Motorcycles

Donington Park (UK), Sunday 13 May 2012 – A 48,500 strong crowd saw some astounding race action at Donington in two sun-blessed 23-lap races, which culminated in a moment of history for one of the world’s most important motorcycle manufacturers, some of the best SBK racing ever seen and ...    Read more

The Red Bull KTK US Supercross and SX Lites team wound up a great season at the Las Vegas Supercross Finale at Sam Boyd Stadium with a race win by Ryan Dungey and all three factory riders on the end of season podiums for their respective classes. Dungey’s win in Las ...    Read more

Another must have for the do-it-yourself home mechanic. Using a parts washer rather than your sink, you will get your parts cleaner, be more environmentally friendly and save money on solvent. It’s light-weight, portable, corrosion proof and insulated. UL and SAA certified and includes an installed filter and a flexible ...    Read more

WORDS: Aaron Frank PHOTO: Harley-Davidson Call this one the Anti-Fat Boy. Harley-Davidson has put its signature Softail on a diet to create the new Softail Slim, a stripped-down bike built to recall an old-school bobber. With cut-down fenders, a solo seat and minimal accessories, the no-nonsense Slim delivers a lighter, cleaner ...    Read more

UPS and Fleet Forum recognized Riders for Health's program in the Gambia with a new award at the recent Fleet Forum Annual Conference. Riders' award winning program has made the Gambia the first country in Africa to secure reliable access to primary health care for its rural population. In partnership ...    Read more

• Chairman Rupert Stadler: “As a sporty, global premium brand, Ducati is an excellent fit for Audi.”

• Third pillar for AUDI AG in Italy

• Ducati a leading player in engine technology and lightweight construction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2012   Sayaka Kaneshiro Becomes the Newest Member of Team Honda Muscle Milk   Torrance, CA: American Honda announces the addition of Sayaka Kaneshiro to Team Honda Muscle Milk for the 2012 Women’s Motocross Championship (WMX) series. Kaneshiro will join three-time Women’s Motocross Champion Ashley Fiolek aboard factory prepared Honda ...    Read more

Monster Energy Yamaha are raring to go for the launch of the 2012 FIM Motocross World Championship this coming weekend and have completed work on a fantastic new video that can be seen by clicking this link . The images shot by award-winning videographer Mikey Neale perfectly highlight the speed, ability ...    Read more

This Sunday sees the long awaited and hugely anticipated season opening race of the 2012 MotoGP Championship at the Losail circuit in Qatar. Yamaha Factory Racing riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies will line up on the grid under the spectacular floodlights alongside their rivals for the first true test ...    Read more

Ducati's "All Roads Lead to Pikes Peak" Challenge As you know, Ducati will return to Pikes Peak in 2012 for the 90th running of the “Race to the Clouds.” Defending champion and Pikes Peak motorcycle record holder, Carlin Dunne, will join six-time Pikes Peak winner,Greg Tracy, in an effort to ...    Read more

AS EXPECTED, THE TWO RACES IN THE IMOLA ROUND HAD THE APRILIA RIDERS BATTLING LAP AFTER LAP. MAX BIAGGI'S TENACITY LED TO TWO FOURTH PLACES, IMPORTANT SPOILS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. EUGENE LAVERTY, AFTER A FIFTH AND SIXTH PLACE, CAN NOW LOOK FORWARD CONFIDENTLY TO THE ASSEN ROUND. Imola, 1 April – The ...    Read more

Imola (Italy), Monday 2 April 2012 - Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) set quickest time in the official one-day Superbike test session at Imola, the day after the World Championship round dominated by Carlos Checa (Ducati Althea Racing). The day was marred by a serious crash for his Spanish team-mate ...    Read more

Torrance, CA: Nearly 47,000 fans were in attendance to see Honda riders on the podium at round 12 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship series in Toronto, Canada. Team Honda Muscle Milk’s Justin Brayton finished second, scoring his third podium of the season aboard his CRF450R ...    Read more

Words: Aaron Frank Photo" Harley-Davidson Archives As reliable as it was, Harley-Davidson’s WLA (see Icon, page 32) did suffer one major shortcoming: a high-maintenance chain drive. So when in 1940 the U.S. Army asked Harley to design a “next-generation” combat motorcycle, shaft drive—just like Nazi Germany’s BMW R71—was a mandatory feature. Operating on ...    Read more

The Jerez circuit opened its doors today to welcome the MotoGP riders for the last pre-season test of 2012, which will finish on Sunday. After the tests held in Malaysia and, for the first time with factory and CRT bikes sharing the track, the Repsol Honda team again topped the ...    Read more

The awesome amount of work that Kawasaki has put into its official racing programme in the past couple of years has already delivered results for the Ninja ZX-10R but the other half of the performance quotient is the rider. And in Tom Sykes Kawasaki has a competitor who has ...    Read more

The Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team has launched their 2012 campaign today in Jerez, Spain prior to the three day testing program with a presentation for the gathered press. You are now able to browse and download the new team launch images in the MotoGP photo gallery on ...    Read more

Murrieta, CA – KTM Motorsports and HMC Racing LLC are excited to announce German rider Stefan Nebel has been hired as the second member of the KTM/HMC Superbike Racing Team for select rounds of the 2012 AMA Pro Superbike Racing season. KTM announced earlier this year that the KTM/HMC ...    Read more

Torrance, CA: Round 10 of the 2012 Supercross season took place this weekend at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. This year’s Daytona Supercross by Honda marked Honda’s 21st year of sponsoring this unique and historic race. Daytona is always tough, but this year a downpour turned the ...    Read more

• RM Auctions teams up with Ducati to offer two Ducati Desmosedici GP machines in Monaco, 11th May • Offering includes a GP10 raced by Casey Stone and a GP11 raced by Valentino Rossi • Sale also features the acclaimed Saltarelli Collection, one of the world’s most important private Ducati Collections ...    Read more

TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH (March 9, 2012) — The Yamaha Champions Riding School (YCRS), based at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, will conduct a pair of two-day schools at New Jersey Motorsports Park on June 11-12 and 13-14. This will be the third consecutive year that the YCRS has visited New ...    Read more

Chad Reed and Jeremy McGrath will be joining all of the other Honda racing stars for autographs and more during the Honda Daytona Kick-Off Party on Friday, March 9 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Honda’s main display area. Don’t miss this opportunity to join in on the fun ...    Read more

Come join the Honda Supercross Red Riders as they support the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation® Ride for Kids® at the start of Daytona Bike Week! The team is appearing at the Honda Daytona Kick-Off Party on Friday, March 9, from 6-8 p.m. in Honda’s Main Display Area in front of the ...    Read more

Cypress, CA March 6, 2012 - With no less than 20 Daytona 200 wins to its credit-including an unprecedented, unbeaten string of 13 Daytona 200 victories in a row-the Yamaha brand is synonymous with Daytona. And it all started 40 years ago. This year's Daytona 200 marks the 40th Anniversary ...    Read more

Irvine, Calif. (March 5, 2012) - In front of a record-breaking crowd inside the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Mo., Monster Energy Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto scored his fifth win of the season at Round 9 of Monster Energy AMA Supercross. Villopoto's teammate Jake Weimer got a mid-pack start and ...    Read more