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HOT LAP Motorcycle Reality TV Show To Work With Pro 6 Cycle On Episode One
HOT LAP Reality TV Show Announces First Episode with PRO 6 Cycles Inc. Monday, February 6th, 2012 (Toronto, Canada) - HOT LAP, the new motorcycle racing reality TV game show, is pleased to announce PRO 6 CYCLE Inc. of Ontario, Canada as the host organ...

Infineon Raceway Hires New Ticket Operations Manager
Michael Re Named Ticket Operations Manager at Infineon Raceway SONOMA, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2012) – Michael Re has been named Ticket Operations Manager at Infineon Raceway, raceway officials announced. Re, who has more than 25 years of ticketing exp...

Effenbert Liberty Racing Team Introduced In Italy
Team Effenbert Liberty Racing, higher and higher! Huge enthusiasm in Sestriere on the occasion of a SBK and Superstock team launch. Held in Sestriere, on the top of the Piemonte Mountains, Effenbert Liberty Racing Team has officially presented the t...

Marko Jerman Joins Suzuki GRANDys Duo Team Lineup
Former Polish Supersport Champion Marko Jerman has agreed terms with the Suzuki GRANDys duo team to contest this season's Polish Superbike Championship aboard the team's GSX-R1000. The 2010 Champion, who contested World Supersport races in 2011, will b...

Marc VDS Racing Team To Test New Kalex Moto2 Racebikes This Week At Valencia
MARC VDS READY TO GET 2012 SEASON UNDERWAY After more than two months absence from the racetrack, the Marc VDS Racing Team will finally get their 2012 Moto2 World Championship campaign underway this week, with a three-day test at the Valencia circuit i...

More Riders Confirmed For The 2012 Isle Of Man TT
Cooper And Centurion Set For 2012 TT Following on from his sensational performance at the 2011 Isle of Man TT Races, Dan Cooper will once again team up with Centurion Racing for the 2012 festival which starts on 26th May. On only his second visit la...

Nicky Hayden To Have Surgery On Injured Left Shoulder
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Splitlath Redmond To Field John Laverty, Florian Marino In British Superbike Championship
SPLITLATH REDMOND ANNOUNCES LAVERTY AND MARINO FOR 2012 BSB ASSAULT SPLITLATH Redmond is delighted to announce its 2012 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship rider line-up of John Laverty and Florian Marino. Laverty, of Antrim, Northern Irela...

Video: Josh Herrin Goes Snowmobiling
AMA Daytona Sportbike Champion Josh Herrin Goes from Pavement to Powder Josh Herrin, AMA Daytona Sportbike Champion and his younger brother Zach ventured to Idaho and Western Wyoming this past weekend to ride snowmobiles. Josh and Zach Herrin have grow...

MV Agusta F3 Production Line Up And Running At Double Capacity
Dear Sirs, Despite the difficult global economic conditions and the continued reduction in the sportbike market, MV Agusta has closed 2011 with an increase in sales of +12% over the previous year. For 2012, the company has already received orders that ...

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Effenbert Liberty Racing Team Signs Sandi To Superstock 1000cc FIM Cup Lineup
Following an earlier announcement, this season the Effenbert Liberty Racing Team has decided to take up a new challenge and put their money on young talented riders. The team has been very active on the market looking out for new opportunities and the sig...

Mamola, Schwantz To Headline Festival Of 1000 Bikes July 6-8 At Mallory Park
THE classic Festival of 1000 Bikes - with GP heroes Kevin Schwantz and Randy Mamola already confirmed - headlines the 2012 Mallory Park calendar of events on the 6th-8th of July with more than 20,000 spectators expected to flock to the Leicestershire circ...

Driven Performance Products Recycling Program To Benefit The Roadracing World Action Fund
Driven Performance Products is proud to announce the start of the Driven "360 Recycling Program". Although initially this program will be focused on local dealers and consumers, it is intended to be open to anyone and everyone who would like to participa...

AMA Pro Racing Requiring Riders To Have Class Sponsor Patches On Leathers To Be Eligible For Points Fund
AMA Pro Road Racing Competitor Bulletin #2012-08 To: All AMA Pro Road Racing Competitors Date: February 3, 2012 Effective Date: Immediately Subject: Rider and Crew Suit Patch Requirements Per section 3.28.e of the 2012 AMA Pro Road Racing rulebook:...

Honda TT Legends Announces Four-Rider Lineup For 2012 Season
Honda TT Legends 2012 line-up revealed Honda Motor Europe has revealed a four-strong rider line-up for the Honda TT Legends team as it prepares for an all-important second year of competition in the FIM Endurance World Championship and at selected road...

