Forty summers ago, a home-brewed Ducati created a legend in racing. This is the inside story. Daytona International Speedway, March 11, 1977. The moment of [...]
July 29, 2017
The Ducati that won Daytona
2017 Red Bull KTM Launch
The covers have come off the bulls: the 2017 KTM RC16 has been revealed in its full glory in Austria, as Red Bull KTM Factory racing unveiled their MotoGP™ [...]
February 20, 2017
2017 Honda Factory Launch
Reigning World Champion Marc Marquez and teammate Dani Pedrosa followed up their three days of testing at Sepang International Circuit recently with a trip [...]
February 4, 2017
2017 Suzuki Factory Launch
Team Suzuki Ecstar launch 2017 in Sepang. Iannone and Rins introduce new season challengers in Malaysia. After coming back to MotoGP™ in 2015, Suzuki’s [...]
January 29, 2017
2017 Ducati Factory Team Launch
One of the most hotly anticipated team presentations ahead of the 2017 MotoGP™ season saw the Ducati Team launch their new Desmosedici in Italy, with new [...]
January 22, 2017
2017 Yamaha Factory Presentation
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team were the first in MotoGP™ to officially unveil their 2017 line-up and livery, with riders Valentino Rossi and new teammate [...]
January 20, 2017
1984 Yamaha 680
I made the little information I could find, here attempts to record the brief but glorious history of the rarest and least known Yamaha racing machines in [...]
December 26, 2016
Gilera 1963: The Scuderia Duke
The prestigious blue-riband championship events were virtually monopolized in 1958, 1959 and 1960 by John Surtees on the metronomic MV, while his erstwhile [...]
May 11, 2016
2016: New Aprilia RS-GP
Both riders took the covers off the brand new Aprilia RS-GP ahead of the Qatar Test, the Italian brand ready to take to the track. On the eve of the final [...]
March 2, 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 [...]
February 27, 2016
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 [...]
February 25, 2016
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 [...]
February 16, 2016
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 [...]
February 14, 2016
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, [...]
February 13, 2016
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 [...]
February 7, 2016
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 [...]
February 2, 2016
1975 Harley Davidson RR500
‘MICHEL ROUGERIE FINISHED SEVENTH ON ONE IN HIS HOME GP AT PAUL RICARD’ As a pub quiz question, it has few equals. When did Harley-Davidson compete in the [...]
January 26, 2016
Pramac Ducati 2016 Launch
The Pramac Ducati team has officially unveiled the pair of Desmosedici GP15 bikes it will field in this year’s MotoGP championship. The satellite [...]
January 20, 2016
Yamaha MotoGP 2016 Unveil
The factory Yamaha team gathered in Barcelona to show off what their 2016 bikes will look like as they aim to repeat their 2015 success. Movistar Yamaha [...]
January 18, 2016
Guzzi V8 (1955)
In mid 1957; the Guzzi V8 500cc was finally ready to express itself fully in races… Unfortunately; no one wasNaked North-East View there to ride [...]
January 10, 2016
Moto Martin
Taking the opportunity of the birthday of Georges Martin; maker of those superbe frames. Moto Martin is a French engineering company, started by Georges [...]
January 8, 2016
Yamaha RA41
1960 developement of RA41 (125cc) , which was raced for the first time in Europe French GP 1961. Cees van Dongen raced an RA41 in the Dutch TT 1961.
January 2, 2016