MotoGP, Moto3 and Moto2 Racing News, Results and Updates https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/motorcycle-racing/motogp/ Motorcycle Reviews, News on Motorcycles, Specs, Test & Race Results Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:25:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-UltimateMoto_Circle-512x512-1-32x32.png MotoGP, Moto3 and Moto2 Racing News, Results and Updates https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/motorcycle-racing/motogp/ 32 32 Brembo MotoGP Brakes Inside Look [Márquez COTA Crash] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2024/04/24/brembo-motogp-brakes-inside-look-marquez-cota-crash/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:25:14 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=277021 Marc Márquez’s crash in the Grand Prix of the Americas at the Circuit of the Americas looked at first glance to be an overly ambitious miscalculation. However, the team’s later explanation gave a little more insight into what happened. Márquez had an issue with the front brake of his Ducati GP23. At the point where […]

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]]> The Throttle Stop – May 2024 – Greener Grass https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2024/04/22/the-throttle-stop-may-2024-greener-grass/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:38:24 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=276938 Being a fan of MotoGP or the FIM World Superbike Championship is an interesting experience for an American. Traditionally, the United States has hosted one event annually for said championships. Still, these days, WSBK no longer makes its yearly pilgrimage to Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca for reasons that I’m not privy to or fully comprehend. […]

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]]> The Throttle Stop – March 2024 – Bench Racing https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2024/02/26/the-throttle-stop-march-2024-bench-racing/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 06:44:51 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=275336 Winter isn’t my thing. If I were to put stock into astrology, we could chalk it all up to being a Gemini. According to the first search result I stumbled across, those of us born in June happen to be flexible, extroverted, and clever. Personally, I wouldn’t describe myself as any of those things. There’s […]

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]]> Top 10 Motorcycle Reads from 10 Years of Rider’s Library https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/12/23/top-10-motorcycle-reads-from-10-years-of-riders-library/ Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:45:02 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=273409 Ten years ago, I got the green light for my idea of curating a Rider’s Library. The goal was to give some space to motorcycle literature, both new and old, knowing that motorcycle riders are often readers with a great interest in the incredible range of motorcycle literature topics. That makes Ultimate Motorcycling the only […]

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]]> A Brief History of MotoGP: 1949 to The Valentino Rossi Era https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/12/22/a-brief-history-of-motogp-1949-to-the-valentino-rossi-era/ Sat, 23 Dec 2023 07:00:06 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=273351 Somehow, I ended up in the same corner of the Castrol Honda Superbike hospitality tent as MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi and his friends while attending a World Superbike race at Misano, near Rimini and Riccione, on Italy’s Adriatic Coast. I sat a few tables away and watched as Rossi’s party chatted and ate prosciutto, […]

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]]> 1957 Mondial 250 Bialbero Auction: Grand Prix, The Quail Winner https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/12/13/1957-mondial-250-bialbero-auction-grand-prix-the-quail-winner/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:56:05 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=272651 Winner of the Best of Show at the 2017 The Quail Motorcycling Gathering, this 1957 Mondial 250 Bialbero grand prix road racer is up for auction at Mecum Auctions’ 33rd Annual Vintage & Antique Motorcycle Auction Las Vegas runs January 24-27, 2024, at the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa. It is a published motorcycle, […]

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]]> Brembo GP4-MotoGP Caliper First Look [For Street Use, Too] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/11/27/brembo-gp4-motogp-caliper-first-look-for-street-use-too/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 05:51:08 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=272150 Brembo is offering a new front brake caliper rooted in the braking implements used in MotoGP and World Superbike racing. “Designed and developed to equip the ultimate generation of powerful road bikes, the GP4-MotoGP is a brake caliper born from the racetrack for the road and perfectly suits the needs of today’s motorcycles and the […]

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]]> Anti Social Social Club x Alpinestars x Jorge Martín Apparel Debuts https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/10/02/anti-social-social-club-x-alpinestars-x-jorge-martin-apparel-debuts/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 01:52:36 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=270258 While you were watching Jorge Martín sweep the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix, scoring the pole, a Sprint win, and a GP victory, you might have noticed that he was wearing some stylish Alpinestars gear. Martín’s helmet, leathers, gloves, and boots result from a collaboration between Alpinestars and the street-wise Anti Social Social Club founded by […]

