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Monthly Archives: February 2016

Avintia Racing launch 2016
After an incredible test in Phillip Island, Avintia Racing swapped the sun and sea of Australia for the mountains and snow of Andorra. Grandvalira Ski [...]
Joey Dunlop
William Joseph Dunlop, OBE (25 February 1952 – 2 July 2000), was a world champion motorcyclist from Ballymoney in Northern Ireland. In 2005 he was voted [...]
Ducati reveal 2016 livery
Fresh off testing in Phillip Island the factory Ducati Team unveil their 2016 look and the Desmo16 GP. Both Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso remain with [...]
Philip Island Day 3: Festival of falls
Marquez tops crash filled final day, Viñales fastest overall. The Phillip Island Test comes to a close with Marquez topping Friday times but Viñales [...]
Philip Island Day 2: Maverick
With the rain having abated, the MotoGP™ World Championship was back in action in Australia as Viñales led a tight top ten. After an initially slow start, [...]
Philip Island Day 1: Wet…
Petrucci tops rain hit first day at Phillip Island Intermittent rain saw the majority of riders shelter inside the pits until the final hour, Petrucci [...]
1957 F.B. Mondial 175cc Bialbero
Few marques have achieved so fine a competition record in so short a time as Mondial. Founded in Bologna in 1929 by the Boselli brothers (F.B. = Fratelli [...]
MotoGP™ back on track for Phillip Island test
After a surprising and revealing Sepang test, the MotoGP™ paddock head to Phillip Island in search of more data and knowledge. Some had feared that the [...]
Honda HRC 2016 MotoGP Unveil
Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa show off their new RC213V at Sentul in Jakarta. On their way to Australia for the second MotoGP™ test of 2016, Marc Marquez [...]
1954 Norton-F 500
F-type (F for flat) Some bikes are a long time in development, but this one has taken an incredible 60 years to reach its finished form. A Norton F-model, [...]
The 1964 US Grand Prix
The 1964 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 16th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of twelve Grand [...]
Bruno Ruffo
Bruno Ruffo (9 December 1920 – 10 February 2007) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer born in Verona. He won three Grand Prix World [...]
1968 Kawasaki 125
The two-cylinder rotating-disk Kawasaki 125 made its racing debut at the 1965 Japanese Grand Prix. Its performance was disappointing, and as a result the [...]
Sepang Day 3: Lorenzo’s Fix
Jorge Lorenzo backed up his 2015 MotoGP™ World Championship by dominating the first test of 2016. A damp track early on Wednesday morning delayed track [...]
János Drapál
János Drapál (born February 3, 1948 – August 11, 1985) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Budapest. He had little chance to race in the Grand Prix [...]
Sepang Day 2: Petrux
A fast fall for Loris Baz halted action and forced the soft tyre to be withdrawn, as Danilo Petrucci tops the timesheets. The second day of the Sepang test [...]
1953 MV Agusta 125
1953 MV Agusta 123.5cc Monoalbero Racing Motorcycle. Although best known for their four-cylinder four-strokes, multiple World Championship-winning [...]
Sepang Day 1: Lorenzo
The 2015 MotoGP™ World Champion continued his championship form, a second clear of the rest of the field as 2016 got underway. Sepang hosted the first test [...]