THE DEATH of racing two-strokes was formally ratified at Brno, when a GP Commission meeting confirmed specifications for the replacement for the 125 class.Moto3, due to arrive in 2012, will run 250cc single-cylinder cost-capped engines (not more

of getting on two wheels and as the statistics show people are riding more than ever with an increase of almost half a billion miles travelled now than a decade ago.”

Valencia Day Two: Final timesheet1. Casey Stoner AUS HRC 1m 32.066s2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Racing 1m 32.179s3. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Racing 1m 32.322s4. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1m 32.450s5. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda 1m 32

to overtake a car that had slowed down to pull into a layby and moved in the opposite lane when the motorbike suddenly appeared.Bayon, from Bourge De Peage in the south of France, along with his wife and two children had to be cut free from the car

THE SUNDAY TIMES has helped recreate the famous motorcycle stunt seen in the war film classic 'The Great Escape'.The stunt, originally performed by Bud Ekins, has become a point of much controversy after some film historians claimed the jump could not have been accomplished exce...

A RIDER AND his pillion passenger were killed yesterday (Wednesday) when their motorcycle collided head-on with a car in North Yorkshire.The male rider and female pillion passenger died following a collision with a Vauxhall Vectra on the slip-road for the A64 from the A162 at Tad...

DUCATI is teasing a new Monster that will be unveiled on October 20 in Sepang, the Thursday before the MotoGP race.But exactly where it will fit in the range is unknown. From the look of the teaser website at www.monster.ducati.com the shape under the cover is much the same as a ...

The final day of testing at Sepang has again gone to Repsol Honda with Casey Stoner taking a new circuit record and breaking in to a sub-two minute lap time.1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda Team 1m 59.6652. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team 1m 59

ROMAN EMPEROR Max Biaggi laid down the gauntlet in the second day's WSB testing at Valencia, posting the fastest time of the day.Riding an Aprilia RSV4, Biaggi leathered around the 4km Spanish circuit in 1:33.8, almost 1.5 secs quicker than his team-mate, current British Superbik...

HE'S BACK! These are the first images of Valentino Rossi testing a WSB-spec YZF-R1 Yamaha at Misano, Italy.See the full Valentino Rossi Misano WSB test gallery hereThe nine-time world champion is testing his riding ability after breaking his lower right leg at Mugello in a pre-ra...