Dakar 2007: Team Rally Pan America finish the Dakar Rally January 24, 2007
In his first racing foray into Africa , Casey McCoy brought the PAi bike home in a very respectable 31st place. Casey circled the pink lake in Dakar yesterday afternoon, successfully completing the 29th Dakar Rally. He was the 2nd American and 5th rookie …
Moto GP: Ducati’s Capirossi and Stoner make Progress on Day 2 in Malaysia
Testing in Malaysia is continuing at a rapid pace for the riders of the Ducati Marlboro Team who today were able to take advantage of more sunny weather and continue development work on the new 800cc machine. Both Capirossi and Stoner improved their times set Monday and while the Italian …
Moto GP: New season gets underway for Yamaha in Sepang
Yamaha Factory Racing Team riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards got the new year off to a promising start at the first Moto GP test of the season in Sepang, Malaysia today, setting the third and fourth fastest times respectively. With all teams now running …
Moto GP: Konica Minolta Honda continues hard work at Sepang
Today at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia, the KONICA MINOLTA Honda team made more progress with their new rider Shinya Nakano in the first major test of the 2007 Moto GP season. Today’s work centred around testing new Michelin tyres and working on suspension as Nakano aims to get a good …
Skydance Entertainment Announces Launch of New Motorcycle TV Series
The Great Canadian Motorcycle Trek is an exciting new spin for reality TV. It’s a 13-episode, half-hour series that chronicles the trip of three motorcycle riders as they cross “all Canada, all the way” in 30 days. The riders start in Vancouver at …
FIM: Superbike & Supersport World Championships, Superstock FIM Cup 2007 Calendar
The 2007 calendar of the Superbike and Supersport World Championships will count 13 rounds; the one previously scheduled on July 8 was not confirmed. The calendar is the following :
Superbike/Supersport World Championships
Dates - Country/Pays - Circuit - Superstock (X)
February 24 * - Qatar - Doha/Losail
March 4 - Australia - Phillip Island
April 1 …
Yamaha Australia Announces FZ6 Cup
Are you interested in road racing but put off by the high costs involved? Yamaha Motor Australia has fixed this problem with the introduction of the FZ6 Cup.
The FZ6 Cup allows you to go racing at a fraction of the normal cost. Just $7500 will secure a race ready 2007 model FZ6N, all …
Moto GP: New Season and New Era for Kawasaki
A revitalised Kawasaki Racing Team will get their 2007 Moto GP campaign underway on Monday, with the first of two planned pre-season tests at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia.
This week is the start of an extensive test programme that will see the Kawasaki Racing Team complete 12 intensive days of testing …
Moto GP: Kawasaki aim to build on Successful first Test at Sepang
Randy de Puniet and Olivier Jacque completed more than 700 trouble free kilometres during the opening day of testing at Sepang, with the younger Frenchman underlining the potential of Kawasaki’s new 800cc Ninja ZX-RR by finishing the day seventh fastest overall.
De Puniet and Jacque rode Kawasaki’s new Moto GP racer briefly …
Moto GP: Konica Minolta Honda start pre-season activity
The riders participating to the 2007 Moto GP World Championship returned on track today at Sepang with the new 800cc prototypes for the first test of the year. Temperatures of 30°C in the air, 40°C on the ground and a 70% humidity rate permitted to make the best use of the first …