Moto2 is now known for it’s massive grid, it’s wild riding and bashing, it’s pile-ups and Jason DiSalvo probably described it the best after his wild card ride last weekend at Indy when he said: “it’s really like someone pulled the pin on a grenade and threw it in the middle of the pack.”

Most of the forty riders have suffered from some sort of injury during this season and Alex Debon, who will be retiring at the end of the season is probably the best example. Debon will be missing the Misano round after breaking his right collarbone again after being taken out by Vladimir Ivanov during the Moto2 Indy race.

Debon returned to Valencia and underwent a three hour surgery to have a larger titanium plate inserted in his broken collarbone that he fractured during the Assen GP after a contact with Shoya Tomizawa. This is the fourth time that 31 year old Spaniard has broken his collarbone in 10 months.

Vladimir Ivanov will also miss Misano. The Moto2 Team Gresini rider fractured his right tibia and Tatsuya Yamaguchi will sub for the Ukraine rider. The 34 year old Yamaguchi is the official rider for Moriwaki Engineering in the All Japan Superbike, class J-GP2.

Continue reading: Moto2: Alex Debon, Nieto, Tode and Ivanov to miss Misano

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The Marley brothers, sons of reggae legend Bob Marley, recently completed an Africa motorcycle road trip during the 2010 World Cup. Their adventures, called the Marley Africa Road Trip, were filmed by David Alexanian and the Elixir Films crew, who also worked with Ewan McGregor on his Long Way Round and Long Way Down series.

The Marley brothers, Ziggy, Rohan and Robbie, completed their road trip 30 years after Bob Marley’s legendary motorcycle tour through Zimbabwe to celebrate that country’s new found independence. Check out the trailer above of their South African tour and whatever you think, it looks like they were prepared for fun.

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Sporting a one off helmet design for what a rider considers his home race or a special race for the team has almost become de rigueur. This time another comic hero, after Marco Melandri’s Spiderman back in 2002, Jorge Lorenzo’s 2009 Captain America and this year’s Iron Man designs, Moto2 rider Andrea Iannone will be sporting the Incredible Hulk on his Airoh helmet for this weekend’s Misano GP.

Iannone has been one of this year’s biggest revelations in the new Moto2 series and is currently second in the standings with 119 points behind Toni Elias, will be donning this IANNHULK helmet designed by Starline, that matches the unmistakable green livery his Fimmco Speed Up bike.

Continue reading: Moto2: Andrea Iannone to wear 'Incredible Hulk' helmet at Misano

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Japanese female officers make up only 5% of the entire police force, but Japan’s finest does have a very small and all female motorcycle squad dubbed the “Queen Stars”

Check out these lady officers on their customized Honda VFR800’s during a motorcycle drill that was held at Tokyo Motorcycle Show in 2009.

These officers are pretty good, but we still think that the video (after the jump) of the Italian police motorcycle drill team from the ’50s is best thing we’ve ever seen.

Continue reading: The "Queen Stars" Japanese Female Motorcycle Officers

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Alex de Angelis has found a new ride for this weekend’s Moto2 GP at Misano with JiR Racing. De Angelis found himself without saddle after he substituted for the injured Hiroshi Aoyama at Interwetten and after his RSM Scot Racing team decided to skip last week’s Indianapolis round and seems to have folded, at least temporarily, due to financial difficulties.

The Sammarinese will be replacing Yusuke Teshima who was called in after JiR’s very acrimonious and public split with Mattia Pasini (the breach of contract has become a lawyers matter).

De Angelis who has had a torrid 2010 season so far, littered with crashes and injuries, will be partnering Simone Corsi in the team and will be riding a MotoBI chassis.

“I’m happy we found an agreement with the JiR Team for this race in Misano, where I’m at home,” said de Angelis. “Simone Corsi is doing well in the championship, and this makes me guess the machine is a good one. I’m happy also because I already know almost all the team, they are the same technicians with whom I ran in 2006/2007, when I made 20 podiums therefore I feel already at home. Obviously I’ll need to know the machine and get some confidence, but I’ll give all my best as we’re not here to ‘take part’.”

