGP riders Nicky Hayden and Andrea Dovizioso, motocross and supermoto riding is still a basic part of training for professional motorcycle racers and this includes Superbike rider Marco Melandri who has also taken…

Another Desmosedici RR in the US: this time for Jay Leno

22 April, 2020
Ducati in America has always been somewhat of a legend, although recently it’s passed from legend status to some serious sales for Ducati North America. We can add this Desmosedici RR for Jay Leno to the list. The historic tv…

Niccolo Canepa hurt after heavy highsider

22 April, 2020
Niccolo Canepa must take about 2 weeks rest after his highsider during the SBK test in Mugello. Niccolo broke his clavicle during the nasty highsider and was not able to do anything against the heavy fall.He also broke his thumb…

Dani Pedrosa and Alejandro Maclean Video

22 April, 2020
Yesterday your read and saw the pics of the Dani Pedrosa and Alejandro Maclean ground and air duel, now Red Bull Air Race has released the video of the event.