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MotoGP Mugello rider quotes from the rest of the best

16 March, 2020

Here’s what the rest of the field had to say after the Mugello race, where we expected Marco Simoncelli to be higher up on the finishing grid, Valentino Rossi lower down after qualifying 12th and Dani Pedrosa shouldn’t say he’s…

Citroen DS3 2010 debut and pricing

16 March, 2020

The new Citroen DS3 pricing has been released for the French market, with the car debuting in January next year at 15,400 euros. The DS3 is appearing a few months after the C3, and will have five engine options available:…

Hyundai i40 wagon: road test results, technical specifications and picture gallery

16 March, 2020

After celebrating the sale of more than 5m vehicles since 1997, and after the remarkable success of ix35 and i20, Hyundai is now seriously challenging competitors with the new i40 Wagon, a vehicle boasting an innovative style, a good engine,…

Italian post office robbed with a coconut

16 March, 2020

There are plenty of theatre gags around in which a thief holds up a bank, not with a revolver but a banana, or slapstick jokes of a similar theme. This time in Italy though, we’re not in a theatre but…

Eskil Suter: Colin Edwards isn't a tornado, he's a gentle breeze

16 March, 2020

Colin Edwards statement at at the pre-event press conference at Laguna Seca last August caused a lot of laughter and flurry when he described his woes with the BMW-Suter with his usual candor: “My bike is a piece of shit,…

Picture of the Day – Unforgettable

16 March, 2020

You’ve got to have a certain attitude to ride around decked out this way.

Kia K9

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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!

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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?

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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?

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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

16 March, 2020

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…