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Rainey Rides Yamaha YZR500 At Goodwood Festival Of Speed

Three-time 500cc Grand Prix World Champion and current President of MotoAmerica Wayne Rainey rode his 1992 World Championship-winning Yamaha YZR500 today at the Goodwood...

Three-Time World Champion Taveri To Be Named MotoGP Legend

Luigi Taveri to be named MotoGP™ Legend The three-time World Champion will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Austria Friday, 17 June 2022 Three-time World...

Historic Racebike Illustrations: 1969 MZ 250, In The June Issue

Featured In the June 2022 issue of Roadracing World: After World War II, most of German industry was in ruins, and the DKW motorcycle factory...

USCRA Celebrating 100 Years Of Moto Guzzi June 11-12 At NHMS

2022 Laconia Motorcycle Week Race Event Celebrates 100 years of Moto Guzzi The United States Classic Racing Association, an AMA-affiliated club, is pleased to announce...

AMA Announces 2022 Hall Of Fame Nominees

AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Announces 2022 Nominees Voting to determine the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Class of 2022 is now open PICKERINGTON, Ohio —...

Moto Guzzi: A Tale Of Two 100th Anniversary Celebrations

Editorial Note: Below is a press release issued by Elena Bagnasco, granddaughter of Moto Guzzi co-founder Giorgio Parodi, on the pandemic-delayed Moto Guzzi 100th...

Number 46 Retired From Use In MotoGP

Number 46 retired from MotoGP™ at Mugello The 'Doctor' was in the house for a special ceremony at the Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley Saturday, 28 May...

Max Biaggi Named MotoGP Legend

Max Biaggi becomes a MotoGP™ Legend The four-time World Champion is inducted into the Hall of Fame at Mugello Friday, 27 May 2022 Max Biaggi is now...

Suzuki Celebrates 20 Years Of ATV Manufacturing In America

Suzuki Celebrates 20 Years of ATV Manufacturing in the United States Rome, GA - Suzuki Motor USA, LLC is proud to celebrate 20 years of...

R.I.P. Motorcycle Chassis Designer Sandy Kosman

Famed motorcycle chassis designer and high-performance parts fabricator Sanford "Sandy" Kosman died earlier today, according to DragBike.com. He was 80. In addition to Championship-winning motorcycle...

AHRMA Classic MotoFest Returns To Laguna Seca July 15-17

AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ Returns to Laguna Seca ELORA, TN, May 16, 2022 – The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA), will return to the iconic...

Isle Of Man TT: McGuinness Set For 100th TT Race Start

JOHN MCGUINNESS MBE - LIVING LIFE IN THE FAST LANE AT 50 26 years ago, John McGuinness travelled to the Isle of Man to take...

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Action from a previous RideSmart track day event at Circuit of The America (COTA). Photo by Blair Hart/Hart Photography, courtesy RideSmart.

RideSmart Releases 2026 Schedule

We're happy to announce our 2026 Schedule and our NEW WEBSITE! Registration will open Tuesday, December 9 at 6:00pm CST for the 2026 season.     If you...

Suzuki International Series Delivers The Goods at Taupo

DECEMBER 9, 2025: A massive gathering of motorcycle road-racing’s elite riders assembled in the Bay of Plenty at the weekend to mark the start...
Brian Uriarte (51), Rico Salmela (27) and Haki Danish (13) at Magny-Cours Circuit. Photo courtesy FIM JuniorGP.

MotoJunior: New Support On The Road to MotoGP™

Extra incentives announced for underrepresented territories to increase access from 2026 to 2028. The FIM MotoJunior World Championship has a new programme of incentives for...