2009 is looking like being one of the best seasons in a long time for WSB, gone is Bayliss and his dominant ways and now the championship is open to anyone, with BMW and Aprilia hungry to stamp their mark on the series.In MotoGP, Rossi has been

, with franchises for BMW, KTM and Triumph but not Ducati. But although the American is over the moon with his new multi-thousand pound purchase, he's already found this is no street-softened replica: "It's like riding a board with a rocket on it," he said. "It

A BIKER from Scarborough has racked-up over 200,000 miles on the bike he has owned since he was 17.Andrew White, 45, of Newby Farm Road has reached the double tom milestone mileage on the BMW R65 which he bought after passing his test in 1981.White

A French court on Monday cleared one of President Nicolas Sarkozy's sons of fleeing the scene of an accident involving his scooter.Jean Sarkozy, the president's 22-year-old second son, was accused of damaging a BMW with his scooter on the Place de

, where the fastest rider will walk away with a brand new BMW car.The Jerez circuit in Andalucía, Spain is certainly a track to test the 800cc machine to its limit, with fast, medium and slow corners over its undulating layout, providing many hard

finished 25th.Then in Germany, an 1125R, entered by a German Buell dealer, Team Buell Hannover, finished an impressive 2nd in a 1000km endurance race at the Hockenheim circuit. They were beaten only by the factory BMW team. What makes this 2nd place even

."While Noriyuki Haga is now off to join Xerox Ducati as replacement for the retiring Troy Bayliss, the other Yamaha rider currently, Troy Corser is widely tipped to be about to jump ship and join Ruben Xaus on the new 2009 BMW WSB effort.

helped the team to grow up in the last three years and Max Biaggi who brought further prestige to our team. I wish the best to both the riders for their new adventures respectively in BMW and Aprilia. In order to replace two great riders like Ruben

.The defendant pleaded guilty to arson, theft, taking a vehicle without consent, battery, criminal damage and an offence of taking revenge upon a witness in criminal proceedings.Prosecutor Mark Burton said Grandfield broke into a stranger's BMW car which had

THAMES VALLEY Police has taken delivery of 12 new BMW R1200RT motorcycles. The bikes will be used to carry out various duties across the force's region and will feature heavily in Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) operations. The new