Beta/Purvines Racing's Nick Burson kicked a monkey off his back after winning round two of the AMA National Hare and Hound Championship held in Ridgecrest, California on Sunday. Burson raced all the way to the finish line ahead of KTM rider Ivan Ramirez claiming his first win in the series. This also marks Beta's first AMA National Hare and Hound win.
Just when we thought we'd heard about all the new 2014 models, out comes the tease/announcement of a surprise new 'bobber' from Victory motorcycles which is set to be unveiled in February.
Little is known about the new machine so far apart from its name – the 'Gunner' – this logo and Victory's description of it as "a 106ci full-size urban cruiser that outclasses the competition by handling itself as well on the highway as it does downtown."
More info as soon as we have it.
http://www.victorymotorcycles.co.za/
Aubervilliers, 10 February 2014. The FIM and Motul launch an auction of a unique graffiti painting produced by French artist Hozoï during the FIM Gala Ceremony, hosted in last December in Monaco.
The piece of art which celebrates the motorcycle community is signed by the 2013 FIM World Champions, as Marc Marquez, Tom Sykes, Antonio Cairoli or Laila Sanz and other FIM Legends. The proceeds of the sale will be donated to Riders for Health, the FIM official charity that has been providing for 25 years a tremendous work by delivering health care across the African continent.
Motul and Hozoï have been collaborating for more than 10 years on various art projects. An artistic collaboration moved by a common passion for motorsports and the desire of fashioning ties between art and automotive industry in order to provoke creative encounters. In that frame of mind, a new project with the French concept graffiti and metalwork artist was launched in 2012: the “Hozoï two-wheel trip”.
The news came on Tuesday during the EICMA bike show in Italy.
“In 2016, Aprilia will return to MotoGP™ with the goal of winning and discovering the same success we have enjoyed in World Superbikes,” commented Roberto Colaninno, CEO of Piaggio. “
The Italian marque was last part of the World Championship as a factory team in 2004.
Scott Redding has unveiled the new 2014 Gresini Honda RCV1000R livery that the British rider will campaign in his eagerly anticipated first season in the MotoGP world championship.
The 2013 Moto2 runner-up showed off his new production Honda machine during the launch of Fausto Gresini’s Go&Fun-backed squad in San Marino earlier today.
The Gloucestershire rider, who will partner Spaniard Alvaro Bautista this season, is one of four riders racing Honda’s new production RCV1000R machine in 2014.
Redding is back in pre-season testing action next week at the Sepang track in Malaysia where he will get his first opportunity to assess the potential of the RCV1000R machine while fully fit.
The 21-year-old did make his Gresini Honda debut during the traditional post season test in Valencia last November. But the broken left wrist injury that ultimately ended his brilliant Moto2 title challenge meant he was well below peak physical condition.
Yamaha Factory Racing stars Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi kicked off the new MotoGP season today by unveiling the 2014 Yamaha YZR-M1 live in front of nearly 4000 members of the Yamaha family at the 3S Dealer meeting in Indonesia.
The two-day visit saw both riders engage in a number of activities for their first official outing of 2014. Yesterday Jorge met with a number of local media before heading off to take part in a soccer game with a team of Lorenzo fans and members of the Yamaha community.
This morning Jorge and Vale went together to meet Mr. Joko Widodo, the current Governor of Jakarta. The threesome spent some time cycling and chatting together before the riders moved on to join the thousands of Yamaha dealers gathered to witness the unveiling of the 2014 YZR-M1 that marked the start of the 3S Dealer Meeting.
Jorge and Vale wrapped up the day by recording a local TV show and shooting a Yamaha TV commercial before heading to the airport and saying goodbye to
The Racing Norton V4 has competed in the Isle of Man TT Races and helps to develop the handling of the range which gets transferred into the road going Norton Machinery.
New from Hyosung and just arrived at the Cayenne dealer’s country wide is the ultimate lightweight sports motorcycle the Hyosung X-5 250, claimed to be the ultimate 250 for its outstanding styling, features, performance and handling.
The X-5 really turned heads when launched mid-November in Korea and the same month at the Milan show in Italy.
In its debut on the track at the KKRRC (Korea Road Race Championship) held at the Yeongam F1 National Stadium the new Hyosung X-5 piloted by Jeong took 1st place in the 250 class. The KKRRC is the only national large displacement motorcycle race in the country. More importantly it was a first ever win in Korea for a domestic motorcycle on its first time out.
The new Z1000 is powered by a 1,043 cc, four-cylinder, four-stroke, liquid-cooled engine, producing 140 hp at 10,000 rpm and 110 Nm of torque at 7,300 rpm. The naked street bike features a 6-speed gearbox. The same engine is also used in the new Ninja 1000, which has also been launched in India today.
Over the years, Honda has provided the market with some of the best bikes of this segment, dating back to the original Fireblade 900R of the 1980s, to the CBR1000RR of the the new millennium.
The Honda CBR1000RR SP was already a great sport bike, but with the 2014 model year has just became even better.
Among the improvements made for the new model year you’ll find a new windscreen, a revised riding position and more power. You also get a new Pearl White color scheme.
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