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Team Suzuki Press Office – July 22. Kevin Strijbos – 10th MXGP Arminas Jasikonis – 18th MXGP Bas Vaessen – 9th MX2 Hunter Lawrence – 14th MX2 Jeremy Seewer – 21st MX2 Bas Vaessen […]

COOPER & BENNETTS SUZUKI WIN BRANDS SUPERSTOCK OPENER

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 22. Richard Cooper – 1st Superstock 1000 Bennetts Suzuki’s Richard Cooper took victory in today’s Superstock 1000 race at Brands Hatch, taking maximum points from the two-part race […]

Lowes Interview: Season So Far

Yamaha-racing caught up with Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team’s Alex Lowes after round of eight of the 2017 FIM Superbike World Championship at Laguna Seca to look back on his season so far […]

BRANDS HATCH BSB BECKONS BENNETTS SUZUKI

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 21. The Bennetts Suzuki team heads to Brands Hatch this weekend for the sixth round of the MCE British Superbike championship, following the team’s success at the recent Southern […]

URAL Mihai family adventure – The Adventure Continues – Uzbekistan

Last year Mihai and his family took their Gear Up on an epic 4 month European tour. This summer he’s back on the road exploring Central Asia. Mihai has perfected his Gear Up for long […]

Ural Gear Up camping in Raspadalica, Croatia

One the best parts of owning a Ural is the ability to pack your gear and ride with your favorite co-pilots. Dominik recently took his Ural Gear Up camping in Raspadalica, Croatia with his wife and their […]

Tonus to Debut the 2018 Yamaha YZ450F at the Czech GP

Fresh from the unveiling of the all-new 2018 YZ450F in Ottobiano, Italy, earlier this month – Yamaha Motor Europe and Wilvo Yamaha Official MXGP are pleased to announce that Wilvo Yamaha’s Arnaud Tonus will race […]

Bike in Detail – Yamaha WR450F

Making an impressive debut in the FIM EnduroGP World Championship last year, Yamaha’s WR450F has assisted Loïc Larrieu in securing the top spot of the podium no less than three times so far. Larrieu rode […]

HAMAHARA JOINS SERT FOR SUZUKA 8-HOUR FINALE

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 20. Reigning Endurance World Champions Suzuki Endurance Racing Team has drafted in young All Japan Superbike rider Sodo Hamahara into the three-man squad at this month’s Suzuka 8-Hour Endurance […]

GOOD OLD TIMES BLOG – DOUBLE CHAMPION HALLMAN

By Kenneth Olausson – 20. Juli 2017 23-year-old Torsten Hallman was the Husqvarna-mounted rider from Uppsala, north of Stockholm, who hit jackpot in the 14-round Grand Prix season in 1963. Eight outright victories and two […]

SUZUKI WORLD MXGP TEAM IN FULL FORCE FOR CZECH GP

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 19. The Suzuki World MXGP team will bring their full contingent of riders to the Czech GP this weekend, as the motocross world championship resumes for the 13th round […]

HARLEY-DAVIDSON GEARING UP FOR 77TH STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY

Festivities at Largest U.S. Motorcycle Rally to Include Free Demo Rides, Special Events, Fierce Flat Track Racing and More MILWAUKEE (July 17, 2017) – The sound of freedom will rumble through the […]

Indian Motorcycle Strips It Down With The New Scout® Bobber – More Of What You Need And Nothing You Don’t

Raw & Aggressive – the Indian Scout Bobber Features a Slammed Stance, Chopped Fenders, Blacked-Out Styling & 100 Barely-Tamed Horsepower MINNEAPOLIS, July 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Strip it down. That was the inspiration Indian Motorcycle […]

THE X-BOW BATTLE STARTS THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON!