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]]> Yamaha Racing Heritage Club Mugello Ride [TZ350 Celebration] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/08/27/yamaha-racing-heritage-club-mugello-ride-tz350-celebration/ Sun, 27 Aug 2023 08:13:06 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=269276 Founded last year, the Yamaha Racing Heritage Club has already established itself as a major vintage motorcycle organization. The club took to Mugello Circuit last month to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the TZ350 production racer—a highly successful liquid-cooled, two-stroke twin based on Jarno Saarinen’s YZ634 GP bike. Teaming up with the Yamaha Racing Experience, […]

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]]> Brembo Wins Red Dot Product Design Award [Commentary] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/06/24/brembo-wins-red-dot-product-design-award-commentary/ Sun, 25 Jun 2023 05:46:57 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=267327 I’m a big fan of modern art and industrial design. When they come together, creating industrial art, so much the better. Undoubtedly, the new Brembo 19RCS Corsa Corta-RR handlebar-mounted clutch actuation unit fits the bill as industrial art at its finest. Apparently, I’m not the only one to notice, as the clutch lever assembly created […]

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]]> Mike Hailwood 1960 Ducati 125 Barcone D1 Auction Coming https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/04/01/mike-hailwood-1960-ducati-125-barcone-d1-auction-coming/ Sat, 01 Apr 2023 07:43:56 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=265079 Mike Hailwood’s 1960 Ducati 125 Barcone Grand Prix racebike is up for auction at Bonhams’ Spring Stafford Sale. The auction is part of the International Classic Motorcycle Show at Staffordshire County Showground, about 25 miles north of Birmingham in Britain’s West Midlands. Ducati pulled out of GP racing in 1959, but that didn’t stop Stan […]

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]]> Alpinestars Supertech R10 Helmet First Look [10 Fast Facts] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/02/16/alpinestars-supertech-r10-helmet-first-look-10-fast-facts/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 21:08:55 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=263975 Building on its successful off-road helmets, Alpinestars is introducing its first pavement-oriented helmet, and the new Alpinestars Supertech R10 helmet has a MotoGP pedigree. MotoGP Legend Andrea Dovizioso worked with the Alpinestars Helmet Developments Department to create the new helmet, which will be worn by Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jack Miller and Prima Pramac […]

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]]> Ducatis to Run #1 in 2023 in MotoGP and World Superbike https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/01/24/ducatis-to-run-1-in-2023-in-motogp-and-world-superbike/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 03:25:17 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=263492 World champions Pecco Bagnaia and Álvaro Bautista will run #1 plates on their 2023 Ducatis. Bagnaia clinched the 2023 MotoGP title at the final round last year on his GP22, with Bautista grabbing his World Superbike crown on his Panigale V4 R at the penultimate round. “For the first time in the Company’s history, we […]

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]]> 2023 Yamaha YZR-M1 First Look [28 Photos + Rider Quotes] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/01/16/2023-yamaha-yzr-m1-first-look-28-photos-and-rider-quotes/ Tue, 17 Jan 2023 06:26:59 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=263230 The 2023 Yamaha YZR-M1 racebike is here, and it will be campaigned by Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP in the 21-round 2023 MotoGP World Championship Series. Quartararo was the runner-up last year, losing his title to Pecco Bagnaia at the final round in Valencia. Morbidelli is looking to rebound from […]

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]]> Rossi Joins BMW M Motorsport [Back On Track For 2023] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/12/23/rossi-joins-bmw-m-motorsport-back-on-track-for-2023/ Fri, 23 Dec 2022 22:16:48 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=262690 Although Valentino Rossi may be retired from motorcycle racing, his lifelong commitment to competition on wheels continues unabated. Nine-time FIM Grand Prix Road Racing World Champion will be a BMW M works driver in 2023 for BMW M Team WRT. Rossi will also be competing in the GT World Challenge Europe series in a BMW […]

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]]> Freddie Spencer Autobiography Book Review [Feel: My Story] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/12/19/freddie-spencer-autobiography-book-review-feel-my-story/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 01:45:43 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=262585 These days we are exposed to overwhelming amounts of information on MotoGP racers’ lives—detailed blow-by-blow reports of injuries they may be struggling with to their love lives, and death was a perennial threat. “Feel: My Story”, a reflective autobiography by Freddie Spencer (with Rick Broadbent), is a unique insight into a world full of exploits […]

