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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
The intricate dance of contract negotiating position for the 2011 silly season is in full swing. Every opportunity that the press gets to interrogate the Fantastic Four about their intentions for 2011 is seized upon with relish, despite the fact the 2010 MotoGP season has yet to begin. Jorge Lorenzo was the latest victim: the Spaniard was being feted by fans at a special dinner in Barcelona, laid...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The news that 1000cc production-based engines will be allowed to race in MotoGP alongside the prototypes appears to be having some unexpected consequences. After at first announcing their intention to offer cut-price Aprilia RSA 250s to run in Moto2, and then dropping that idea to concentrate on building a chassis for the Moto2 class to wrap around the spec Honda engine due to be used, the Spanish...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The first round of extra testing for MotoGP's bumper crop of rookies has concluded, with Alvaro Bautista wrapping up a three-day test at Estoril in Portugal. The young Spaniard put in over 200 laps at the circuit, eventually lapping consistently in the 1'38.5s, according to the Suzuki press release . That pace would have put him around 12th place in the race, despite the conditions being cooler and...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Perhaps the biggest surprise of this year's La Ruta de los Conquistadores, which wrapped up this weekend, was the performance of AMA Superbike rider Ben Bostrom, who not only won the Men's Master A classification, but also took fourth overall in the general classification. The 35-year-old American motorcycle racer won the AMA Superbike Championship in 1998 and the AMA Supersport Championship in 2008....
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Niccolo Canepa had a very tough rookie year in MotoGP. The Italian joined the Pramac Ducati team after a year as Ducati's test rider, having won the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup a year before. But once he made the switch from test rider to MotoGP rider, he has struggled badly, circulating close to the back of the field for much of the season. So it was no surprise that the likable Italian lost his MotoGP...
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Wheelosphere (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Michael Schumacher loses his role as F1 advisor for Ferrari and is linked to a drive with Mercedes GP for 2010 season Kimi Raikkonen to take a sabbatical in 2010 Jenson Button joins Mclaren Valentino Rossi to test F1 car again Related posts: Standard Engine To Dent Formula-1 Glory? International Automobile Federation(FIA) the governing body of Formula-1 recently proposed... Force India To Test VJM02...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
A variety of sources are reporting that 2009 British superbike champion Leon Camier has or will shortly sign a deal that will see him ride alongside Max Biaggi on the factory Aprilia team in the World Superbike championship. Camier will test with the team at Misano Wednesday and Thursday and some sort of announcement may be made by the team at that time. The young Brit has been considered a front-runner...
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AIEEEE! (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
I know, i know, Defoe is current 2000AD and not in the 68-78 year range of this Blog. But decided to say something here, not because its joint best strip in there for the last few years, but for the art by Leigh Gallagher. In my book, Leigh is the natural successor to artists known for their stunning, moody b/w artwork such as Bunn, Font and Bradbury. Leigh has gone on record as saying the artist that...
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The Motorcycle Blog Aggregator (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
From Sideblog - While researching a story for SB#5, came across this mad bike in Popular Science magazine 1947...BPA crowd of 90,000 saw Bill Kitchen, noted British motorcycle racer, smoke up Wembley speedway in London recently on the world's first rocket-assisted motorcycle. Prof. A. M. Low, rocket pioneer, and Alex Jackson, manager of the Wembley track, developed the rocket-boosted bike. The additional...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Another blow has been struck in the ongoing battle for supremacy inside the Fiat Yamaha garage. After Valentino Rossi announced that Yamaha would have to choose between himself and team mate Jorge Lorenzo - before backpedalling to the Italian press - this time, it is the turn of Jorge Lorenzo's side of the garage to get in a blow. That comes in an interview with the Spanish broadcaster Cadena SER...
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SPEED (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Ben Spies felt like a winner in Valencia on Sunday but the Texas Superbiker was unwilling to talk tough after a classy MotoGP debut for Yamaha.
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Althea Ducati has announced that Shane "Shakey" Byrne will team with Carlos Checa on the squad in the World Superbike championship in 2010. Althea ended a relationship with Honda at the end of the 2009 season that had lasted the last two years in favor of the Bologna based manufacturer. Byrne brings extensive experience with the 1098 Superbike to Althea, having won the 2008 British superbike...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
• Former World Superbike champion to return in 2010 • 'I can't wait to move back to BSB and the UK' The former British and World Superbike champion Neil Hodgson will make his much-anticipated return to the British Superbike Championship next season after signing for the Motorpoint Yamaha team. Hodgson returns to the UK after racing in the US-based AMA Championship and securing the World...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Testing has finally concluded for the MotoGP class for this year - or rather, almost, as Alvaro Bautista will be testing in Estoril next week, while Hiroshi Aoyama will have a test in Sepang a few days before Christmas, the two rookies being allowed extra tests to acclimatize to the MotoGP bikes. But the regulars go home with plenty to think about. Fastest of the three-day test was the man who had...