MotoGP

Joan Mir is so used to highlighting the flaws of Honda’s MotoGP bike that it was a shock to see him singing praises for its 2025 prototype in Sepang. Just three months prior, Mir had expressed his anger over Honda failing to bring any new parts to experiment with in the Barcelona test. It followed a disastrous season in which…

MotoGP: The MotoGP world champion ran into two crashes during the first day of testing in Sepang, in Turn 1 and Turn 2. While he emerged unharmed from the first one, the second one resulted in the  read more www.gpone.com

Vammo, a battery-swapping service for electric motorcycles in Latin America, has just announced that the company has surpassed an impressive 1 million battery swaps in a little over a year. The company has built its service around a combination of VMoto electric motorcycles and a battery-swapping service designed to keep those motorcycles rolling all day without stopping to charge. Headquartered…

Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin will miss the rest of the pre-season test at Sepang – what should’ve been his first multi-day test with Aprilia – as a consequence of his injuries sustained on Wednesday. Martin suffered a closed fracture of his right hand (fifth metacarpal bone) and several closed fractures on his left foot (third, fourth and fifth metatarsal…

Jorge Martin will miss the remainder of the Sepang MotoGP test after suffering multiple fractures in a crash on the opening day. The reigning MotoGP champion was making only his second appearance aboard the factory Aprilia RS-GP when he suffered a highside at Turn 2 shortly before midday in Malaysia. Martin was violently thrown off the bike and landed head…

PHOENIX – Police in the West Valley used a drone Saturday night to track down a teenage suspect who fled on an electric motorcycle. The Buckeye Police Department released aerial night-vision footage of the drone chase in the Verrado master-planned community on Tuesday. The incident started around 11:30 p.m. when officers saw an electric motorcycle run a stop sign. The…

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has advised his protege Francesco Bagnaia to ‘not fall into Marc Marquez’s traps’ as the two pair up at the factory Ducati team this year. Double champion Bagnaia is set for his biggest MotoGP challenge in 2025, with former Honda star Marquez joining him as a team-mate after starring performances with Gresini Racing last season. Although Bagnaia…

KUALA LUMPUR: Not only car manufacturers but also bike makers are actively embracing electric mobility solutions. Honda is a perfect example of that. The world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer recently announced its big plans for electric motorcycles. KEY TAKEAWAYS What is Honda’s annual global sales target for electric motorcycles? Honda aims to sell 4 million electric motorcycles annually in the global market…

MotoGP will host its first full-fledged pre-season test of 2025 at the Sepang International Circuit outside Kuala Lumpur on 5-7 February.  The series had already organised a shakedown at the same venue last week, but only test riders, rookies and race riders from Yamaha and Honda were allowed to take part in that three-day event. As such, this week’s test…

The tallest hurdle faced by the electric motorcycle industry is just getting riders to spend their hard-earned cash. Battery bikes have outrageous power and there are range options to suit just about any rider, but getting customers onto saddles remains challenging. One company has an interesting new electric motorcycle that could be a fun answer to that conundrum. The Avvenire…

Japanese culture is marked by tradition, and this is perfectly palpable in MotoGP, where Yamaha and Honda have resisted as much as they could before surrendering to the cruellest evidence and concluding that their methods, infallible until just over five years ago, have become completely obsolete. Neither of them managed to register a single podium last season, a statistic that…

The Roadster X is available with three battery options: 2.5 kWh, 3.5 kWh and 4.5 kWh, and a range of up to 200 km. Ola Electric has teased its first electric motorcycle, the Roadster X. It will be launched on February 5, 2025. The Roadster X is one of 3 motorcycles Ola has planned, with the other two being the…

Mumbai: Sports streaming platform, FanCode, has acquired the exclusive digital streaming rights for MotoGP. This three-year deal cements FanCode’s position as the go-to platform for motorsport enthusiasts, adding to its existing success with Formula 1 streaming. With this partnership, FanCode will stream every MotoGP Tissot Sprint and Grand Prix race live. MotoGP is renowned for its thrilling races, featuring the…

Honda, one of the most influential brands in the two-wheeler sector, has announced a strategic move to consolidate its presence in the electric motorcycle market. The Japanese giant has unveiled plans to build a factory dedicated exclusively to the production of electric motorcycles in Bengaluru, India, which is scheduled to open in 2028. While many manufacturers have immediately bet on…

Ultraviolette F77 SuperStreet electric bike promises 323 kilometres of maximum range on a single charge and a top speed of 155 kmph. Ultraviolette F77 SuperStreet electric bike promises 323 kilometres of maximum range on a single charge and a top speed of 155 kmph. Ultraviolette F77 SuperStreet is the latest mean machine with a pure electric powertrain from the Bengaluru-based…

Factory Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo topped the times in this week’s MotoGP shakedown test at Sepang with a last-minute flier. Quartararo broke the 1m57s barrier with just 10 minutes remaining on Saturday evening, despite race control waving red and white flags and warning against light drizzle on track. The 1m57.794s effort from the 2021 champion was four tenths up on…

Ola Electric doesn’t stop; it already has another electric motorcycle in the pipeline – the Arrowhead, whose images were shared on social media by the company’s own CEO, Bhavish Aggarwal. In the images, you can see a motorcycle painted in yellow, with alloy wheels and a small-sized LED headlight flanked by daytime running lights. The turn signals are located at…

VR46 showcased the livery of its 2025 MotoGP bikes at a special launch in Jakarta on Saturday. The team owned by MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi will switch to a fluorescent yellow-and-white colour scheme, an evolution of the design it first adopted last year. Both Fabio di Giannantonio and new signing Franco Morbidelli flew down to Indonesia for the presentation ceremony,…

Hyderabad: Bengaluru-based EV two-wheeler manufacturer Ultraviolette Automotive on Friday launched its F77 SuperStreet electric motorcycle in India at an introductory price of Rs 2.99 lakh (ex-showroom). The electric motorcycle comes in two variants– Standard and Recon, just like the F77 Mach 2. Bookings for the new electric bike start today, and deliveries will commence in March 2025. Ultraviolette F77 SuperStreet:…