Video: Jason DiSalvo Under The Lap Record While Preparing For An Upcoming Jason DiSalvo Speed Academy At Jennings GP
Jason DiSalvo Speed Academy is coming to Jennings GP Feb. 18-19, 2012. Sign up today at www.disalvospeedacademy.com! Enjoy these demo laps with Jason on board a Triumph 675R. This footage was shot at a film test for the Jason DiSalvo Speed Academy, ...

A Video Of Something You Don't See Every Day: The Safety Sphere, Featuring A Rider Bouncing Post-Crash Down The Road Inside An Inflated Ball
FIRST PERSON/OPINION: Via U.S. Mail: Dear Sirs, I have invented and patented a device allowing to reduce largely the gravity and consequences of a motorcycle accident for the driver and his passenger, called The Safety Sphere. This device is pate...

Swan Yamaha British Superbike Rider Hutchinson Breaks Leg At Motorcycle Show
Newly-signed Swan Yamaha British Superbike rider Ian Hutchison broke his left leg Wednesday during a rehearsal for a motorcycle show in England. According to a posting on the Swan Yamaha website, Hutchinson apparently “twisted his leg awkwardly whils...

Video: Ducati Plans To Return To The Pikes Peak International Hillclimb In 2012
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2012 -- Ducati Returns Ducati returns to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Ducati announces today its return to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb for the 90th edition of "The Race to the Clouds". F...

Suzuki Test Rider Aoki Holds Rider Training School In Indonesia
Suzuki factory test rider Nobuatsu Aoki hosted a two-day Training School at the Kenjalang circuit in Indonesia this week. The former GP rider was invited by Suzuki Motor Indonesia to share his knowledge and skills with Suzuki's top Indonesian Indoprix ...

Yamaha Australia To Run Four-Rider Team In 2012 Australian FX Superbike Championship
Yamaha’s presence in Australian road racing has expanded for 2012 with the contracting of four factory supported riders under the YRT (Yamaha Racing Team) banner. Team Director, John Redding, is proud to announce the Yamaha Racing Team consisting of ...

Harley-Davidson Gearing Up For 110th Anniversary In 2013
HARLEY-DAVIDSON TO CELEBRATE 110 YEARS OF GREAT MOTORCYCLES AND EPIC RIDING EXPERIENCES Global 110th Anniversary Celebrations in 2013 in Rome, Milwaukee and More MILWAUKEE – Harley-Davidson will celebrate 110 years of great motorcycles and epic ri...

Stoner Under Lap Record As Round One Of MotoGP Testing At Sepang Ends
The Yamaha Factory Racing Team today completed the first test of the 2012 season at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. Riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies spent the three track days working to develop the base set up of the 1000cc YZR-M1 ahead o...

BMW's Marco Melandri Says He's Looking Forward To The Start Of The World Superbike Season
BMW Motorrad factory rider Marco Melandri: “I am very confident about the bike.” Munich/Stephanskirchen -- The new BMW Motorrad factory rider Marco Melandri (ITA) is counting the weeks until the FIM Superbike World Championship’s 2012 season st...

Staring To Replace Injured Mercado On Team Pedercini Kawasaki At Phillip Island
Team Pedercini rider Leandro “Tati” Mercado will not take part to the 2012 Superbike World Championship first round of Phillip Island. The 19 years old rider sustained a fracture of the right radius after a crash on his supermoto bike during a trai...

Harley-Davidson Rolls Out Two More 2012 Models
HARLEY-DAVIDSON SEVENTY-TWO™ REVIVES A LEAN LOOK Dark Custom Gets Some Color – A New Narrow Sportster in Sparkling Metal Flake Paint MILWAUKEE (Feb. 1, 2012) – The Harley-Davidson® Seventy-Two™ motorcycle is a metal flake dream machine, a...

Pirelli Launches Pirelli Moto Facebook Page
Rome, Georgia, February 1, 2012 – After launching the Pirelli Official Facebook® Page just over a year ago, Pirelli is ready reinforce its presence on the web and in the social media world with the addition of the new Pirelli Moto Facebook® Page. ...

U.S. House Committee To Vote On Bill To Fund Recreational Trails Program, Eliminate Funding For Motorcycle-Only Checkpoints
PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- Renewed funding for motorized trails and a ban on funding for motorcycle-only checkpoints are included in a major federal transportation bill being considered by a key U.S. House committee, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)...

