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Check out this 2019 Triumph-powered Kalex Moto2 bike!

This particular 2019 Triumph-powered Kalex Moto2 bike is looking ready for 2019.

The 2019 Moto2 season will see a brand new 765cc three-cylinder engine manufactured by Triumph being used.

Kalex is already a few steps ahead as they need to impress a lot of their customers using their chassis come 2019.

It looks like this particular 2019 Triumph-powered Kalex Moto2 bike is primed and almost ready for the upcoming 2019 season. As most of you may have heard, 2018 will be the last year that Moto2 will use the 600cc four-cylinder engine from Honda’s CBR600RR before they make the transfer to Triumph’s 765cc three-cylinder firepower. (more…)

WorldSBK: 2018 season starts this weekend in Australia!

The 2018 WorldSBK season will begin this weekend from 23 to 25 February 2018.

The opening Yamaha Finance Australian round was officially launched at the Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit.

Race 1 will start at 12 pm local time tomorrow (Saturday) and Race 2 (Sunday) at the same time.

Get ready, folks. The 2018 WorldSBK season will begin this weekend and it promises to be one of the most interesting ones yet. The iconic Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit will play host to the Yamaha Finance Australian opening round where the superbike boys will duke it out once again. (more…)

Tech 3 Parting with Yamaha in 2019

Tech 3 will not continue as Yamaha’s satellite team in 2019.
Team principal, Herve Poncharal says he’s been a offered a special deal.
Poncharal did not reveal any further details.

Just yesterday, Malaysians celebrated Hafizh Syahrin’s confirmation to ride for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team this year, but another twist in the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 saga popped up today: The team has announced that it will part ways with Yamaha from the 2019 MotoGP season.

Announced together with factory team, Tech 3’s boss, Herve Poncharal stated that, “We’ve been offered a deal, that includes something we’ve been waiting for since we started with Tech 3 and I couldn’t say no.”

“A deal… we’ve been waiting for…?”

Reading through the press release in MotoGP.com did not provide further details to what Poncharal meant, and that has fed more racing fuel to the bonfire.

Our theory may be that he had been offered to run a full-fledged factory team. If this is the case, there are a few candidates: Aprilia or KTM. Suzuki may even be a long shot. Or how about a Honda satellite team? Will Poncharal actually jump over to Yamaha’s biggest rivals after being with the latter for 20 years?

However, we know what you’re thinking of: The fate of Hafizh Syahrin in 2019. Well, Hafizh did mention during yesterday’s press conference that his contract with the team is for 2018 only at the moment. But, come what may and we do pray that Hafizh is retained for the next season, whatever bike or team Poncharal chooses.

Until Yamaha finds another person or entity to run it, , it’ll leave them without a satellite team for the 2019 season.

Harley-Davidson’s next electric bike is called the Revelation?

Harley-Davidson has just filed a trademark application under the name Revelation.

The trademark applied at the USPTO is for batteries for vehicles and drivetrains for both electric motorcycles and vehicles.

The Revelation sounds more like the technology H-D will use to power their next electric bike instead of a brand new one.

Some interesting news from the United States of America has been going around in regards to Harley-Davidson and their next electric motorcycle. It seems that the manufacturer has just filed for the latest trademark application for the name Revelation at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). (more…)

2018 Harley-Davidson Iron 1200 and Forty-Eight Special unveiled!

H-D has just launched the 2018 Harley-Davidson Iron 1200 and Forty-Eight Special.

The two new additions to the Sportster line-up come ready with H-D’s 1,200cc Evolution V-twin engine.

The Iron 1200 is priced at $9,999 (RM39,131) while the Forty-Eight Special is at $11,299 (RM44,218) in the US market.

The folks over at Harley-Davidson have launched two new models into their current Sportster line-up with the 2018 Harley-Davidson Iron 1200 and Forty-Eight Special. Both models come equipped with the manufacturer’s latest 1,200cc Evolution V-twin Sportster power plant. (more…)

MotoGP: Francesco Bagnaia will join Pramac Ducati in 2019!

Current Moto2 rider Francesco Bagnaia has signed a two-year deal with the Pramac Ducati MotoGP team.

The 21-year-old Italian will realise his MotoGP dream in 2019 and 2020 onboard Ducati machinery.

The announcement was made by Bagnaia and the SkyVR46 Racing team on Twitter.

It looks like the 2019 MotoGP ‘silly season’ has started super early with the signing of Francesco Bagnaia to move up to the premier class with Pramac Ducati. The news of the young Italian signing a two-year MotoGP deal was announced by himself and the SkyVR46 racing team on Twitter. (more…)