CARLOS CHECA took the track at World Ducati Week to test the WSB-spec 1199 Panigale around Misano.Enjoyingly sweltering conditions the reigning World Superbike champion lapped the Italian circuit on a sexy looking Panigale with a raw carbon fibre

An emphatic and confident double win for James Folkard (Minards Pavlou Solicitors/Win43.com) this weekend cemented his position as one of the front-runners in the Ducati 848 Challenge. After some strong results at Snetterton and Misano, a first win

of the grid, would you have come first place on Sunday!?I don’t know, it’s hard to say because looking at my race pace we could have been definitely on the podium 100%. Now, if you’re battling at the front, the way I look at it, there’s always two carrots

: out there, individual and controversial. The twin-hidden headlights are a huge departure from the S1000RR which looks every bit a Japanese superbike. Perhaps the BB2's look is closer to what BMW's designers originally considered for the first S1000RR

BMW have announced a new addition to their F800 range, the middle-weight GT.An attempt to enhance the German giant's presence in the 'sporty touring segment', the GT will serve as the successor to the popular F800 ST.First impressions are that BMW

THIS may turn out to be the only story in Visordown's history where the bikes' names make up more of the text than the rest of the words combined. It's the first of the new Harleys for 2013.No pictures yet, but we've got a leaked list of new models

AUSTRALIA'S premier motorsport circuit, Phillip Island, is being treated to a new surface in time for the 2013 season. Early last week, work begun last week to replace the entire 2 mile track surface for the first time since 1998, at a rumoured cost

and World Superbikes and doesn't look like adding much drama.The MotoGP 'tiered' knockout system is complex and blurs the boundary between what actually constitutes a qualifying and free practice session as the top ten riders from the first three Free

NICKY Hayden and Valentino Rossi led the first Free Practice at Aragon but the factory teams shunned the session after it was delayed for an hour after an oil-spill.The part-wet circuit made conditions tricky; too wet for slicks, but too dry

HIGHLAND looks like it's back on track.The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based motorcycle company and engine builder suffered a cruel blow to its ambitious plans when its founder Mats Malmberg and two other top executives died in a light plane crash a couple