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Just the ticket for you high rollers on the Gold Coast, or perhaps Goldmember wannabees.
MV Agusta, in conjunction with Venetian fine metals processor Aurum, have created this 24 ct gold plated show special MV Agusta F4 RR 312.
The MV was covered in 5 square metres of gold leaf for a Luxury Fair show in Italy.
Click read more for a full size image.
Honda's Dani Pedrosa has scored a start to finish victory in the 7th round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship at Catalunya. Valentino Rossi was second after a duel with Casey Stoner, who took 3rd place.
Pedrosa took the lead from lap one, and gradually powered away to a comfortable margin which he held to the finish. Rossi worked his way through the pack to second position by lap 9. Stoner passed Rossi on lap 17, and held second postion till 2 laps from the finish, when the Italian passed him again, and made a small break. Andrea Dovizioso was 4th, with Tech 3 Yamaha team mates Edwards and Toseland in 5th and 6th.
The 250 race was won by Marco Simoncelli after Alvaro Bautista ran wide on the last lap, demoting himself to second.Hector Barbera was 3rd.
Mike di Meglio retook the lead in the 125cc championship with a win from Pol Espagaro, and Talmasci in third.
Click the read more button for full results.
After qualifying on pole, Yoshimura Suzuki rider Ben Spies has won the first race at Road America in Wisconsin today. Team mate Mat Mladin led early, but had no answer for Spies when passed. Kawasaki grabbed third with Jamie Hacking, Honda's Neil Hodgson and Miguel DuHamel following in fourth and fifth positions.
Aussie Aaron Gobert has won the Formula Extreme race on his Rockwall Honda CBR600RR held in wet and dry conditions.
UPDATE: Race 2 Has been won by the Suzukis again, this time Mat Mladin has taken the race win, with Hacking again in 3rd. Hodgson repeats his fourth place, with Yamaha rider Eric Bostrom in fifth.
After coming out on top in Superpole, Carlos Checa claimed his first race victory in nearly ten years in the first race at Miller Motorsports Park. He waited only another few hours for his nest win, claiming the double victory in the 2008 round at Tooele, Utah.
After hitting the front early, Checa eased out a margin, whilst a number of contenders crashed out, the most spectacular being Troy Bayliss' bike dodging highside. Aleady injured, Noriyuki Haga crashed out shortly after Bayliss. Fellow Aussie Troy Corser worked his way through for second spot on the podium, with Ducati's flag waved by Fabrizio in third.
Checa again headed the second race after Troy Corser lead early.. Ruben Xaus tasted the gravel first, then Troy Bayliss suffered machine failure. Suzuki GSX-R mounted German Max Neukirchner held on to a solid second place, but couldn't make a dent in Checas lead. Corser crashed late in the race, and Biaggi made a mistake, allowing Micheal Fabrizio onto the podium again.
Bayliss still leads the championship with 194 points over Checa with 166. Click Read More for full results.
Australian road race specialist Cameron Donald has won the opening race at the TT on the Isle of Man. The Saturday Dainese Superbike TT race was won in record pace, Donald setting the new mark at 126.826mph.
Mugello Italy June 1st 2008.
Valentino Rossi has secured his seventh straight Mugello victory with a convincing MotoGP win today. He also extends his 2008 winning streak to three in a row.
Casey Stoner held on to second place over Honda's Dani Pedrosa in 3rd.....
Valentino Rossi has unveiled a one-off helmet design for the Mugello round of MotoGP. Featuring a graphic of his startled face on the top of the helmet, Rossi said he hoped it would convey the feeling of braking into Turn One at Mugello from 320km/h.
The design was credited to Aldo Drudi, the noted Italian designer responsible for the AGV helmet designs. Drudi was the designer behind the gorgeous "*Macchia Nera" titanium framed NCR Ducati concept bike from a few years ago. Drudi's swish but heavily flash laden website is drudiperformance.com Check out the section under "Staff" showing the hand painting process of the race rep design prototypes.
He almost caught Spies, who looked to have late tyre trouble.
