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Honda releases official video of the new CBR 1000 RR

18 March, 2020
Honda released a new video starring the 2012 version of the CBR 1000 RR. The video quickly retraces the Fireblade history to introduce the 2012 model, the one that marks 20 years since the first big CBR designed by the…

2010 Buell 1125RR for Pros Only

18 March, 2020
The new 2010 Buell 1125RR was released yesterday and will be produced in a limited number and for race use only. The 1125 RR and will be available exclusively to licensed professional road racers in the AMA Pro Racing American…

John McGuinness in License to Thrill

18 March, 2020
The latest James Bond flick, ‘Skyfall’ has hit the big screens starring Daniel Craig, who instead of his usually expensive and exotic cars gets to ride a modified Honda CRF250R in a spectacular rooftop chase scene in Istanbul, but Craig…

How to enjoy the Christmas Season in Rome

18 March, 2020
If you haven’t decided where you want to spend your Christmas holidays, Rome may represent the right choice. During the upcoming Season, the Eternal City will be full of events and art exhibitions. If you love the Italian Renaissance you…

MotoGP: Hiroshi Aoyama to test fitness at Brno test

18 March, 2020
Interwetten Honda MotoGP rider Hiroshi Aoyama, who fractured his 12th vertebra in a vicious highside during warm-up session at Silverstone will be taking part in the upcoming Brno test to evaluate his fitness and will decide his official return to…

Night vision on the Kawasaki 1400GTR

18 March, 2020
The Kawasaki 1400GTR is already a high-tech bike, but in 2010 it could become even more avantgarde, equipped with night vision. This kind of technology has so far only been seen on luxury automobiles, but Gizmag reports we could soon…

Moto Guzzi Diamante combines Gilera CX125 and Griso 8V

18 March, 2020
This is one seriously modified Moto Guzzi Griso 8V. Designer Filippo Barbacane (of Guzzi Ciclope fame) has taken the front end of a Gilera CX125, used bespoke bodywork and then managed to include the performance of the Griso 8V, while…

Fiat Yamaha Team Replica kit for YZF-R1 and YZF-R6

18 March, 2020
Yamaha Motor Italia has presented the Fiat Yamaha Team Replica kit for the YZF-R1 and the YZF-R6. Both the supersports models of 1000cc and 182 hp, and 600cc with 129 hp get the official Fiat Team replica livery to celebrate…

GP riders to pay tribute to Marco Simoncelli on Sunday morning

18 March, 2020
The entire GP community has been paying their respects to Marco Simoncelli during this Valencia weekend and after Paolo Simoncelli’s request that his son Marco be honoured with a minute of ‘casino’ by all three Grand Prix racing classes and…

FIM -Vote for your favourite Champion of Champions

18 March, 2020
The FIM announced that they will be holding their annual Gala Ceremony (the first announcement was made less than 24 hours after Simoncelli’s funeral) on December 4th at Estoril, Portugal where fans can vote for three categories: 2011 Rookie of…

ATAC site: english version please

18 March, 2020
I recently got myself a fine on a train in Italy. Now, while I’ve been living here a while and should be used to the eccentricities of public transport in Italy, I was lax about my interpretation of train tickets.Italy…

2010 EICMA China motorcycle show in Beijing

18 March, 2020
We had already reported on an Asian EICMA event a while back, and now dates have been released for the 2010 EICMA China motorcycle show. It will take place from June 11 to 13 in Beijing and will include both…

Marco Simoncelli 1987-2011 – A small portrait in images

18 March, 2020
It is so hard not to fall into rhetorical phrases and sensationalism (as what happened on Italian television all yesterday afternoon and evening, with the video of the incident almost on a loop) when writing about the death of a…

Ducati Multistrada 1200: new pics and details

18 March, 2020
After the Multistrada 1200 design video explanations of last night, here are more pics of the Multistrada and the press release after the jump, with a couple of extras photos after the first pics were leaked to the internet over…

Magpul Ronin: Buell 1125R custom built

18 March, 2020
The engineering brilliance of Erik Buell has never really been in doubt, but the Buell 1125R was one of the more dubious models produced from a design point of view. This Magpul Ronin take on the 1125R might not be…

Motorcycle wheelbarrow video

18 March, 2020
I like to think of this as the working man’s Segway, and whoever designed it is a domestic engineering genius in my books. This motorcycle wheelbarrow looks like it would take a lot of the hard work out of gardening,…

Resorts in Sardinia for luxury summer holidays in Italy

18 March, 2020
The Dune Village resort in Sardinia is a big resort with five different areas located in the Asinara Gulf. It has 484 bedrooms, four swimming pools and five bars in one of the most well-equipped resorts in Sardinia.The resort beach…

Italians audition for 2011 YouTube Symphony Orchestra

18 March, 2020
We thought we’d give a final plug to some of the Italians auditioning for a spot on the 2011 YouTube Symphony Orchestra which will be headed to the Sydney Opera House in the new year. Tomorrow, December 17 is your…

Jorge Lorenzo Goes Training in the Rain (w/video)

18 March, 2020
From a very hot and muggy Sepang on the most technological bikes in the world, to the heat of Thailand to ride a 150cc Yamaha scooter and back to a cold and rainy Spain, watch Jorge Lorenzo and his friend…