Video: I Hate It When This Happens

Imagine yourself racing at Magny-Cours, minding your own business, hitting your lines, setting up your next pass, etc. And then all of a sudden, one of your competitors wipes-out, and takes you down with him. Tough break, but it happens right? Nine times out of ten in slow speed crashes, you can pick up your bike and recoup some points…that is of course assuming that your bike doesn’t lock handlebars with the other fallen bike, ...

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Arciso Artesiani Sandro Artusi Javier Arumi Sadao Asami

Confederate Motorcycles to Stay in ?bama

Talking to the Birmingham News, Confederate Motorcycles spokesman Clay Morrison said that the boutique motorcycle firm will remain in Alabama, opting not to return to its origin of New Orleans. Expecting its best sales year ever, Confederate was reportedly offered $750,000 by the City of New Orleans to return to the bayou, but with most of its staff based out of Birmingham now, not to mention the supplier and vendor relationships the company has created in ...

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Chris Baert Graham Bailey Steve Baker Peter Balaz

Video: Husqvarna 900 Spied on the Street

The ever infamous motorcycle industry spy footage continues, as a video of the Husqvarna 900 naked street bike has surfaced on the internets. Compared to the “spy shots” Husqvarna sent out to the press last week, there isn’t too much new information to glean from this short video clip of the Husqvarna 900 cruising down a city street, as even the exhaust note is muffled by the camera’s wind blast. Still, seeing the bike in ...

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Takashi Akita Kousuke Akiyoshi Raffaele Alberti Josef Albisser

2011 Assen 125cc FP1 Result: Folger Leads Damp Session

The rain at Assen started to fall in earnest towards the end of the first session of free practice for the 125cc class at Assen, and even the early times were set on a cold and greasy track. Jonas Folger was the fastest of the 125cc class, ending FP1 ahead of Sandro Cortese and Maverick Viñales, while Nico Terol ended the session in 4th.

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Pedro Alvarez Luis Alvaro Emilio Alzamora Kunihiro Amano