September 14, 2015
New Hyosung GV250 The revamped, Sporster-inspired Hyosung GV250 GIVEN that most traditional V-twin cruisers these days have a capacity on the far side of 1500cc, the tiny Hyosung GV250 is never likely to be taken terribly seriously by the patches-and-tassles crowd. But it’s clearly doing well enough to earn the revamp it will need to […]
September 14, 2015
How Kawasakis Versys 250 might look HERE’S what Kawasaki’s rumoured Versys 250 could look like according to Indonesian bike websites including Tmcblog. The rendering, doing the rounds on a number of sites, shows the mini adventure-tourer closely resembling the Versys 650, with a similar low-slung exhaust, but with a more-complete lower fairing hiding the smaller parallel-twin engine. It’s believed to be built around […]
September 14, 2015
Gutsy gamble pays off for Bradley Smith MONSTER Yamaha Tech3’s Bradley Smith took a huge gamble in Sunday’s MotoGP race in San Marino and was rewarded with a podium position. The young Brit started form the second row on the grid, but as the Warm Up lap began rain started to fall moments before the […]
September 13, 2015
MotoGP 2015 Championship standings after Misano DESPITE Marc Marquez winning in Misano, Rossi still maintains his lead of the MotoGP World Championship. The nine-time World Champion now has 247-points, 23-points clear of Lorenzo due to his DNF at Misano. Marquez now jumps to 184-points leaving him with a comfortable margin ahead of Andrea Iannone who has […]
September 13, 2015
MotoGP 2015 Misano race results MARC Marquez wins dramatic MotoGP race in Misano as British riders Bradley Smith and Scott Redding take podium positions whilst Lorenzo crashes out. Repsol Honda’s Marquez took his fourth win of the season at the Misano MotoGP race in difficult weather conditions. The Spaniard took his 23rd MotoGP victory after […]
September 11, 2015
Yamaha XSR700 price revealed in Spain The forthcoming Yamaha XSR700 THE first indication of pricing of Yamaha’s XSR700, the new custom-style version of the MT-07, has emerged via the firm’s Spanish website, where it has been listed at €7,499 (£5,508) with ABS. It’s a 14% mark-up on the MT-07, which is listed at €6,599 (£4,846) with […]
September 11, 2015
Provisional 2016 MotoGP calendar released THE provisional calendar for next year’s MotoGP World Championship has been released. The calendar was released this morning as the 13th round of the 2015 MotoGP World Championship begins, but it is still only provisional and is subject to change. There have been minimal changes up to now, but Indianapolis […]
September 10, 2015
Goodwood Revival live stream THE Goodwood Revival is being live-streamed on YouTube all weekend, starting on Friday morning. There is one bike race at this year’s Revival meeting – the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy, which features bikes raced between 1962 and 1966. It’s a two-part, two-rider challenge; there’s one race on Saturday and another on Sunday. […]