MotoGP Race Results From the French Grand Prix at Le Mans Maverick Vinales wins, Valentino Rossi crashes in an epic battle between Yamaha teammates that ultimately promoted local hero Johann Zarco to his best premier-class finish to date and Dani Pedrosa to third. SPOILER — Our race report and photo gallery from the 2017 French […]

Saturday MotoGP Summary at Le Mans It has been a tough weekend for a lot of people at Le Mans. The weather has done just about everything to confound and perplex the riders, conditions changing every session. Friday went from wettish to very wet, Saturday went from drying to almost completely dry. There hasn’t been […]

Friday MotoGP Summary at Le Mans: Wasted Day in the Wet, And Tire Wars Revisited “A wasted day, again at Le Mans,” was Cal Crutchlow’s verdict on the first day of practice at the French circuit. He had a point: the first session of practice started wet but dried out towards the end, though the […]

Paddock Pass Podcast #52 – WorldSBK Imola Episode 52 of the Paddock Pass Podcast sees David Emmett  and Steve English covering the World Superbike Championship’s stop in Imola, Italy. The boys get us caught up on what is happening in the WorldSBK paddock, which includes some silly season speculation, as well as a discussion about the possibility of […]

The Five Mistakes You Make Riding a Supermoto Riding a supermoto might be one of the most fun things you can do on two-wheels. Basically dirt bikes with street tires, supermotos offer an approachable way to hoon yourself around town, as well as practice some more advanced riding techniques in a lower-risk platform. If you […]

Here Is KTM’s Fuel Injected Two-Stroke Motorcycle Fuel injection has finally come to the two-stroke market for production motorcycles, with KTM (and thus also Husqvarna) debuting two enduro machines with transfer port injection (TPI) on their single-cylinder smokers. This has been a long time coming in the two-wheeled space, even though we have seen TPI […]

WorldSBK Race Results from Imola – Race 2 World Superbike Race Results from Imola, Italy – Race 2: Pos. Rider Team Bike Diff. 1 C. DAVIES Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Ducati Panigale R – 2 J. REA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 3.739 3 T. SYKES Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 4.342 4 […]

New Mercedes Platform Opens The Door For An Invasion Of FWD Models Talking about auto platforms isn’t the most exciting topic in the world. It’s definitely not water cooler talk since one needs to have a certain understanding of the industry to have a grasp on the importance of platforms and the role they play […]

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly About Motorcycle Patents I am really excited about the Suzuki brand right now. Out of the four Japanese motorcycle manufacturers, the recession affected Suzuki the most, probably more than many people realize, but the Hamamatsu brand is poised to bring out some exciting machines in the coming few […]

Dani Pedrosa Wins MotoGP Pole Position In Spain Championship leader Valentino Rossi will start series’ 3,000 race from third row. Dani Pedrosa will start the 3,000th MotoGP world championship race from pole position. Championship leader Valentino Rossi will start from third row. Dani Pedrosa Wins MotoGP Pole Position In Spain (image) Championship leader Valentino Rossi […]