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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Phillip Island WSBK Test Photos
There may only have been four riders at the Phillip Island World Superbike test - Max Biaggi and Leon Camier of the Aprilia team, and Eugene Laverty and Marco Melandri of Yamaha - but that was reason enough for our good friend Andrew Gosling of TBG Sport to go shoot a few snaps. As always, it was well worth the effort. Enjoy!
It's summer in Australia. This is what summer looks like in Phillip Island
Max Biaggi will be running the #1 plate on the bike and #3 on his helmet. Hope he's not overly superstitious
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2011 MV Agusta Brutale 920
After the news yesterday that the Canadian distributor for MV Agusta had posted pricing on its website for a new Brutale model, MV Agusta has quietly released photos and information on the 2011 MV Agusta Brutale 920, an entry-level version of its big street-naked motorcycle. With its four-cylinder radial valve 921cc motor, the MV Agusta Brutale 920 shares the same crankshaft as the Brutale 1090RR (55mm stroke), resulting in this over-square motor making 129hp with ...
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News For Harlay Davidson 2010
Harley-Davidson Tri Glide Ultra Classic FLHTCUTG.
Total Motorcycle is constantly on the look out for new 2010 and beyond motorcycle model information, industry rumors and spy shots. As we hear, conduct interviews and find the latest information we will post it here for you to read, share and enjoy.
As discussed earlier, Harley Davidson was planning to launch its bikes in India, but the launch date was not out. Harley Davidson announced in Auto Expo that it will launch 12 bikes in India in 2010. This bike will be priced, in the range of Rs 6.95 lakhs to Rs 34.95 lakh, ex-showroom price new Delhi. Booking of these bikes will start in April 2010 and the delivery will start in June 2010. Dealer-ship will be announced in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chandigarh.
These entire cruiser bikes will require service points which will be set up by Harley Davidson soon. All the bikes which were present from the American manufacturer had a class. These bikes were rich and were presented with respect. The entire selection of bikes is done according to the wants of the Indian customer.
The new series will boast one of kind choppers which will run on Indian roads. Some bikes from the classic section were available too which did pull off the chopper look.
True guzzling of the motor can be seen when a Harley roll out from a showroom. All these bikes were seen and respected too. The power generated by a Harley Davidson is heard long and wide. This is one of the features why they are preferred over other cruiser bike.
WSBK Imola: Max Biaggi is the 2010 World Superbike Champion
Thanks to the fifth place earned in race 2, Biaggi brought the point gap to 63 points between him and Leon Haslam (Suzuki), who was the last rider in contention for the title (413 to 350). A gap impossible to fill with only the French round at Magny Cours to go until the end of the season. Max Biaggi ? with his fifth title after four consecutive world championships, from 1994 to 1997 in the 250 class ? is the first Italian World Superbike champion.
In the manufacturer standings Aprilia (433 points) is 41 points ahead of Ducati (392). Nine points will be enough for the Veneto-based team to take the manufacturer championship.
But Imola was not the site of a simple race day: delayed at the start of race 1, Biaggi had to settle for a placement (11th). Race 2 was an entirely different story. Abandoning any use of tactics, Max forced his Aprilia RSV4 into the front positions, battling for the podium right from the first turn. The fifth place he ended up with handed Max the championship title a round early and evoked an explosion of rejoicing from the thousands of fans who had come out to the circuit to cheer on the most famous Corsair in world motorcycle racing.
?This is a grand day ? commented an exhausted but happy Biaggi in the end ? a day which I have greatly desired. I?ve often felt in past years like I hadn?t been placed in the proper conditions to be able to express my worth and to achieve the results that I know I deserve. This is one of the reasons that, at a certain point in my career, I chose this world, the SBK championship, and this is why I wanted to surround myself with the right people for this adventure ? because racing isn?t just about speed, tyres and an engine. It is also about joy and having fun and with these guys, with this team, I feel at home. I want to thank everyone: my team, Aprilia, Piaggio Group, the chairman.
It has not been an easy season. Many riders have won races and if they had been just a bit more consistent, they would have been able to be more troublesome for us. The greatest moments were the double victories at Monza and Misano. It is something very special to win in front of my fans. But it isn?t over yet ? there is still one goal left ? to ride my RSV4 to the manufacturer title. We?ll talk again in a week and it would be truly fantastic to close out this wonderful season with another championship?.
Roberto Colaninno, chairman and CEO of the Piaggio Group (which Aprilia is part of) was in the pit to experience the triumph of his team and rider and had this to say: ?Today we achieved 
an extraordinary result which takes place in the second year of Aprilia?s participation in World Superbike and, once again, confirms the technical excellence of the Noale Racing Division as well as the Piaggio Group in the two-wheel worldwide scene. It would be impossible to imagine anything better on a day like today. We won the World Superbike Championship on an Italian track, with an Italian bike, an Italian rider and a sponsor ? Alitalia ? which takes Italy all over the world. This has never before happened in Superbike history and this makes all of us that much more proud?.
Paolo Pileri Mark Willis August Auinger Clive Brown Jean Aureal
MotoMatters.com 2011 Motorcycle Racing Calendar Now Shipping - Get One In Time For The Holidays!