Results
| 1 | Ben Spies | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | |
| 2 | Jamie Hacking | Kawasaki ZX-10R | |
| 3 | Neil Hodgson | Honda CBR1000RR | |
| 4 | Aaron Yates | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | |
| 5 | Miguel DuHamel | Honda CBR1000RR |
Results from the 2008 Winton Round of the Australian Superbike Championship.
Race1
| 1 | Jamie STAUFFER (NSW) / Yamaha Racing Team | Yamaha YZF-R1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Jason O'HALLORAN (NSW) / Teknic Honda | Honda CBR RR | ||||||||
| 3 | Shawn GILES (NSW) / Team Joe Rocket Suzuki | Suzuki GSXR | ||||||||
| 4 | Daniel STAUFFER (NSW) / Yamaha Racing Team | Yamaha YZF-R1 | ||||||||
| 5 | Glenn ALLERTON (NSW) / Teknic Honda | Honda CBR RR | ||||||||
| 6 | Craig COXHELL (VIC) / Team Joe Rocket Suzuki | Suzuki GSXR | ||||||||
| 7 | Robert BUGDEN (QLD) / Team Joe Rocket Suzuki | Suzuki GSXR | ||||||||
| 8 | Zac DAVIES (NSW) / Synchro Graphics | Yamaha YZF-R1 | ||||||||
| 9 | Mark HIGGINS (VIC) / Titanium Race Team | Yamaha YZF-R1 | ||||||||
| 10 | Josh HOUWEN (QLD) / Fat Rat Motorcycle / Team Moto | Yamaha YZF-R1 |
Race 2
| 1 | Daniel STAUFFER (NSW) / Yamaha Racing Team | Yamaha YZF-R1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Jason O'HALLORAN (NSW) / Teknic Honda | Honda CBR RR | ||||||||
| 3 | Jamie STAUFFER (NSW) / Yamaha Racing Team | Yamaha YZF-R1 | ||||||||
| 4 | Craig COXHELL (VIC) / Team Joe Rocket Suzuki | Suzuki GSXR | ||||||||
| 5 | Robert BUGDEN (QLD) / Team Joe Rocket Suzuki | Suzuki GSXR | ||||||||
| 6 | Glenn ALLERTON (NSW) / Teknic Honda | Honda CBR RR | ||||||||
| 7 | Zac DAVIES (NSW) / Synchro Graphics | Yamaha YZF-R1 | ||||||||
| 8 | Kevin CURTAIN (NSW) / MV Agusta Racing | MV Agusta 312R | ||||||||
| 9 | Jon CARTWRIGHT (QLD) / Anchor Steel Fixing & Argon | Yamaha YZF-R1 | ||||||||
| 10 | Damon BUCKMASTER (NSW) / Kawasaki / Silkolene / NGK | Kawasaki ZX10RR |
Heres a different take on a pit bike build up. Not content with the usual bolt on 50cc parts available for Hondas evergreen Z50 "Monkeybike", this fellow has managed to make a 125cc 4 cyl engine for his bike.
Very clever, but Im thinking a CBR600RR motor swap would be easier.
Click the read more button for a video of the little beast in action, and a link to the builders home page.
210 HORSEPOWER!?
Only days away from the release of the new Yamaha V-Max, leaked information suggests the bike is an downdraught fuel injected, 1800cc V4 ,pumping out 210 horsepower.
If correct, these rumours mean it will be a serious contender for the fastest accelerating production bike on the planet with its huge horsepower and long wheelbase. Certainly it will be the fastest shaft driven machine.
Click the "read more" for a bigger picture of the motor.
This weekend presents a feast of motorcycle racing for followers of two wheel action.
Mugello Italy will host the 6th Round of the MotoGP championship, with Valentino Rossi looking to make it a record breaking 7 wins in a row at his "home" track. Honda will be trialing a pnuematic valved engine at this round, with veteran racer Tadayuki Okada entered as a wild card. Aussie Casey Stoner's book of records at Mugello is a thin one, he will be looking to change that. Pedrosa, Lorenzo and even a resurgent Colin Edwards could factor in the results.
Over the Atlantic, the World Superbike Championship breaks new ground in the USA with the frst ever running at the Miller Motorsports Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
As usual, Aussie race fans will be expecting Troy Bayliss for a double win. Combined with the World Supers, the AMA Superbike series will run alongside this weekend, presumably another Spies v Mladin affair in a 2 race format.
