Roadracing World notes a Yamaha press release that lays out the team effort necessary to put a winning MotoGP season together. Valentino Rossi has huge talent but he also has a team that followed him from Honda when he moved to Yamaha. The total effort paid off. … [Read more...]

Several developments in the last few weeks seem to indicate that motorcycle racing on the professional level is getting way too expensive. The field for the upcoming MotoGP season is only 17 riders and several manufacturers are either not planning to field teams at all or have not yet committed themselves. Today, Buell announced they don't have the money to run Formula Xtreme, … [Read more...]

Valentino Rossi wins ninth MotoGP race this year and the title again. Every now and then, someone comes along who is so good at what he does, it is hard to comprehend. Over the weekend, Valentino Rossi won the MotoGP race at Valencia to cap a stunning year. This year aboard a Yamaha, he wasn't supposed to be as competitive because the bike was new and still needed development. … [Read more...]

Bonneville is under way. I've always found the pursuit of pure top speed fascinating. I am partial to wheel driven attempts. Using a jet engine or rocket motor seems like cheating and wheel driven is closer to what the rest of us do. When a motorcycle hits 200+ you think, "Gee, I could do that" but lighting up a rocket on the interstate is a little farfetched. … [Read more...]

MotoGP 4 strokes are a wonderful thing because the technology is slowly moving onto the street (What a surprise!). Ducati unveiled their V4 DESMOSEDICI/RR engine at World Ducati Week which will be placed in some ultra expensive ($60,000+) limited production street machine. The race version made 250HP, you have to wonder what the civilian version will do. Now there are whispers … [Read more...]