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Monday, May 24th, 2010
Chile govt. has sought to recover penalties of over $570,00 USD from the National Sports Institute of Chile for damage caused by Dakar Rally to the archaeological sites by racing machines though over 56 protected sites in the country. [caption id="attachment_619" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Dakar Rally"][/caption]Organizers in Chile are facing the ...
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Lambretta announced it's return to motorcycle world championships with the entry into 125cc category after a hiatus of 60 years from the world level competitions. [caption id="attachment_595" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Lambretta Reparto Corse"][/caption]Lambretta's return will be in form of Lambretta Reparto Corse with the team being based out of Engines Engineering's ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_531" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="2009 Tech3(& Monster Energy) MotoGP Bike"][/caption]
After departure of Kawasaki MotoGP team, Monster Energy ("the largest selling energy drink in USA") has pertnered with Tech 3 Yamaha for the 2009 MotoGP Season.
Valentino Rossi in his personal capacity will also be sponsored by Monster energy(are you thinking of ...
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_525" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="TVS Racing team at the event"][/caption]
TVS Motors organized Apache Racing Experience(ARE) at Palace Grounds, Bangalore exclusively for owners of Apache RTR on 7th March. 60 RTR owners turned up for the event where they were providing riding tips and racing techniques by TVS Racing riders including ...
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009
The Dakar Rally used to be the traditional off-road rally from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal. The rally was last held in 2007 with the 2008 round canceled on account of fears of terrorist attack on contestants and spectators.
This year, Dakar Rally was held in South America for a period ...
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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Trillium Muir of Ontario, Canada has broken the land speed record for the fastest woman on a motorcycle by running a ECTA certified top speed of 382.98 kmph (239.36 mph) on her tuned Hayabusa.
[caption id="attachment_421" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Trillium Muir on her LSR Hayabusa"][/caption]
Trillium achieved her record at Maxton Mile race ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
Pascal Terry, a French motorcycle rider died in the 2009 Dakar Argentina-Chile Rally. The French rider had been missing since Sunday’s second stage that took place between Santa Rosa and Puerto Madrid alongwith his Yamaha WR450F motorcycle.
Terry had notified race organisers on Sunday that he had run out of petrol ...
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
2009 starts with a shocker for MotoGP fans as Kawasaki has pulled out of MotoGP World Championship effective immediately. Kawasaki has informed MotoGP organizers Dorna Motorsports of their decision a few days ago and an official announcement is expected by 5th January.
[caption id="attachment_402" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Hopkins with Kawasaki ZX-RR"][/caption]
The move ...
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
FIM, the motorcycle championship governing body has announced a change in the minimum age restriction for the 125cc world championship from 2010.
FIM has announced the age limit will increase to 16 from 2010 instead of the current age of 15 years for riders to compete in the world championship.
Limits for ...
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Vijay Mallya might be one of the bidders for the Honda F1 Team which went on block last week when Honda announced it's withdrawal from the Formula 1 championship.
Vijay Mallya is expected to be pitted against Carlos Slim, one the world's richest men and majority stake holder of Mexican telecom ...
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