2010 Aprilia Dorsoduro 750 Factory Covered in Carbon Fiber and Ready to Tear Up the Streets – Video

2010 Aprilia Dorsoduro 750 Factory Covered in Carbon Fiber and Ready to Tear Up the Streets - Video

The Aprilia Dorsoduro stirred up the maxi supermoto segment, but the Dorsoduro Factory goes further. A refined bike, even lighter and more efficient, whose mission is “fun”. A real standard special, a concentration of performance and technology.
The word “Factory” is never used just by chance in Aprilia. In the language of the enthusiasts it refers [...]

Moto2: Thai Honda PTT SAG Selects Bimota as Chasis Supplier for 2010 Season

Moto2: Thai Honda PTT SAG Selects Bimota as Chasis Supplier for 2010 Season

The structure directed by Eduardo Perales has reached an agreement with Italian manufacturer Bimota to use their chassis in the inaugural Moto2 World Championship.
Thai Honda PTT SAG this week ensured their presence in the new Moto2 category with a deal to use Bimota as their chassis for the 2010 World Championship. The team, directed by [...]

Ben Spies & Eddie Lawson Talk One on One about Motorcycle and Racing – Video

Ben Spies & Eddie Lawson Talk One on One about Motorcycle and Racing - Video

One on One – Eddie Lawson & Ben Spies – Part One
A great video talking about the differences in technology between the racers and the times.  I especially got a kick out of Spies sliding the Yamaha R1 sideways through a corner.

One on One – Eddie Lawson & Ben Spies – Part Two
Spies and Lawson talk about [...]

The BMW S1000RR Performs Amazing Stunt by Yanking a Tablecloth Off a Set Table – Video

BMW S1000 RR. Dinner for RR.

Karen Stoffer Sets National Drag Racing Record Onboard her GEICO Powersports Suzuki

Karen Stoffer Sets National Drag Racing Record Onboard her GEICO Powersports Suzuki

GEICO Powersports drag racers Karen Stoffer and Morgan Lucas both bowed out of Sunday’s action at the 41st annual Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals well before they had planned, but not until Stoffer set a national elapsed time record of 6.847 seconds on her powerful Suzuki.
Stoffer already had backed up her run by qualifying No. 1 [...]

MotoGP: 2010 Season is Make or Break for Marco Melandri and the Premier Class

MotoGP: 2010 Season is Make or Break for Marco Melandri and the Premier Class

Marco Melandri has conceded 2010 could make or break his career.
The Italian reckons he’s got one last chance in the premier class after an appalling 2008 campaign with Ducati and the stress of Kawasaki’s shock withdrawal ahead of last season.
Back at the San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda squad, Melandri’s early bid for salvation has hardly [...]

MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo will Test in Qatar After Training Accident Injury

MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo will Test in Qatar After Training Accident Injury

Fiat Yamaha Team rider Jorge Lorenzo will take part in this week’s MotoGP test in Qatar, four weeks after breaking a bone in his right thumb during a training incident.
The 22-year-old has spent the time recuperating at home in Barcelona and he has now been given the all-clear by his doctor to get back on [...]

MotoGP: Repsol Honda Team Launch 2010 Honda RC212V Race Bike in Madrid

MotoGP: Repsol Honda Team Launch 2010 Honda RC212V Race Bike in Madrid

The Repsol Honda Team held its official launch in Madrid, Spain on Saturday with the start of the 2010 MotoGP season just under one month away. Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa was the star of show held in front of 7000 fans at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid. The event was timed [...]

MotoGP: Hungarian MotoGP Track in Doubt After Bank Pulls Funding

MotoGP: Hungarian MotoGP Track in Doubt After Bank Pulls Funding

The Hungarian MotoGP race track Balatonring is in trouble again.  After missing the deadline to open last year for the 2009 MotoGP season the builders postponed the opening of the track for the 2010 season.  Well another twist to the story unravels further as the state-owned Hungarian Development Bank refused to sign a 15.3-billion-forint (79-million-dollar) [...]

MotoGP: Exclusive First Look at the 2010 Rizla Suzuki GSV-R

MotoGP: Exclusive First Look at the 2010 Rizla Suzuki GSV-R

The Rizla Suzuki team is pulling out all the stops for the 2010 MotoGP Season.  With a new Livery and all new specifications the team is looking to be running up front and battling for podiums.  Suzuki has been in top form in the US AMA Superbike series and they are hoping to ride the success right [...]