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]]> 2023 Ducati Panigale V4 R First Look [13 Fast Facts; 47 Photos] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/10/14/2023-ducati-panigale-v4-r-first-look-13-very-fast-fast-facts/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 23:57:13 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=260285 Inspired by Ducati Corse’s MotoGP and World Superbike efforts, the new 2023 Ducati Panigale V4 R puts up impressive power production numbers in addition to its revolutionary chassis design. The latest Desmosedici Stradale R is the big news, and there’s even more to talk about, so let’s go. There are three levels of performance for […]

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]]> Sheene’s Final Race-Winning Motorcycle at Bonhams Auction https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/10/03/sheenes-final-race-winning-motorcycle-at-bonhams-auction/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:59:09 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=258178 Barry Sheene enjoyed an illustrious career through the 1970s and into the ’80s. He started GP racing in the 125cc class in 1970, and had his first GP win in the same class a year later. Sheene took the Formula 750 title in 1973, and the most-prestigious crown of all, the 500cc GP championship, in […]

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]]> Valentino Rossi – Life of a Legend – Revised and Updated [Review] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/09/10/valentino-rossi-life-of-a-legend-revised-and-updated-review/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 09:28:47 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=248068 When nine-time Grand Prix World Champion Valentino Rossi retired in 2021, it ended a soaring career in the premier level of professional road racing that began in 1996. Published in 2017, London’s Michael Scott wrote spectacular biography—Valentino Rossi – Life of a Legend—that covered Rossi from his beginnings. Scott has covered Grand Prix motorcycle road […]

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]]> Aprilia RSV4 XTrenta First Look [19 Very Fast Facts For the Track] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/09/02/aprilia-rsv4-xtrenta-first-look-19-very-fast-facts-for-the-track/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:51:40 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=244560 The Aprilia RSV4 has an outstanding track record, from World Superbike to local track days. In 2019, the RSV4 X appeared, upping the ante for closed circuit aficionados. The folks from the Noale Racing Department are taking another step forward with the Aprilia RSV4 XTrenta. They add knowledge gleaned from the RS-GP MotoGP racer and […]

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]]> Taka Nakagami and his Arai Corsair-X Helmet [Commentary] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/07/16/taka-nakagami-and-his-arai-corsair-x-helmet-commentary/ Sat, 16 Jul 2022 12:30:04 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=240570 The first 20 or so seconds of the 2022 Grand Prix of Catalunya turned out to be even more intense than the typical MotoGP race. Blazing down the front straight after the start, the 24 riders had to brake very hard for Turn 1, and the funnel effect of them vying for the same piece […]

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]]> 2022 Suzuki Live To Parade Sheene 500cc GP Racebikes at Cadwell Park https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/05/21/2022-suzuki-live-to-parade-sheene-500cc-gp-racebikes-at-cadwell-park/ Sat, 21 May 2022 21:51:58 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=239411 Despite Suzuki’s recent proposed withdrawal from MotoGP at the end of this 2022 season, truth is that the Japanese factory is steeped in premier-class world championship roadracing, and always will be. Even before the storied Kevin Schwantz era in the early 1990s, Suzuki actually reached the pinnacle of the blue-riband 500cc class world championship in […]

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]]> The Throttle Stop – May 2022: Saturday Morning Cartoons https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/04/27/the-throttle-stop-june-2022-saturday-morning-cartoons/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 07:09:38 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=238883 Now that the dog days of summer are knocking on the horizon, most of the country has awoken from its winter slumber and is getting into the riding season swing. The snow is melting, the bird and bugs are out, and most of the country can start ticking the miles off. Without question, summer is […]

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]]> 2022 MotoGP Brembo Braking Systems Inside Look [8 Fast Facts] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/03/01/2022-motogp-brembo-braking-systems-inside-look-8-fast-facts/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 19:44:32 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=237544 One thing MotoGP racers do is go very fast. Naturally, they also have to decelerate rapidly, and that’s where MotoGP brake suppliers Brembo comes in. Brembo ups the braking ante in MotoGP every year, and 2022 is no exception. Let’s slow down and take a inside look at what’s new, and what’s returning, with the […]

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]]> Jarno Saarinen 50th Anniversary Career Retrospective: The Flying Finn https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/02/07/jarno-saarinen-50th-anniversary-career-retrospective-the-flying-finn/ Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:16:09 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=236971 In the late 1960s, Jarno Saarinen was still a young engineering student in Turku, Finland, but he was also an aspiring motorcycle ice and road racer. Saarinen was doing his own wrenching and tuning, and largely bankrolling his racing out of his own meager resources. Eventually, he got noticed as he won national championships in […]

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