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Video: Stuman Rides The Kawasaki ZX-4RR At Chuckwalla

Former racer and track day instructor Stu Smith rides and reviews the Kawasaki ZX-4RR and discusses where a 400cc-class inline-Four fits into club racing...

Video: First Ride On A 2007 Ducati 999s Team USA Limited Edition

Racer, coach, CVMA new racer school instructor, and Ducati collector Stuart 'Stuman" Smith recently bought a 2007 Ducati 999s Team USA Edition. Ducati sold...

MotoAmerica’s Weird & Wild Super Hooligans, In the October Issue

Featured in the October Issue of Roadracing World:  A Ducati Streetfighter's Journey from Showroom to Racetrack         Roland Sands is the son of...

Quick Look: Long-Travel 2024 Suzuki GSX-S1000GX+

Featured in the October 2024 Issue of Roadracing World: They Call It A Sport Crossover!         Suzuki has bridged the gap between its...

Quick Look: 2024 Kawasaki Ninja e-1 & Maeving RM1S Electric Bikes

Charging Into Phase Two Of Electric Motorcycling By Michael Gougis “Cool ******* bikes!” the rider on the Suzuki GSX-R shouted at us. He had to shout...

Riding The Husqvarna Svartpilen 401 And Vitpilen 401: Bigger, Better Arrows

What's the same? The piston. That's the way a Husqvarna representative described the differences between the prior Svartpilen/Vitpilen 401 and the new 2024 platform....

Riding The 2024 Yamaha MT-09 SP: A Sharper Hypernaked

I could tell which state I was in on Highway 129 with my eyes closed. The Tennessee side of the Tail of the Dragon...

2024 Yamaha MT-09: A Decade On, Better Than Ever

Yamaha will tell you that the MT-09 is a hyper naked machine. The lack of fairing screams standard. The messaging surrounding tubular handlebars is...

2024 Kawasaki Ninja 500: The Little Ninja Comes Full Circle

Kawasaki's Ninja 400 is one of the best-selling sportbikes in the world, so Kawasaki marketeers and engineers had to tread carefully when they upgraded...

Video: Triumph Daytona 660 Proves The Middleweight Sportbike Is Not Extinct

By Michael Gougis Don't call them supersports or racer-replicas. The new breed of middleweight sportbikes are designed to be accessible, easy to use and affordable...

Intro: Suzuki GSX-8R: Fun, Friendly, SPORTY! In The February Issue

Featured In the February 2024 issue of Roadracing World:         “I was in a room full of North American-based moto-journalists and Suzuki...

Intro: 2024 Harley-Davidson CVO Road Glide ST Is A High-Performance Hog

I kicked the shift lever, slammed the transmission into fourth and cranked the throttle open wide, taking full advantage of the immense amount of...

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Sonya Lloyd at Donington Park. Photo courtesy Sonya Lloyd's website.

WorldWCR: American Lloyd Launched New Website

With the FIM Superbike World Championship and FIM Women’s Circuit Racing Championship nearing the end of their respective summer breaks, American racer Sonya Lloyd...
American Kristian Daniel Jr in Mugello, Italy. Photo courtesy KDJR's social media.

Inside Kristian Daniel Jr’s Wild Mugello Race

American Young racer Kristian “KDJR” Daniel Jr. lit up the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in Mugello with two of his most exciting races...
Dash for cash action shot features Eric Wood (5), Paul Duval (728), Eli Block (9), Ian Beam (340) and the remainder of the field. Photo credit Sam Draiss.

NEMRR: Round 6 Race Results From New Hampshire Speedway

The 2025 NEMRR championship season ended this past weekend of August 23 & 24, the earliest date in the series history. With New Hampshire...
Podium picture, from left to right, with Andrew Irwin, Kyle Ryde and Tommy Bridewell. Photo courtesy BSB.

BSB: Ryde Claims King of the Mountain and Takes Points Lead

Defending champion Kyle Ryde delivered a faultless victory in the third Bennetts British Superbike Championship race at Cadwell Park to take the standings lead...
Sammy Halbert (1) battling with Ondřej Svědík (22) and Santiago Arangio (16) at Scheessel, Germany. Photo credit Jesper Veldhuizen.

FIM Flat Track: American Halbert Wins At Scheessel, Germany

Defending champion Sammy Halbert blasted his way back into contention for the 2025 FIM Flat Track World Championship powered by HKC Koopmann, Anlas, Kineo...