the official organisation of the motorcycle sports activity in Italy, said, “We are pleased to officially introduce electric sports activity into the Italian 2010 race calendar. Until now we have been involved in some electric racing experiments but the rapidly

ITALIAN motorcycle clothing specialist Dainese is to close its production plant in Italy in a cost-cutting exercise, with the loss of 200 jobs.The company, who also owns Mavet and AGV helmets, is shutting down their plant in Molvena, Italy

Luca's take on Aprilia's SXV550ITALIAN design guru Luca Bar has turned his hand to Aprilia's SXV 550 - the result is this striking machine dubbed the Aprilia Street. The angular look, underslung exhaust and kicked-up rear end make Luca's design look

Italian porn star Rocco Siffredi is "number one" and that he'd "do his work" if he could.“Rocco is number one in his field,” said Lorenzo. “He’s got a great job, even if I can’t complain about mine. Certainly my sensations and those that Rocco feels

WANT TO see what Valentino Rossi is up to in the run-up to this year's MotoGP championship? How about making an advert for Nutella. Yep, the Italian likes the chocolatey, nutty spread and is fronting a TV campaign for it this year.Here are two

of the updated machine is in celebration of Suzuki's centenary - hence the name: Hyaku in Japanese means 'one hundred'.The kit on the 180bhp musclebike includes new streamlined tailpipes to replace the 'Dame Edna' jobs on the original, matt black panels black

THE XEROX Ducati Junior Team - Daniele Beretta and Xavier Simeon - has been out in action at Monza in a pre-event test for the Italian factory at the Italian track.The pair have been in action in the run up to the Superstock 1000 round

the Italian star with a broken hand. The injury has still not completely healed, but Capirossi is getting back on his Suzuki GSV-R this weekend. His replacement at the last round – Ben Spies – will also be supporting the team at Assen and later in the season

ITALIAN RACING legend Pierfrancesco Chili has just been signed up as team manager for the Bologna-based Guandalini Racing team.The squad,which is contesting the 2009 Superbike World Championship season with Aussie, and newly-crowned Superstock

than previous models. All-in-all, not the feedback Honda would have wanted. However, there's nothing a decent paint-job can't fix and that's exactly what an Italian motorcycle dealer has gone and done with this stock 2008 Fireblade.We've had no news yet