The MotoMatters.com 2011 Motorcycle Racing Calendar is finally shipping, and just in time for the holidays. Scott and David are busy stuffing envelopes and sending the existing orders out, and our stock of calendars is dwindling fast. So if you want to get a calendar in time for the holidays, as a gift for your motorcycle-racing obsessed loved one, now is the time to put in your order.
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latest version of the CBR 150 in Thailand
latest version of the CBR 150 in Thailand, all models at launch, to meet the needs of consumers who thirst with, motor sport.
Compared with the old cbr, tampilanya more futuristic and completely new fairing, headlights taper. Sein lamp shaped like the New Mega Pro. midship muffler exhaust style. progressively increased gallant. 150cc DOHC 4-valve liquid-cooled and an electric fan with 6-speed transmission. Most new, All New CBR150 first recorded sport supplies gasoline injection system equipped (PGMF-i).
Jimmie Johnson Taking Time to Savor Fifth Championship in Las Vegas
Filed under: Jimmie Johnson, Chase for the Sprint Cup, NASCAR
LAS VEGAS -- In a luxury suite in the Bellagio Hotel high above the Las Vegas strip, Jimmie Johnson was all smiles and "aw shucks" on the eve of collecting an unprecedented fifth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship trophy. He was at the hotel to meet with a small group of reporters and to unveil the true benchmark of an athlete's success.Forget the historic five NASCAR titles, Johnson now has a video game named after him: "Jimmie Johnson's Anything With an Engine."
The game doesn't go on sale until 2011, but the concept launch this week meant the vivid collision between two of America's favorite pastimes, video gaming and NASCAR. And it was interesting to observe the hip, young gaming reporters, dressed in black adorned with lots of zippers and skull designs and colorful tattoos, sizing up the NASCAR All-American good guy's entry into their eclectic world.
"So how does it feel to be a legend?'' asked Jon Carnage, a former professional wrestler who is now a reporter from the video game blog Destructoid. He clearly caught the humble Johnson off guard.
"It's still strange to me that I hear that,'' Johnson replied.
Perhaps he should get used to it.
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new CBR125R, ITALIA
new CBR125R, ITALIA, if only this bike on sale in the homeland, would sell well, he he he. This motor in very light and nimble claims, the headlights look like CBR1000RR Fireblade.
I quoted some of kompas.com
along with pictures. The engine, SOHC 4-cylinder Not a single injection with a cooling system, has the power maksumum 13 HP at 10,000 rpm and 10.6 Nm of torque at 8250 rpm. Unfortunately, with the gears 6 speed, maximum speed 120 km / hr.
Fuel consumption of 2.8 L p er 100 km. With a capacity of 10 liter tank can travel a distance of 350 km.
it looks really, quite dashing. Both wheels use aluminum rims bolt 6 with 80/90-17M/c size (front) and 100/80-17M/C (rear). Then, size 31 mm front fork with 109 mm swing, combined monoshock rear suspension makes the control quite responsive.
�hlins Technicians at Long Beach and all International Motorcycle Shows
�hlins USA technicians will be at the �hlins display this weekend, December 17-19, during the International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach, California, and all other IMS shows, including at the Daytona Beach Ocean Center in March during Bikeweek 2011. The �hlins USA kiosk at each show is located in the ?Market Place? display area.
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Chip Ganassi Set to Double Up IndyCar Champion Team
Filed under: IRL, Indianapolis 500
Reigning IZOD IndyCar Series championship owner Chip Ganassi will be doubling his efforts in the series in 2011, adding two additional cars to his trophy stable.The team, which would not confirm or comment on the long-rumored news, has scheduled a press conference Thursday in Indianapolis where Ganassi will introduce the newest additions to a driver lineup that already features two-time defending series champ Dario Franchitti and former two-time champ Scott Dixon.
Second-generation driver Graham Rahal -- son of 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal -- and Charlie Kimball, 25, a young talent moving up from the feeder Indy Lights Series, will campaign for Ganassi next year, working out of a "satellite" team shop rented from drag racing legend Don Prudhomme.
Rahal, 21, is the youngest IndyCar Series winner in history, scoring his only victory in the 2008 season-opener at St. Petersburg, Fla. However, he did not race full time last season. Kimball will be making his debut in the series.
Thursday's announcement will also confirm full-time sponsorship for both Rahal and Kimball -- significant for the series, which had several high-profile teams struggling to find primary corporate backing in 2010. In a unusual twist, Rahal actually announced a two-year sponsorship deal with TBC Corporation -- which owns several automobile tire retailers -- at this season's finale in Homestead, Fla. before having a contract in place with a team.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Donington MotoGP tipping contest prizes
Great news! Enter the Donington round of the Tipping Contest to have a chance of winning a copy of Ring of Fire, The Inside Story of MotoGP by Rick Broadbent.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
Top three scorers for the round (not overall) will win a copy of Ring of Fire.
The top two scoring Minellas will [...]
