VALENTINO ROSSI tested a Yamaha YZF-R1 at at the Motorland Aragón circuit in preparation for Round 13 of the 2010 season, which takes place on 19th September. Describing the circuit as “fast” with “complicated but fun turns”, the reigning MotoGP World Champion was joined by other...

The last time I rode a full-on factory Superbike was three years ago at Monza on Haga’s ’06 R1 and I really enjoyed it. Rusty as I was, I felt I could push the big Yam on a bit around the superfast but uncomplicated Italian track. But riding bikes with another three years develop...

HUSQVARNA are offering customers an opportunity to sample their 2012 enduro range on October 27 for a day of offroad testing.The event will take place at Enduroland, Adstone, Northampton and will allow riders to test three bikes from the firms

TRACKDAY organisers Focused Events are putting on a novice only track day at Mallory Park on the 5th of August. With a difference - it's free!If you've never ridden a track day before here's a chance to have 20 minutes on track for precisely £0. If the bug takes a bite then you c...

IN an end of season test at Portimao, Eugene Laverty has spent some time with the factory Aprilia RSV4 he will ride next season.The Irishman has been conducting the test from out of the PATA team garages, riding the bike used by Noriyuki Haga.After penning a two-year deal with th...

IN a publicity master stroke Yamaha got Adrian Chiles – host of ITV's morning show Daybreak - to give his thoughts on the Yamaha Super Ténéré.ITV spent a fortune to poach Chiles and co-host Christine Bleakley from the BBC's popular One Show only to face disappointing results when...

Rabat's squad was caught using iilegal fuelSPANISH 125cc rider Esteve Rabat's team has been caught using illegal fuel.The Repsol KTM squad had a couple of fuel samples taken after the last round of the championship in Germany and have been caught

, it will be an opportunity to sample Kawasaki's array of models including the new Versys 1000 and ZZR1400, the Z750R and retro-styled W800 amongst others.Test rides will be run from 09:00 until 16:00, to be eligible for a test ride complete this attached indemnity form

KAWASAKI are laying on a demo-ride weekend on the 16th and 17th of March.Kawasaki dealers across the country will have a range of the latest motorcycles available for test rides, from the Z800, to the Ninja 300 and new ZX-6R.Each dealer's test ride fleet will vary, with some layi...

YAMAHA’S 1000cc M1 has made its public debut in the hands of Ben Spies and Jorge Lorenzo at the Brno circuit.Spies was the first to test the next generation M1, lapping Brno at 1:56.306 and only 46 thousandths off the fastest time, at 1pm, set by Casey Stoner in his second test o...