<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Asphalt &#38; Rubber &#187; rumor News</title> <atom:link href="http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/tag/rumor/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:14:44 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3</generator> <item><title>Rumor: Ducati 799 Supersport for 2013?</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/ducati-799-panigale-rumor/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/ducati-799-panigale-rumor/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:13:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Popular]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rumors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2013]]></category> <category><![CDATA[799]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bothan spies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ducati]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ducati 1199 Panigale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ducati 799]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ducati 799 Panigale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[production racing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rumor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[supersport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[World Supersport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WSBK]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WSS]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=27376</guid> <description><![CDATA[Now that the 2012 model year motorcycles have debuted (though we still expect a few mid-year releases), the speculation can now begin for the 2013 model year machines. Wasting no time in this process, the Italian press is afire with rumors of a Ducati 799 superbike model to compliment the recently released Ducati 1199 Panigale. A rumor of this nature, this early in the year, is certainly an interesting one. There should be little debate over the fact that Borgo Panigale has a supersport variant of the 1199 superbike already figured out, tested, &#038; ready for prime time, and our Bothan spies confirm just as much to us. The details of such a bike though, now that's where the devil resides.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/ducati-799-panigale-rumor/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>13</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rumors of Valentino Rossi&#8217;s Retirement Have Been Greatly Exaggerated</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/valentino-rossis-retirement-rumor-denied/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/valentino-rossis-retirement-rumor-denied/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:31:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alessio Salucci]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Davide Brivio]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Malaysian GP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marco Simoncelli]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MotoGP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retirement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rumor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sepang]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SuperSic Forever]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uccio]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Valentino Rossi]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=25945</guid> <description><![CDATA[After the tragic events at the cancelled Malaysian GP, and the subsequent tragic death of Marco Simoncelli, there were whispers regarding whether Valentino Rossi and/or Colin Edwards would retire after the incident that cut-short SuperSic&#8217;s life. These whispers and thoughts turned into idle chatter, which then lead to unfounded speculation. It is of course only natural in this FOX News world that we live in that every possible angle and outcome be explored before any ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/valentino-rossis-retirement-rumor-denied/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>34</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rumor: Colin Edwards to World Superbike?</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/colin-edwards-world-superbike-rumor/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/colin-edwards-world-superbike-rumor/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:43:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Rumors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BMW]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BMW Motorrad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Colin Edwards]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ducati]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ducati Corse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eugene Laverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lin Jarvis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Monster Tech3 Yamaha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MotoGP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rumor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[silly season]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Silly Season 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[world superbike]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WSBK]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yamaha]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=24459</guid> <description><![CDATA[Make no mistake about the fact that we are well into the 2011 Silly Season, a festive time where paddock gossip is rife with the movings and rumors of where riders and teams will land for the following season. With MotoGP set this weekend to make its second American appearance for the year, we are kicking off the rumormill reports properly with talk of where Colin Edwards will race in 2012. Rumored to be in ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/colin-edwards-world-superbike-rumor/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rumor: New Kawasaki ZX-14 Facelift Coming This Month? Supercharged Hypersport Later?</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/kawasaki-zx-14-supercharger-update-rumor/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/kawasaki-zx-14-supercharger-update-rumor/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:59:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Popular]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rumors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2012 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2012 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2012 Kawasaki ZX-14]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2012 Kawasaki ZX-14R]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2012 Kawasaki ZZR1400]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cosmetic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[forced induction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hypersport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kawasaki]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kawasaki ZX-14R]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kawasaki ZZR14000]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kawaski ZX-14]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rumor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[supercharger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[update]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ZX-14R]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=24190</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rumors are swelling around the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 (the Kawasaki ZZR1400 for friends on the other side of the pond). First up is that a new updated Kawasaki ZX-14 is set to debut by the end of the month. Expected to be only a cosmetic makeover, the 2012 Kawasaki ZX-14 will mechanically be the same as the current model. Looking farther down the pipe though, it would seem from reports and patents that Kawasaki has been eyeing putting a supercharger on the hypersport machine, presumably to better position the ZX-14 against the increasingly more powerful 1,000 superbikes, like the company's on 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/kawasaki-zx-14-supercharger-update-rumor/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>19</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Did Castrol Honda Just Out the 2012 Honda CBR1000RR?