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At the launch of the Castrol Honda team Ronald Ten Kate dismissed any ambitions that the Dutch tuner would join MotoGP in the future.With the premier class shifting towards 1000cc and ‘production’ based engines in 2012 it would seem that the Ten Kate outfit would be perfectly pla...

Supersport season, with immediate effect. Team Manager Marc Hoegee said: "I started this challenging adventure back in 2005, with the team we had the opportunity to show our capabilities. Despite huge efforts we simply cannot line up sponsors fast enough

SETE GIBERNAU'S MotoGP squad, satellite Ducati team Grupo Francisco Hernando, have announced they are to withdraw from MotoGP with immediate effect. The team have blamed the move on the increasing effects of the global economic downturn

At Qatar, the 2006 World Champion had reverted to the 2007 bike, unhappy with the chassis of the 2008 bike; but team-mate Dani Pedrosa had another chassis revision there, which he used to come second in the race while Hayden slumped to a downbeat tenth.“The biggest improvement is...

As a naked sportsbike the Tuono was the real deal. With other nakeds, such as the Hornet 900 and Fazer Thou', you were getting watered-down engines, chassis and cycle parts, but here were all the benefits of a sportsbike but with higher, comfy bars and no lower fairing.Well, when...

Pulling a wheelie isn’t difficult. All you’re trying to achieve is a burst of acceleration strong enough to propel the rear wheel forward faster than the rest of the bike, thus lifting the front wheel.Large, powerful bikes are obviously best for this. Simply rolling off and sharp...

There's very, very few bikes that'll have me getting into my leathers at 7am on a Sunday morning, but here I am at the girlfriend's place, shunning the snug delights of a breakfast shag followed by breakfast in bed, choosing instead to go for a ride on a motorcycle. At my age? Wh...

DOUBLE World Superbike champion James Toseland has announced his retirement from motorcycle racing with immediate effect after the damage to his right wrist was diagnosed as irreparable.The crash occurred in testing at Aragon earlier this year

VALENTINO ROSSI will undergo surgery to his injured right shoulder immediately after post-season testing in Valencia.The former world champion will travel back to Italy for repairs to rectify the right shoulder injury the Italian sustained in a