Source: http://www.esportbike.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144428&goto=newpost
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Leo Vince Factory Corsa Sale
Leo is clearing out stock again :) Selling off the Factory Corsa systems that are listed HERE (http://www.superbiketoystore.com/leo_july_sale.pdf)...
Jenson Button: ?Red Bull should be worried? | F1 Fanatic round-up
In the round-up: Button hails McLaren's improved performance, saying ?it is looking pretty good for us?.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/f1fanatic/~3/NTKhjB54zV0/
Jacques Bernard Adrian Bernetic Manfred Bernsee Bruno Bertacchini
Yamaha Monday Wake-Up Call: N.Z.?s Suzuki International Tri-Series
Superbikes, Supermoto, and Sidecars?oh my! Wake up with results from the weekend's N.Z. Suzuki International Tri-Series.
Celeste Cavaciuti Lucio Cecchinello Pierre Cecchini Johnny Cecotto
2011 World Supersport Championship Standings After Round 9, Silverstone, Great Britain
Championship standings for round , 2011
Sebastian Vettel Q&A: We have to get back on top of McLaren
Hungary saw another thriller of a race, with brave overtaking moves, a car on fire, and conditions that were almost impossible to predict. It was...
Carlo Bellotti Jean Pierre Beltoise Felice Benasedo Gert Bender
Akrapovič Triumph 675 Racing Line Full Exhaust System & Header Kits
Akrapovič has finally released their Racing Line full exhaust system for Triumph Daytona 675 motorcycles! And, for those of you who already purchased...
Source: http://www.esportbike.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144434&goto=newpost
Celeste Cavaciuti Lucio Cecchinello Pierre Cecchini Johnny Cecotto
MotoGPBlog: a change of focus
MotoGPBlog throughout the 2008 and 2009 seasons built a small but active community around news of MotoGP, tipping contests, and reference information, such as track maps and stats. Unfortunately, the amount of time and effort the blog took to maintain simply hasn’t been available to me in the past couple of seasons. Now, however, I [...]
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Saturday, July 30, 2011
SS22: Hirvonen takes Power Stage win
Story from www.wrc.com
*Stage data: SS22, Laajavuori 2 - POWER STAGE (4.19 kilometres)*
*Stage description:*
By Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally...
*Stage data: SS22, Laajavuori 2 - POWER STAGE (4.19 kilometres)*
*Stage description:*
By Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally...
Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/wrc-news/146990-ss22-hirvonen-takes-power-stage-win.html
2011 Silverstone World Supersport FP2 Result: Lowes Takes Control
Sam Lowes dominated the second session of free practice for the World Supersport class at Silverstone, taking an early lead and topping the timesheets by over eight tenths of a second. The Parkalgar Honda rider ended well ahead of a pair of Hannspree Ten Kate bikes, youngster Florian Marino a tenth quicker than his veteran teammate Fabien Foret. Motocard.com Kawasaki's Broc Parkes was 4th fastest, just ahead of Step Racing's Gino Rea. Championship leader Chaz Davies found some improvement, posting the 7th best time, but still nearly 1.3 seconds off Lowes.
Results:
Tadahiko Taira Kunimitsu Takahashi Yuki Takahashi Gábor Talmácsi
Academy wrap: Kaur makes it three
Story from www.wrc.com
The Academy drivers, who pilot identical Ford Fiesta R2s prepared by the British M-Sport organisation using Pirelli...
The Academy drivers, who pilot identical Ford Fiesta R2s prepared by the British M-Sport organisation using Pirelli...
Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/wrc-news/146999-academy-wrap-kaur-makes-three.html
Stefano Bianco Fabio Biliotti Wilf Billington Hartmut Bischoff
2011 Silverstone World Supersport FP1 Result: Salom Edges Foret
Motocard.com Kawasaki rider David Salom has topped the first session of free practice for the World Supersport class at Silverstone, putting in a fast late lap to set the fastest time. Salom deposed Hannspree Ten Kate Honda's Fabien Foret by just five hundredths of a second, who was in turn over a third of a second faster than Parkalgar Honda's Sam Lowes. Lowes was the first of a gaggle of British riders, Step Racing's Gino Rea in 4th and Bogdanka PTR's James Ellison 5th fastest. Current championship leader Chaz Davies was nearly two seconds off the pace of Salom, the ParkinGO Yamaha rider ending up in 11th.
Results:
Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team leads in free practice
The three favourites lead the Suzuka 8 Hours free practice. The Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team with Yu...
Jordy Burgess to ADR in AMA Pro Road Racing
2010 Ducati Motologic Superbike rookie Jordy Burgess is happy to announce the signing of a contract with AMA Superbike team ADR Racing, contesting the Superbike Class for the 2011 season onboard a Suzuki GSXR-1000.
