will offer to satellite teams in 2009.The bike is a 2008 factory RCV as used by the Repsol Honda team, most probably with standard engine specification. Nakano´s team boss Fausto Gresini told motogp.com: "Shinya will have a new bike in Brno, which

Rossi...third quickest in Valencia testsNEWLY CROWNED MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi began working towards the defence of his title with his first day's testing aboard the 2009 prototype M1. The Italian was third fastest in a time of 1'32.921

THIS is the first official picture of Honda's NSF250R – the bike it will be selling to teams hoping to compete in Moto3 in 2012.There isn't much info yet, but this is what Honda has to say about it so far:"Replacing the current 2-stroke, 125 cc used

Technical regulations for the proposed 600cc four-stroke 250-class replacement will impose strict limits on cost and modifications, and include a “claiming rule” that means any team can buy a rival team’s engine for 20,000 Euros.The MSMA have also

LEON HASLAM lapped the Assen circuit on his Suzuki GSX-R1000 faster than Loris Capirossi on the Suzuki GSV-R800.Haslam's best time on his GSX-R1000 at the Assen WSB round was 1m35.330 in qualifying. Loris Capirossi's fastest time at the Assen Moto

HONDA have rolled out their 1,000cc MotoGP machine as Casey Stoner lapped the Jerez circuit yesterday.In the same guise as the RC212V, Stoner took advantage of the two week break before the Grand Prix of Catalunya to sample Honda's prototype

BRITISH MOTO2 SENSATION Scott Redding may get the opportunity to test a prototype of the BMW-engined Moto1 bike at Valencia.Redding's test has arisen due to links between the Marc VDS Team and the chassis manufacturer Suter. The 17-year-old will lap

similar DNA to the popular Moto2 class. In CRT, the new machines are created using a prototype chassis and production-based engines, keeping costs down but ultimately resulting in bikes that aren't as quick as the current crop of 1000cc MotoGP machines

's 2008 GSV-R, which he will also continue to test on the Mondayafter the race.Nobuatsu Aoki:"I am really looking forward to the race and it is a great honour for meto be the first person to ride the 2008 GSV-R in an event. It is stillin a prototype stage

Moriwaki's new Moto2 racerTOP JAPANESE tuning company Moriwaki presented their new Moto2 prototype at Motegi last night. The MD600 is the firm's idea of what the replacement motorcycles for the defunct 250cc two-stroke class will end up like