4 Feb 2014, 15:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The first day of the kick-off test in Sepang was not at all what Nicky Hayden hoped, as the Kentucky Kid finished the first session with a disappointing 3 seconds gap from the leading Marc Marquez.
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3 Feb 2014, 12:35 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Still in contact with the MotoGP despite having retired from racing, Loris Capirossi speaks about the first racing event of the year, the official test at Sepang, Malaysia.
Scheduled for the end ...
3 Feb 2014, 11:05 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha Factory Racing announces two more partnerships for the 2014 MotoGP season, and rhe two names are Fiat Professional and Eurasian Bank.
The Kazakhstan-based bank's logo will be present ...
2 Feb 2014, 08:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While the title sponsor of the MotoGP Yamha Racing Team for the 2014 season is still unknown, the House of Iwata has secured a good deal with Suisse Gas, one of their existing sponsors.
Even more...
31 Jan 2014, 09:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The FIM announces no less than 27 entries in the 2014 World Superbike championship, a most welcome and beneficial increase from the grid we had lately.
This is happening because of the introducti...
29 Jan 2014, 14:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / What comes around goes around, they say, and it looks like MotoGP racing is not an exception to this rule. Yamaha YZR-M1 development team boss Kouichi Tsuji speaks about the bikes of Rossi and ...
28 Jan 2014, 13:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha Italia and Team Rebel Racing have showed a "Dakarized" version of the revered WR450F machine at the Motor Bike Expo in Verona, Italy.
The bike is upgraded with multiple rally-rai...
27 Jan 2014, 12:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The problem with new-old-stock bikes is that people want to take them for a spin, but this would ruin their NOS attribute. What would you do?
24 Jan 2014, 16:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Paddock rumors speak about a possible comeback for Spanish telecom giant Movistar as one of the main sponsors for the bikes of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi.
The official announcement is said...
24 Jan 2014, 15:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After Yamaha has registered the trademark for the YZF-R3 and R3 bike names, numerous rumors started to circle the motorcycle planet. So far, the most credible ones say that Yamaha will either delive...
22 Jan 2014, 17:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If someone told you that MotoGP riders sometimes have to mow the grass around the circuits while practicing and testing motorcycles, you'd probably laugh and told that chap to get a grip and ch...
22 Jan 2014, 12:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After a Spanish radio journalist claimed that Jorge Lorenzo allegedly signed a pre-contract with Ducati, all the three interested parts have been quick in replying, with Ducati CEO Claudio Domenical...
21 Jan 2014, 12:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With Honda back to Dakar racing with quite a bang and missing the podium only because of bad luck, things are about to change for the future. HRC announced that the CRF450 Rally will be offered to ...
20 Jan 2014, 17:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Jorge Lorenzo used Yamaha Racing's official press outlet to deny the rumors of him inking a pre-contract with Ducati for 2015.
Lorenzo also said that any rumor involving ay other manufacture...
20 Jan 2014, 17:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha unveiled the 2014 YZR-M1 machines in Jakarta, Indonesia, in the presence of the two factory riders, 2013 runner-up Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi.
While Lorenzo's goal for the upco...
20 Jan 2014, 11:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Stage 13 was a rather short cool-down ride to Valparaiso and the leader Marc Coma (KTM) was keen on getting to the finish line safely. He did not take any risks and ended the stage in the 18th posit...
18 Jan 2014, 09:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Things are on the move at Yamaha, as the YZF-R3 and R3 names have been registered as a trademark.
The two names have been trademarked for both the US and the European Union, so we might presume t...
18 Jan 2014, 08:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Stage 12 brought a disheartening failure for Honda, as Joan Barreda Bort's motorcycle yielded to the toughness of the Dakar Rally. 350 kilometers (217 miles) into the timed stage, Barreda'...
17 Jan 2014, 16:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Spanish sports journalist Rafa Fernandez of radio Onda Cero says that Jorge Lorenzo has inked a pre-contract with none other than Ducati Corse for a Desmosedici ride in 2015.
Ducati responded wit...
17 Jan 2014, 15:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha and Valentino Rossi introduce the 2014-spec YZR-M1 machine at whose helm the 9-time world champion hopes to win another title