</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/2012-honda-cbr1000rr-castrol-honda/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/2012-honda-cbr1000rr-castrol-honda/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:27:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Popular]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2012 Honda CBR1000RR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Castrol Honda]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CBR1000RR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fly-by-wire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Honda]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Honda CBR1000RR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ride-by-wire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ronald ten Kate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rumor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[world superbike]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WSBK]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=24097</guid> <description><![CDATA[Castrol Honda boss, Ronald ten Kate, may have just outed Honda's latest iteration of its street-going superbikes, as the Dutch manager was quoted on his aniticipation of the new model, and what it would mean for his relatively uncompetitive World Superbike team. Stating that the Ten Kate Honda squad was looking forward to the arrival of the 2012 Honda CBR1000RR, it would appear that ten Kate himself has let slip that Honda would be bringing out a a whole new machine for next year, and in conjunction with that statement, a new Honda CBR1000RR would also have to be in the pipe.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/2012-honda-cbr1000rr-castrol-honda/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>10</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ducati Considering SuperSport Model</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/ducati-supersport-rumor/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/ducati-supersport-rumor/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:15:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Popular]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rumors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[air-cooled]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bothan spies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ducati]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ducati SS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ducati Supersport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rumor]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=23547</guid> <description><![CDATA[One of the cooler parts that comes from running Asphalt &#038; Rubber is the feedback we get from our Bothan spy network that read the site. No sooner did we publish Luca Bar's renders of his Ducati SuperSport concept, did we get tips that Ducati was actually currently considering such a model for its future model road map. There's no doubt that the SS line had a cult following in its day, and the fact still remains that Ducati does not have a "tamer sport bike" in its line that would appeal to the veteran Ducatisti.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/ducati-supersport-rumor/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>17</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>World Superbike Going to Single-Bike per Rider Format?</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/world-superbike-single-bike-rule/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/world-superbike-single-bike-rule/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:44:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rules]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rumor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[single-bike. costs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Superbike Commission]]></category> <category><![CDATA[world superbike]]></category> <category><![CDATA[World Supersport]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WSBK]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WSS]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=23527</guid> <description><![CDATA[Reliable sources are perpetuating the rumor that World Superbike is considering moving to a single-bike rule for its riders, presumably meaning that a WSBK rider would only have a single racing motorcycle at each race and session at a World Superbike round. The rule would be an extension of the already existing provision in World Supersport racing, which has seen a surge of participants this past year, compared to World Superbike&#8217;s shrinking numbers (though WSBK ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/world-superbike-single-bike-rule/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rumor: The Clock is Ticking on Toni Elias</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/toni-elias-death-clock/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/toni-elias-death-clock/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:09:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Racing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LCR Honda]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MotoGP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mugello]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rumor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spanish Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[speculation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Toni Elias]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=23340</guid> <description><![CDATA[After his abysmal finish in the Italian GP at Mugello, rumors are swirling in the MotoGP paddock that Toni Elias has been given two to three races (it depends on which Spanish journalist you want to believe) to turn around his flailing MotoGP season. Affixed to the back of the pack, speculation that Dorna will charge Elias rent on the back-row grid position is exaggerated, but not far from the truth. A true backmarker, the ...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/toni-elias-death-clock/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>10</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rumor: BMW K1600R Six-Cylinder Naked Bike in the Works</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/bmw-k1600r-rumor/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/bmw-k1600r-rumor/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:04:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Popular]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rumors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BMW Concept 6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BMW K1600R]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Concept 6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[K1600R]]></category> <category><![CDATA[naked]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rumor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[six-cylinder]]></category> <category><![CDATA[street naked]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=23182</guid> <description><![CDATA[We haven't seen a good solid stirring of the motorcycle rumormill in a while, but today whispers of a BMW six-cylinder naked bike, a K1600R if you will, have be filtering through the web forums and into our ears. With the rumors centering mostly around the fact that BMW introduced its 1,600cc inline-six motor at EICMA in 2009 by sticking it in a very attractive street-naked motorcycle, speculation has begun as to whether the Bavarian firm would follow that concept up with an actual production model (we always did find it strange that the concept for a touring motorcycle was a street-naked).]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/bmw-k1600r-rumor/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>10</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New Suzuki V-Strom Delayed Until Tomorrow</title><link>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/suzuki-v-strom-delayed/</link> <comments>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/suzuki-v-strom-delayed/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:52:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jensen Beeler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Popular]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2012 Suzuki V-Strom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[800cc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[middleweight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rumor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Suzuki]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Suzuki V-Strom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unveiling]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/?p=22810</guid> <description><![CDATA[While Suzuki has been hyping some sort of middleweight adventure-tourer, suspected to be an 800cc V-Strom, the company has missed its original unveil date of Saturday June 11th. Now Suzuki sites are touting a new date: tomorrow (Wednesday June 15th), which we suppose we'll forgive Suzuki for this blunder, provided the new model blows our socks off. So far no one has said why the date has been pushed back, though we'd like to start a good rumor of a headlight fluid shortage at Suzuki HQ.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/suzuki-v-strom-delayed/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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