VALENTINO ROSSI has just climbed aboard Ducati's Desmosedici racer for the very first time and is currently taking his first, tentative laps on the 240bhp V4, at Valencia, Spain.Rossi, decked out in yellow/black leathers, climbed aboard the bike

OUR first co-buy was a roaring success, selling out in 21 hours.Our first offer - a Forcefield L2K Pro back protector - had a retail price of £99.99 but it reached its lowest price, £64.99, in under a day.One of our co-buyers, Brian Lancaster, gets

It's a sunny morning here in Italy; Visordown are road testing the MV Agusta Brutale 1090RR.When you first sit on it, it feels comfortable, not too prone and the best thing about it is the angles of the tank, the lip almost covers your knees

-times AMA Grand National Dirt Track Champion and the most successful dirt-track racer ever. He won all his championships on the XR750. He also helped develop the XR1200 for us Limeys (the traitor).Another first, was to impress a load of cynical European

Panda Moto R1200R - not cheap but very funkyTHE FRENCH have a knack for producing some stunning specials -like this modified BMW R1200R 'Le Rider' from Panda Moto.The idea for the machine came from BMW's Lo Rider, unveiled at last year's Milan Show.The most obvious modification, ...

Luca Marini the young half-brother of Valentino Rossi took his first race victory at an opening round of the Italian Minibike championship.The 13-year-old, who thanks to having the same mother shares some of the winning DNA as his successful older

THE standard Daytona 675 is a pretty accomplished track bike, but the addition of the Ohlins forks has taken the Daytona 675R to a whole new level.Initially Triumph set the bike up on a track setting but after one session the forks were too stiff and taking two clicks off the ...

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 single is the Austrian manufactur...

'd originally planned and 48 hours after I got off the boat in Genova - I've already come to some conclusions. Firstly, make sure at least one rider in a group of four can read a map. Tossers... Secondly, that the Ulysses is good at some things, less so

It was a bit of an ugly scene at yesterday’s KTM 125 Duke launch.A whinge of mainly middle-aged motorcycle journalists (yes, that’s the correct collective noun) were clearly going through some kind of dramatic mid life crisis.I was guilty, too. All of us were seventeen again. I...