The sun also shines for the 250cc qualifying practice defining the Italian GP starting grid. Riders extensively tested their bikes’ set-ups for dry conditions, which are also foreseen for tomorrow’s race. Aprilia performed brilliantly placing two RSAs in the first two positions ad six bikes in the first ten.
Hector Barbera, on his RSA of the Toth team, got the pole with the time of 1’52”675, setting the new record of the Tuscan circuit. The Valencian rider proved to be very (...)
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"Terrible" Chareyre brothers hit the jackpot in Latina
The second race Supermoto Italian Championship was held in Latina, near Rome, last weekend. All the riders from the World Championship were there to fight for the first places on the fast "Il Sagittario" circuit, including Husqvarna CH Racing Team. Young riders Thomas and Adrien Chareyre, in wonderful shape, conquered both races in their respective class, thanks to unbelievably fast starts and a great feeling with (...)
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Motori Minarelli S.p.A., the Italian motorcycle engine manufacturing subsidiary of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., celebrated the manufacture of its 10 millionth engine since the company’s founding at a ceremony held at its headquarters in Bologna on April 11. Representing Yamaha Motor at the ceremony was President and Chief Executive Officer Takashi Kajikawa.
Motori Minarelli was founded as a company manufacturing engines in 1951. In 1986, Yamaha Motor’s European subsidiary Yamaha Motor Europe (...)
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Club Italia 6.5 is again starting up a series of gatherings for the owners of Philippe Stark’s mythical creature. They have set the date and location for the 2008 national meeting in the splendid scenery of San Marino. In less than a month, they will bring together the lovers of the 6.5 for a 3-day meeting that will be full of discovery.
Thus the engagement for the Moto’ and their owners is April 25-27th. For all information and to sign up, just visit Club Italia 6.5’s website (...)
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With less than two weeks remaining before the start of the World Motocross Championship, Team Aprilia Off Road showed its hand on Monday, March 24th at the fifth round of the Italian championship: the 2009 Model Year Aprilia MXV 4.5.
It is a profoundly redesigned bike that operates around a powerful 77° V twin engine. The main difference in respect to the previous version is a more rigid yet lighter frame, including upright anterior latticework with a different diameter and material. The (...)
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Being able to transform a Toyota MR2 into a Ferrari look-alike was supposed to be a good thing (well, yes it is a crime against style!), but when you sale this fake Ferrari into a country like Italy where selling a Ferrari replica is against the law when you can get busted at any moment!
Police in Italy arrested a group of eight mechanics who transformed the Toyota MR2s and Pontiacs into Ferrari and sold them for £15,000 each.
Police are understood to have confiscated 14 fake 360 Modenas – seven sold and seven under construction – and eight people are under investigation.
Apparently those buying the cars knew they were fakes (how wouldn’t they?) so we can only hope that people rolling in rebodied MR2s over here will soon get busted for being so lame. The buyers were simply buying the cars to impress the neighbors.
The season has begun for team Aprilia Off Road. It happened in Tuscany at Montevarchi (Arezzo, Italy) on Sunday, February 17, at the first round of the Italian Motocross Championship. It was a much-awaited event, particularly Cedric Melotte’s official reentry into competition (atop an Aprilia MXV 4.5) after a long period of rest due to the knee injury that held him back last season. The strong Belgian rider demonstrated his recovery by coming out like a lion in both fractions (which had (...)
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Indian auto manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, has acquired Italian auto design and engineering firm GRD. The move indicates Mahindra’s desire to go global with their future products.
Financial details of the deal with Turin-based G.R. Grafica Ricerca Design (GRD) were not revealed.
"This acquisition will help us strengthen our existing design capabilities, help us emerge as a global auto design powerhouse [and] provide a solid European footprint," said Pawan Goenka, president of Mahindra’s automotive unit.
The company will be renamed Mahindra Graphic Research and Design after all the formalities are complete.
Mahindra manufacturs Utility vehicles and tractors. They are one of the key players in the Indian automobile industry and have partnered with Renault for manufacturing the Logan. Mahindra’s Scorpio SUV is sold in the U.S by Global Vehicles USA, and is also planning to launch the hybrid version of the SUV sometime later this year.
Mark the date in your planner for what will be an incomparable experience for all Ducatisti and everyone that is a motorcycle, Italian sport or advanced technology fan. Together with fans from around the world and its home city, Ducati has decided to celebrate the amazing achievements of 2007: the Riders’, Constructors’ and Teams’ MotoGP world titles.
How? With a huge celebration over two days that will light up Emilia – Romagna’s main city in the name of passion (...)
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The Aprilia MXV 4.5 entered into the motocross history books thanks to Chicco Chiodi’s success in the final round of the Italian Motocross Championships, disputed on Sunday, October 14th at Gazzane di Preseglie (Brescia, Italy). In fact, it was the first time that a twin 4-time motorcycle won an official national motocross championships race. Riding the MXV 4.5 to success was Chicco Chiodi, the three-time international 125 champion and official rider of the Noale Production House. He did (...)
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