An exclusive insight into the newly formed Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup series and some of the young Malaysian riders handpicked to compete in what would become the region’s first motorcycle feeder racing series of its kind. (more…)
An exclusive insight into the newly formed Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup series and some of the young Malaysian riders handpicked to compete in what would become the region’s first motorcycle feeder racing series of its kind. (more…)
The acclaimed TT Legends documentary is to be shown on YouTube for the first time. Originally broadcast on ITV4 in the UK and to be shown on Fox Australia, the documentary follows a team of legendary motorcycle racers as they tackle some of the world’s toughest races, including the Isle of Man TT. The first episode will be available on the HondaProRacing YouTube channel from 15th January 2014. A teaser is available now.
Gaucho Productions was granted exclusive access to the Honda TT Legends team throughout an epic season. From Japan to Germany and from Le Mans to the Isle of Man, the documentary follows these ordinary men doing extraordinary things.
John McGuinness, nicknamed the ‘The Morecambe Missile’, is an ex-bricklayer and mussel picker from the north of England who has won the legendary Isle of Man TT twenty times. He is joined in the TT Legends team by Cameron Donald and Simon Andrews. Donald is Australia’s fastest plumber and a two-time winner of the Isle of man TT. Andrews is a fearless young gun who was the fastest newcomer at the TT in 2011. Together they are the TT Legends.
The documentary goes ‘behind the screens’ as the team competes in the World Endurance Championship. The season kicks off with the famous Bol d’Or, a twenty-four hour race at the Magny Cours circuit in France. Then they’re off to Doha, Germany and even Japan for the famous Suzuka 8-Hour before they return to France for the Le Mans 24-hour. Each race brings its own, distinct challenge for the team. In Suzuka, for example, we’ll join McGuinness in an ice bath, a welcome antidote to the searing heat.
These circuit races are accompanied by legendary road races in Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. McGuinness is the man to beat on the roads with Donald and Andrews among his toughest rivals. Gaucho Productions were there to witness the contrast, as these friends and teammates now push each other to the limit and beyond. (more…)
KTM Malaysia CKD introduced this popular 200c bike in Malaysia with lower price range at RM15,888. The KTM 200 Duke Non ABS as it is named will be more accessible to new rider who are upgrading from their moped to entry-level naked bike. This should a great price considering the 200 Duke can gives out 25hp with a weight of just 129.5kg. That will gives greater power-to-weight ratio compared to other bikes in the same category. It is only 7hp less than the Z250 at 32hp, but that weighs about 168kg.
The brakes are still 300mm for the front with 4-piston caliper and 230mm 1-piston caliper for the rear. The thing that is missing is the ABS. Without the ABS, this means that you can have total control of the bikes braking but you’ll need to learn the threshold braking and cadence braking if you want to take your bike to the limit.
SHOEI has comes out with 2014 Marquez Mt.Melo #93 in unusual light blue colour. Marc Marquez avatar is known as the ant, but in this helmet, I can’t see the ant anywhere in livery. The one helmet that Marquez always used is the one in red and white with the ant appear in the livery. Anyway, there is the #93 sign on the helmet that shows this road helmet gets the Marquez endorsement.
We are back at it again and in association with ‘Progressive Track Day’ (PTD), Bikes Republic is proud to announce that we will be bringing you the first Superbike time trial for 2014. (more…)
Another video has been uploaded by Suzuki to show its development of MotoGP machine for 2015 comeback. Randy de Puniet has been added as the test rider for the Twin Ring Motegi circuit. Randy has said that the 800cc is agressive, but the 1,000cc bike is smooth. The 800cc carries the V4 engine configuration, where for 2015 Suzuki are intending to use the inline-4 configuration which is the 1,000cc engine tested. Check out the video embed after the jump: (more…)
Designed by Pierre Terblanche to commemorate the winning of Mike Hailwood in 1978 Isle of Man TT. Hence, the MH acronym in the MH900e model name. 900 refers to the 904cc L-twin 2-valve air-cooled engine with the unmistaken valve control, the Desmodromic, that churns out 74hp at 8,000RPM. Hitting the top speed at 221.6km/h (137.7mph), this bike one of the faster bikes at the time.
The sales of this MH900e is unique where the it is sold online directly by Ducati. This means that there are no middleman handling the transaction. It is Ducati direct to the customer. A great record to be remembered when the first batch of 1,000 unit of the MH900e is snapped online just by 31 minutes after the sales start on January 1st 2000, 12.01am.
It is more interesting that this particular bike pictured above is the one that is available in Malaysia. Possibly, this is the only one unit available here in the region. You should read from source here.
via: Malaysian Motornews: http://speedrider.org/motornews/rare-ducati-mh900e-di-malaysia/
I can’t resist to share you this video of the greatest show on earth, Isle of Man TT race. This video have the great combination of soundtrack, real bike sound and video work. Just check out the video embed after the jump: (more…)
In 2011, Suzuki has announced its withdrawal from MotoGP series. The withdrawal is not permanent. Suzuki has tirelessly developing and testing their prototype MotoGP machine which are scheduled to make its comeback in 2015.
Before this, Suzuki has used the V engine configuration in 2010. The engine is good and competitive enough, but for 2015, Suzuki are changing their layout of V configuration to inline-4 engine. So far, it is looking good and I’m hoping it to be much more competitive for 2015. More explaination can be found in the official video after the jump: (more…)
A superbly beautiful bike made in the 90s. Honda CBR250RR here is equipped with 4-cylinder engine that can maxes out 45hp at 19,000RPM. Comes with 6-speed gearbox for that precise engine power delivery to the tarmac. Braking is serious too with that dual 275mm front disc brake 2-piston caliper and 220mm rear disc brake 1-piston caliper.
Where else you can find this kind of beauty in 2014?
Thanks to MM FB fan, Blok Faito, for the tips about this bike.
Belgian bikes brand Saroléa Motorcycles announced recently that it would be competing in the upcoming 2014 Isle of Man TT Zero race. (more…)
The revolutionary makers of the Mission R and Mission RS electric race bikes Mission Motorcycles this week has filed lawsuit against one of its co-founder. (more…)
