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Sakakura Retires After 43 Years At Yoshimura

Longtime industry figure Don Sakakura has retired from his role as President of Yoshimura Racing LLC, ending a 43-year career with Yoshimura. Sakakura started working...

AHRMA: Tickets Now Available For Classic MotoFest Of Monterey

Tickets Now Available for AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ of Monterey  (January 3, 2023, Knoxville, Tennessee) Spectator tickets are now on sale for one of the most...

Historic Racebike Illustrations: Classic Race Engines IX, Plus Racing in the ’70s in the UK

Featured In the December 2022 issue of Roadracing World:         "This is a description of road racing in the UK during the...

MotoGP: Suzuki Produces Final Online Fan Magazine

SUZUKI MOTOGP FINAL ONLINE BOOK FOR FANS Team Suzuki ECSTAR have published a final online book for fans as the team steps away from the...

Ducati World Champion Replicas Sell Out Within Two Hours

Editorial Note: The price for the Ducati Panigale V4 2022 World Champion Replicas was $63,000 USD each. Panigale V4 2022 World Champion Replica: all available...

Harley-Davidson Announcing 2023 Motorcycle Lineup Jan. 18

HARLEY-DAVIDSON TO KICK OFF 120TH CELEBRATION YEAR ON JANUARY 18 H-D.com to Host New 2023 Motorcycles and Harley-Davidson® Homecoming™ Details MILWAUKEE – On January 18, 2023, Harley-Davidson...

Ducati Celebrates “Perfect Season” In Bologna (Includes Video)

Bologna and Piazza Maggiore turn red to celebrate Ducati's perfect season: Bagnaia and Bautista "Campioni in Piazza²" Many fans in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna for...

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...

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The headquarters building at Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. in Japan. Photo courtesy Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

Yamaha Moving U.S. Headquarters From California To Georgia

Announcement Concerning the Relocation of Our U.S. Subsidiary and the Sale of Fixed Assets Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) has decided to relocate its...

MotoGP: More From Sunday at Buriram

More from a press release issued by Aprilia Racing: Marco Bezzecchi and Aprilia Racing dominate Buriram season opener race. The first full-length race of the 2026...

Triumph Unveils New Triple Trophy Prize Bikes

Triumph unveils the Triumph Triple Trophy prize bike for 2026 at the opening round of Moto2™ in Thailand; the #001 Triumph Street Triple...

Moto4 Asia Cup: Paige Brothers Finish 9th & 17th at Buriram

In the second race of the Moto4 Asia Cup at the PT Grand Prix of Thailand, 15-year-old MotoAmerica Twins Cup racer Bodie Paige finished...

Supercross: Results From Daytona, Florida

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It was a historic night inside The World Center of Racing for Round 8 of the 2026 Monster Energy SMX World...