Video: AMA Pro Racer Jake Holden Will Conduct Rider Clinics At Selected XCEL Trackdays In 2012
XCEL TRACKDAYS NOW FEATURING JAKE HOLDEN RIDERS CLINIC Scottsdale, AZ -- Pro AMA Superbike road racer Jake Holden and Pro AMA Race Team ESP are teaming up with XCEL Trackdays to help riders improve their performance on the street and on the track. ...

Foremost Renews As Title Sponsor Of Pegram Racing AMA Pro Superbike Team
Foremost Insurance Group Pegram Racing team rides again into the 2012 Season. Grand Rapids, MI – Professional, hard working, and passionate are just a few words to define the Foremost Insurance Pegram Racing race team. For the third year in a row, Fo...

Full Tuck Racing Severs Ties With AIP Racing
As of 9.00 am the morning of, Saturday January 28, 2012, Full Tuck Racing Corporation has made the decision to operate its AMA Pro Road Race team without the involvement of Van Nuys workshop AIP Racing. Irreconcilable differences have made this decisio...

Scott "Mr. Daytona" Russell Will Continue As A Guest Instructor With Yamaha Champions Riding School In 2012
Scott Russell Returns to Yamaha Champions Riding School for 2012 TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH (February 1, 2012) — The Yamaha Champions Riding School is very pleased to announce that Scott Russell, the former AMA Pro Superbike and World Superbike Champion ni...

MSS Colchester Kawasaki Announces 2012 British Superbike Rider Lineup
MSS COLCHESTER KAWASAKI ANNOUNCE RUTTER AND HICKMAN IN 2012 LINE UP The MSS Colchester Kawasaki team has today (Wednesday) announced their line-up for the 2012 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship as Michael Rutter and Peter Hickman switch to ...

SCRAMP, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Recognized For Addressing Needs Of Disabled Visitors
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Video: Yamaha Motor Racing's Lin Jarvis On The 2012 MotoGP World Championship
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Althea Racing Presents 2012 World Superbike Team In Italy
ALTHEA RACING OFFICIALLY PRESENTS ITS 2012 SUPERBIKE TEAM AHEAD OF THE SEASON’S OPENING ROUND Civita Castellana (Italy), Wednesday 1st February 2012: Althea Racing today took the opportunity to officially present its 2012 World Superbike outfit to sp...

Pacific Northwest Tire Vendor KFG Racing Switches From Dunlop To Pirelli
KFG Racing, based in Kent, Washington, is excited to announce a comprehensive vendor partnership with Pirelli Tires/CT Racing in the Pacific Northwest for 2012. KFG Racing will continue providing tire service for many Washington and Oregon track da...

Southeast Sales To Field KTMs Again In 2012 CCS Midwest Championship
Milwaukee, WI -- John Erdmann of Southeast Sales announced today that after a successful 2011 season their KTM Road Race Team of himself and Joel Spalding will return to the CCS Midwest Region again in 2012. They will again be riding KTM's flagship Sportb...

Stoner Fastest On Second Day Of MotoGP Testing At Sepang
Yamaha Factory riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies continued to show promising form today in the second day of the Sepang test, the first official 1000cc MotoGP test of 2012. Having spent yesterday getting back into the rhythm of riding, today was spent fo...

Dunlop Still Looking For More Help Distributing Race Tires In The Western U.S.
Dunlop Road Race Support Services 2012 Buffalo, NY: As a prelude to the 2012 road race season in the USA, Dunlop would like to remind racers that customers situated in the western portion of the country can order tires for mail order delivery from Race...

Hear Team Owner Danny Walker And Racer Travis Wyman On The Radio Tonight
Danny Walker, Travis Wyman, Nancy Sabater, Brett Metcalfe, Ami Houde Advance, North Carolina (January 31, 2011) - Top talent and industry insiders from the motorcycle world give their uncut opinions and race stories. Get your weekly motorcycle news liv...

Wagnon To Ride For HSBK Racing During 2012 CMRA Season
Houston, TX., January 31, 2012. Houston Superbikes (HSBK), Houston's premier Italian motorcycle dealership, has just announced they will have a CMRA race team for the 2012 season. The team, called HSBK Racing, has already paired with Dunlop, Alpinestars a...

Cornerspin Releases 2012 Winter/Spring School Schedule
Just Released: Cornerspin™ Announces 2012 Winter/Spring Schedule Cornerspin: "Road Racing in the Dirt" is offering a full spring schedule to help riders of all abilities prepare for their 2012 season. This type of training is the choice of top tier ...

Information, Entry Forms For AMA Pro Racing Tests At NOLA Motorsports Park, Homestead-Miami Speedway Now Available
AMA Pro Road Racing Competition Bulletins #2012-06 and #2012-07: Homestead-Miami Speedway and NOLA Motorsports Park Test Information and Entry Forms To: AMA Pro Road Racing Community From: AMA Pro Competition Date: January 31, 2012 Subject: AMA P...

