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Recommended By The Editors: Mat Oxley’s New Book

We highly recommend WINNERS SINNERS GRINNERS, the third collection of Roadracing World MotoGP Editor Mat Oxley's stories about motorcycle racing, following The Fast Stuff...

Ducati Unveils World Champion Replica Panigale V4 Models

Two limited editions of Ducati Panigale V4 celebrate the world titles of Francesco Bagnaia and Álvaro Bautista   The limited series Panigale V4 Bagnaia 2022 World...

BMW Motorrad Announces 100th Anniversary Models

The 2023 BMW R nineT 100 Years and R 18 100 Years Editions Special Heritage editions celebrate 100 Years of BMW Motorrad. Each model...

Barnett Celebrating 75th Anniversary In 2023

Barnett Clutches and Cables 75th Anniversary--1948-2023 Barnett Tool & Engineering is proud to announce that 2023 will be our 75th year of manufacturing the finest...

Ducati Celebrating 2022 World Championships With Public Party

Campioni in Piazza²: the program of the party that on December 15 will celebrate Ducati’s double World Title in Bologna has been presented Claudio Domenicali...

NEMRR Seeking More Sponsors For 100th Loudon Classic

The 100th running of the Loudon Classic, scheduled June 16-18, 2023, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, is shaping up to be an incredible event....

Historic Racebike Illustrations: 1972 Ducati 500GP, In The November Issue

Featured In the November 2022 issue of Roadracing World:           Ducati is a company with racing in its DNA. Racing helped promote...

Team Obsolete Hosting Special Dinner With Agostini Dec. 2 In New York

Join us for an intimate night with 15x world champion Giacomo Agostini. Friday December 2nd Team Obsolete will be hosting a dinner and reception at...

MotoGP: “Marc Marquez ALL IN” Docuseries Starts In February

Editorial Note: Watch a free sneak preview of the series here. Coming soon: Marc Marquez ALL IN Check out the first sneak peek of the eight-time World...

Interview: Jeremy McWilliams, Still Racing & Still Winning At 58

Featured In the November 2022 issue of Roadracing World:           When Valentino Rossi retired from MotoGP at the end of the last...

Interview: Pirelli Racing Manager Giorgio Barbier, In The November Issue

Featured In the November 2022 issue of Roadracing World:         The Ducati factory team dominated the 2003 Superbike World Championship. Champion Neil...

R.I.P. Former Racer Michael Tiberio

Michael A. Tiberio, 68, of Arlington, Virginia, passed peacefully at home on November 12, 2022. Despite surviving Hodgkin’s disease at 17, cancer surfaced once...

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RideSmart, the New Owners of CMRA RideSmart Motorcycle School is excited to announce a new chapter starting in 2026! With the new season upon us,...
Eric Wood (5). Photo credit Sam Draiss.

Black Friday Deals (Updated Again)

(SCROLL DOWN FOR THE LATEST BLACK FRIDAY DEALS ADDED TO THIS POST!)   From a press release issued by Woodcraft Technologies:  This Black Friday, we’re putting riders...

WorldSBK: Official 2026 Entry Lists Include Gerloff & Correa

Editorial Note: Americans Garrett Gerloff and Julian Correa are racing in WorldSBK and Sportbike classes. 2026 entry lists announced: A record 13 manufacturers across WorldSBK,...

WorldSBK: More From Two-Day Jerez Test

Lowes tops the timesheets as Jerez test wraps up ahead of January action As winter testing continues to shape early 2026 preparations, teams and riders...

ASRA Releases 2026 Schedules

ASRA has released its 2026 schedules: