Category: Ridder

Energica, an Italian manufacturer of electric bikes, has established a reputation as the sole supplier for the MotoE series. Its high-performance Ego and Eva models have made Energica a household name. With this year’s Explorer adventure motorcycle, they leapt into the limelight even further. There are signs that Energica will soon release a machine powered by a 180 horsepower…

Although it seems like yesterday, there was a time when 750cc Inline-fours and 1,000cc Twins ruled Superbike racing. The era’s peak was in the ’90s and the early 2000s. This was before World Superbike increased the limit on fours from 750cc to 1,000cc, and before Ducati began asking for incremental concessions in order to stay competitive. Ducati won eight of the 10 championships…

In the late ’80s to early ’90s, manufacturers of motorcycles racing in World Superbike and AMA Superbike and British Superbike homologated specific bikes to comply with the “production rules”. This meant that if their racebikes had unique parts or geometry, they were required to produce a few extra racebikes. It was the era that saw…

Rain races are a blessing for some riders (the -rain specialists and the regenmeisters rain specialists), but a disaster for others. Rain Can bring about chaos: poor visibility, reduced grip and possibly the risk of wet/dry mixing. Buriram, Thailand was a gift for MotoGP’s recognized rain men– Miguel Oliveira won by 0.730 seconds over Jack Miller(Ducati), with Johann Zarco fourth. Francesco Bagnaia, another Ducati,…

The 2022 MotoGP championship chase was once again thrown into chaos when former series leader Fabio Qartararo(Yamaha), made a braking mistake on lap four at Phillip Island. This set off a series of events that saw him lose the points. The new point leader Francesco Bagnaia finished third, 0.224 seconds down on surprise winner Alex Rins(Suzuki), with still-recovering Marc Marquez from Honda in second….

The Miss Scarlet Solution Journalism has abandoned the discussion of actual racing with the championship closing so quickly. Instead, they speculate pointlessly about who feels how much tension. This is “Pepto Bismol reporting.” However, all these riders have been racing since childhood. They all know the truth. The only way to move forward is to concentrate…

Realists know that 2021 MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo didn’t have a chance to renew his title. He had to win the final race and his rival Francesco Bagnaia had had to finish 14th. Quartararo qualified fourth and Bagnaia was very fast so Bagnaia had to finish well. Meanwhile, in an outstanding but championship-irrelevant last ride on his Suzuki (who…

Spanish rider was ahead of Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu on Friday’s combined class. Friday highlights – WorldSBKP1 – Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) “Today, basically we tried to understand and have some reference with a Ducati. Also, in FP1, today’s goal was to just put rubber on the track. The track was a bit better in the afternoon. Practice was inconsistent…