Corrado Cecchinelli, the former director of Ducati, will be the MotoGP Director of Technology for the 2011 MotoGP season. Cecchinelli will oversea all technological aspects relating to the MotoGP World Championship, as well as the Moto2 series and 125cc series. Cecchinelli will also play a big part in developing the new rules and regulations for [...]
Four time World Superbike Champion Carl Fogarty will take on an ambassadorial role with Ducati to promote and support the Rapid Solicitors Ducati 848 Challenge. Carl became a supporter of the 848 Challenge last year when he rode an 848 on a parade lap at the Oulton Park British Superbike round to help promote the [...]
Hiroshi Aoyama will be returning to the MotoGP in 2011 with high aspirations. Aoyama missed 6 rounds of the 2010 season after fracturing a vertabra in Silverstone, but plans to make up for his dissapointing 2010 outing by finishing in the top for the San Carlo Honda Gresini team during 2011. Aoyama had an encouraging test [...]
There is a lot of pressure resting on the shoulders of Alvaro Bautista. Bautista will be the sole rider for the Rizla Suzuki team during the 2011 MotoGP season, but he believes that the situation will work to his advantage. “I think being the only rider is positive on the whole,” Bautista said. “Because Suzuki [...]
I have now logged enough miles on the Michelin Anakee 2 tires to know that I may have a new favorite street-oriented dual-sport tire. This tire is geared to large displacement dual-sport and adventure touring machines. I currently have the Anakees on my BMW R1200GS and am very impressed. Michelin claims that their new competition-derived [...]
Motorcycle LED lights have been around for a while, but after the release of Tron: Legacy, it seems like the industry is going into overdrive. But do those little glowing lights have a bigger purpose than just illuminating chrome? There are a lot of superfluous products in the motorcycle world. Some people would even argue [...]
Have you ever wished you had open access to a MotoGP event without anything blocking your view? Imagine having open access to all the MotoGP race tracks and being able to see all the races just feet away from the track. Martin Heath, the leading MotoGP photographer, has this type of access. Martin Heath Photography [...]
What does it take to beat a BMW S1000RR? Well to start out you need a car with a price tag of $225,000. Next add an engine that is putting out 500HP and you have a good start. This car, an Ariel Atom V8, of course must be devoid of any creature comforts like a [...]
Life In America 1980 – The average income has increased to $19,500/year. The US boycotts the Moscow Olympics. Mt. St. Helens erupts. John Lennon is gunned down in New York City. 30% of US auto sales are now imports, primarily from Japan. We’re listening to Queen’s, Another one Bites the Dust, and Willie Nelson’s, On [...]
Archive
Recent Comments
Links