It may be scheduled for model year 2008 but Kawasaki are teasing us with this, the 1400GTR, now.Billed, without irony, as a 'transcontinental supersport' machine the GTR is perhaps the most potent sports-tourer out there.Lurking beneath is a ZZ-R1400 engine, not know for its lack...

James Whitham tests the 2008 Yamaha R6 at Sugo, Japan.'Ey oop to all you Visordown readers, I'm just about getting my sleep-patterns back to normal after getting back from Japan. I was there to test the 2008 Yamaha R6 around the sublime Sugo circuit. I've been fortunate enough to...

IF YOU want proof of the success of Ducati's 1098 Superbike andHypermotard, look no further than the brand's financial results forthe first nine months of 2007.Sales revenue during this period grew by 43.8 per cent year-on-yearto £224.2m. Operating profit rocketed 212 per cent to...

DUCATI HAVE confirmed they will have Casey Stoner's World Championship winning GP7 MotoGP bike on display at this year's International Motorcycle Show. Alongside Casey Stoner's all conquering Ducati GP7 will be the World's first MotoGP Replica for the road - the Desmosedici RR.Th...

RIZLA SUZUKI's Cal Crutchlow, took his first career Superbike win atthe Race of the Year at Mallory Park today, finishing his first season in BSBon a high. Crutchlow picked up pole position and the fastest lap of the race with a time of 51.582secs. Cal, aboard his Rizla Suzuki GS...

Carlos Checa...bidding farewell at ValenciaTHE FINAL race of 2008 in Valencia this Sunday will be a very special race for Honda LCR rider Carlos Checa. The popular Spaniard will be making his 192nd, and final, grand prix start in the premier class after a distinguished 13 seasons...

From team LCR:HONDA LCR rider Randy de Puniet was the fastest rider on the opening day of the MotoGP test session at the Sepang Circuit, Malaysia. In just his second outing on a Honda RC212V since his switch from the factory Kawasaki team, De Puniet posted a best lap of 2'03.033,...

Badger's phone was red hot this afternoon with news that the silly seat swopping season is far from over.I say silly because I can't really fathom the logic behind the latest whispers. Andrew Pitt, who has amazed Badger this season with stunningly aggressive and hard riding from ...

Honda stunned the World tonight with revelations that their newly launched 'Performance Art' 600cc Hornet was, in fact inspired by a can of cider. The new Hornet, yesterday Chief project manager, Akira Wannacan, through barely audible, slurred Japenenglish said: 'ome of greatest ...

DANI PEDROSA took his fourth pole position on the trot in the latter stages of qualifying at Valencia today.The Spaniard pipped incoming world champion, Casey Stoner, with Honda's Nicky Hayden taking an impressive third place on the grid. Kawasaki's Randy de Puniet and Yamaha's S...