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More tax hikes on gas in Italy

22 March, 2020
We’ve already talked about gas prices in Italy and the two euros mark for a litre for unleaded gas has already been toppled in several regions, now the Monti government is going to for another additional five cent tax hike.This…

John Hopkins to get a MotoGP wildcard ride?

22 March, 2020
Back in 2009 when John Hopkins was still in World Superbikes with Stiggy Racing Honda, the Anglo-American said, “I wouldn’t go back to MotoGP unless I could get on the most competitive machinery that I could. That’s the only way…

Pol Espargaro takes over day 2 at Valencia

22 March, 2020
On the second day of Moto2 testing at Valencia, lap times began to drop and the become tighter, with four riders making it under the 1.36 barrier and eleven within a second from the top rider.Taking over from Nicol Terol,…

Valentino Rossi's Yamaha M1 Sepang livery revealed on Twitter

22 March, 2020
The first official 2013 MotoGP pre-season test will start on Tuesday at Sepang, but Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha M1 livery for upcoming test has already made an appearance on Twitter, just to bring up the hype.The 2013 M1 is so sophisticated…

Royal Enfield Continental GT lives on

22 March, 2020
The news went a little unnoticed, but the recent 2012 India Auto Expo saw the unveiling of a quite interesting new motorcycle, the Continental GT, by historic brand Royal Enfield. Basically it is the first new motorcycle to come out…

Pierobon X60R: the sound of the Termignoni caught in a video

22 March, 2020
A few weeks back we talked about the gorgeous Pierobon X60R, created by Italian chassis constructor Pierobon and built around the advanced 1100 cc Desmodue Evolution engine, the air-cooled twin powering the Ducati Monster 1100 EVO. Back then we just…

Valentino Rossi Official Merchandise Website Goes Online

21 March, 2020
It took 14 world championship years for www.valentinorossi.com, Vale’s only official website, to go online. “Scusate il ritardo – sorry for the delay“, says Valentino Rossi with a smile. “But now, I really like the internet!“ And therefore, after www.valentinorossi.com,…

CRD#9 Honda CB 750 KZ "Brownie" Cafe Racer

21 March, 2020
The beautiful Cafe Racer pictured above is called “Brownie” and derives from a 1980 Honda CB750, the first Honda motorcycle to feature a transverse, overhead camshaft inline four-cylinder engine. The bike has been created by Spanish company CRD (Cafe Racer…

KTM 1290 Super Duke: spy shots

21 March, 2020
German website Motorradonline.de has posted some ’stolen’ photos a prototype that seems to be very close to what will be the production version of the 1290 KTM Super Duke, a first ‘incarnation’ of which appeared last year at 2012 EICMA…

MotoGP, Phillip Island: quotes from the Press Conference

21 March, 2020
The traditional press conference of the MotoGP riders in view of the imminent Australian GP - penultimate round of the 2012 World Championship - was attended by Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing), Repsol Honda duo Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner,…

Moto2 Valencia Test

21 March, 2020
While WSBK was testing in Valencia, six Moto2 teams were also on track, however their test times are more difficult to interpret as all the teams had different kitted and tuned Honda engines.Anthony West posted the fastest times on both…

H-D Sportster Technics by Roland Sands

21 March, 2020
In America it is not uncommon for companies operating outside the motorcycle industry to turn to well-known customizers to create some sort of “promo bike” to amaze the attendants of some fair or event. It is a win-win situation, where…

Ducati Fragrance for Men

21 March, 2020
Ducati likes to put their brand logo on a lot of products aside from high performance motorcycles and this includes espresso machines to computers to pen drives to wines and now they have their own fragrance formulated by Morris Profumi.The…

WSBK Nurburgring: Carlos Checa leads in the drying conditions

21 March, 2020
Today’s first free practice at Nurburgring for the World Superbike riders started on damp track and several riders didn’t hit the tarmac until the halfway mark when the German circuit started to dry out completely, and it was points leader…

2011 EICMA Girls photo gallery: Part IV

21 March, 2020
Here’s the fourth instalment of our huge photo gallery dedicated to the pretty ladies attending the 2011 EICMA, once again courtesy of our mates from motoblog.it. This time we got another 85 pictures for you, and we actually did save…

Steve McQueen in '70's Honda commercial

21 March, 2020
For those who weren’t around in the ‘Me Decade’ and didn’t live in Japan, obviously missed out on this commerical starring the one and only King of Cool, Steve McQueen, even if today’s teenagers think that his grandson is a…

MotoGP, Indianapolis: here come the paddock girls

20 March, 2020
Some of you was probably waiting for it, and so here it is: our usual photo gallery picturing some of the Paddock Girls spotted out and about at the recent MotoGP round of Indianapolis, US. We are pretty sure you…

The Heist Chopper from China

20 March, 2020
Not everyone in the world can afford a US made Harley Davidson or a mean looking customized chopper but would like to ride something that looks vaguely similar, so China’s Rhone Motorcycle company has come up with this essential looking…

Triumph Bonneville T100 110° Anniversary Edition

20 March, 2020
Triumph celebrates its 110 years of history with a special edition of its Bonneville T100, aptly dubbed Bonneville T100 110th Anniversary Edition. The model is based on the standard T100 and uses a very ‘classic’ styling that is meant to…
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