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Bell Helmets have launched a new ultra light carbon fibre helmet – the Pro Star. The Bell Pro Star helmet was showcased at the AIM Expo in Orlando, and is also currently showcased at EICMA in Milan. The company has planned the retail launch for 2016. [Read more…]
Jorge Lorenzo may have become the 2015 MotoGP World Champion, but it is Valentino Rossi who will be talked about whenever conversation veers towards the season finale at Valencia
After a gap of five years, Yamaha Racing will pit the latest YZF-R1 in the 2016 season of World Superbike Championship
A look at the irony of being one of the world’s largest motorcycle market without an adequate motorcycle racing culture [Read more…]
You have probably read this before, and, maybe, even started looking out for race tickets before the Indian round of the World Superbike Championship got dumped two years ago, but, racing enthusiasts in the country rejoice! We have exclusive news that the championship will finally make its Indian debut in 2017.
Bike India was at the Imola round of WSBK last weekend where we learnt from the right sources that Dorna, the rights holder of WSBK, and the Indian promotor (possibly the Jaypee group) are in the final stage of negotiations to host a round of the championship on the Buddh International Circuit from the 2017 season.
The Indian round of the championship was abruptly dropped from the 2013 calender due to “operational challenges” caused by lengthy customs procedures in India. The new project, however, has brighter chances of working out since the Indian government has recently recognised racing as a sport, which should make it easier to get the necessary clearances.
The World Superbike Championship is a world-class motorcycle racing series only second to MotoGP. Unlike the high-tech prototypes raced in MotoGP, the bikes raced in WSBK are based on street-legal motorcycles you and I can buy and that gives the championship a direct connect with the superbike market.
It is common knowledge that mid-year product updates are manufacturers launching reworked previous-year machines.
Federation of Motorsport Clubs of India (FMSCI), India’s national motor sport governing body, has appointed a new two-wheeler circuit racing commission. [Read more…]
This just in! Two-time MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo could leave Yamaha for Ducati from the start of the 2015 season, reports Spanish media outfit Onda Cero.
According to the rumour, Lorenzo, who has ridden for Yamaha’ factory team since his debut premier class season in 2008, has already given Ducati his nod for a preliminary agreement for 2015 onwards, with an alleged offer of €15 million per season. If the news is true, Andrea Dovizioso could lose his job at the end of the coming season since Ducati’s new recruit Cal Crutchlow has signed a two-year contract with the Italian factory that terminates at the end of the 2015 season.
Story: Piyush Sonsale
