THE introduction of 1,000cc engines to MotoGP may save the dwindling grid size but an increase the excitement factor is questionable, thinks Hayden.The major factor holding back the tyre-sliding entertainment is the progression of the electronics

TRIUMPH ITALIA BE1 Racing will line up Garry McCoy for the final round of the Supersport World Championship in Portugal. On a brand new track like Portimao, where all the riders will be on equal terms, McCoy is sure to have a chance of a good result

THE MOTOGP men were back out in action on their 2010 machines today, just a day after the final race of the 2009 MotoGP season at Valencia, Spain.We've brought you the first shots of the best of the action, as the fearless riders slide their 220bhp

all over the back tyre; not ideal on a 200bhp Superbike.Rutter, standing in for the injured Simon Andrews, was forced out of the first race after a couple of huge slides out on the GP part of the track.Chris Martin suffered serious injuries

THE KING OF SLIDE - Garry McCoy - will be putting FB Corse’s FB01 MotoGP bike through its paces later this month, when the team start initial pre-season testing. FB Corse has confirmed they will be testing at Valencia’s Ricardo Torno circuit March

THE MOVEMENT of the top riders is also key for the major sponsors. While Marlboro recently agreed a one-year extension with Ducati until the end of 2012, as reported exclusively from Mugello, both Repsol and Fiat run out of contract with Honda and Yamaha at the end of this year.R...

for the money, but the former WSB and MotoGP rider has said he's up for the challenge and will be trying hard for results.Haga, known as the Samurai of Slide, first rode in the Japanese Superbike Championship in 1993 on a Ducati, switching to Yamaha in 1995

for Sunday's race.Pedrosa went on to eventually crash out of the race at Mugello on Sunday but specialists have now confirmed that it was the brutal practice slide that caused the damage and not the fall in the race. Dani pulled one of the bigger muscles

YAMAHA’S WSB loon Noriyuki Haga has gone under the knife to repair the right collarbone he broke during his fall in the USA round of the series last weekend.The Samurai of Slide flew to San José in California on Monday morning to have his collarbone

DANI PEDROSA has confirmed that he will be in action at this coming weekend's Catalunya round of the MotoGP championship.Everyone's favourite Spanish Smurf suffered a fractured thigh bone and badly torn tendons in his hip after a huge slide during