Harms Joins Bimota Moto2 Project
Robbin Harms represents BIMOTA RDD in the MOTO2 Italian Championship BIMOTA is hard at work within sight of the beginning of the MOTO2 national season. During the last weekend BIMOTA Research Development Department was back on track for a two days of ...

Motorcycle-Superstore.com Renews Sponsorship Of AMA Pro Flat Track
Motorcycle-Superstore.com Renews $25,000 Year-End Pro Singles Points Fund and Returns as 2012 AMA Pro Flat Track Presenting Sponsor DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (January 31, 2012) - As a follow up to last week's announcement by AMA Pro Racing regarding an exten...

Szoke To Host Weekly Canadian Motorcycle Race Report On "Biker TV"
Biker TV Welcomes Jordan Szoke for Season VIII Canadian produced Biker TV welcomes Seven Time National Superbike Champion Jordan Szoke to their host lineup. Jordan will be hosting the weekly Canadian Motorcycle Race Report, bringing racing news of all...

Keith Amor Retires From Racing Due To Injury
KEITH AMOR ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM ROAD RACING Honda TT Legends rider Keith Amor has announced his retirement from road racing after serious shoulder injuries sustained in 2011 have failed to heal. “I’ve decided to retire,” he said last nigh...

Penguin Roadracing School Announces 2012 Schedule
Winchendon, MA (January 31 2012) – The Penguin Roadracing School announces its 2012 track day school schedule. The Penguin School will be offering motorcycle rider training at four different racetracks in 2012; New Hampshire Motor Speedway, New Jerse...

Updated: Lorenzo Is Fastest And Stoner's Back Seizes Up At MotoGP Test In Malaysia
Pedrosa starts in a good shape but Stoner unable to ride Today the Repsol Honda Team officially kicked off the 2012 MotoGP season with the first of three days testing at the Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. Due to early morning rain, the trac...

Rossi Posts Photo Of Newest Ducati Desmosedici GP12
Early Monday morning nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi posted a photo of the newest Ducati Desmosedici GP12 on his personal Twitter page along with the message, "ladies and gentleman, new bike is ready." The photo clearly shows the back half of...

AMA Pro Racing Caps Add-On Electronics At $18,000 Per Superbike For 2013 Season
AMA Pro Road Racing Competitor Bulletin #2012-05 To: All AMA Pro Road Racing Competitors Date: January 30, 2012 Effective Date: January 1, 2013 Subject: 2013 American SuperBike Electronics The following price cap will go into effect January 1st, ...

New Jersey Motorsports Park Adds To 2012 Event Calendar
New Jersey Motorsports Park Announces Updates to the 2012 Season Schedule Addition of Monster Truck Mania, Five supporting races at the ARCA Racing Series and Four Rally America Rallycross dates MILLVILLE, N.J. - January 30, 2012 - New Jersey Moto...

Jim Cox Racing Will Provide Dunlop Sales, Service, Support At All 2012 WERA West Events
DUNLOP WILL SERVICE WERA WEST, STARTING IN VEGAS Race Tire Service will have tire service at the Vegas WERA West Round February 11th-12that the classic course in North Vegas. Service will be provided by Jim Cox, long time Dunlop provider. Jim Cox will...

Ride For Kids Events Raised $4.5 Million For The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation In 2011
Children with brain tumors have some powerful friends in the motorcycling community. Contributions to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation® (PBTF) Ride for Kids® held steady in 2011, with more than $4.5 million raised through events, corporate and local...

AMA Pro Racing Does Deal With Cardo Systems, Inc.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - AMA Pro Racing and Cardo Systems, Inc., the world's market leader in wireless Bluetooth® communications for motorcycle helmet headsets, today announced an exclusive agreement naming scala rider as the Official Motorcycle Helmet Blue...

Blackhawk Farms Raceway Releases 2012 Rider Clinic, Track Day Schedule
2012 Blackhawk Farms Raceway Track Championship Rider Clinics and All Levels Motorcycle Track Day Season presented by Southeast Sales Corp. Kawasaki – KTM – Honda – Suzuki and Ducati Milwaukee Motovid.com officially announces the 2012 Blackhawk F...

Two Teams Joining Forces For Daytona 200 Effort
THORNBURY, ONTARIO, CANADA – January 30, 2012 – Indiana-based Four Feathers Racing’s team principal Scotty Van Hawk has signed on to mentor and provide race strategy support to BYR / Fogi Racing’s development rider Ben Young for his debut at Ameri...

