We’ve got a fresh Brap Talk motorcycle podcast episode for you, and in it we talk about riding the Ducati Streetfighter V4 and Aprilia Tuareg 660…amongst some other rather hot topics.
John McGuinness is back with the Honda Racing factory team for next year’s road races, alongside teammate Glenn Irwin, riding the new Fireblade.
The latest from the Paddock Pass Podcast is our last WorldSBK show of the year, and it sees the crew looking back on an incredible 2021 season.
Yamaha Motor Europe is making the most out of Toprak Razgatlıoğlu’s WorldSBK Championship title, and they have something special for 21 lucky buyers.
Today is a happy day, as Triumph will finally stop teasing the new 2022 Triumph Tiger 1200 lineup, which has more power and less weight.
Bimota is working on 220hp, hub-center steering, “Tesi” adventure-touring bike. It should be out in two year’s time, and it looks awesome already.
Aprilia has confirmed that Maverick Viñales will be joining the Italian factory for the 2022 MotoGP season, with an option to continue for 2023.
In the FIM Endurance World Championship, the GMT94 Yamaha team is at the top of the heap. The defending champions, GMT94 Yamaha is only 10 points back in the current season from holding the FIM EWC trophy, with only one race remaining. One round is all that the French team has, however, as the GMT94 Yamaha team will be calling it quits after this month’s Suzuka 8-Hours race. Needless to say, this is huge news for motorcycle endurance racing fans. With three world titles under its belt and seventeen FIM EWC race victories on its tally, GMT94 Yamaha will leave the Endurance World Championship for happier hunting grounds in the World Supersport Championship.
Race officials for the Dakar Rally have just released their initial plans for the 2019 edition of the grueling off-road race, and next year Dakar competitors will compete in only one country: Peru. The news is a bit of a shock, since in the past The Dakar has found hosts in multiple South American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, & Chile). But, South America’s hospitality has been on the wane, which leads us to our next bit of news… There is a growing idea that the Dakar Rally could be headed back to Africa for the 2020 edition and onward. Boom goes the dynamite. All of this means that for the first time in The Dakar’s history, the iconic race will be held in only a single country. This is because of the growing austerity movements in Argentina and Chile.