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Max Biaggi is the 2010 World Superbike Champion
Thanks to the fifth place earned in race 2, Biaggi brought the point gap to 63 points between him and Leon Haslam (Suzuki), who was the last rider in contention for the title (413 to 350). A gap impossible to fill with only the French round at Magny Cours to go until the end of the season. Max Biaggi ? with his fifth title after four consecutive world championships, from 1994 to 1997 in the 250 class ? is the first Italian World Superbike champion.
In the manufacturer standings Aprilia (433 points) is 41 points ahead of Ducati (392). Nine points will be enough for the Veneto-based team to take the manufacturer championship.
But Imola was not the site of a simple race day: delayed at the start of race 1, Biaggi had to settle for a placement (11th). Race 2 was an entirely different story. Abandoning any use of tactics, Max forced his Aprilia RSV4 into the front positions, battling for the podium right from the first turn. The fifth place he ended up with handed Max the championship title a round early and evoked an explosion of rejoicing from the thousands of fans who had come out to the circuit to cheer on the most famous Corsair in world motorcycle racing.
?This is a grand day ? commented an exhausted but happy Biaggi in the end ? a day which I have greatly desired. I?ve often felt in past years like I hadn?t been placed in the proper conditions to be able to express my worth and to achieve the results that I know I deserve. This is one of the reasons that, at a certain point in my career, I chose this world, the SBK championship, and this is why I wanted to surround myself with the right people for this adventure ? because racing isn?t just about speed, tyres and an engine. It is also about joy and having fun and with these guys, with this team, I feel at home. I want to thank everyone: my team, Aprilia, Piaggio Group, the chairman.
It has not been an easy season. Many riders have won races and if they had been just a bit more consistent, they would have been able to be more troublesome for us. The greatest moments were the double victories at Monza and Misano. It is something very special to win in front of my fans. But it isn?t over yet ? there is still one goal left ? to ride my RSV4 to the manufacturer title. We?ll talk again in a week and it would be truly fantastic to close out this wonderful season with another championship?.
Roberto Colaninno, chairman and CEO of the Piaggio Group (which Aprilia is part of) was in the pit to experience the triumph of his team and rider and had this to say: ?Today we achieved 
an extraordinary result which takes place in the second year of Aprilia?s participation in World Superbike and, once again, confirms the technical excellence of the Noale Racing Division as well as the Piaggio Group in the two-wheel worldwide scene. It would be impossible to imagine anything better on a day like today. We won the World Superbike Championship on an Italian track, with an Italian bike, an Italian rider and a sponsor ? Alitalia ? which takes Italy all over the world. This has never before happened in Superbike history and this makes all of us that much more proud?.
Mateo Túnez Ramiro Blanco Roger Beaumont Peter Goddard Stefan Bradl
2011 calendar confirmation promises a season of highlights
| Wednesday, 24 November 2010 12:44 | |
The FIM has handed down the updated 2011 WSBK calendar and as was the case in 2010 it features 13 rounds, which will take place at some of the world's most evocative and iconic racetracks.
The season opener takes place at the incomparable seaside circuit of Phillip Island, one of the fastest and most open circuits in the entire world of racing (photo). It, like many others, is an old friend of WSBK racing and it will of course feature as an official pre-season test venue, shortly before race weekend, on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22. Raceday itself will be Sunday, 27 February 2011 - make a note of it now. At Phillip Island World Supersport will also make its only non-European appearance of the year.
Early springtime at Donington Park will echo the very beginnings of WSBK in 1988, with this brilliant motorcycle racing venue all ready to welcome back WSBK racing after a year's absence. March 27 will be raceday, for the first of two races to be held in the UK next year.
April 17 is the day for yet another classic WSBK venue, Assen, while the first of three Italian-based WSBK rounds come along at super-fast Monza, on May 8. The normal European theatre of operations is left behind for a short period after Monza, and the Superbike class alone heads to America and the Miller Motorsports Park this year, for a race on Monday May 30 - on the Memorial Day holiday. Note that there will be no Supersport World Championship round at Miller in 2011, but the programme will see the reintegration of a round of the AMA Superbike Championship.
Two race weekends in a row will be enjoyed in June, the first being the San Marino Round at Misano on June 12 and then a new adventure beckons for the full WSBK travelling circus, the debut of the Motorland Aragon Circuit in Spain on June 19.
The wide corners and chicanes of Brno form round eight on July 10; the even faster layout of Silverstone has its latest taste of WSBK action on July 31. Double the thrills for British fans, and they will have several top riders to cheer on again, as they did in 2010.
August is a race-free month for all WSBK classes, with action reconvening at the historic N�rburgring circuit on September 4. An intense end to the season sees three European rounds, Imola, Magny Cours and Portimao, all coming along within a four-weekend period.
Imola has been reconfirmed on September 25, Magny-Cours in France is the penultimate round of the year on October 2, while instant classic Portimao is again the venue for the final round of the season, on October 16. Portimao will, in fact, bracket the WSBK season neatly, as it hosts the first official test of the year, between 26 and 28 January.
Ten rounds remain in the Superstock classes, as there will be no races for those classes in Donington, and their season gets underway at Assen, on April 17.
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