THIS IS Valentino Rossi's farewell letter to his Fiat Yamaha team following the announcement the flambouyant Italian is to head to Ducati MotoGP in 2011.The hand-written letter, mistakes and all, is written in almost a 'my first romance' kinda way

if this is going to be much of a delay."Andrew Neall, from the Norfolk museum that houses Captain Hood’s old Rudge, said: “We would be delighted to let any descendants have copies of the letters. They are motorcycle and social history to us but family history

Four letters, that's all. Four consonants that, if Carol Vorderman had picked them out and placed them on the Countdown board, even the maddeningly squirmworthy Richard Whiteley wouldn't have uttered a mundane comment about. G, S, X and R

the pannier while riding across sand dunes near Cairo. Inside the pannier was immaculate photos and messages from family and friends preserved almost perfectly inside the leather bag. Included was a letter from his sister Irene, written when she was eight

four letters really matter – and they are GSX-R. Those letters have given us some truly seminal powerplants, in 250, 400, 600, 750, 1000 and 1100cc formats. In short, it’s given us more than two decades of paddock-jacketed lunacy, crammed full of double

to fetch £180,000 - £200,000 at Bonhams' annual motoring sale in Gstaad, Switzerland.Built by David Kay Engineering as a tribute to Enzo Ferrari, the unique vehicle bears the famous prancing horse badge. In a letter dated Maranello, 23 May 1990, the highly

to continue racing.Announcing in a personal letter to his fans on his website Toseland said: "I wanted to write you a personal letter to explain the factors that have forced my early retirement and to take the oportunity to thank you for all of the amazing

the Fiat Yamaha MotoGP squad, he penned a letter to his team which was widely publicised on the internet. We wanted to know more about this elusive, private individual so we gave a copy of his resignation note to Elaine Quigley and only told her

, the other a trailie, in terms of their names the two machines will only be differentiated by two letters. The road-going model is set to simply be called the 'Tiger 800', while the off-roader is to be dubbed 'Tiger 800 XC'.The names have been revealed

of single cylinders in the BMW GS family. Whereas the G 650 GS thrilled riders with its lean, wiry offroad stature, the G 650 GS Sertão promises even more sporting characteristics, even greater offroad capabilities, and an even stronger desire for adventure