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ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING TEAM ON-SITE ALL WEEKEND TO SUPPORT FILL-IN RIDERS The 10th Annual AMA Tennessee Knockout Extreme Enduro (TKO) took place over the weekend at the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee. […]

Exciting day at the inaugural AMA Motocross Loretta Lynn’s National

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 17. Alex Martin: RM-Z250 – 5-5 Joey Savatgy: RM-Z450 – 9-11 Fredrik Noren – RM-Z450 – 23-22 JGRMX/ Yoshimura/ Suzuki Racing began the 2020 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Series […]

Cancelled Bol d’Or 24 Hour race replacement track found

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 17. Following a resurgence and increase of the crisis in France, the final round of the 2019-2020 Endurance World Championship – the Bol d’Or 24 Hour race – has […]

Podium and Strong Finishes sees bLU cRU Riders Strengthen Title Challenge at Portimão

Portimão provided two gripping FIM Supersport 300 World Championship races, and bLU cRU duo Unai Orradre and Bahattin Sofuoglu put in stellar performances to ensure they remain well in title contention. After an impressive […]

AFT Returns to the Legendary Indy Mile for First-Ever Doubleheader Event

August 17, 2020 Eric Leaverton

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (August 17, 2020) – The 2020 American Flat Track season resumes this weekend with the return of Indy Mile as the series descends on the fabled Indiana State Fairgrounds & Events Center […]

An Indian Summer Ep12 – Springfield Dark Horse Fit, Feel and Finish

In this article, we’ll take you through the fit, feel, and finish on our 2020 Indian Springfield Dark Horse. It just takes a glance to know this bike is big, with a big motor in […]

MotoGP Austria Brings Horrifying crashes and High Intensity Action

August 17, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 16. myWorld MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX VON ÖSTERREICH RACE RESULTS: Joan Mir: 2nd (+ 1.377) Alex Rins: DNF (Lap 12) The Austrian Grand Prix was arguably the most dramatic of […]

Spectacular crash of Zarco and Morbidelli at MotoGP Austria Gives Ducati Extraordinary Victory

August 17, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Andrea Dovizioso signs Ducati’s 50th MotoGP success as he takes a spectacular victory at the Austrian GP. Seventh position for his teammate Danilo Petrucci. Third place for Jack Miller, rider of the Pramac Racing team […]

CAREER-BEST RESULT FOR ARMINAS JASIKONIS AT MXGP OF KEGUMS

August 17, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Arminas Jasikonis has continued his impressive run of form by claiming second overall at the MXGP of Kegums, a career-best result for the Lithuanian. A pair of strong starts and […]

Moto3 becomes busy race rubbing elbows at Red Bull Ring Circuit Austria

Fortunately, the 23-lap race on Sunday morning took place in sunshine. Romano Fenati and Alonso Lopez pushed into the Moto3 pack from their positions near the rear of the grid and were soon eyeing the […]

Yamaha Gets MX Season Off to a Solid Start at Loretta Lynn’s National

Barcia Gets Season Off to a Solid Start at Loretta Lynn’s National Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Justin Barcia charged his way back in both 450MX motos to finish third and seventh, respectively, and end […]

MXGP Latvia finish an intense bar-banging action-packed race

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Riders Determined to Bounce Back after Difficult Kegums Grand Prix A stifling hot and challenging day at the fifth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Kegums, Latvia, sees the […]

Rocketing Finish to FIM MX2 World Championship in Latvia

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2’s Jago Geerts toasted a second consecutive Grand Prix victory at round five of the FIM MX2 World Championship in Kegums, Latvia. Teammate Ben Watson finished fourth overall after a season-best […]

250SX West Champion Dylan Ferrandis wins with 20 second gap for Yamaha

Ferrandis Fires the First Shot with Dominant 1-1 Finish at 250MX Season Opener Back-to-back 250SX West Champion Dylan Ferrandis launched his campaign for the 250MX crown with a dominant win in both motos at the […]

