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Yamaha PES1 Looks Like a Dream, but the Bike Actually Works

20 Nov 2013, 15:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some say that we might just see the Yamaha PES1, or a bike derived from this prototype, rolling around the block in the not-so-distant future. Yamaha showed the PES1 electric street sport motorc...

Colin Edwards and Aleix Espargaro Very Happy with the Yamaha M1 Engines

15 Nov 2013, 12:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Good news come from the NGM camp as both their riders seem extremely pleased with their new bikes after the Valencia test. NGM Mobile Forward Racing confirmed Colin Edwards as their rider for the...

Mazda Unveils Diesel-Powered Prototype Racer for 2014 USCC

15 Nov 2013, 10:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Mazda has announced plans to return to the top tier of endurance racing with a diesel-powered vehicle that will be campaigned in the Prototype Class of the 2014 TUDOR United Sport...

2014 MotoGP: Valencia Test Sees Riders aboard Their New Machines

12 Nov 2013, 12:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The king is dead, long like the king, they say. The MotoGP riders are back at work, for the first official test which leads the series into the 2014 season. The Ricardo Tormo circuit is the place wh...

Indecent Pics of the 2014 Honda RCV1000R Production Racer

9 Nov 2013, 09:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We've got more explicit photos of Honda's 2014 RCV1000R production race which HRC will lease to several Open Class MotoGp teams for the next two seasons. The bike is pretty much the sa...

First Picture of the Honda RCV1000RR Production Racer

7 Nov 2013, 17:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Honda unveils their new RCV1000R production racer prototype, just ahead of the last round of the 2013 MotoGP championship, the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana. The new machine wil...

2013 EICMA: Is Husqvarna 701 Concept a Blinged KTM 690 SMC?

6 Nov 2013, 14:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Husqvarna has unveiled their all-new 701 Concept machine at Milan, and it looks like a solid step Husky could make towards road-bikes in the future. There's no information on whether Stefan ...

Toyota 86 by Tada Prototype Tested in Australia

1 Nov 2013, 13:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota 86 by Tada is a prototype version of the back-to-basics GT 86 driver’s car, which has been fitted with a handling upgrade pack by the sportscar’s chief engineer Tetsuya Tada. ...

Suzuki Recursion, the Turbocharged Middleweight Sportbike

30 Oct 2013, 16:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Despite the Hamamatsu group said the new project "Recursion" will not be showed t the 2013 EICMA in early November, it will be present at the Tokyo Motor Show later this year. Is it the...

Concept 1865 Electric Bike Is Truly Gorgeous

30 Oct 2013, 15:37 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A BASF and ding3000 project, the Concept 1865 is a "dandy horse" by looks and a modern tech-laden and futuristic materials vehicle which really takes things many steps forward in this segm...

Wazuma V8F Matt Edition, a Ferrari Engine and Tons of Evil Attitude

29 Oct 2013, 10:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's probably one of the most striking business cards for those who still don't know who Ludovic Lazareth is: the Wazuma V8F Matt Edition, another mind-boggling prototype from the genius...

Unit Skycraft Shows Awesome Carbon FMX Prototype Bike

18 Oct 2013, 12:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's one truly nice prototype coming from Unit Skycraft and aiming to change the world of freestyle motocross. Enter the Unit Skycraft FMX carbon fiber motorbike, a machine which could bring ...

Honda MotoGP Bikes Use ASIMO and F1 Technology

15 Oct 2013, 12:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ever wondered how come the Repsol Honda MotoGP machinery is so fast through the turns and seems to be capable of delivering the right amount of power and traction for pretty much any scenario? Well,...

2013 Toyota Harrier Prototype Unveiled

13 Oct 2013, 07:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Earlier this year, we've seen some renderings with the prototype model for the Japanese market Toyota Harrier, which is basically a different front-faced Lexus RX. The automaker has now rele...

A New Dawn for Ducati Corse?

10 Oct 2013, 16:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Things have been changing quite a lot at Ducati during the last few years. Debts, racing success and decline, Audi, more MotoGP decline, and so on. However, today may be the first day of the rest of...

New Indianapolis MotoGP Track Layout Revealed

10 Oct 2013, 14:35 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) showed the new layout they will prepare for the 2014 MotoGP round. According to IMS sources, the new layout was improve din three areas, in order to increase...

2014 MotoGP: Aprilia's Gigi Dall'Igna to Sign with Ducati

9 Oct 2013, 16:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Tough luck for Aprilia, as it appears like the top-brain in their MotoGP operations, Gigi Dall'Igna will dress a red work shirt soon. Ducati red, that is. Italian webzine Motociclisti report...

How Pneumatic Valves Work in MotoGP

9 Oct 2013, 12:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Nice feature from Avintia Blusens and their Crew Chief Francesco Guidotti, doing some explaining on what pneumatic valves are, how they work and why more teams are going for this technology. The ...

2014 Dakar: Honda CRF 450 Rally Is Ready for Dakar, Looks Gorgeous 2014 [Video Link]

8 Oct 2013, 15:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Honda released the first pictures of their CRF 450 Rally machine which is expected to bring more glory next year in the unforgiving Dkar 2014 rally. Team HRC unveiled the cross-country rally beast ...

Casey Stoner Testing the Honda Production Racer, Rain Still Mocks Him

4 Oct 2013, 07:16 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We can start to see a pattern when it comes to Casey Stoner testing Honda bikes at the Twin Ring circuit at Motegi. It matters little whether he is testing race setups for the current RC213V, the 21...