Valentino Rossi says Ducati is lacking pace following the Sepang MotoGP test, the Italian admitting he is not too optimistic the chassis issues can be solved.
Ducati concluded the second of Malaysia’s tests today with somewhat sub-standard results. The best Rossi and Nicky Hayden could manage was 11th and 12th, respectively, disappointing for the pair after a positive start  … More
Casey Stoner set the fastest time in MotoGP testing at Sepang today, while Valentino Rossi missed the day due to illness.
Rossi was at the circuit during the morning but did not ride and returned to his hotel in the afternoon to rest ahead of Thursday’s third and final day of the test. In his absence, and in the searing Malaysian heat with the track temperature climbing above 140 degrees, the three factory Honda riders  … Details
MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo believes his new Yamaha teammate Ben Spies will be a title threat from the outset as he steps up to the factory team for 2011.
Spies is only in his second year of MotoGP, having won the World Superbike crown at the first attempt in 2009 and then took sixth in the 2010 standings with the satellite Tech 3 Yamaha team. Asked what he expected from Spies this year, Lorenzo replied: “I think Ben is  … More
When Harley-Davidson shuttered its Buell Motorcycle Company subsidiary in October 2009, America’s greatest motorcycle pioneer of the last three decades, Erik Buell, seemed to be out of the bike-building business.Â
But anyone who is familiar with the ever-tenacious Erik Buell knew that we’d again see him and his influence in another streetbike. It was only a matter of time.
Well, that time became this weekend  … Details