Ducati Postpones Desmosedici GP15 test for Sepang, in February 2015
16 Aug 2014, 11:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ducati has decided to postpone the official test of the GP15 Desmosedici prototype, speedweek reports. Apparently Gigi Dall’Igna sort of spilled the beans during an interview with the mentione...
New MotoGP Ducati Desmosedici Details Revealed
8 Aug 2014, 11:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After bringing Gigi Dall’Igna over form Aprilia and appointing him as the absolute boss of Ducati Corse, answering only to CEO Claudio Domenicali, Ducati has spent around 6 months trying to fi...
Yamaha Confirms Jorge Lorenzo 2-Season Deal
7 Aug 2014, 15:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Hours after we got the first rumors of the deal Jorge Lorenzo and Yamaha allegedly agreed upon, here comes the official confirmation: the house of Iwata will have Jorge Lorenzo at the helm of one of...
Fast MotoGP News: Ducati Brings New Engine and Fairing at Indy, Bradl Signs with NGM
7 Aug 2014, 10:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like the assault Ducati has been preparing for quite some time now is finally starting. The Borgo Panigale team will bring a lot of new stuff for the kick-off round of 2014’s second h...
Honda Rumored to Start Manufacturing Smaller, Supercharged Motorcycle Engines
6 Aug 2014, 16:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Honda is rumored to be hot on the trail of turbo motorcycle engines, as plans for not one, but two all-new units have reportedly been trademarked. In case this is true, Honda becomes the latest of t...
KTM RC8 to Be Ditched, Replaced by Track-Only V4 Superbike
4 Aug 2014, 15:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The fans of the mighty KTM RC8 superbike should prepare to say good bye to this model, as Stefan Pierer, KTM’s CEO confirmed that the model will be phased out. A certain date was not mentioned...
Geco Prototype Development Carries on, Involves Freddie Spencer and More
2 Aug 2014, 09:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Things are steadily going better and better for Eric “Pepe” Offenstadt and his Geco team, as it looks like the uncanny bike they’ve been building and developing for some time now i...
KTM Confirms MotoGP Entry for 2017
31 Jul 2014, 15:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s official: KTM will be on the starting grid of the 2017 MotoGP season. KTM CEO Stefan Pierer says that the company will be looking for a German rider for the factory entry, and we can gues...
Midual to Reveal New Type 1 Bike after 16 Years
29 Jul 2014, 15:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Are you a sucker for crazy, hand-built bikes which are easily mistaken for works of art? Great, because the French manufacturer Midual (most of us believed to be dead and buried) has just announced ...
Brough Superior Announces Moto2 Wildcard Entry at Silverstone with Carbon Fiber Bike
18 Jul 2014, 10:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Things may also be on the move in the intermediate class, after iconic Brough Superior announced it will field a bike as a Moto2 wildcard entry in the English round. So we’re in for a most int...
Andrea Iannone and His Revised Ducati, Almost as Fast as Marc Marquez at Mugello
5 Jul 2014, 06:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Things are on the move at Ducati, and it seems like the new frame elements the Borgo Panigale machines are being equipped with are definitely doing a good job. The circuit in Mugello hosted another ...
Max Biaggi’s MotoGP Test Over, Still Undecided Whether to Become Official Aprilia Test Rider
3 Jul 2014, 10:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As we reported earlier, Aprilia Racing and its star ex-rider Max Biaggi have spent three days at the MotoGP circuit in Mugello, Italy for an extensive and grueling test of their prototype. However, ...
Smaller Ducati 90-Degree Engine Confirmed for MotoGP Bikes
2 Jul 2014, 15:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Things seem to be on the move at Ducati, as the Ducati Corse boss Gigi Dall’Igna has confirmed the generic layout of the new engine the Borgo Panigale group plans to use in the future champion...
Valentino Rossi Signs New 2-Year Contract with Yamaha
2 Jul 2014, 13:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s official: Valentino Rossi is going to be a factory rider for Yamaha for two more seasons. The 9-times World Champion and the House if Iwata have sent out a press release today, issued in ...
Cal Crutchlow with Suzuki in 2015, Closer to Reality after Official Discussions
30 Jun 2014, 15:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like the hiatus between Cal Crutchlow and Ducati is drawing nearer with each passing weekend. Despite his finish in the first top 10 riders after the Dutch MotoGP round at Assen last Saturd...
One More Aprilia Test for Max Biaggi at Mugello Next Week
24 Jun 2014, 14:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though the 6-time world champion Max Biaggi has hung up his leathers and retired from the professional racing scene, his ties with the road racing division of Aprilia look like they’ve ne...
2014 MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow May Decide to Leave Ducati in July
23 Jun 2014, 12:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The debut year at Ducati for the former Yamaha Tech3 rider Cal Crutchlow was nothing like what both he and his new team hoped for. Cal already has a DNF record of 4 out of 6 races, a thing he’...
Gigi Dall'Igna Starts Working on the All-New Ducati MotoGP Bike
12 Jun 2014, 16:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Great news (so far) comes from Ducati, as Gigi Dall’Igna, the boss of the Corse department confirms he has started working on a completely new Desmosedici MotoGP prototype bike. According t...
Eugene Laverty Destroys the Suzuki XRH-1 MotoGP Prototype at Phillip Island
3 Jun 2014, 12:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / According to gp-inside, Eugene Laverty destroyed the Suzuki XRH-1 MotoGP machine in the first turn at the Phillip Island, definitely not the best debut for a possible career in the premier class in ...
Colin Edwards' 2013 Kawasaki-FTR MotoGP Bike Up for Grabs
30 May 2014, 07:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ever fancied owning a true MotoGP bike but could not really find few million bucks to spare and get a team? Same here, too, there’s always something in the way, most likely the fact that I don...