Ducati Island will return at the MotoGP Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas on March 28-30, 2025, in Austin, TX! Join us for the biggest celebration of motorcycle racing and cheer on our two-time World Champion, Francesco Bagnaia, who will be joined by Marc Márquez during his debut as an official Ducati Lenovo rider.
Park your Ducati trackside alongside Ducati Island’s home on the Front Straight overlooking the grid and start/finish line. Cheer on the team from your grandstand seat, take your Ducati for a lap of the Circuit, and enjoy a light “Taste of Italy” sampling of Italian antipasti served by Ducati senior managers.
The Ducati Island Ticket Package Includes:
3-Day Grandstand Ticket in the Main Grandstand or Turn 1
Exclusive Ducati-Only parking at Ducati Island*
Access to Ducati Caffè Hospitality unit for Italian espresso
“Taste of Italy” small plate appetizer of authentic Italian antipasti (Sunday)
Exclusive Ducati-Only Parade Lap (must ride a Ducati to participate)
We Are The Champions: MotoAmerica Twins Cup Champion Alessandro Di Mario
By Paul Carruthers/MotoAmerica.com
Hands down, Alessandro Di Mario has the coolest name in the MotoAmerica paddock. Say it to yourself slowly and let it roll off your tongue… Alessandro Di Mario. The kid could be a gondolier, piloting narrow boats up and down the canals of Venice. Fortunately, however, MotoAmerica has him and Italy does not.
At just 15 (he turned 16 on December 9), Di Mario was already a class champion in MotoAmerica and not in the Junior Cup class. Di Mario is the 2024 MotoAmerica Twins Cup Champion, taking the title in his rookie season in the class and just his second season in the MotoAmerica Championship. The title, however, didn’t come easy for the soft-spoken and modest Di Mario as he had to steal the title from his friend Rocco Landers in the final two races of the season at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas.
So how did this kid get from Italy to Lexington, Kentucky, and from a 10-year-old racing for the first time to a MotoAmerica Champion in just his second season.
Let’s start with the how. Di Mario’s father, Luigi (easily the second-best name in the paddock) got the opportunity with his work to move to America and he jumped at it. Young Alessandro was just 10 when the family picked up and crossed the Atlantic to make their new home in Lexington, Kentucky.
MotoAmerica 2024 Twins Cup Champion Alessandro Di Mario. Photo by Brian J. Nelson/MotoAmerica.
It was there that Di Mario was able to get back to riding and racing motorcycles, something he’d started doing at the tender age of four on a pocketbike in Italy’s CIV series. As a 10-year-old, Di Mario started his U.S. racing career with his debut coming in 2019. Yes, 2019.
Di Mario tasted success almost immediately. In 2022, he won the coveted Nicky Hayden AMA Road Race Horizon Award as well as earning the North America Talent Cup Championship, the now defunct series that used spec Aprilia RS250 SP2s.
When he was old enough, in 2023, Di Mario made the jump to MotoAmerica and its Junior Cup class, where he finished eighth in his rookie season with two podiums and a best finish of second at Pittsburgh International Race Complex. Although his season wasn’t sensational, it was hard not to notice Di Mario – and not just because of his name. He was polite, well-spoken, down to earth… and fast.
Armed with a Rodio Racing – Powered by Robem Engineering Aprilia RS 660, Di Mario’s 2024 campaign started with a fourth and a third at Daytona. At Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Di Mario was third behind Rocco Landers and Rodio Racing teammate Gus Rodio in the dry, but he struggled in the rain of race two, tiptoeing to ninth. It was his worst result of the season.
In race one at Barber Motorsports Park, it rained again. This time Di Mario looked to have the best of the miserable conditions. Right up until the point when he didn’t. Di Mario crashed out of the lead, remounted and finished seventh. The next day he won the first MotoAmerica race of his career. And from there… well, it was nothing but success with four second-place finishes in a row. Unfortunately for Di Mario, Landers won three of those four races, and he led the class rookie in the title chase going into the final round.
The margin? 19 points.
It would have taken a brave soul to bet on Di Mario with a 19-point deficit to Landers. As it turns out, the brave soul would have been a rich brave soul. Di Mario was fast all weekend and he won both races. Landers, who didn’t have to do much to take the title even with Di Mario winning both, surprisingly didn’t do enough. In fact, he sort of snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. As crazy as it sounds, Landers didn’t score a single point in the final two races of the season as he crashed out of both.
