Racing
Racing
-
WSB: Rea extends Portimao winning streak in Race One
Posted
by
Jonathan Rea has extended his incredible winning streak at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve with another victory in Race One on Saturday, his sixth consecutive win at the Portuguese circuit – and his eleventh of the 2018 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship season. The Northern Irishman was dominant at Portimao, taking the lead inside the first…
-
Romano Fenati. Just Grab It.
Posted
by
We’ve just clocked this mock-up of a Nike advert from Dutch motorcycle site Oliepeil – and it’s having a dig at Romano Fenati’s actions at the Misano GP. Made us smile – and we thought you should see it. The Romano Fenati mock up is a rip-off of the controversial Colin Kaepernick Nike advert, which had made the news recently…
-
CUSTOM Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 tops 150mph at Bonneville
Posted
by
In the hands of 18-year-old Cayla Rivas, Royal Enfield’s new Continental GT 650 has been taken to 241kph (150mph) at Bonneville Salt Flats – exceeding the bikes previous best by over 30kph (18mph). Royal Enfield has had a crack at demonstrating the potential of its new twin-cylinder 650cc engine – participating in the Bonneville Motorcycle…
-
MotoGP: In the Silverstone debacle wake, the big boss says: “If we can’t race on a Sunday in future, we will race on Monday or Tuesday!”
Posted
by
The fall-out from the mess that was Silverstone’s hosting of the British round of the MotoGP championship continues. Carmelo Ezpeleta (above) CEO of Dorna, the company that owns and runs MotoGP, has announced that he has plans in place to stop a wash-out cancellation ever happening again in the Premier Class – and those plans…
-
Moto2: Romano Fenati RETIRES from racing. Launches final verbal attack on ‘brake-grab’ victim Stefano Manzi
Posted
by
“Do you want to see my helmet and my leathers? There is a long black strip – the Manzi rubber. He attacked me three times and he could have killed me too.” Romano Fenati has announced his retirement from motorcycle racing following his brake-grab incident at the Misano Moto2 race last Sunday. The 22-year-old has…
-
Moto2: Romano Fenati’s license taken by the Italian Motorcycle Federation. Federal Court hearing set for September 14.
Posted
by
The Italian Motorcycle Federation (IMF) has withdrawn Romano Fenati’s racing license with immediate effect AND begun a process for legal moves against the rider. The IMF has met today (September 11th) for the first round of proceedings against Fenati following his actions in Sunday’s Moto2 race where he grabbed Stefano Manzi’s bike front brake lever…
-
MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa in SHOCK move to KTM for 2019.
Posted
by
Dani Pedrosa is set to join KTM’s test team in 2019, following his retirement from racing this year. Pedrosa announced retirement from full-time MotoGP competition a couple of months ago. At the time, speculation was rife that he’d find another ride (maybe even in WSB) – but in the end he decided to take a…
-
WHAT’S THIS? Suzuki Italia hints at MotoGP-esque GSX-R for EICMA 2018.
Posted
by
Suzuki Moto Italia has teased (what looks like) a carbon-fibre clad GSX-R1000 on social media – and it’s heading to EICMA 2018. A year ago, we brought you a selection of new patents from Suzuki, showing extensive bodywork changes to a motorcycle that’s the spitting image of the firm’s MotoGP machine – and we reckon this is…
-
MOTO2: Romano Fenati sacked after brake-grab incident. MV Boss chips in, saying: “His 2019 contract with us won’t happen. I will oppose it.”
Posted
by
Romano Fenati’s contract with the Marinelli Snipers Team has been terminated following the incident on Sunday that saw the Italian suspended from two Grands Prix. The team has just published the following statement: “Here we are. Now we can communicate that the Marinelli Snipers Team shall terminate the contract with the rider Romano Fenati, from now on,…
-
Alpinestars unveil MICK DOOHAN Supertech R Race Replica Boots
Posted
by
Alpinestars has just unveiled it’s all new set of Supertech R Race replica boots – and this time, they’re celebrating iconic Australian racer and five time 500cc World Champion Mick Doohan. Doohan dominated racing’s premier class until 1998, winning five consecutive world titles. And to celebrate, Alpinestars has created the Limited Edition Doohan Supertech R…
Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online.
