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Manuel Poggiali: "I understand Casey Stoner"

19 March, 2020
Casey Stoner’s retirement announcement just one week ago brought out reactions from his rivals and former riders, but who could understand better Stoner’s ‘my passion has ebbed’ and has ‘basically lost my passion’ than two-time World Champion (125cc and 250cc)…

Ben Spies and the 2012 Yamaha YZF-R1 (w/video)

18 March, 2020
Yamaha recently updated their Superbike, the YZF- R1 while on the inside the engine is the same 998cc inline four with the crossplane crankshaft that first debuted on the 2009 model, but now they’ve added a traction control system (seven…

Tony Cairoli 2011 MX1 victory

18 March, 2020
While the guys at Misano and the Nurburgring cruised the track (with the latter getting damp in the process) Tony Cairoli was really kicking up the dirt this weekend as he won his fifth motocross championship victory on board his…

Fastweb thanks Valentino with a full page ad

18 March, 2020
We’ve already shown you a couple of Fastweb commercials starring Valentino Rossi. Now Rossi is officially tied to Ducati and their official sponsors Telecom/TIM (he’s previously worked with them), so Fastweb is losing their testimonial and they took out this…

Ducati – Filippo Preziosi: “Who wouldn’t want Rossi?”

18 March, 2020
After Valentino Rossi’s interview with BBC2 about going to Ducati and subsequently saying that his words were wrongly interpreted, now Ducati has come out with their own statements. Filippo Preziosi, Ducati’s General Director and genius behind the Desmosedici, which we…

Casey Stoner reveals that he still has wrist problems

18 March, 2020
We knew that Casey Stoner had been dogged by arm pump problems at the Silverstone and AssenGP’s and that he had undergone acupuncture to help him through the pain and that his team had change the handlebar position and brake…

Jorge Lorenzo: missing Valentino?

18 March, 2020
Who knows what might be going through the mind of Jorge Lorenzo this evening? He has qualified in pole position for tomorrow’s final race at the 2010 Silverstone MotoGP; a race whose result could significantly contribute to Lorenzo’s championship hopes.…

Carlo Checa invites Valentino Rossi to race at Imola

18 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi is getting his and Ducati’s ass kicked left and right in MotoGP, while Carlos Checa in a private team but with factory backing is wiping up the World Superbike championship this season.Checa who helped celebrate Ducati’s 300th Superbike…

Losail Circuit as Seen by Casey Stoner

18 March, 2020
While Casey Stoner admits that the Losail circuit isn’t his favourite circuit, he’s know as the King of Qatar having dominated and won the opening race in the last three seasons.“We have always enjoyed great results in Qatar although the…

Jorge Lorenzo's Yamaha M1: development for 2011

18 March, 2020
Current 2010 MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo has apparently asked for improvement to the Yamaha M1 engine, or things will be very difficult for the team next year. According to Valentino Rossi’s crew chief, Jeremy Burgess, departing with Rossi for Ducati,…

Ducati 2009: models and vision

18 March, 2020
“Ducati likes to win every Championship”, said Micha de Vries, Ducati North Europe’s Chief Operating Officer at the EICMA in Milan to Twowheelsblog.Micha De Vries told about the new vision, the new logo and the new models. He said: “Our…

Marco Melandri fesses up on Rossi-Honda rumor

15 March, 2020
When we posted the rumor that Valentino Rossi was looking to leave Ducati and hook up with Honda for the 2012 season last Thursday, which was based on a statement from Marco Melandri on Italian website The Racing Tribune.it it…

Valentino Rossi admits he's afraid of going to Motegi

15 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi came clean on his opinion on racing at Motegi, however without confirming whether he and his Ducati team will be going to Japan in October.The Italian who after the Safety Commission meeting on Friday afternoon where only ten…

Valentino Rossi, Colin Edwards and friends at the Biscia

15 March, 2020
Ahead of this weekend’s Grand Prix weekend at Misano, Valentino Rossi had some friends over for a little dirt track fun at his La Biscia ranch near his home town of Tavullia, and published these pictures on his Twitter account…

Troy Bayliss Wants to Make a Superbike Comeback

15 March, 2020
WSBK racing fans are going to jump with joy when they find out that three time World Superbike Champion Troy Bayliss, less than a year into his retirement wants to return to racing.The 40 year old Australian talking to Motosprint,…

Chris Pfeiffer stunting in Buenos Aires

15 March, 2020
By the looks of this video Chris Pfeiffer has gotten over his broken ribs that he picked up after crashing at the Intermot show, because the four times freestyle World Champion hit the busy streets of Buenos Aires with his…

MotoGP: Marco Simoncelli Heads to Japan

15 March, 2020
While Grand Prix racing teams and riders were unpacking their suitcases after the official announcement that the MotoGP round at Motegi was postponed, Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini’s rookie rider was lucky enough to get on a plane in…

Confirmed! Valentino Rossi will Try to Ride at Sachsenring

15 March, 2020
Well it looks like that the Italian websites were right on target. Valentino Rossi has confirmed that he plans to return to action at the upcoming Sachsenring GP.The 9 times World Champion who broke his right tibia and fibula six…

Casey Stoner: I had to disconnect from racing

15 March, 2020
Casey Stoner’s decision not to contest three races left fans not only wondering when he would be back and as speculation ran wild like bush fire, if he would be pulling out of racing altogether, but everyone close to the…

Nicky Hayden Shows Us the Ducati GP10

15 March, 2020
You’ve just got to love the innocence of Nicky Hayden, most manufacturers try to keep, be it new models of cars or motorcycles, under tight wraps until the official unveiling where they can get oohs and ahhs of the press…

Prince Harry on Ducati D16 with Randy Mamola

15 March, 2020
Prince Harry showed up at Donington to take in the British Gran Prix races. Usually royalty likes to lay low and avoid the paps like the plague, but in this case young Harry got photographed while riding pillion behind Randy…