Source | motoblog.it

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The European market will get the 2011 Yamaha X-Max 125 and 250 ABS versions, making scootering options more attractive for city users. The X-Max 125 ABS and X-Max 250 ABS are equipped with Yamha’s electronic brakes system which constantly monitors the wheel speed at both front and rear, guaranteeing rider safety and fast braking in tight situations.

To tart things up a little for the 2011 Yamaha scooters model range, the standard X-Max 125 gets a new Lava Red colour scheme, while the X-Max 250 gets Magnetic Blue.

Continue reading: 2011 Yamaha X-Max 125 and 250 scooters with ABS

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This ‘Warboy 883 XWL’ looks like an original Harley Davidson WL model, but is actually a modern 883 Sportster with WL bodywork. In fact, it’s not easy to see which bike it is under all that paraphernalia, but it certainly has an authentic, vintage look about it. The work done to create this bike includes a 12 volt electrical system, modern lights and brakes, eletronic ignition and, of course, the V-Twin HD engine.

The bike was built by ‘Francis’ (aka Milwaukee Belle) who is a fan of the old 45 models. This has been built as a usable bike with all the old-school style. Cruising along on one of these should certainly turn heads. You can see more from Francis at MilwaukeeBelle.Skyrock.com and after the jump are a couple of videos of the bike in action.

Continue reading: Warboy 883 XWL: Harley Davidson Sportster goes vintage combat

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Right on schedule Triumph has released the third official teaser video of their two new 2011 Adventure motorcycles and this one teases us a little more and reveals more close-up details of the road version just to keep interested and wanting to see both bikes in its entirety.

The next teaser video is scheduled for October 4 and it will be a special clothing and accessories line for the 2011 Adventure.

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It didn’t take Broc Parkes very long to find another ride to finish the season after leaving Echo CRS world superbike team. The Australian will be replacing the very heavily injured Joan Lascorz in the Kawasaki Provec Motocard WSS squad for the final three rounds of the World Supersport championship

Parkes is a six year veteran of the series with five wins and was two times runner-up in 2004 and 2007, and last week tested a Kawasaki ZX-6R at Almeria to get re-accustomed with the bike and here’s what he had to say after the test:

“I rode the bike recently at Almeria and despite the really hot track temperatures we got a lot of good work done and I had a chance to get used to riding the Ninja ZX-6R. I’m really excited about this opportunity to have a team of that calibre give me a chance to ride at the front again. I had a pole and a podium in Germany in 2008, but it is hard to predict how things will be until I get back on the track with the rest of the Supersport guys. I have ridden for most of my career in Europe in Supersport and because of that I have competed against most of the guys who are still racing at the front.”

If you’re wondering how Lascorz is after the horrific crash at Silverstone, we can tell you that he was transfered from the Coventry hospital and taken to the Clinica Universitaria Dexeus in Barcelona, Spain which was made possible by the Catalan RACC Federation.

Continue reading: WSS: Broc Parkes to sub for Joan Lascorz

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That Mika Kallio is having a torrid second year in MotoGP is under the eyes of every racing fan. The Finnish rider who debuted in MotoGP in 2009 in the factory-supported Pramac Ducati satellite team and was the MotoGP Rookie of the Year, has struggled to find form on the more rider friendly GP10 this year.

Kallio with all probability will be dropped by team manager Paolo Campinoti at the end of the season to make room for Loris Capirossi, and rumors have it that Kallio could be picked up by the Moto2 Ajo Motorsport team which runs under the banner of Aeroport de Castello - Ajo.

Veteran rider Alex Debon who currently races for the Spanish team plans to retire at the season and the team is looking for an experienced rider, and Kallio could be on their shopping list to ride next year’s FTR M210 and pair him up with 125cc points leader Marc Marquez who could make the jump to Moto2 next year with very heavy Repsol sponsor backing.

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