Back in Australia, Winton will host the 3rd round of the Australian Superbike Championship. With only 11 points seperating the top 5 runners in the championship, this weekends results are likely to see that order change. And over in Perth, the sandy Wanneroo Motocross track will host the Rockstar Energy MX Nationals, as that series reaches its halfway point.
Shane 'Shakey' Byrne has won both races in the 2008 Bennetts British Superbike Championship round at Donington Park on his Airwaves Ducati. Byrne held out HM Plant Honda riders Leon Haslam, and Cal Crutchlow in the first race. The second race podium was identical, this time Byrne snatching the win from Haslam with a pass two laps from the finish.
Byrne leads the British Superbike Championship by a healthy 68 points over Crutchlow, with his Airwaves Ducati team mate Leon Camier in third position on the points table.
Both Yamaha Europe and the Yamaha USA "Star" Cruiser website are running a countdown banner to an unspecified event on June 4th 2008. The sound bite on the banner would appear to be the familiar V-4 roar of the V-Max. Perhaps after years of waiting, the legion of V-Max, and indeed V-4 lovers, will finally see the unveiling of a production version of the concept "new" V-Max that has done the show rounds in recent years.
Rumours persist that the shaft drive, cruiser/street dragster will sport a B-King beating amount of power. Other possibilities have included variable valve timing, and over 200hp.
We've all seen old bikes as "almost new, right? Well this beauty is. Advertised on Ebay USA as having 927 original miles, in perfect unrestored condition, its enough to make a 40-something Kawasaki fan weep tears of green. Or in this case sliver blue metallic.Included is the original set of keys, tool kit, owners booklet and warranty certificate. Z1-R on Ebay US I want!
Could happen. In a proposal presented to the Grand Prix Commission,Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has proposed a 4 stroke class, beginning in 2011, which would end the 250cc 2 stroke class at the conclusion of the 2010 series.
" `We want the class to be competitive, cheaper and a prototype series. We already had some manufacturers announce that they would not be continuing to make two stroke machines, because of the production cost and the fact that they were not interested in making that kind of street bike." he said.
More here Motogp.com
On July 4-6 2008 motorcycle fans from all over the world will meet up
to party. BMW Motorrad looks forward to welcoming many riders and
friends of all motorcycle brands, particularly after last year's
BMW Motorrad Days attracted more than 34,000 visitors to
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria. What is there for this year's visitors to look forward
to?
Some great desktop wallpaper images of Suzukis GSVR MotoGP bike
ScootaCo
As well as stocking Piaggio, Vespa and Gilera scooters, ScootaCo
also offers finance, service and maintenance, and a range of
apparel and accessories.
Cairns, Qld 4870
Tel: 07 4031 1144
Fax: 07 4031 1172
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Website: www.scootaco.com.au/
Another Superbike Supply Shootout will be held at Willowbank Raceway in Queensland on June 21st 2008. The event caters for street bike riders wishing to try out their machine on the quarter mile, in a low stress trackday style event. More info here SHOOTOUT
The 2008 Honda Watagan Trail Bike Rally will be held over June 21-22 and is shaping up to be another terrific New South Wales off road riding event on the annual calendar.
Ride organisers from www.trailbike rallys.com.au have been grooming the trails and adding new sections for the pleasure of all riders, regardless of skill level.
The circuit, located just 1 1/2 hours from Sydney, includes novice, easy and hard sections as well as a new 'extreme' section for 2008.
BMW Motorrad chief elected president of the IMMA
Hendrik von Kuenheim, general director of BMW Motorrad since the start of 2008, has been elected President of the International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA) by its members.
He succeeds Minoru Harada, Honda, who had held the office since May 2006.
In order to
make way for the arrival of 2009 models, Yamaha dealers are holding a
massive clearance sale. Nearly all models have discounts of up to
$1900 thanks to a variety of promotions.
For example, In June only there will be a huge clearout of 2007 and earlier models with $1 per cc off every model at participating delaers, up to a maximum of $500.Here are the full details of all the specials available at participating dealers, while stocks last for a limited time:
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