Bridgestone Bringing New Front Tires To This Week's MotoGP Test At Sepang
Bridgestone geared up for 2012 MotoGP tests Following an intensive development programme over the winter break, Bridgestone is geared up for the first MotoGP group tests of 2012 as evaluation of the tyres that will be used for the upcoming season cont...

Harley-Davidson Insurance Renews Sponsorship Of AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship
Harley-Davidson Insurance Returns as Title Sponsor of AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship in Renewal with AMA Pro Racing DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (January 30, 2012) - Officials from AMA Pro Racing and Harley-Davidson Insurance announced today a...

Stoner Says He Is Ready For The Challenge Of The 2012 Season
Repsol Honda Team return to centre stage in Malaysia The Repsol Honda Team, 2011 Triple Crown Champions, hosted the media at a Team Presentation in the Pan Pacific Hotel in Kuala Lumpur tonight with a press conference and welcome party. After the w...

New Oil Sponsor For Yamaha MotoGP Team
Yamaha Factory Racing Enters Partnership Contract with New Official Sponsor Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. has entered into contract with JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan). The agreement welcomes the oil and energy company a...

Santiago Villa Will Campaign 2012 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Series On Prieto Performance Yamahas
Multi-time Colombian Champion Santiago Villa has signed with Prieto Performance Team to compete in the 2012 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike season on board of 2 Yamahas R6. Santiago Villa has been racing with Sean Prieto and His team Prieto Performance fo...

KTM Reverses Course, Decides To Continue AMA Pro Superbike Program With HMC And Chris Fillmore In 2012
KTM has reversed an earlier decision to end its AMA Pro Superbike program and will instead return in 2012 with HMC Racing and rider Chris Fillmore. HMC Racing owner Mitch Hansen had been trying to sell his KTM Superbikes and other equipment as recently...

Burgess To Ride With Aussie Dave Racing Again In 2012 AMA Pro Superbike Championship
Australian Superbike Racer Jordy Burgess from Newcastle, NSW has re-signed an agreement with Team ADR Racing for 2012 to compete in the AMA Pro National Guard Superbike Championships. After a successful campaign with ADR for 2011 onboard the ADR-built...

M1 PowerSports Chats With 1993 Superbike World Champion Scott Russell
DENVER, Colo. (January 29, 2012) - M1 PowerSports caught up with Scott Russell todiscuss Road Atlanta, the Historic Moto Grand Prix and the 2012 Big Kahuna Triple Crown, click here to see what the 1992 AMA Pro SuperBike and three-time AMA Superstock Cham...

Bukowski Will Defend Polish Supersport Championship With Suzuki GRANDys Duo Team
Reigning Polish Supersport Champion Daniel Bukowski will defend his title in 2012 again with the Suzuki GRANDys duo team aboard the new GSX-R600. Bukowski, who also finished fifth in the 2011 European Championship, is also hoping for a wild card ride i...

"Steel Ponies" Motorcycle Exhibit To Open March 10 At Eiteljorg Museum In Indianapolis
Steel Ponies ride into the Eiteljorg Exhibit explores the art, history and culture of motorcycles INDIANAPOLIS—Motorcycles remain symbols of adventure, freedom, individualism and even danger—ideas often connected to concepts of the American West...

Bazzaz Posts $50,000 In Contingency Awards For AMA Pro Road Racing
BAZZAZ Commits to over $50,000 in AMA Road Racing Contingency for 2012 Chino Hills, CA, (January 27, 2012) - As part of its commitment to professional racing, Bazzaz has partnered with AMA Pro Racing and agreed to offer over $50,000 in racer contingen...

Jason DiSalvo Speed Academy Launches Remodeled Website
Kingston, GA - Speed Academy is proud to announce the launching of their new website. After going live in conjunction with an on-air announcement on Pit Pass Radio this past Tuesday, the new website has received positive feedback and increased traffic fl...

Factory Yamaha AMA Pro Road Racing Teams To Test Feb. 5-6 In Las Vegas
Yamaha Champions Riding School to Share Track Time with Yamaha U.S. Road Racing Teams TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH (January 27, 2012) — Students attending the Yamaha Champions Riding School at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on February 5-6 will get a rare treat. T...

Scottish Rider Storrar To Make Isle Of Man TT Debut In 2012
SCOTTISH ACE JIMMY STORRAR SET FOR ISLE OF MAN TT RACES DEBUT IN 2012 TC Racing Hondaoutfit confirm his Mountain Course debut in 2012 as Storrar gets insights from TT rider liaison officers Scottish rider Jimmy Storrar is currently going through the n...