The seventh and eight round this weekend marks the beginning of the second half of the X-BOW BATTLE for each of the contesting classes (Rookies Challenge, Elite, and GT4), while it will be the fourth […]

Rossi’s Search for the Perfect Ten

Valentino Rossi, nine-time World Champion – including seven in the premier-class – is truly one of the greatest riders ever in the history of motorcycle racing. 115 GP victories, 225 podiums and 64 pole […]

Van der Mark Interview: Season So Far

As the WorldSBK paddock enjoys its summer break, yamaha-racing.com caught up with Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team’s Michael van der Mark to get his assessment of the season so far, find out what his highlights […]

MOTO GUZZI OPEN HOUSE 2017

After the great success of the last edition, also this year the famous red gate at No. 57, Via Parodi will remain open to welcome with open arms the many, many fans that come from […]

BMW Motorrad Sets a New Sales Record in the First Half of the Year for the Fifth Time in Succession

MUNICH, July 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Sales increase by 9.5% to 88,389 vehicles in the first half of 2017. The aim is to achieve a new all-time sales record for the year as a whole. […]

Wildcard ride for Olympian Jason Kenny in Kawasaki Team Green Cup

Professional track cyclist, Jason Kenny, swapped pedal-power for horse-power this week as he obtained his ACU race licence, enabling him to enter a Kawasaki Team Green Cup race on August 4-5 at Oulton Park as […]

Jeremy Van Horebeek Q&A: The Underdog Undone

With the pedigree in MXGP being higher than ever, being better than the rest is almost an impossible task. Determined to achieve the same results and consistency that made him the Vice World Champion in […]

MXGP Riders Looking Forward to Loket

After a three-week break in the calendar, MXGP will return to action this weekend at Loket in the Czech Republic, the same venue that saw Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jeremy Van Horebeek claim […]

Wheels&Waves 2017: sights and sounds

There’s no denying it: the world of motorcycles, and especially the world of customised bikes, has often fostered rivalry. Each brand inspires the creation of complete communities, with their own rules, alliances and adversaries. But […]

Wheels&Waves 2017: 3 stories of passionate Guzzi enthusiasts

If you’ve read our previous reports dedicated to Wheels & Waves 2017, the one dedicated to sharing about the spirit and the ambience of this extraordinary event and the one dedicated to the uphill races […]

Punk’s Peak: where bikers dare

From Biarritz to San Sebastian Wheels & Waves, the biggest festival dedicated to the world of bike customisation, is not confined to Biarritz, with its perfect surfing beaches and romantic neighbourhoods. About a 40 […]

Wheels&Waves 2017: an event that keeps getting louder

What is Wheels&Waves? Wheel&Waves is dandies stretched out on their bikes or on the bonnet of an old van enjoying the sun where the Atlantic Coast meets the Pyrenees (or myabe just trying to recover […]

Alex Lowes Q&A: Working with a Sports Psychologist

Sports psychologists are becoming more and more common in motorcycle racing, with people curious about the affect they can have. Yamaha-racing.com caught up with Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team’s Alex Lowes to discuss his use […]

The 17th BMW Motorrad Days in Garmisch-Partenkirchen from 7 – 9 July 2017. More than 40,000 visitors attend the world’s biggest BMW Motorrad party

Munich: When BMW Motorrad puts out the call to come to the traditional BMW Motorrad Days in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the motorcycle fans know they are in for another three exciting and action-packed days. This year more […]

TRIUMPH ENGINES POWER THE FIM Moto2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FROM 2019

We are proud to announce Triumph Motorcycles has been chosen as the exclusive engine supplier for the Moto2TM Championship from the 2019 season onwards. A three-year deal has been signed with Dorna, the commercial […]

Yamaha Factory Racing Team End Suzuka Test Confident of Third Straight Victory

The Yamaha Factory Racing Team of Alex Lowes, Michael van der Mark and Katsuyuki Nakasuga ended the second official Suzuka 8 Hours three-day test third on the overall timesheets, happy with the work carried out […]

Jordan Ashburn Places 3rd, While Nick Davis Places 4th at the Tough Like RORR Race in Pennsylvania

In the last RORR main event on July 1st and 2nd, Beta riders Jordan Ashburn and Nick Davis both put forth great effort. Jordan placed 3rd with heat times that were just a few hundredths […]

Jordan Ashburn Leads the Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series!

