29 Jul 2014, 12:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though Jorge Lorenzo is said to be just fine with Yamaha, the mid-summer rumor mill keeps on turning and various speculations and paddock whispers still make it to the surface. The most recent ...
29 Jul 2014, 10:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Italian high-performance exhausts manufacturer Arrow announces new upgrades for one of the most anticipated bikes of the year: the Yamaha MT-07 (marketed as FZ-07 in the US). Arrow shelves two exhau...
25 Jul 2014, 08:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Drive M7 Aspar’s Nicky Hayden will not be on the starting grid in the next two MotoGP rounds, the Indianapolis and Brno ones. After his right wrist operation last Wednesday at the Oasis Center...
23 Jul 2014, 13:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Remember the first time Yamaha decided to show us how till its new small-displacement sport motorcycle will look like? The Japanese manufacturer had legendary 9-time world champion Valentino Rossi i...
23 Jul 2014, 13:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / In late November last year we got wind that Aleix Espargaro made a decisive step and put together a CEV team, but a Moto3 squad was also rumored to be next, just like Valentino Rossi’s SKY VR4...
21 Jul 2014, 15:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The end of 2014 may finally bring a solid upgrade for Yamaha’s flagship superbike, the YZF-R1, as a new generation of liter-class machines is expected to show up at the EICMA 2014 in early Nov...
18 Jul 2014, 11:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / In late March, Yamaha decided to reveal a comprehensive set of photos of its upcoming three-wheeled scooter, the Tricity 125, alongside with tech specs, but information on the price and availability...
17 Jul 2014, 10:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The fact that Honda’s RCV100R production racer underperforms massively and offers almost no reason to be happy to any of the riders whose teams went for the Open Class HRC machines. Still, the...
15 Jul 2014, 15:37 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Two days into the summer break (even though testing still takes place around the world) and the rumor mill has delivered the first kind-of-credible news. Paddock winds say that Ducati would have a c...
15 Jul 2014, 12:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A rather distasteful Twitter post came from no other than HRC’s Director of Communications, Rhys Edwards. The Honda official posted a photo message making fun of the racing number of the 2-tim...
11 Jul 2014, 13:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like Assen history repeating at Sachsenring as far as the first practice sessions are concerned, with NGM Forward Yamaha rider Aleix Espargaro being the fastest rider around the German trac...
11 Jul 2014, 08:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Valentino Rossi looked exceptionally relaxed and pleased with himself during the official press conference ahead of the German GP round at Sachsenring. His relaxed state was obviously the result of ...
8 Jul 2014, 14:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The competition in the small-displacement sport bike segment is getting fiercer and fiercer, with the big manufacturers trying to attract more customers into choosing their bikes as the first motorc...
8 Jul 2014, 12:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Being a MotoGP rider is only of the dangerous jobs in the world of motorsport, but it is also a very well paid one. Setting aside the fact that these fellows are lucky enough to have their biggest p...
4 Jul 2014, 07:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like the house of Iwata may be indeed brewing something up in the adventure-ish bike segment, as the German magazine Motorrad has published a new sketch of how the new Yamaha TDM could look...
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...
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 ...
27 Jun 2014, 14:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Forward Yamaha rider and a 2-time former CRT champion Aleix Espargaro achieves his first-ever pole position in the Iveco Daily TT Assen round, the Dutch GP and the penultimate race before the summer...
27 Jun 2014, 10:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Weather in Holland remains as unpredictable as it gets, and slight drizzle showed up at the MotoGP circuit in Assen this morning, causing a rather weak Free Practice 3, with several riders preferrin...
27 Jun 2014, 07:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha updates the exhausts use for the two factory bikes it fields in MotoGP, but this weekend, it looks like only Jorge Lorenzo will be racing with the new silencers in the Dutch Grand Prix at Ass...