FIRST-CAREER 450MX WIN FOR ZACH OSBORNE AT LORETTA LYNN’S PRO MOTOCROSS OPENER

Coming off a 450-class podium sweep at the AMA Supercross World Championship finale in June, the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team kept their momentum rolling into the 2020 AMA Pro Motocross Championship opener as […]

MotoGP Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci to start 4th and 13th at Austrian GP

Second-row start for Andrea Dovizioso, fourth in qualifying at the Red Bull Ring. Danilo Petrucci barely missed out to access in Q2 and will start the Austrian GP from thirteenth position Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo […]

MotoGP Joan Mir and Alex Rins were able to confirm their positive feelings

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 15. Grid positions for Austrian GP: Joan Mir: 6th – 1’23.673 (+ 0.223) Alex Rins: 8th – 1’23.731 (+ 0.281) Despite a wet start to Saturday in Spielberg, Joan […]

WorldSBK Yamaha Completes 254 test laps on Yamaha R1 Superbikes

Pata Yamaha Make Valuable Progress at WorldSBK Aragón Test The Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla made specific performance improvements and collected important data during a private test at Aragón, ahead of the FIM […]

Yamaha EMX250 wins the Zelta-Zirgs circuit

The floodgates for Thibault Benistant’s EMX250 title campaign have opened at the Zelta-Zirgs circuit with the 18-year-old Hutten Metaal Yamaha Official EMX250 rider celebrating his third consecutive EMX250 round victory at the fourth round of […]

Danilo Petrucci satisfied with the sensations he felt today at MotoGP

Positive first day for Andrea Dovizioso, second at the end of Friday’s free practices at the Austrian GP. Twelfth time for Danilo Petrucci The first day of action at the Red Bull Ring for the […]

TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR UP FRONT AS AUSTRIAN ACTION BEGINS

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 14. Combined practice times: Alex Rins: 4th – 1’24.573 (+ 0.395) Joan Mir: 9th – 1’24.743 (+ 0.550) Friday morning welcomed the beginning of the middle round in a […]

Michael Mosiman still recovering after AMA Pro Motocross Championship crash

The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team announced today that rising 250MX star Michael Mosiman will miss the first three rounds of the 2020 AMA Pro Motocross Championship as he continues to recover from complications […]

Unexpected rain hits WorldSBK Aragon and ends usual end-of-session time attack

Two days of testing at Aragon (Spain) conclude for the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Team After the restart of the 2020 WorldSBK season with the two rounds held in Jerez (Spain) and Portimao (Portugal), the […]

WorldSBK Riders Munich BMW Motorrad Drifts and Donuts

Munich. Both riders for the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, Eugene Laverty (IRL) and Tom Sykes (GBR), are normally at home on race tracks around the world. Now they have had the opportunity to familiarise themselves […]

Inspiration Friday: The Death of Manual Transmission?

The death of manual transmission is a question now facing our industry. As consumers we vote with our dollars. Are you an automatic transmission rider or manual one? Do you like to shift or want […]

AMA Motocross Season Restarts! It’s a beautiful thing to be going racing!

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 13. The JGRMX/ Yoshimura/ Suzuki Racing and Twisted Tea H.E.P. Motorsports Suzuki racers are eager to start the 2020 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Series as the season kicks off […]

Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance World Championship Race Japan Cancelled

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 14. The historic Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance World Championship race in Japan has been cancelled due to the crisis. The 43rd edition of the event – due to be […]

Two Passion-Fueled Motorcycle Brands Celebrate Bike Shed Motorcycle Club in LA

MINNEAPOLIS (August 13, 2020) – Indian Motorcycle, America’s First Motorcycle Company, and London’s iconic Bike Shed Motorcycle Club today announced a collaboration to launch an exclusive lineup of lifestyle apparel. Designed in celebration of motorcycles, […]

Sim Racing: BMW League of Legends eSports announce BMW Berlin Brawl

Munich. The regular League of Legends (LoL) summer season was over, but BMW has another special highlight in store for fans of the Esports classic to round things off. At the BMW Berlin Brawl, the stars […]

