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2013 WSBK: Insane Finish for Melandri and Guintoli in Race 1 at Portimao
2013 WSBK: Insane Finish for Melandri and Guintoli in Race 1 at Portimao

10 Jun 2013, 11:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Awesome WSBK weekend in Portimao, Portugal, as Race 1 was literally loaded with drama and haute-tension battles between BMW Motorrad Goldbet rider Marco Melandri and Aprilia's factory pilot Syl...

 
2013 IOM TT: Michael Dunlop Wins the Joey Dunlop TT Championship Trophy
2013 IOM TT: Michael Dunlop Wins the Joey Dunlop TT Championship Trophy

9 Jun 2013, 16:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Joey Dunlop needs no introduction to the fans of road racing, as he is the biggest rider ever to have blazed alongside the Mountain Course. And just because of his amazing racing career, the Isle of...

 
2013 IOM TT: McGuinness Wins the Senior Race, Incident with 10 Injured
2013 IOM TT: McGuinness Wins the Senior Race, Incident with 10 Injured

8 Jun 2013, 07:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's a glorious end of the week for TT legend John McGuinness as he won the Pokerstars Senior race on Friday, with a 10 second lead. Mr. Pint thus achieves his 20th victory on the Mountain C...

 
Price Cap and Engine Allocation Announced for 2014 Superbike
Price Cap and Engine Allocation Announced for 2014 Superbike

8 Jun 2013, 06:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / World Superbike is changing, and the first major differences from the way the series is organized at the moment will be implemented for the 2014 season and will gradually be enforced across 3 season...

 
1973 John Player Norton Replica Coming Soon
1973 John Player Norton Replica Coming Soon

7 Jun 2013, 13:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Peter Williams Motorcycles announces they will be building no less than 25 JPN replicas and the bikes will be available soon. Peter Williams won the Isle of Man TT on his John Player Norton back...

 
Transgender Rider Chooses All-Female Team for the 24 Hours Le Mans
Transgender Rider Chooses All-Female Team for the 24 Hours Le Mans

6 Jun 2013, 13:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / An all-female motorcycle racing team is something we'd all better get used to, even though some male riders are raising an eyebrow. They've been around for some time now, and it seems like...

 
Shameful Kawasaki Crash
Shameful Kawasaki Crash

6 Jun 2013, 13:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's really too bad we're not allowed to fill such pieces of new with various caption of the almighty Grumpy cat. We'we seen so many silly and shameful crashes on the Mulholland "...

 
MotoCzysz E1pc D1g1tal Superbike
MotoCzysz E1pc D1g1tal Superbike

6 Jun 2013, 11:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Third victory in a row for Michael Czysz' bikes in the Isle of Man TT, after a dramatic race in which Michael Rutter was led by 9 seconds by John McGuinness but finally managed to squeeze in th...

 
2013 IOM TT: Honda's Awesome Tribute to Joey Dunlop
2013 IOM TT: Honda's Awesome Tribute to Joey Dunlop

6 Jun 2013, 10:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's a truly moving video showing just how big Joey Dunlop was for Honda, and we must admit our eyes watered a bit watching it. A well-kept secret until iconic TT legend and former team ma...

 
2013 IOM TT: Michael Rutter and MotoCzysz Win the Third TT Zero Race in a Row
2013 IOM TT: Michael Rutter and MotoCzysz Win the Third TT Zero Race in a Row

6 Jun 2013, 09:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Dramatic victory at the Mountain Course in the SES TT Zero race, as Michael Rutter stole the first place from John McGuinness by just 1.672 seconds. Even though McPint led by almost 9 seconds at ...

 
2013 BMW R1200GS vs BMW H4 (Sort of)
2013 BMW R1200GS vs BMW H4 (Sort of)

5 Jun 2013, 13:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Nice marketing move from BMW as they pitted a 2013 R1200GS against an H4 on asphalt of Spanish Circuito de Almeria. While we just know a fast and aggressive rider when we see one, we can vouch that ...

 
2013 MotoGP: Ben Spies Misses Barcelona, Pirro Replaces Him for Ducati Pramac
2013 MotoGP: Ben Spies Misses Barcelona, Pirro Replaces Him for Ducati Pramac

5 Jun 2013, 11:39 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bad news from the Ignite Pramac Ducati camp: as we feared, he will not ride at Barcelona, and the Ducati factory rider Michele Pirro will substitute for him in the Spanish race on June 16. Spies ...

 
2013 PPIHC: Carlin Dunne Swaps Ducati with Lightning E-Bike
2013 PPIHC: Carlin Dunne Swaps Ducati with Lightning E-Bike

5 Jun 2013, 11:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Carlin Dunne, the outright fastest rider in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb challenge will aim for a different record in this year's race: he will no longer ride his Ducati Multistrada ...

 
John McGuinness Is Once More the Fastest Rider on the Isle of Man
John McGuinness Is Once More the Fastest Rider on the Isle of Man

4 Jun 2013, 14:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Legendary John McGuinness is once more the fastest rider ever on the Mountain Course, as he managed a faster lap than the one during which he broke the speed record 4 years ago. Back in 2009, Mr....

 
2013 IOM TT: Michael Dunlop Wins the Superbike Race
2013 IOM TT: Michael Dunlop Wins the Superbike Race

3 Jun 2013, 14:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Honda TT Legends rider Michael Dunlop took his first-ever Superbike TT victory at the Mountain Course, in the world-famous Isle of Man. It looks like the Dunlops are bound to tie the name of the...

 
Zero S Gets Vetter Aerodynamic Tuning
Zero S Gets Vetter Aerodynamic Tuning

2 Jun 2013, 14:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After making it safely through a 3500-mile (5630 km) trip and into the Guinness Book of Records, iconic electric bike rider Terry Hershner is on his way back to Florida aboard his Zero S. Howeve...

 
MotoGP: CRT Rules to Be Abandoned, Entries Become Non-MSMA
MotoGP: CRT Rules to Be Abandoned, Entries Become Non-MSMA

31 May 2013, 08:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like MotoGP will change once more for 2014. Still linked to the much-discussed matter of Dorna's Magneti Marelli spec ECU, this new change brings a better way to separate factory teams...

 
2013 MotoGP: Lorenzo Calm before Mugello, Mentions the Long Straight
2013 MotoGP: Lorenzo Calm before Mugello, Mentions the Long Straight

30 May 2013, 13:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Winner of the last two rounds at Mugello, Yamaha factory rider and reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo says "we have to be calm" when it comes to the Gran Premio d' Italia TIM. T...

 
The First Pictures of the 2013 MotoCzysz E1pc
The First Pictures of the 2013 MotoCzysz E1pc

30 May 2013, 10:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Winner of the last three Isle of Man TT electric races, Team MotoCzysz has revealed the first pictures of their 2013 machine, the E1pc. The 2013 MotoCzysz E1pc will have Mark Miller and Michael R...

 
Nissan GTR Doesn't Stand a Chance against This Suzuki GSX-1000R
Nissan GTR Doesn't Stand a Chance against This Suzuki GSX-1000R

29 May 2013, 11:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Suzuki takes revenge on the infamous GTR, though it had to be a liter Gixxer to show these guys how the game is played. As far as we can tell, the GSX-1000R received a premium Yoshimura exhaust, ...