MotoGP

Fabio Quartararo reckons he performed better than ever in MotoGP this year, despite ending the 2024 season a career-worst 13th in the standings. The 2021 world champion battled with an under-competitive bike, as Yamaha slipped even further away from its European rivals over the previous winter. An aggressive development approach from the Japanese marque began to pay dividends in the…

Hero MotoCorp invested up to $20 million in the California-based in 2022. Back in 2023, the world’s largest two-wheeler brand, Hero MotoCorp, announced a partnership with US-based company Zero Motorcycles. Now, a little more than a year later, a top company executive has revealed that a mid-size performance electric motorcycle is in its advanced stages of development. Hero MotoCorp invested…

Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo Rivola will become the new president of the MotoGP World Championship Constructors’ Association (MMSA), Autosport has learned. The Italian was chosen in a vote that took place on Monday during preparation for the official post-season test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. With his election, Rivola will replace KTM CEO Stefan Pierer for the next two years, with…

Did you know that many – if not most – bike dealerships are reporting a sales slump compared to the same month last year?  When the market hits consistent lows, companies tend to be influenced to punt out product models that are: Easier to conform to emissions and noise compliance More accessible (Potentially) more applicable to multiple bike genres For…

Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez made his debut with the factory Ducati team in the Barcelona post-season test on Tuesday morning. More than an hour after the track action began, Marquez finally headed out on track to get his first taste of next year’s GP25 at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Spaniard completed a total of four laps in a short…

The eight-time World Champion unpacks his time at Ducati and who will be the lead voice in the factory box at an Estrella Galicia 0,0 event  read more www.motogp.com

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A 14-year-old boy riding an electric motorcycle remains hospitalized after rear-ending a vehicle in Kapolei Tuesday evening, Honolulu police said. The incident happened just before 6 p.m. near Kapolei Parkway and Kamaaha Avenue. HPD said that the boy rear-ended a car that was attempting to make a left turn across a marked bike lane. Subsequently, he was…

Aleix Espargaro has revealed he always felt he had less talent than some of the other riders in MotoGP, but overcame this inherent disadvantage by working harder. The 35-year-old pulled the curtain down on his glittering career as a motorcycle racer at the Barcelona Grand Prix earlier this month, having competed in MotoGP since 2012. Espargaro is widely hailed for…

Hyderabad: City-based Gravton Motors Pvt Ltd, an EV full-stack company launched its flagship electric motorcycle, Quanta, here on Tuesday. Priced at Rs 1.20 lakh, the e-bike comes with Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate (LMPF) batteries and is approved by the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI). Listing out the battery features, the company said that the LMFP battery covers up to…

The Pierer Mobility group has announced that struggling bike manufacturer KTM will enter self-administration and apply for the initiation of judicial restructuring proceedings. The Austrian marque is undergoing a significant financial crisis and was seeking at least €100 million to continue operating beyond 2024. The company, currently competing in MotoGP, has laid off hundreds of employees and plans to pause…

MotoGP: The champion from Pesaro wanted to donate the helmet he used in the last GP of his career in the premier class. The minimum bid starts at 2,500 Euros.  read more www.gpone.com

A lot of the new electric two-wheeler innovations we’ve been seeing in recent years have come mostly from new players which were mostly previously unheard of. And unfortunately, a lot of these companies have been forced to shut down due to a myriad of financial issues. But one thing a lot of these companies had in common was that they…

MotoGP star Marc Marquez has said he feels “reborn” after a year working at Gresini and has thanked the squad for playing an important role in his career. Having left Honda with a year left on his contract at the end of 2023, Marquez found new life at Ducati’s satellite team Gresini this season despite having to make do with…

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Francesco Bagnaia joined an elusive club of just five riders to have won 11 or more grands prix in a single season in the premier class when he triumphed in last weekend’s MotoGP finale in Barcelona. Yet when he returned to the Ducati garage after taking the chequered flag, he was forced to take off the #1 sticker that has…

I remember when 3D printers started becoming popular. Back then, I remember thinking just how cool this tech would be, and that sooner or later, we’d be able to print all sorts of interesting stuff we could only dream of. Fast forward to today, and this is pretty much the reality. I’m sure a lot of you have at least…

Ducati MotoGP star Francesco Bagnaia was left sceptical about the team radio idea coined by series promoter Dorna after testing the system in Barcelona last week. It has been working on a rider-to-garage voice messaging system for some time and, once implemented, it will offer different applications to MotoGP in terms of safety and the show. The idea is to…

Here’s the latest update on what’s happening on the partnership between Hero MotoCorp and Zero Motorcycles, the California-based manufacturer of premium electric motorcycles and powertrains. In March 2023, the two companies had signed agreements to co-develop premium electric motorcycles. Zero Motorcycles CEO Sam Paschel and Hero MotoCorp Chairman Pawan Munjal. (Photo: Zero Motorcycles).  In a mid-November 2024 analyst call, Niranjan…

Gresini rider Alex Marquez set the pace in the post-season MotoGP test in Barcelona on Tuesday, as his elder brother Marc Marquez completed his first outing with the factory Ducati team. Alex Marquez led the times for the majority of the seven-hour session at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after jumping to the top of the leaderboard early on with a 1m40.006s…