WorldSBK Riders Munich BMW Motorrad and Olympics

Munich. Both riders for the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, Eugene Laverty (IRL) and Tom Sykes (GBR), are normally at home on race tracks around the world. Now they have had the opportunity to familiarise themselves […]

Suzuki concerned about MotoGP Spielberg as track doesn’t play well with GSX-RR

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 12. The Austrian Grand Prix awaits Team Suzuki Ecstar this weekend, August 14-16th, for the fourth instalment of the Championship in the top class, the first of a double-header […]

MXGP Yamaha Seewer Celebrates First Podium Finish of 2020

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Jeremy Seewer celebrated the MXGP of Riga, round four of the FIM Motocross World Championship, from the second step of the podium after pairing the 22-points for second position in […]

Geerts Strikes Back with 1-1 Victory at MX2 Round of Riga

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2’s Jago Geerts regained valuable championship points at the fourth round of the MX2 World Championship in Kegums, Riga, with a magnificent double race victory for his second Grand Prix win […]

ARMINAS JASIKONIS CLAIMS RACE WIN AT MXGP OF RIGA

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Arminas Jasikonis has claimed his first ever MXGP moto victory after topping the second race at the Grand Prix of Riga, round four of the 2020 FIM Motocross World Championship. […]

Springfield Mile Weekend Brings Four Days of Racing to Illinois Capital

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (August 12, 2020) – American Flat Track and Kiesow Racing are geared up for a dirt track racing marathon at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in the form of a multi-day Springfield AFT extravaganza this upcoming Labor […]

Harley-Davidson Introduces United We Will Ride Campaign for Riders

MILWAUKEE (August 11th, 2020) – For more than 117 years, Harley-Davidson has brought people together to experience adventure and freedom for the soul. Harley-Davidson is proud to announce a new element of the company’s United […]

Yamaha ripped a massive holeshot at EMX250 Championship

Hutten Metaal Yamaha Official EMX250’s Thibault Benistant extended his EMX250 Championship lead after dominating the third round of the EMX250 Championship with an impressive 1-1 result in Kegums, Latvia. Benistant started the day with […]

Five out of six holeshots, six-for-six on moto wins and both championships for Yamaha!

Yamaha’s bLU cRU riders enjoyed another successful week at this year’s running of the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch with 28-moto wins and eight national titles. Levi Kitchen and Matt Leblanc […]

MotoGP Ducati achieves incredible victory with a masterful overtake at Brno

Just a few days after the Czech GP in Brno, the Ducati Team is ready to return to action this weekend for the Austrian GP, which will be held on the spectacular race track of […]

Harley-Davidson FXDR114 Cracks 6.855 seconds NHRA Quarter Mile time

INDIANAPOLIS (August 10, 2020) – Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines rider Angelle Sampey charged to a final-round win in Pro Stock Motorcycle competition at the Dodge NHRA Indy Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Lucas Oil […]

WorldSBK Riders Munich BMW Motorrad and Elvis Presley

Munich. Both riders for the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, Eugene Laverty (IRL) and Tom Sykes (GBR), are normally at home on race tracks around the world. Now they have had the opportunity to familiarise themselves […]

Reigning Superbike champ pulls another disappearing act at MotoAmerica Pittsburgh

Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha Racing’s Cameron Beaubier capped off a perfect weekend at Pittsburgh International Race Complex with a win in race two to further strengthen his title defense in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship. […]

AMA Superbike 18-yr-old prodigies registered the weekend’s highlight performances

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 11. Sean Dylan Kelly: GSX-R600 – 2-2- (Supersport) Alex Dumas: GSX-R1000 – 2-4 (Stock 1000) Toni Elias: GSX-R1000 – 5-5 (Superbike) Bobby Fong: GSX-R1000 – DNF-DNF M4 ECSTAR Suzuki […]