Competition picked up as racers challenged each other knowing that the series is drawing to an end. Overall standings in the 2017 Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro Series shifted last weekend. Jordan Ashburn is now leading by […]

Riders on the Radar to Contest the bLU cRU YZ125 Cup Superfinale at MXoN

The Yamaha YZ125 bLU cRU cup offers kids under the age of 16years that race YZ125’s in their national championships, the opportunity to prove their potential and a chance at pursuing their dreams of […]

J&P Cycles Named “Official Motorcycle Aftermarket Retailer of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally”

PR Newswire IRVING, Texas, July 12, 2017 IRVING, Texas, July 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — J&P Cycles, the world’s largest aftermarket motorcycle parts and accessories retailer, announced a multi-year partnership with the City of Sturgis, South […]

BOGLE AND RCH YOSHIMURA SUZUKI BATTLE FOR TOP-10

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 12. Justin Bogle (RCH Yoshimura Suzuki) 9-13 for 10th Justin Barcia (JGR Autotrader Suzuki) 12-12 for 11th Weston Peick (JGR Autotrader Suzuki) 36-8 for 14th RCH Yoshimura Suzuki Factory […]

Postponed: H.O.G.® Western Regional Rally in Kamloops July 13th – 15th

Regretfully, due to the tragic fires currently blazing in British Columbia, Harley-Davidson Canada is cancelling the H.O.G. Western Regional Rally scheduled to take place in Kamloops, B.C. this weekend from July 13th to July 15th. […]

SUZUKI GIXXER CUP RAISES THE BAR AT COIMBATORE OPENER

July 12, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 12. The Suzuki Gixxer Cup has gained a reputation for perpetually raising the bar since its inception in 2015, and now in its third year, Suzuki has teamed-up […]

Yamaha Teams Impress on First Day of Combined Suzuka 8 Hours Test

The Yamaha Factory Racing Team, YART Official EWC Team and the GMT94 Yamaha Official EWC Team were all on track together for the opening day of the second official Suzuka 8 Hours Test in Japan […]

VICTORY FOR YOSHIMURA SUZUKI GSX-R1000 AT LAGUNA SECA

July 12, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 11. Toni Elias and Roger Hayden dominated the weekend’s sixth round of the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship aboard their new 2017 Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 machinery. Run in conjunction with the […]

Wasaga Beach Motorcycle Rally

July 12, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Great Weekend for Riding, Rallying, and Beach Concerts! WHAT: 2017 WASAGA BEACH MOTORCYCLE RALLY Check out awesome bikes, including Yamaha’s all-new 2018 Star Venture TC! Get your bike sparkling with the return of The Ride […]

HARLEY-DAVIDSON PRESENTS THURSDAY NIGHT PRIME-TIME DIRT-TRACK DOUBLE-HEADER LIVE FROM X GAMES MINNEAPOLIS

July 11, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Watch Harley Hooligan Racing on Facebook Live Followed By The ESPN X Games Broadcast of the Harley-Davidson Flat Track Racing Medal Event Thursday, July 13 MILWAUKEE (July 11, 2017) – Harley-Davidson offers fans […]

Double Top Ten Finish for Pata Yamaha in Race 2 at Laguna Seca

July 11, 2017 Michael Le Pard

The Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team rounded off a challenging weekend at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with a double top ten finish in Race 2 in Sunday’s round 8 of the 2017 FIM Superbike […]

Challenging Friday for Pata Yamaha at Laguna Seca

July 11, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Challenging Friday for Pata Yamaha at Laguna Seca Free practice The Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team put in a determined performance on Friday at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for round eight of the […]

Bradl and Gagne battle hard at Laguna in race two

The US Round of the 2017 FIM Superbike World Championship has come to a close today at the Laguna Seca Raceway, with Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team’s Stefan Bradl and Jake Gagne finishing in […]

Jared Mees bounces back to retake points lead with Rolling Wheels Half-Mile victory

