Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) took the lead in the MotoGP World championship with his second consecutive race win earlier today at Portimão. Quartararo set a blistering pace, matched only by Alex Rins (Suzuki) until Rins crashed out with several laps remaining. Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) also rode brilliantly to finish second after starting 11th on the grid. […]
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Bagnaia Leads Friday Practice at Portimão; Marquez is 6th Quickest (News)
If you thought that Marc Marquez (Honda) would be slow and cautious on his return to MotoGP after a nine-month layoff, you were wrong on both counts. With unpredictable weather in Portimão, the riders treated free practice 2 earlier today as a mini-qualification, i.e., their ticket into Q2 tomorrow. There were some fast times. Ducati’s […]
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Marc Marquez Will Race Next Weekend in Portugal (News)
Honda superstar Marc Marquez has finally been cleared by doctors to return to MotoGP racing. Marquez has missed 9 months of competition as a result of a broken right arm that, at least initially, failed to heal properly. The injury required three separate surgeries. Here is a press release from Repsol Honda followed by a […]
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The Year of Jubilee Episode 1: First of a Three-Part Series (News)
RIDE Motorcycles has posted Episode 1 of The Year of Jubilee to its YouTube channel. We posted the trailer yesterday, and we have embedded the full Episode 1 below. Do you think this video series can inspire riders the way On Any Sunday did in the 1970’s? Weigh in with your thoughts in the Comments […]
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KTM Introduces 1290 Super Duke RR: The Beast Gets Beastlier (News)
When we reviewed the new KTM 1290 Super Duke R several months ago, we were blown away by the compact size, agility and awesome power of the Austrian naked. Now, of course, KTM ups the ante with the 1290 Super Duke RR announced earlier today. Taking 20 pounds off the already-light machine with loads of […]
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Qatar 2 MotoGP Qualifying Results (News)
It wasn’t surprising that Ducati dominated qualifying for the second half of the Qatar double-header tomorrow. What was surprising was the name of the Ducati rider who took pole position. He is Jorge Martín, a rookie on the Pramac Racing satellite team who won the Moto3 championship in 2018. In fact, Pramac took the second […]
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