One former motorcycling deity won two championships in the 1980s. Freddie Spencer achieved what many thought was impossible, taking both the 500cc and 250cc titles in the same year - 1985. In doing so he shone briefly like a supernova before

COULD this Benelli 250 Motard be coming to the UK?Developed by Benelli QJ for the emerging markets, it's also going to be sold in Italy and will be unveiled to the European market at the EICMA show next week.It uses a single-cylinger engine producing around 25bhp and also has a s...

THIS time a year ago, Benelli showed a rather attractive 250cc supermoto called the Motard 250. OK, so it was only a 25bhp single, but even so it looked appealing.Since then, we've heard little of that bike, but now Benelli has transplanted the same

WORLD 250cc Champion Marco Simoncelli might not be racing this weekend at the opening event in Qatar after breaking his wrist in a huge motocross crash.The afro'd Italian is having surgery about now (Tuesday) on the scaphoid fracture in the San

PIAGGIO has released a new 300cc version of the company's three-wheel MP3 scooter, to replace the existing 250cc version. The new electronically fuel-injected 300cc engine now churns out a claimed 22.5 bhp at 6,500 rpm and torque of 17ft-lb torque

KTM'S entry for the new 250cc Moto3 class has broken cover at a private test in Valencia.The above bike will be ridden by Britain's Danny Kent, who lines-up in the three-rider factory Ajo team, alongside Sandro Cortese and Arthur Sissis.The 250cc

AFRO'd 250cc GP wildman Marco Simoncelli has been banned from riding or driving on the road less than a week after getting his full motorcycle licence in Italy.Simoncelli has been banned after being caught overtaking on solid double white lines

Moriwaki's new Moto2 racerTOP JAPANESE tuning company Moriwaki presented their new Moto2 prototype at Motegi last night. The MD600 is the firm's idea of what the replacement motorcycles for the defunct 250cc two-stroke class will end up like

YAMAHA have signed big gun 250cc World Champion Jorge Lorenzo to ride in MotoGP on a two-year deal.The 20-year-old Spaniard will make his MotoGP debut in 2008 aboard a YZR-M1, with direct Factory support.Lorenzo, who won the 250 title in 2006

ROBERT Dunlop has died from severe chest injuries following a crash in Thursday's practice session at the North West 200.The crash happened in the 250cc qualifying at the Mathers Cross Section of the course and involved another rider, Northern