Ross Mowbray
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Ana Carrasco becomes the first female to win a solo championship race
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Participating in round 10 of the FIM Supersport 300 World Championship in Portimao, Portugal, Carrasco rode to victory ahead of Yamaha riders Alfonoso Coppola (by 0.053sec) and Marc García (0.062). Ok, so she won by just one-tenth of one second, but it was enough for Carrasco and her Kawasaki Ninja 300 to make world history,…
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Win Win Win! Gore-Tex riding gear worth over £1000!
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How would you like to get your hands on some top-quality Gore-Tex riding gear? Well, here’s your chance! Our Motorcycle Sport and Leisure cousins have teamed up with Richa and TCX to bring you a competition where one lucky winner will get kitted head-to-toe in Gore-Tex goodness worth over £1000. And it doesn’t cost a penny…
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Triumph test Moto2 engine for 2019 – unveil new 765 Daytona in the process?
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Triumph is hard at work, developing its Moto2TM race engine ready for the 2019 season – and in the snaps we’ve seen, the bike its powering looks a lot like a new 765 Daytona. Of course, there’s been no official word from Triumph – but adding two and two together, we’re sure that the Moto2…
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WIN a place on Maria Costello’s women only track day with IAM RoadSmart
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Isle of Man TT racer Maria Costello has teamed up IAM RoadSmart in an effort to get more women on two wheels. And, IAM RoadSmart is offering one lucky lady the chance to win a place on Costello’s women only motorbike track day later this month. Costello made her name as the first women to claim…
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Valentino Rossi: “It was a great shame throwing away the chance for the Championship.”
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Ahead of this weekend’s Misano GP, Motogp.com has caught up with Valentino Rossi, to talk about his recent accident, see how he feels, and find out when he’ll be back. First, how did the crash happen? Valentino Rossi: “Unfortunately I was riding a dirt bike with my friends to tour the hills behind Urbino in…
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MotoGP: All the stats ahead of this weekend’s racing at Misano
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The MotoGP world championship is heading back to Misano – and in preparation for the action kicking off, here’s a bunch of facts and figures about this weekend’s racing at the iconic Italian circuit. Heading into this weekend’s action, Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) leads the championship – 4 points ahead of Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda), 13…
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Lorenzo’s championship-winning 2007 Aprilia 250cc goes under the hammer
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The ex-works 2007 Aprilia 250cc Grand Prix racing motorcycle which was ridden to World Championship victory by Jorge Lorenzo is among the exotic machinery on offer in Bonhams’ auction, at the Stafford Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show this October. Starting his Grand Prix career at age 15, Lorenzo rode for the Fortuna-sponsored team. He remained with…
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Riding from Dawn till Dusk with the TRF to raise money for road traffic accident victims
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Last month, the Cambridgeshire and Suffolk Trail Riders Fellowship (TRF) ran its annual Dawn to Dusk ride, to raise money for charity Headway Cambridgeshire. The annual event invites members of the TRF on a 270-mile, 12 hour ride – starting off from the Essex border and heading for Hunstanton, taking in as many trails,…
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Ducati’s Desmosedici Stradale V4 engine unveiled!
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Ducati has unveiled its new Desmosedici Stradale V4 engine, the road-going version of its MotoGP power plant – in preparation for Ducati’s soon-to-be-unveiled superbike, the Ducati Panigale V4. Shown today in Misano, ahead of this weekend’s San Marino GP, we finally know a little bit more about the hotly anticipated Desmosedici Stradale engine. The stats…
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One-off ExoDyne electric motorcycle
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Full-time vet and part-time engineer, Alan Cross has created an otherworldly one-off skeletal electric motorcycle, called the ExoDyne. Throughout his career, Cross has spent his weekends and evenings creating all manner of gadgets, gizmos and vehicles, from electric trikes to steam punk floor lamps. His latest project, the ExoDyne, took 9 months of research, design,…