2021 Indian Roadmaster Dark Horse Jack Daniel’s Guide

2021 Indian Roadmaster Dark Horse Jack Daniel’s: RICH AND HAND CRAFTED. 2021 Indian Roadmaster Dark Horse Jack Daniel’s… America’s First Motorcycle Company & America’s First Registered Distillery Celebrate Quality, American Craftsmanship with Jack Daniel’s Limited […]

WorldSBK Race-2 restart allows Great comeback for Ducati

Scott Redding and Chaz Davies overcome the difficulties of the Portimao weekend thanks to an exciting Race-2 that allows the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team riders to finish second and fourth respectively.Starting from the second […]

ARMINAS JASIKONIS CLAIMS SIXTH OVERALL AT MXGP OF LATVIA

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Arminas Jasikonis displayed consistency and impressive speed at the MXGP of Latvia, securing a sixth-place overall MXGP result at the restart of the 2020 FIM Motocross World Championship. The team’s […]

Big Crash at BSB as Suzuki’s Keith Farmer lost the front

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 9. Kyle Ryde: GSX-R1000 – DNF-4-7 (BSB) Keith Farmer: GSX-R1000 – DNS-DNS-DNS (BSB) Tim Neave: GSX-R1000 – 4-7 (Superstock) Leon Jeacock: GSX-R1000 – 12-12 (Superstock) Michael Dunlop: GSX-R1000 – […]

One up for Kyle Wyman in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship after PittRace 2020

Mountain View, Calif., August 9, 2020 – Kyle Wyman (OneCure/KWR Ducati Team) jumped up one place in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship to fourth following two hard-fought races at round four of the series, held at the […]

Turbulent WorldSBK Sunday at Portimão Racetrack

Portimão. With the Superpole race and race two on Sunday, the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team completed the third round of the FIM Superbike World Championship 2020 (WorldSBK) season at Portimão (POR). Tom Sykes (GBR) brought […]

MotoGP Brno Suzuki Alex Rins gets amazing 4th but Joan Mir gets bad luck

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 9. Monster Energy Grand Prix Czech Republic, race results: Alex Rins: 4th (+ 6.609) Joan Mir: DNF (Lap 3) The third MotoGP round of the 2020 season resulted in […]

Pretty weird weekend for Ducati MotoGP with unidentified problems during race

Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci finished eleventh and twelfth respectively in the Czech GP held today at Brno Circuit.The rider from Forlì, who started from the sixth row of the grid after qualifying in eighteenth place […]

Thrilling last-lap charge in MXGP Latvia for Yamaha

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Jeremy Seewer neared a maiden race victory after a thrilling last-lap charge in the final race at the third round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Kegums, Latvia. The […]

Geerts Amends Race 1 Drama with a Spectacular Race 2 Win in Latvia

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2’s Ben Watson and Jago Geerts set the foundation they hope to build on at the third round of the FIM MX2 World Championship, the first of three Grands Prix that […]

Racer becomes 1st in history to win 5 consecutive WorldSSP races

August 9, 2020 Eric Leaverton

Record Breaking Locatelli Doubles Up in Portimão Thriller Andrea Locatelli became the first rider in history to win five consecutive FIM Supersport World Championship races, as the Evan Bros Yamaha WorldSSP Supported Team ace doubled […]

An Indian Summer Ep11: Springfield Dark Horse Commute

We’ve taken our Springfield Dark Horse on long weekend trips and through canyons, but until now we haven’t had occasion to commute with it. I commuted on the Dark Horse all last week to see […]

ANOTHER MOTO3 THRILLER ENDS IN .001 SECEND PHOTO-FINISH

ROUND FOUR OF 2020 MOTO3 SAW ROMANO FENATI SCORE 9TH PLACE FOR HUSQVARNA MOTORCYCLES AROUND THE WIDE, LONG AND SWEEPING BRNO CIRCUIT The Sterilgarda Max Racing Team was back to full strength with Alonso Lopez […]

Yamaha’s Cameron Beaubier continues to dominate MotoAmerica Superbike

Cameron Beaubier continues to dominate the MotoAmerica Superbike field, scoring his sixth win of the season in Saturday’s race one at Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum, Pennsylvania. Jake Gagne finished third to give the […]

