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One-on-one with Jonathan Rea
“We have developed a sharp knife, but we have to use a blunted one…”
Win number 70 for Marquez
Back in 2015, Valentino Rossi was accused of kicking out at Marc Marquez at Sepang, causing him to crash. In 2018, Marquez got revenge. This time it was the older rider who fell, in today’s Malaysian GP. And if Marquez wasn’t quite close enough to kick him, the cause was with
2018 Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling
If you’ve seen the 1935 British musical comedy No Limit, you’ll understand the atmosphere of the annual Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling. George Shuttleworth, played by comic songwriter George Formby, builds himself an AJS racer in his garden shed for his assault on the
Penalty denies Marquez position start
Marquez was half a second clear and took pole number 80 across all classes, but a six-place grid penalty puts him in P7 on the grid
Max Biaggi returning to the paddock
It’s official. As previously reported, former 250 and World Superbike champion and 500cc/MotoGP winner Max Biaggi is returning to the paddock as team chief next year, taking over the Schedl Moto3 squad currently running Philipp Oettl. The announcement in the week before the
Yamaha: “It will be smoother next year"
Yamaha riders will have to wait until the Sepang tests kick off the pre-season next year for engine changes aimed at solving the problems that have plagued the 2018 season. This was revealed by team manager Massimo Meregalli, interviewed by Dorna, and saying that the well-publ
Lorenzo to sit out Sepang
Jorge Lorenzo pulled out of the Malaysian GP, the fourth race in a row in which the soon-to-be-ex-Ducati rider will have missed. The former triple MotoGP champion had tried to ride, after having keyhole surgery to repair ligament damage to his left wrist. But after placing las
Rossi to quit?
Rumours were rife in Malaysia that Yamaha’s multi-champion Valentino Rossi might not see out his full two-year contract, if there is not a radical improvement next year. The Italian, whose own Australian GP ended in disappointment as he dropped back to sixth, signed up at Qa
Jack Miller fastest Independent Team rider on Day 1
Alex Rins has shaken off his tendency to a slow start, seizing top slot in a busy close to the second free practice session for Sunday’s Malaysian GP for the first time in his second year on the factory Ecstar Suzuki. The rising Spaniard was a full second inside the race lap
Provisional suspension of rider Anthony West to remain in place
Following is a Press Release by The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) - the governing body for motorcycle sport and the global advocate for motorcycling. The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) has advised Australian rider Anthony West that the
Head to Head - Harley-Davidson Road Glide Special-vs-Harley-Davidson Fat Boy 107
Harley-Davidson Road Glide Special $37,495 Ride away -vs-Harley-Davidson Fat Boy 107 $30,995 Ride away
Living with the Benelli TRK502
Benelli has been churning out good quality small- to mid-capacity motorcycles by the trailer load of late, among them its first parallel-twin, long-legged touring machine. But what adventure touring might mean to the old-but-new Eurasion brand would surely translate to something