Biaggi Breaks WSBK Top Speed Record at Monza


Though provisional pole went to Leon Haslam in Friday afternoon’s World Superbike qualifying practice at Monza, reigning World Champion Max Biaggi made headlines of his own by breaking the WSBK top speed record. Despite this feat, Haslam outqualified the Italian at home by just 0.019s in a final lap dash, with Eugene Laverty and Ayrton Badovini completing the provisional front row for Yamaha and BMW Motorrad Italia. Though there will be another qualifying practice Saturday ...

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Simoncelli on top as Estoril Test concludes

Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team) finished top of the timesheet at the official MotoGP test in Portugal on Monday. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) had been quickest in the morning session and the Italian took control in the afternoon. Lorenzo was second fastest, ahead of Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) third.

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MIC Establishes Standard to Test Range on Electric Motorcycle ? Self-Policing with a Prelude to OEM Entry


The Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) has taken it upon itself to establish a new standard on how to gauge the range of electric motorcycles. Since their entry into the market, we’ve seen some interesting performance claims from electric motorcycle manufacturers — some more misleading than others. Doing a little self-policing, the MIC has stepped in and established a universal standard that will attempt to quantify the real-world range of electric two-wheelers. This news is important ...

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