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Aprilia has won 49 World Racing Titles including 38 in MotoGP, 2 in World Superbike, and 9 Off Road Disciplines. With its 249 MotoGP Victories, Aprilia is the most victorious European and Italian Manufacturer in Moto GP history. Aprilia has been instrumental in the careers of today’s top racers. Max ...    Read more

Buffalo, NY: Dunlop is pleased to announce that in 2012 it will once again support club racers throughout the United States by posting more than $1 million dollars in available contingency payouts throughout a wide variety of racing classes conducted by 17 popular sanctioning organizations. As the official tire of ...    Read more

MURRIETA, Calif. – KTM Motorsports is proud to announce the KTM/HMC Superbike Racing Team which will mark KTM’s first full-time Superbike racing effort in the United States. The KTM/HMC Superbike Racing Team competed at three of the AMA Pro Superbike Road Racing Championship Series events last season and will return ...    Read more

Sandro Cortese of the Red Bull KTM Ajo Moto3 Team was fastest on the Valencia circuit for the third consecutive day in the first round of official tests for the new MotoGP class. Cortese also managed to improve his lap times each day as teams running KTM and KTM-driven bikes continue ...    Read more

Continuing on the success of the last year’s 848evo Racing Contingency Program, Ducati announces today the details for the 2012 Ducati 848evo Racing Contingency Program in partnership with FreedomRoad Financial. 2012 is poised to be an exciting year of club racing and 848evo racers will have access to an ...    Read more

On Monday, February 5, Nicky Hayden underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on the right shoulder that he had injured in late December. During the procedure, which was carried out in Fremont, California, and which lasted approximately 40 minutes, Dr Arthur Ting discovered and repaired a tear in the labrum. Yesterday’s post-operation ...    Read more

8 February 2012 Bridgestone slick compounds available: Front: Hard & Extra-Hard; Rear: Medium & Hard The first round of pre-season MotoGP testing was completed last week, with Bridgestone supplying its 2012 specification tyre to both the private Valencia test and the IRTA test at Sepang as it forges ahead with its preparations ...    Read more

Team Suzuki Press Office - February 7. Crescent Suzuki has unveiled its new 2012 GSX-R and named bespoke Foreign Exchange Solutions company Fixi as co-title sponsor for John Hopkins and Leon Camier's 2012 World Superbike Championship title assault. And, as the wraps came off the newly-liveried Yoshimura-powered GSX-R1000s at the ...    Read more

Team Suzuki Press Office - February 7. Former MotoGP racer and Suzuki test rider Nobuatsu Aoki talks about his recent visit to Indonesia to coach Suzuki's Indoprix riders. I have just got back to Japan after visiting countries around Asian. I guess many people already know this as some websites, ...    Read more

Milan, 7 February 2012 - The stage is set for the 2012 World Superbike season which will start on the 26th of February at the Australian track of Phillip Island. For the fourth year in a row, the Aprilia Racing Team participates as a key player in the WSBK ...    Read more

Team Suzuki Press Office - February 7. Team Suzuki Racing goes behind the scenes with Yoshimura Suzuki's AMA Supercross and Motocross rider Brett Metcalfe during training and testing aboard his RM-Z450 for the 2012 season in this short video released on www.suzuki-racing.com. The 27-year-old Australian - fourth overall in the ...    Read more

Following the first winter test at Sepang, where his participation was limited due to his left shoulder lacking the strength to ride well, Nicky Hayden traveled directly to Fremont, California, for a thorough examination at Doctor Arthur Ting’s clinic. There, tests revealed damage to cartilage in the American’s shoulder, as ...    Read more

Valentino Rossi underwent a small operation this morning at Cattolica’s Cervesi hospital to remove the rod that was inserted in his right tibia following his practice crash at the 2010 Mugello GP. The injury is now completely healed. The operation went well, and the Ducati Team rider will be ready for ...    Read more

Irvine, Calif. – The fireworks and explosions are always bigger the second time around at Angel Stadium for Monster Energy AMA Supercross, but the winner remained the same on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif. Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto grabbed his second holeshot of the season, established the lead, and ...    Read more

Torrance, CA: Round five of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship Series made its way back to Anaheim, California. For a second time this season Honda riders battled for the top podium position in front of a nearly sold-out crowd at Angel Stadium. Honda had an ...    Read more

The second visit of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross series (also an FIM World Championship) to Angel Stadium, Anaheim, Los Angeles saw JGRMX’s James Stewart collect his third podium trophy in a row by finishing second to Ryan Villopoto on Saturday night. A capacity crowd witnessed a Villopoto-Stewart-Chad Reed ...    Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. (Feb. 4) -- GEICO Honda rider Eli Tomac scored his third consecutive Supercross victory Saturday night at a sold-out Angels Stadium, padding his lead in the Lites West standings from 15 to 22 points with four races left on the schedule. "We got the turkey -- three in a ...    Read more

TwoTwo Motorsports/Bel-Ray Racing’s Chad Reed has finished a credible third place at the fifth round of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship at Anaheim’s Angel Stadium today. The Australian, who was struck down with a stomach bug in the days leading up to tonight’s event, struggled throughout practice ...    Read more

Red Bull KTM factory Ryan Dungey came off a heat 1 win in the Angel stadium at Anaheim2 in the AMA Supercross Championship to finish fourth to retain his place in the ‘Big Four’ - the all former SX Champions who are at the forefront of this year’s edition. Meanwhile ...    Read more

PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- The fastest amateur dirt-track racers on the planet will converge on the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Ill., May 29-June 1 for the premier annual amateur championship event: the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Dirt Track Grand Championships. "The AMA Dirt Track Grand Championships are one of the oldest ...    Read more

The first winter MotoGP test finished today at Sepang International Circuit with a day that was affected by rather variable weather conditions, with intense heat in the middle of the day and a shower that cut short the planned work schedule at 5:25 p.m. Nicky Hayden had already finished ...    Read more

For the Ducati Team, the second day of testing at Sepang was marked by a busy schedule that focused on preparing the GP12’s base setup. Valentino Rossi was engaged in the work that Filippo Preziosi had planned for the team, using all the time at his disposition, while Nicky ...    Read more

Date : 01/02/2012 Weather : Dry Temperature : Air: 32 degrees, Ground: 55 degrees Humidity : 66% The Repsol Honda Team has enjoyed a productive second day of testing at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia with Casey Stoner topping the time sheets. After missing the first day of testing yesterday due to a ...    Read more

TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH (February 1, 2012) — The Yamaha Champions Riding School is very pleased to announce that Scott Russell, the former AMA Pro Superbike and World Superbike Champion nicknamed “Mr. Daytona” for his five wins in the Daytona 200, will return as a Guest Instructor for the 2012 season. The ...    Read more

The first round of MotoGP testing for the 2012 season has been completed following the end of the first Sepang test with Bridgestone undertaking extensive assessment of its 2012 specification tyres. Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner was the fastest rider in Sepang, with his time of 1:59.606 – a second faster than ...    Read more