ELBRIDGE, N.Y. (July 8, 2017) – American Flat Track was back in action following a two-week haitus for the Rolling Wheels Half-Mile presented by Old Carriage House Apartments, and it was a long two weeks […]

Bradl takes 11th in race one as Gagne scores first WorldSBK point at Laguna

The Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team has completed the opening race of the US Round of the 2017 FIM Superbike World Championship, with Stefan Bradl able to clinch 11th place in the final moments […]

Pata Yamaha Battle Extreme Heat & Grip Issues in Race 1 at Laguna Seca

The Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team had a mixed day under the scorching sun at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Saturday during Race 1 for round eight of the 2017 MOTUL FIM Superbike World […]

MILESTONE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING AT SOUTHWICK NATIONAL

The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team took home a win, a podium, and a top-10 finish on Saturday at the notoriously tough and sandy Southwick National in Southwick, Mass.–the seventh round of the Lucas […]

KEVIN SCHWANTZ JOINS SUZUKI AT SACHSENRING MotoGP

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 7. Suzuki’s German Distributor put on an amazing display at the weekend’s Sachsenring MotoGP™ race in Germany with more than 400 Suzuki dealers and guests invited along to enjoy […]

Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team back to full strength at Laguna Seca

6 Jul 2017 – USA Round – Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, United States – WorldSBK 2017, Round 8 The Red Bull Honda World Superbike team is currently in northern California preparing for the eighth round of the […]

Steady Improvement for HRC MXGP

The MXGP of Portugal has been a weekend of progression for Tim Gajser #243 and Evgeny Bobryshev #777 on their CRF450RW’s, as the duo still work to overcome their mid-season injuries. As the gate […]

Marquez Wins Honda’s Eighth Successive German GP to Take Title Lead

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team RC213V) continued his astonishing Sachsenring record today, scoring his eighth consecutive race victory at the challenging, undulating German venue. Yesterday he had taken his eighth successive pole position at the […]

SUZUKI GIXXER CUP KICKS-OFF IN INDIA

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 7. The 2017 Suzuki Gixxer Cup Championship gets underway this weekend at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore, India with a new line-up of enthusiastic young riders ready to […]

Zero Motorcycles Promotion – Free “fuel” for life

Buy a new 2017 Zero between July 5th – 31st, get up to $1,500 CAD. That’s like free electricity for 137,000 km…and freedom from fuel for life. We’ll Fuel your Adventure A Zero turns […]

BOGLE & RM-Z450 CLIMB TO 5TH IN SERIES AT REDBUD MX

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 4. Justin Bogle (RCH Yoshimura Suzuki) – 8th Broc Tickle (RCH Yoshimura Suzuki) – 17th Justin Barcia (JGR Autotrader Suzuki) – 5th Weston Peick (JGR Autotrader Suzuki) – 10th […]

HUSQVARNA MOTORCYCLES EXTEND CONTRACTS WITH THOMAS KJER-OLSEN AND THOMAS COVINGTON

Husqvarna Motorcycles are proud to announce the extension of their agreements with MX2 class riders Thomas Kjer-Olsen and Thomas Covington. These new agreements see Kjer-Olsen remaining with the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing team […]

American Flat Track’s title chase rolls on to Rolling Wheels Raceway Park

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 5, 2017) – Now that the fireworks have cooled off from America’s Independence Day celebrations, the world’s top dirt track motorcycle racers are set to create some fireworks of their […]

Mikael Persson Claims Enduro Junior Class Victory In Greece

Coming very close to earning a career first Enduro Junior class victory on more than one occasion since the start of the 2017 FIM EnduroGP World Championship, Johansson Yamaha Junior Enduro Team rider Mikael Persson has […]

GUINTOLI TOP-10 AT TOUGH SNETTERTON BSB

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 3. Sylvain Guintoli – 10th – 9th Taylor Mackenzie – DNF – DNS Richard Cooper – 4th The Bennetts Suzuki team is taking away the positives from a difficult […]