Although the points margin was large going into the Texas Showdown, Di Mario took a little from Jim Carrey’s character in the movie Dumb And Dumber “So you’re telling me there’s a chance…”
Alessandro Di Mario (27) leads Rossi Moor (92) and Rocco Landers (97) in the Twins Cup finale at COTA. Photo by Brian J. Nelson/MotoAmerica.New Twins Cup Champion Alessandro De Mario on the podium with Rossi Moor (left) and Dominic Doyle (right) after the final Twins Cup race of 2024, at COTA. Photo by Brian J. Nelson/MotoAmerica.
“Honestly, yes, I thought I had a chance,” Di Mario, a high school Junior, said. “I made one mistake (in the title chase) and that’s why I was behind him, so I was like, ‘he hasn’t made a mistake yet.’ I thought he might make a mistake in the last round so I was pretty confident. I just knew I had to win both races and I knew it was going to be hard, but I couldn’t control any of that. I was just going out there to go as fast as possible and try to win both races. What he did was up to him.”
Alessandro Di Mario on the podium with team owner Kevin Rodio. Photo by Brian J. Nelson/MotoAmerica.
The best weekend of his life?
“It’s probably up there as one of my best weekends,” Di Mario said. “It’s up there with Barber because I love Barber, and I got my first win there.”
If you’re not sure how young 15 is, think of it this way: 19-year-old Rocco Landers is actually a hero to Di Mario.
“I met Rocco when I was racing WERA and I would go to watch MotoAmerica and I was like, ‘I’m going to be like those kids one day.’ I was watching Rocco, and I was like, ‘this guy is faaassst.’ When I met him, I was like, ‘whoa… Rocco Landers.’ It was like Valentino Rossi.’ ”
And Landers is also a Di Mario fan.
“Even at Barber when I was trying to win and I think he didn’t know if he had the pace, he told me that if he didn’t win it, he would be happy that I did,” Di Mario said. “At the time I was like third or fourth in the championship, so I didn’t matter that much.”
For a 15-year-old, Di Mario has a good grasp of the history of the sport he is now a champion of. At the final Twins Cup round at COTA, Di Mario was spotted with his parents stargazing at 1993 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz. Di Mario was waved over and had his photo taken with the Texan. And he was in heaven.
“For as long as I can remember, I’ve been watching the races,” Di Mario said. “Since I was like four. I’ve watched everything and since then, on YouTube, I’ve really just watched everything… any type of racing I would watch for hours. Just watching races. People like that… I mean it’s Kevin Schwantz so it’s like an idol.”
Di Mario obviously has a bright future ahead of him and if he has his druthers, he will make the move to the Supersport class in 2025.
“I’d like to go to Supersport next year because the level is really high,” Di Mario said. “If you can battle with those guys… well, the faster the guys you race with, the faster you get.”
Professional racers Brandon Paasch and Gus Rodio, long-time friends who both run #96 in MotoAmerica Superbike and Twins Cup, respectively, have teamed up to hold 96 Academy Supermoto Camps in Florida. Paasch, who has won the Daytona 200 twice and also won the 2024 AMA Supermoto Championship when not racing with MotoAmerica, and Rodio are partners and instruct at the camps, which Paasch calls “the Supermoto experience.”
Rental bikes are available at 96 Academy events. 96 Academy photo.
The camps will be held at Bushnell Motorsports Park in Bushnell, Florida with two rental bikes available per school and a maximum of four students per school.
The 2025 dates are:
January 11-12
January 25-26
February 8-9
February 15-16
March 22-23
To get more information or make a reservation, [email protected] or @96academy on Instagram.
Brandon Paasch (96) sliding a Supermoto Suzuki during a 96 Academy camp. 96 Academy photo.
At the end of the 2024 season, things were starting to click for American Mallory Dobbs. Six straight top-10 finishes in the inaugural World Women’s Circuit Racing series gave her the confidence that she needed after a tough start to the season. Dobbs, a former club racer and MotoAmerica Supersport competitor, said the 12 races over six rounds in Europe were a learning experience, a challenge, and something she can’t wait to do again.
Mallory Dobbs in the World Women’s Circuit Racing paddock at Jerez. Photo by Michael Gougis.
“It’s been really cool, for me, to get a chance to race in Europe that I would never have gotten otherwise,” Dobbs said in the paddock at the season-ending round in Jerez.
Crashes and disappointing finishes marked the early part of the season. Dobbs retired from four of the first eight races, and most of her finishes were 15th or lower.