BMW S1000 Engine Defect Keeps BMW from Top Finish at WorldSBK Jerez

Portimão. Just one week after the race weekend at Jerez de la Frontera (ESP), the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team is now competing with the BMW S 1000 RR at Portimão, Portugal. The ‘Autódromo Internacional do […]

MotoGP Brno Ducati Disappointed as racers Struggled to get the Bike Working

PRTWorldSBK Race-1. Difficult race for Redding and Davies, seventh and eleventh respectively under the chequered flag. It was a tough Saturday for the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimao. […]

Challenging day for Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso at MotoGP Brno

Petrucci and Dovizioso ended as eighth and eighteenth quickest respectively in the Czech GP qualifying in Brno. Johann Zarco will start from pole position with the Ducati bike of Team Esponsorama Racing Danilo Petrucci will […]

MotoGP Brno Becoming Unpredictable and Thrilling Race Results

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 8. Grid positions for Czech Republic GP: Joan Mir: 9th – 1’56.512 Alex Rins: 11th – 1’56.571 The Czech Republic Grand Prix looks set to be another unpredictable and […]

Pata Yamaha Scores Scintillating Double Portimão Podium at FIM Superbike World Championship

The Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla duo of Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Michael van der Mark fought to second and third positions respectively in Race 1 of the third round of the FIM Superbike […]

Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Rider Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Sets Fastest Time

Turkish sensation and Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla rider Toprak Razgatlıoğlu set the pace on the opening day of the third FIM Superbike World Championship round today with the fastest overall time of […]

Jake Lewis makes his Ducati debut at Pittsburgh MotoAmerica Superbike Championship

Mountain View, Calif., August 7, 2020 – Kyle Wyman (KATO Fastening/KWR Ducati Team) put in a total of 17 laps over the two Friday practice sessions for the fourth round of the 2020 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship […]

WEEKEND RACING ACTION SCHEDULE – AUGUST 8-9th

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 7. The second weekend in August will be the biggest and busiest since racing was locked-down due to the crisis. Team Suzuki MotoGP is in action at the Brno […]

6 rounds and 18 races: Bennetts British Superbike Championship returns

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 7. The Buildbase Suzuki team is ready for racing to resume this weekend, as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship returns after months of lockdown. The condensed season – which […]

2020 WorldSBK season finishes with Scott Redding and Chaz Davies On the Charts

Scott Redding and Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) fifth and twelfth respectively after first day of free practice at Algarve International Circuit (Portimao) The first day of action of the third round of the […]

Ducati Team was back in action today at 3rd round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship

The Ducati Team was back in action today for the first two free practice sessions of the Czech GP, the third round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship, which is held at Automotodrom Brno (Czech […]

Brno MotoGP hot action with the entire field covered by 1.8 seconds

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 7. Combined practice times: Joan Mir: 6th – 1’56.876 (+ 0.374) Alex Rins: 13th – 1’57.354 (+ 0.852) The Automotodrom in Brno saw the resumption of MotoGP action on […]

Inspiration Friday: 0-60 Quarter Mile Living

Acceleration. Adrenaline. Torque. Power. Smoke. Noise. Introducing the 2021 BMW R18 Dragster, Triumph Rocket 3 and Yamaha VMax. The legendary film star Vin Diesel once said “I live my life a 1/4 mile at a […]

Pata Yamaha Ready to Push at Portimão WorldSBK Race

After its long-awaited return, the Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla heads directly to Autódromo Internacional do Algarve for the third round in the restarted FIM Superbike World Championship, held back-to-back following round two […]

Win a New Motorcycle and Other Prizes at Yamaha’s 65th Anniversary Demo Events

Visit a Yamaha dealership during August and you will be able to enter our exclusive 65th Anniversary competition to WIN a new Tracer 700. Dealers also have a range of demo units available for testing […]

Piaggio Delivers 31 million euros of Scooters to 1 Customer