After a pole position from Fabio Quartararo’s Yamaha, the Aprilias of Marco Bezzecchi and Raul Fernandez dominated the weekend at Phillip Island. Bezzecchi was the fastest all weekend, and he took a convincing win in Saturday’s Sprint race with a 3 second gap over fellow Aprilia rider Raul Fernandez. Pedro Acosta (KTM) finished third. On […]
If you thought that the Ducati Panigale V2 and Yamaha R9 would sit alone as the newest additions to the production supersport category, KTM just proved you wrong. Announced more than a year ago, the KTM 990 RC R should be entering production right about now, and will be available at dealerships within the next […]
The Indonesian round of the MotoGP championship provided some unusual results. Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi was the fastest rider all weekend, taking pole position and winning Saturday’s Sprint. On Sunday, however, he crashed on the opening lap causing newly crowned champion Marc Marquez to go down. Bezzecchi was largely unhurt, but Marc injured his shoulder and […]
Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) seemed to turn his season around with a perfect weekend at the Motegi circuit in Japan. Bagnaia took pole position and both race wins ahead of teammate Marc Marquez, who clinched this year’s championship in the process. Saturday’s Sprint saw Bagnaia quickly take the lead and cruise to the win over Marc […]
Just a few years ago, Husqvarna began introducing Vitpilen and Svartpilen models of various engine displacements with its own interpretation of Scandinavian styling. The reaction to the styling, to say the least, was mixed. The performance of the motorcycles, however, including those tested by MD, was, on balance, excellent. Now, Husqvarna continues this design trend […]
The MotoGP championship series visited the iconic Misano circuit last weekend. This is the first race weekend in a while where a rider not named Marc Márquez was the star of the show (although Marc did win Sunday’s race – more below). Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi took pole position on Saturday morning and proceeded to win […]
Considered the home race for the Márquez brothers, the Catalunya round of the MotoGP series saw the locals make good. The younger sibling Alex (Ducati) was the quicker rider, but he crashed out of the lead on Saturday to hand the Sprint race victory to his brother Marc (Ducati). On Sunday, Alex came through to […]
The MotoGP championship series visited the Balaton Park circuit in Hungary for the first time last weekend. Marc Márquez (Ducati) continued his virtually unchecked domination. Marc earned pole position and then won both the Sprint on Saturday and the full-length GP on Sunday. On Saturday, Marc was followed home by Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati) in […]
Although he didn’t get pole position (that honor went to Marco Bezzecchi – Aprilia), Marc Márquez (Ducati) again came away with both the Sprint race win on Saturday and the GP race win on Sunday in Austria. Saturday’s Sprint saw Marc come home just ahead of his brother Alex Márquez (Ducati) with Pedro Acosta (KTM) […]
Initially available only in India, but expected to be introduced to other markets, Triumph has officially announced the Thruxton 400 Café racer model to complement the other 400cc single-cylinder models already in its lineup. The new bike has unique styling (see photos) and a new engine tune that yields a 2 hp increase compared to […]