This image of the new Moto Guzzi 1400 was leaked from a dealer convention. The engine is a 90 degree v twin with 4 valves per cylinder. There are oil coolers however the engine is also air cooled. This new engine will be the basis for all Moto Guzzi’s in the future. Traditionally the Moto Guzzi has appealed to the [...]

Karel Abraham has released some gp12 figures from his satelite team. As you may imagine Ducati Corse are remaining very tight lipped about their new MotoGP bike due to widespread criticism over the GP11′s performance. However Karel has shared some information after his three day test session at Jerez. The factory teams and satellite teams [...]

Marco Simoncelli has passed away after his accident in the Sepang MotoGP race. Marco lost control of his Honda and retgained grip again whilst he veered across the track hanging onto the side of the bike. Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi both struck Marco as he was trying to regain control. This was unavoidable and the force of the accident [...]

It’s nice to see the Australians win something without having to pay for it (ahem Bryce Lawrance) Yes you may have noticed I am a South African rugby supporter. So before I let you read the press release on Casey Stoner’s victory, I would just like to mention that Bryce Lawrance is a hopeless, useless, [...]

Casey Stoner captured his sixth win of the season in front of 155,400 fans at Brno for Sunday’s Cardion ab Grand Prix České republiky, stretching his Championship lead to 32 points over Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing). Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) got the hole shot from his first pole position of the season, with Lorenzo [...]

Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner took victory over Jorge Lorenzo at the Red Bull US Grand Prix race at the spectacular Laguna Seca circuit, his fifth win of 2011 to further strengthen his lead in the World Championship rankings. In front of a crowd of over 52,000 passionate fans, the MotoGP field lined up under [...]

Dani Pedrosa emerged victorious from a three-man race-long battle for first place at the eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland, with Jorge Lorenzo wrestling second from Casey Stoner on the final corner of a thrilling Round 9 race. Repsol Honda’s Pedrosa had his usual great start, taking the hole shot ahead of Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) [...]

American Ben Spies, who was edged out of pole position by Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team), rode a perfect race to cross the line 7.697s ahead of Casey Stoner in second place. The Texan had a good start, allowing him to narrowly avoid the drama of the first lap, when pole starter Italian [...]

It was a Repsol Honda 1 – 2 on the podium, with Casey Stoner taking his 27th victory and the Championship lead in the AirAsia British Grand Prix MotoGP race on Sunday. Team mate Andrea Dovizioso finished second, with Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) riding a brilliant race with a broken collarbone to land [...]

  2011 marks a very special moment in two wheeled motorsport as the 50th Anniversary of World Championship Grand Prix racing for Yamaha. As part of a series of ongoing activities to celebrate this landmark Yamaha Factory Racing will run a special livery, the ‘YZR-M1 WGP50th Anniversary Edition’ for the Assen TT and Laguna Seca [...]

Red Bull Moto GP Rookies Cup On Saturday 30th April 2011, 15 year old – Brad Binder – made South African history when he became the first South African to achieve victory and stand tall and proud with the  South African Flag flying on the Moto GP Podium. Brad loves Estoril and was “super confident” [...]

Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner secured victory for the first time in his career at the Le Mans circuit in Sunday’s Monster Energy Grand Prix de France. It was a close battle until the very end between two Italians for second place but it was the second Repsol Honda of Andrea Dovizioso who clinched the 20 [...]

After a race long-duel with fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing), Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) raced to victory at the bwin Grande Prémio de Portugal on Sunday and with it claimed his first win at the Estoril circuit in any class. Third was Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda). Pedrosa, who only recently had surgery on [...]

San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Marco Simoncelli was quickest in both practice sessions at the bwin Grande Prémio de Portugal on Friday, as the World Championship resumed action. The Italian lost the front end of his Honda going into Turn 3 midway through the second session so had to jump onto his second machine, but [...]

The deployment of the brand-new BMW 1-Series M Coupe Safety Car marks the continuation of BMW M GmbH’s successful partnership – begun in 1999 – with Dorna Sports, the organisers of the MotoGP World Championship. With a fleet of eight vehicles, BMW is supporting the safe running of the motorcycle world championship in the current [...]