Dunlop is set to continue as single tire supplier to the Moto2 and Moto3 classes. In a press release (shown…
The 2014 World Endurance Championship was action-packed from round-to-round, and at the end of the season, it was Yamaha Racing GMT 94 Michelin Yamalube team with that surprised the field with 141 championship points (SERT: 104pts, Bollinger 100pts), for the Championship win. Team riders David Checa, Kenny Foray, and Mathieu Gines finished second at the series opener at Bol d’Or. The team also had a strong 9th place finish at Suzuka, the third fastest full-time team at the Japanese race. At both Germany and Le Mans, Yamaha Racing GMT 94 team podiumed in second place — solidifying its Championship position through consistency. Left uncleaned from its Le Mans finish, GMT 94’s endurance-spec Yamaha YZF-R1 is off to the museum…the French take the EWC very seriously.
Having just finished production on the 2015 MotoMatters Motorcycle Racing Calendar, the 2014 season has been on my mind quite a bit over the past several weeks. So I thought I’d take look back at the MotoGP images I contributed here at Asphalt & Rubber and add a bit of perspective to each one. Colin Edwards did one race weekend in 2014 before announcing his retirement at Circuit of the Americas. While I had been wondering for the past several seasons when he’d hang up the gloves, in Qatar I had no idea the announcement would come at Round 2. I also had no idea he wouldn’t finish the season at Forward Yamaha.
When the minutes of the latest meeting of MotoGP’s ruling body, the Grand Prix Commission, were unveiled, there was one…
We are six months away from the start of the 2015 Isle of Man TT, which for fans and media…
Perhaps the most intriguing motorcycle to come from the Bavarian brand this year, the BMW S1000XR is the German company’s response to the rapidly growing “Adventure-Sport” segment. Going head-to-head with the Ducati Multistrada 1200, we have been eagerly waiting to see how the BMW staked up against the Italian machine on pricing, and now we have our answer. Priced at $16,350 MSRP for the base model, would-be owners of the S1000XR will be able to get their hands on German bike for $1,300 less than the base model Ducati Multistrada 1200 ($17,695). Of course, this is BMW we are talking about, and multiple price points exists as the Germans bundle various features in additional packages.