Kia K9
The brand new flagship K9 is the last Kia saloon car to be added to the K family. The letter K, shared by the words Kia and Korea, identifies the concepts of Kratos (power, dominion and kingdom) and Kinetic (dynamism,…
Sheridan Morais to replace Makoto Tamada
Kawasaki’s World Superbike Team team has announced that Sheridan Morais will replace injured Makoto Tamada during the World Superbike Championship at Kyalami.The team had originally announced Broc Parkes would be the sole rider, but have engaged Morais who won the…
Ducati MotoGP Team testing again with Sete!
Another test for the Ducati MotoGP Team, with Sete Gibernau, Vittoriano Guareschi and Niccola Canepa finishing their latest test session on the Italian Mugello. The Spanish Sete Gibernau was for the third time testing with the Ducati Desmosedici at this…
Vintage Vespa with sidecar Volkswagen badge
If you love vintage objects and you want the real deal, you have to do things the right way. There are no short cuts to real vintage style. The 60’s era gave the world plenty of two wheel and four…
Last winter snow in Italy: sleddog in Valtellina
While not normally an Italian tradition, winter sports and skiing in Italy are joined by the possibility of a sled dog ride in the Valdidentro, in the Valtellina region of northern Lombardy. The Valdidentro is in the province of Sondrio…
MotoGP 2013, Silverstone: here come the paddock girls
The MotoGP race that took place in Silverstone last Sunday was arguably the most intense round of the season so far, with Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) returning to winning ways after a spectacular fight with championship leader Marc Marquez…
Marc VDS Moto2 and Moto3 2013 team presentation
The Marc VDS team officially unveiled its Moto2 and Moto3 bikes during an official launch at the team’s headquarters in Gosselies, Belgium and presented this season’s 2013 championship contenders, Scott Redding and Mika Kallio in Moto2 and Moto3 rookie Livio…
BMW S1000RR HP4: new images surface
New images of the stunning BMW S1000RR HP4, the extreme track-oriented version of the popular Bavarian Superbike we already talked about in a dedicated post a few days ago. Starting from the name (High Performance 4) this version of the…
WSBK 1st Qualifying Session – Spies takes it
In the desert circuit of Losail in Qatar, and the second event in this year’s 14-round calendar, WSBK newby Ben Spies took the provisional pole in the qualifying 1st session and showing that all it really takes to learn a…
Moto2 Sachsenring: Marc Marquez takes third consecutive win
125cc reigning World champion Marc Marquez had a rotten start in his rookie season in Moto2, but the quiet Spaniard, who reminds us of Dani Pedrosa, is on a roll again and took his third consecutive win this year after…
Learn Italian online: word of the day is Cappuccino
The cappuccino is the essential element to any Italian breakfast and is the epitomy of milky coffee in Italy. It is usually drunk only at breakfast, and never after meals, as you can see in our cappuccino tradition post.Two theories…
Lazareth, Walz and Sands hyper modify the Yamaha V-Max
If you want to capture the attention at international motorcycle show like the EICMA, you have to try to stand out and that’s what Yamaha Europe decided to do by giving three well know custom builders the iconic Yamaha V-Max…
Astra beats Golf and Focus in rally video
I don’t recommend you watch this video if you get car sick, but otherwise, let the race begin! At the wheel of this Opel Astra is Fabrizio Giovanardi, Vauxhall driver in the BTCC championship. While he’s the only one likely…
Carlos Checa to replace Mika Kallio in Pramac for final two races?
After being the 2009 rookie of the year Mika Kallio has been having a tough follow-up year with Pramac Racing and currently lies last in the standings. The Finn is still battling shoulder pain, has had trouble gelling with the…
Nicky Hayden tests GP12 at Mugello
Development work on the Ducati GP12 is going full speed ahead as Nicky Hayden after his 4th place at Silverstone headed straight to Italy on Tuesday to get another day of testing, his second on the new machine, putting in…
Michael Schumacher at the Oschersleben endurance race?
It seems that Michael Schumacher really has found a new passion after leaving his great F1 carrier. Michael, active for a while now on motorbikes in different race classes and different bikes such as Ducati, KTM, and Triumph, will appaer…
Moto Guzzi canopy: pic of the day
This gospel-going, Indian-style-taxi tuned Moto Guzzi has so much character you’ve got to look at it more than once to take in all the details. I figure it’s a limousine Moto Guzzi version, and while there doesn’t seem to be…
Barbara Berlusconi and Pato first public kiss
The love story between Silvio Berlusconi’s younger daughter Barbara and AC Milan player Alexandro Rodrigues da Silva also known as Pato continues; after being spotted dining together only last week, the two have now decided to come out into the…
Ducati wraps up 3 day test at Jerez
Ducati has wrapped up their three day testing schedule at Jerez and the test team seems satisfied with the results they obtained. However the true test will be at Sepang test at the beginning of February, when Valentino Rossi and…
Jorge Lorenzo celebrates 26th birthday with pole position in crash fest Jerez
Fifteen minutes of pure adrenaline and high profile crashes characterized today’s MotoGP QP2 session at Jerez de la Frontera.Jorge Lorenzo celebrated his 26th birthaday with another pole position - his second of the season and the 53rd of his career.…
Hector Barbera out of action for 4 to 6 weeks
Hector Barberaunderwent surgery today to fix his fractured left tibia and fibula in a training accident while he was riding a Honda CRF100.The Spaniard who took his maiden front row start at Mugello just last week, had to have a…
SHARP a new rating for helmet safety
A short information film introduces the SHARP Helmet Safety Scheme. SHARP is a new helmet safety scheme developed for riders enabling them to more easily select a helmet which matches their needs. The rating reflects the performance of each helmet…
Rider quotes roundup from Friday's Sachsenring GP practices
Today’s Friday practice sessions at Sachsenring were pretty eventful, not only because it miraculously stayed dry for both practices, but due to the four riders that all crashed at the now infamous turn 11 right-hander, this morning. Luckily those riders…
Behind the scenes MotoGP: Assen paddock pics part 1
Touring the paddock at the MotoGP Assen is like being in a land of caravans. You realise that things are tough for those in the 125cc and Moto2 classes as they camp out with their camper vans becoming makeshift garages.…
MotoGP Rider quotes from Friday at Silverstone
The constantly changing weather at Silverstone gave the MotoGP riders two completely different sessions to prepare their machines so they can more or less affront whatever the forecast will throw at them on Sunday afternoon, but it was actually the…