Superbike
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How you do fancy riding Aprilia’s MotoGP inspired RSV4 RF LE (with wings) on the road?
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The V4-powered Aprilia RSV4 RF is undeniably one of the best 1000cc superbikes on the market right now. And now the iconic Italian brand has revealed it’ll be bringing a limited edition WINGED version of the RSV4 RF to market (in the USA). Drawing inspiration from Aprilia’s MotoGP program, where aerodynamics have been a driving…
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Alpinestars 55th Anniversary custom Ducati 750 Sport
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Alpinestars has teamed up with Woolies Workshop to create a one-off custom Ducati 750 Sport – to celebrate its 55 years of innovation, focus, commitment, design and winning tradition. As a tribute to the Alpinestars’ passion for motorcycling and to celebrate 55 years of innovation, manufacturing and product design, Alpinestars has been working with Michael…
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MotoGP: Pedrosa to ride in Texas
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Despite fracturing his right arm radius a couple of weeks ago at the Grand Prix of Argentina, Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa has decided to travel to Austin. Pedrosa crashed out early at Termas de Rio Hondo after an incident with Johann Zarco left the ‘Little Samurai’ on a tricky wet patch of track. Afterwards,…
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VIDEO: 200mph on a GSX-R in a t-shirt. And then it blows up.
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We’ve just been sent this video that’s been doing the rounds on social media of a bloke in a t-shirt tucked in on a Suzuki GSX-R – and just as he’s about to hit the 200mph barrier, his bike blows up. Can you imagine? https://www.facebook.com/virgilegreenmamba/videos/2029501483928118/ Thankfully, it looks like the rider managed to keep everything under control –…
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WSB: Home heroes and history makers at Assen this weekend
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This weekend, the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship heads to the iconic TT Circuit Assen for the fourth round of the season. For the first time in history three riders have managed to pull off two wins each – meaning there’s just 18 points splitting the top three riders in the standings, so there will…
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Fancy getting your hands on a Suter MMX 500?
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The Suter MMX 500 has long since been admired by two-stroke race fans far and wide – but with its limited production and prohibitive pricing, only a handful of people are ever going to get the chance to own one. Until now that is. That’s right, you can own a Suter MMX 500 – it’s…
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MotoGP: Seville aiming to be added to race calendar
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It has been revealed that the city of Seville has begun work to mount a campaign to be added to the MotoGP calendar. Of course, according to Dorna’s big cheese Carmelo Ezpeleta, there are already around a dozen countries on the waiting list to join the MotoGP calendar – but a new candidate has popped…
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Ride the new GSX-R1000R at Mallory Park with James Whitham Track Days
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James Whitham’s Track Days has teamed up with Suzuki, offering the chance to test ride the new GSX-R1000R around Mallory Park – and if you end up buying one, you’ll get the full cost of the track day reimbursed, plus a free place on Suzuki’s 2019 All-Star track day event. Kicking off on April 18…
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WSB: Aragon this weekend, here’s some performance stats to warm you up with
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Aprilia have stood on the podium on ten occasions at MotorLand Aragon, and are second only to Kawasaki in this area. Their last podium came three years ago with Leon Haslam, who was third in Race 2. Last year the best result for Aprilia here was a seventh place by Leandro Mercado in Race 1.…
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MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo set to switch to Suzuki for 2019?
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Rumours are circulating that Suzuki is targeting three-time MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo to partner Alex Rins for the 2019 season. After a challenging debut season at Ducati last year during which Lorenzo struggled to truly get to grips with the Desmosedici, things have started in much the same vein for 2018, with just one point…