Source: http://www.roadracerx.com/breaking-news/jordy-burgess-to-adr-in-ama-pro-road-racing/
Jose Maria Busquet Rex Butcher Hans Otto Butenuth Hans Jorg Butz
Melandri renews with Yamaha
Marco Melandri has renewed the contract that ties him to Yamaha and the Italian will again ride the YZF-R1 machine in the 2012 FIM Superbike World Championship.
“Yes, next year I’ll still be here in Superbike” revealed the 28 year-old former 250 cc world champion in an interview published in Italian weekly magazine Motosprint. “After changing four bikes and four teams in the last four years I am very happy to be able to build something that will last rather than having to start over again every time.”
On the eve of the ninth round of the calendar this weekend at Silverstone, the Yamaha World Superbike Team has now confirmed its 2012 line-up, with Eugene Laverty already under contract for next season.
“Silverstone is a track that I adore and I really like the fast bits. It’s very long and difficult and I am sure that we’ll offer two great races to all Superbike fans. Brno was fantastic not only for everyone watching but also for us riders. The duel with Max was really exciting, I enjoyed it a lot. He’s an ‘oldie’ but he’s still a strong racer. And I’m sure that in the UK we’ll both have to deal with Carlos Checa again and maybe there’ll some other surprises.”
Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/vsI0v57rXat/Melandri+renews+with+Yamaha
Marc Antoine Constantin Michele Conti John Cooper Mick Coopey
The Champion and the Apprentice
The Fiat Yamaha team have been surrounded by hype this past few weeks. Not, as an outsider might expect, caused by a battle to re-sign the reigning champion: Rossi’s contract ends at the end of the 2010 championship, and he looks settled, happy, and at one with the bike he helped shape and tune into [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/motogpblog/postfeed/~3/PNl7Srzdr9I/1189
Friday, July 29, 2011
Sachsenring 2009 MotoGP race analysis
While the weather had produced torrential downpours thoughout the preamble to this GP, it stayed dry for the action in Germany. As the riders lined up on the grid, there was a real feeling of anticipation as Rossi and Lorenzo, so close through practice until that awesome final qualifying lap from Valentino, pulled up next [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/motogpblog/postfeed/~3/U39d5gDqBKA/1137
George Andrews Luigi Anelli Marcel Ankone Hans Georg Anscheidt
Kwikasfaki by Cabbie
Take one Kawasaki H2 750 motor, recently decommisioned from drag strip duty we might add, throw in a plenty of bling parts, for measure include one deliciously white powdercoated frame, and you’ve got one seriously trick bike that is sure to go “kwikasfaki” (295lbs, 135rwhp, 9.3 down the � mile if you’re a numbers person). Oddly enough, that’s exactly what one member on the Custom Fighters forum, named cabbie, did (full build thread here), and ...
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AsphaltandRubber/~3/g6QjFD-LpjU/
František Bartoš Günter Bartusch Eric Bataille Franco Battaini
The Yamaha Monday Wake-Up Call!
While snow fell on the Northeast, Florida's CCS racers were feeling just fine on the asphalt of Florida's Homestead Miami Speedway. Wake up?and warm up?with results from all thirty-seven classes.
Source: http://www.roadracerx.com/features/monday-wake-up-call/the-yamaha-monday-wake-up-call-5/
The other teams better have their cheque books ready....
as Chris Swanwick is coming to the BTCC!
BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (http://btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=2518)...
BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (http://btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=2518)...
Roy Boughey Dennis Boulom Christian Bourgeois Philippe Bouzanne
MotoGP Teams Always Committed to Race in Japan
None of the current MotoGP teams had threatened to boycott the Japanese Grand Prix in early October because of radiation fears in the area surrounding the Twin Ring Motegi.
Dorna and the FIM confirmed yesterday that the race will go ahead as planned on October 2 after an independent report said it was safe to travel to the area.
There had been concerns expressed about the levels of radiation
Dorna and the FIM confirmed yesterday that the race will go ahead as planned on October 2 after an independent report said it was safe to travel to the area.
There had been concerns expressed about the levels of radiation
Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/g6XUVTq9rtF/MotoGP+Teams+Always+Committed+Race+Japan
Pedrosa to Resume Full Training in January
Repsol Honda Team rider Dani Pedrosa is now in the final stages of recovery from the shoulder injury he sustained last October and is excited to return to training in early January.
Source: http://www.roadracerx.com/breaking-news/pedrosa-to-resume-full-training-in-january/
Gyula Marsovsky Jorge Martínez Alexis Masbou Umberto Masetti
Just in time for Christmas, Alpinestars iPhone 4 Cases
Torrance, CA - December 21, 2010 ? Incipio and Alpinestars have teamed up to bring you two innovative cases for the iPhone 4: Tech 10? and Bionic?. Combining Alpinestars legacy in protective apparel and equipment with Incipio?s precision in design and engineering in the mobile case industry, this alliance has resulted in the highest quality protective carrying cases for the iPhone 4. This project represents a union of two legacies of protection, a true collaboration of resources, experience and creativity.
