May 31, 2011
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Spy Photo: 2012 Ducati Superbike
Italian magazine MotoSprint managed to snag this image of the 2012 Ducati Superbike as it tested alongside the Ducati GP12 at Mugello last week. Immediately striking is the machine’s diminutive size. Liter bikes the size of 600s have become somewhat normal, but this thing looks about as big as a 250. There’s also a horizontal shock, a very long single-sided swingarm and not an awful lot of roo...
31 May 2011
Bust mirrors, not bark: sportsbike hand guards
Remember this year's Daytona 200? Or the famous Biaggi/Rossi elbow match from Suzuka in 2001? At the time, there was a lot of drama about how Biaggi did it to force Rossi wide, but Daytona is a good example of why a rider might think it's necessary to stick an elbow out. Why am I pointing out these two racing incidents? Well, somewhere along the evolution of the motorcycle, dirtbikes sprouted hand...
31 May 2011
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Video: Rossi rides stock 1198
We all know what it looks like when Valentino Rossi climbs aboard one of the lightest, most powerful, fastest motorcycles in the world, but what can he do with the kind of bike typically ridden by mere mortals like you and I? While putting in his first laps of Silverstone in preparation for the British GP on June 10-12, the Superbike Rossi was supposed to ride was sidelined with electrical issues,...
31 May 2011