The Triumph Triple challenge is heading into its fifth season in an attempt to unearth the next British Superbike star. The Triumph Triple Challenge pits riders against eachother, in an effort to win a competive motorcycle and full backing from Triumph the following season. The Triumph Triple Challenge awards a Superstock 600 for riders under [...]
Casey StonerSeeing Casey Stoner at the top of the time sheets for the third consecutive wasn’t a surprising feat. But seeing all three Repsol Honda riders consistently score top five finishes was quite impressive. The second MotoGP testing session at Sepang has shown us one thing. The RC212V is the fastest bike in the MotoGP [...]
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team riders Colin Edwards and Cal Crutchlow declared themselves satisfied with the progress at the end of a hugely productive three-day MotoGP test session in Malaysia today. Edwards was thrilled with his work over an exhausting three days as typically searing hot and sunny conditions dominated the test at the 5.5km [...]
The organizers at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia decided to hold a fundraiser for flood victims during the MotoGP testing session. The 17 premier class riders, along with their teams, showed their full support today during the Sepang test. “On behalf of the Sepang International Circuit, I would like to express my sincere thanks and [...]
Rizla Suzuki’s Alvaro Bautista made good progress but lost a large amount of test time at Malaysia today due to a severe headache that sidelined the Spanish star. Bautista (35 laps), had already started today’s wide-ranging programme and had tested new Marchesini wheels, Ohlins rear shock damping specs, and electronic mapping strategies before the pain [...]
Valentino Rossi has been struggling this off-season. Rossi moved to a new team this year, and is doing his best to get the feel of his new Ducati GP11. But an injured shoulder has prevented him from pushing the Ducati to its limits, and today, illness kept Rossi off of the track entirely. Rossi showed [...]
Just days before the start of the 2011 World Superbike championship season began, Jonathan Rea suffered a high speed accident at the Phillip Island track. Rea was taken to the hospital for x-rays, fearing that he broke his wrist. But Rea released a video today, saying that he did not suffer any serious injury, and [...]
For 2011 Cortech has just released the Cortech Latigo Boots. They come in 2 versions. The Cortech Latigo Air Boot and the Cortech Latigo WP Boots ( waterproof version ). Both boots feature a Mycro Tech upper with is essentially a synthetic leather that is used in most roadrace boots like Sidi boots, Alpinestar Boots [...]
The Repsol Honda Team made full use of the second day of testing at the Sepang circuit to continue working on the 2011 RC212V prototype. All three riders went back on track at 10h30 and began with a kind of “time attack” that placed them in the top three positions on the time sheets from [...]
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