Source: http://www.roadracerx.com/industry-news/just-in-time-for-christmas-alpinestars-iphone-4-cases/
F1 going to Sky
BBC Sport - F1 - BBC and Sky awarded rights in new Formula 1 deal (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9550930.stm)
This is...
This is...
Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/f1/146928-f1-going-sky.html
Bruno Bertacchini Silvano Bertarelli Albert Bertholet Guy Bertin
Thursday, July 28, 2011
MotoGPBlog: a change of focus
MotoGPBlog throughout the 2008 and 2009 seasons built a small but active community around news of MotoGP, tipping contests, and reference information, such as track maps and stats. Unfortunately, the amount of time and effort the blog took to maintain simply hasn’t been available to me in the past couple of seasons. Now, however, I [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/motogpblog/postfeed/~3/4y0OxMTNqrk/1228
Top secret Bell RS-1 graphic, what do you guys think?
Just trying to get some comments going about this graphic, what do you guys think of it? The helmet itself is the BADASS Bell RS-1 that I absolutely...
Source: http://www.esportbike.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144435&goto=newpost
Video: EBR Nation Part 2 ? ?Fingertips
Erik Buell Racing has the second part to its strobed-out EBR Nation video series (previously titled “The Making of the EBR 1190RS”), and we see the videos go from previously a more narrative take to a more promotional role (that’s marketing for yah). Like the Prologue, “Fingertips” has Geoff May talking about the bike, with a few sound bites from Erik Buell himself sprinkled in for good measure. One of May’s more interesting comments is ...
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FIA using software to spot race incidents in real-time | 2011 F1 season
The FIA is using new software to automatically detect when a driver has broken the rules during a race.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/f1fanatic/~3/WBLMm5WDQ10/
Video: Red Bull slows down MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso
Red Bull must’ve recently invested in slow-motion cameras. First, the company showed us MotoGP racer Casey Stoner running through corners at 1,000 frames per second. Now, that expensive lens has been trained on Andrea Dovizioso.
The Honda rider describes his impression of a perfect lap, while footage of Dovizioso is slowed to a beautiful crawl. At 1,000 frames per second, Dovizioso and his MotoGP bike are quite literally shown at full tilt. The contact patch is tiny, but the action is excellent. Click past the jump for the clip.
Source: Autoblog
Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/w2-Ko7bDVr6/Video+Red+Bull+slows+down+MotoGP+rider+Andrea
Imre Toth Jean Louis Tournadre Takeshi Tsujimura Keith Turner
Kenny Roberts On The Yamaha M1: "I Liked My 500 A Whole Lot Better"
One of the more interesting side entertainments at last weekend's Laguna Seca MotoGP round was the return of King Kenny Roberts, who did a couple of demonstration laps on both his 1980 YZR500 and on a specially prepared Yamaha YZF-M1 MotoGP bike. After the ride, he spoke to a small group of (mainly Italian) journalists about the experience of riding the two bikes, and the comparison between the two. Fortunately, the select group of journalists included Jensen Beeler, editor of the excellent motorcycle website Asphalt & Rubber, and Jensen was gracious enough to share the audio of Kenny Roberts talking about the bikes with MotoMatters.com.
Roberts' comments offer a fascinating insight into the difference between the bikes from 30 years ago and the bikes of today, and the difficulties that each bike presents. Back in the late seventies and early eighties, Roberts suggested, you could compensate for a failure in bike setup by over-riding the bike, pushing it to do things it didn't want to do and sliding the bike to compensate. Modern MotoGP machines - exacerbated by electronics and the Bridgestone tires - will go about as fast as physics allowed. The old 500cc two strokes would allow room for creativity, but the modern bikes reward only one thing: complete precision. Where previously, running wide at a corner could be compensated, now, the difference between success and failure is hitting your lines to within a few centimeters. Over-riding a modern MotoGP machine will get you precisely nowhere, and is likely to either make you radically slower or leave you rolling through the gravel traps.
Craig Connell Giuseppe Consalvi Marc Antoine Constantin Michele Conti
Yamaha Racing Legends in 50th Anniversary Video
In what?s become an annual tradition, Yamaha Motor USA has released a new video featuring its MotoGP stars as they stopped by California for the U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.
In the latest video, Yamaha factory riders Jorge Lorenzo, Ben Spies, and Monster Tech 3 satellite riders Colin Edwards and Cal Crutchlow are joined by Yamaha legends and champions Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey, and Kenny Roberts.
We?d say more about what happens in the video, but it?s probably better to watch it for yourself, after the jump.
[Source: Yamaha]
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Tags: 50th anniversary, Ben Spies, cal clutchlow, champions, Colin Edwards, eddie lawson, grand prix, Jorge Lorenzo, kenny roberts, laguna seca, legends, MotoGP, video, wayne rainey, Yamaha
Source: Motorcycle.com
Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/yRsiUT16Pwg/Yamaha+Racing+Legends+50th+Anniversary+Video
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