This video comes in 3 acts – Act 1 looks at the RSV4’s breakthrough World Superbike season, Act 2 looks at the amazing technology that makes the new Aprilia superbike so special, and Act 3 takes the RSV4R out on the road to see if it handles real life riding as well as it performs on track.
TTXGP’s inaugural North American race is in the bag at Infineon, as race fans got to see two close battles for first and third place this weekend. Blasting off the line was the yellow Lightning Motors bike, or the “Flying Banana†as it’s become known here in the paddock. Lightning’s rider, Michael Barnes, made quick work of Shawn Higbee and his Zero/Agni race bike off the line and on the straights, showing a very strong power package.
With all the power on-board though, Barney was limited  by his heavy and bulky … Details
One day you might remember this most recent race weekend. Motorcycle history was made, and some say an altogether new age for American racing was also born, with the running of the first sanctioned electric-powered motorcycle road race on U.S. soil at Sonoma county California’s Infineon Raceway on May 16.
The 25-mile TTXGP competition, in which 12 teams initially entered, 10 started and eight finished, was won by Shawn Higbee on the Zero Agni machine – the same converted GSX-R600 which last June won the Pro Class at the world’s first TTXGP electric motorcycle race held at Britain’s the Isle of Man … Details