VICTORY FOR SEEWER AND SUZUKI AT MXGP OF PORTUGAL

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 2. Jeremy Seewer – 2-1 for 1st Bas Vaessen – 16-18 for 17th Jeremy Seewer made it two wins in a row for the Suzuki World MX2 team, scoring […]

FIRST CAREER PODIUM FOR SUZUKI WORLD MXGP’S JASIKONIS

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 2. Arminas Jasikonis – 3-3 for 3rd Kevin Strijbos – 27-DNS for 27th Arminas Jasikonis took third place overall in what was the Lithuanian rider’s first ever podium, and […]

COVINGTON SECURES SECOND CONSECUTIVE PODIUM RESULT

ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING’S MX2 RIDER EARNS TWO TOP THREE MOTO RESULTS IN PORTUGAL Claiming a start to finish qualifying race victory and then going on to earn two top three moto results, Rockstar […]

Pata Yamaha Looking Forward to Laguna

The Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team of Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark cannot wait to get back on track at Laguna Seca this weekend for round eight of the 2017 FIM Superbike World […]

Jake Gagne joins the Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team at Laguna Seca

The Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team is pleased to announce that 24-year-old American rider Jake Gagne will team up with Stefan Bradl to take part in the US Round of the 2017 FIM Superbike […]

Piping Hot Portuguese Round of MXGP

Race A fast paced and intense MXGP of Portugal – round twelve of the FIM Motocross World Championship – saw Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Romain Febvre storm to fourth overall, while his teammate Jeremy […]

Phenomenal Folger Seizes 2nd at Home Grand Prix Relentless Zarco Battles to 9th

Jonas Folger delivered an incredible performance today in front of his ecstatic home crowd by sealing a maiden MotoGP podium. The young gun started the race from 5th on the grid and on the sixth […]

Movistar Yamaha Speed to Fourth and Fifth in Sachsenring Race

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi had their work cut out for them in today’s GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland at the Sachsenring, but battled to a solid fourth and fifth place respectively […]

PASCAL RAUCHENECKER LEADS ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING

ENDUROGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HOTS UP IN GREVENA, GREECE Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing team riders Pascal Rauchenecker, Mathias Bellino, Danny McCanney and Billy Bolt have battled their way through an extremely hot and dusty EnduroGP […]

McCanney And Yamaha Top Enduro 2 Podium At EnduroGP of Greece

Race Following a winning ride at round five of the 2017 EnduroGP World Championship, Outsiders Yamaha Official Enduro Team rider Jamie McCanney has moved up to second in the Enduro 2 World Championship standings. Earning […]

IMPROVEMENTS IN GERMAN GP DESPITE BAD RESULT

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 2. Alex Rins: P21 / +1’01.695 Andrea Iannone: NC An unlucky race saw Team SUZUKI ECSTAR out of the points at the German GP, with Alex Rins in 21st […]

ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING CLAIMS FIRST AND SECOND AT REDBUD NATIONAL

OSBORNE MAINTAINS LEAD IN 250 CHAMPIONSHIP The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team had an impressive day at the historic RedBud National, the sixth round and halfway point of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, […]

Happy 4th of July, USA – Independence Day

Independence Day “”We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the […]

RM-Z450WS RIDER JASIKONIS WINS MXGP OF PORTUGAL QUALIFIER

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 1. Arminas Jasikonis – 1st MXGP Kevin Strijbos – 8th MXGP Jeremy Seewer – 5th MX2 Bas Vaessen – 21st MX2 Arminas Jasikonis took the first qualification race victory […]

MIXED START FOR BENNETTS SUZUKI AT SNETTERTON BSB

Team Suzuki Press Office – July 1. The Bennetts Suzuki team has endured an up-and-down start to the fifth round of the MCE British Superbike championship Snetterton, with Richard Cooper starting from the front row […]

Promising Start to the Portuguese GP for Febvre & Van Horebeek

With throttle control being the name of the game out on the fire-red clay of Agueda, Portugal – where round twelve of the FIM Motocross World Championship kicked off today – Monster Energy Yamaha […]

Soggy Sachsenring puts a Strain on Movistar Yamaha Qualifying