“It’s been a tough season. We’ve been taken out a couple of times. I’ve had a couple of small crashes on my own. It’s been a really big learning experience – the bike type, all these racetracks I’ve never been to before, new countries, new languages, new team, all of that. All the new things thrown at me all at one time. So it’s been a challenge. The results aren’t as good as I wanted them to be,” Dobbs says.
“But at the end of the season, we’ve been ramping up, getting better results, clicking off some top-10s, just kind of working our way up. That definitely brings up the confidence a bit for next year.”
Dobbs was thrown into the deep end. Not only was she learning to race the spec Yamaha YZF-R7 that the series uses, she was visiting tracks that she’d never turned a wheel on. And her competition was quick. She was up against racers like Supersport300 World Champion and WWCR World Champion (and former Moto3 and Moto2 racer) Ana Carrasco and Moto3, Supersport 300 and MotoE competitor Maria Herrera. And teams like Forward Racing, which has been in the MotoGP paddock for years, and Evan Brothers Racing, former Supersport World Champions.
Mallory Dobbs (14) leads Jessica Howden (52) in Jerez. Photo by Michael Gougis.
Dobbs was chasing pace from the start and building consistency into it, as grid position turned out to be critical.
“I was learning a racetrack, not really getting a lot of ride time. We get 25 minutes of practice before we go out to qualify. And you’ve gotta do good in qualifying, because if you don’t, you’re in mid-pack, and there’s a lot of different ranges of experience, and that’s where you get taken out. Getting out in the front (in qualifying) is almost the more important race of the weekend, right? Getting the Superpole session well.
“When you’re learning a racetrack that you’ve never been to before, it’s hard to do that, especially when some of these girls have been riding all winter. Some of these girls and their teams have been testing since October.”
After four round-trip flights across the Atlantic and six straight weeks in Europe, Dobbs was ready to head back home to Washington state. And she said she was applying to race in the series next season.
“The best thing about this series is that it is giving an opportunity for women across the world to showcase their skills. Obviously, a lot of the Spanish girls have a lot of pace and are really talented. But we’re also seeing girls race from other countries, and without this, you would never see or hear about them otherwise.
“It’s the biggest thing I’ve ever done in my racing career, and it’s definitely been the hardest, but I’ve learned so much about me as a racer, and as a team manager and rider – it’s been good.”
(These videos are best when watched on a smart phone)
Watch Video #1 of OG rocking on her Strider here: IMG_4525
Watch Video #2 of OG rocking on her Strider here: IMG_4526
BABY ON A STRIDER, PART 3
By Anne Roberts Barnes
Wow! We’ve just celebrated one whole year with our girl, Olivia Grace Barnes,a.k.a. OG. She’s growing by leaps and bounds, impressing us every day! In the previous (Part 2) Strider story, Olivia had just begun to pull-to-stand, stand on her own for about 30 seconds, cruise around the house by holding onto furniture, and seemed to understand some cause-and-effect while playing with her Strider bike.
The change from a 10-month-old to our now 12-month-old has been drastic, to say the least. OG still considers her Strider bike (with rocking base) as one of her favorite toys. It’s an item that seems to grow with her as she passes through different stages of development, which is really neat, because we haven’t even taken it off the base yet! It’s truly a gift that keeps giving.
Olivia’s pull-to-stand has now become a thing of the past. These days, she just gets up from a crouching position with perfect balance, not needing to hold onto anything. Two months ago, she could stand by herself for a short time. Now, I can’t get her to sit down and stop moving if I try! The cruising she had just mastered in the last update has turned into full-on walking and running. Lastly, her realization of cause and effect while playing with her bike months ago is now very clear, as she keeps going back to the bike to bang, rock, push… over and over and over again.
Since the last update, she went through a funny phase of trying to eat or lick the bike, which had me scratching my head and chuckling a bit. Thankfully, this was a VERY short period of time and only lasted a few days. The neat textures that she was previously exploring with her hands apparently needed to be explored with her mouth. I watched her closely to monitor her safety and let her investigate and explore the bike however she felt she needed to. I’m glad that after a few licks and chomps, she completed her investigation and was back to having fun with the Strider normally again!
Without a doubt, Olivia knows she is supposed to get up onto the bike, just like mom and dad put her up onto the seat. She had started to lift her leg a few months ago in attempt to step up, but now, she will step up onto the rocking base or onto the swing arm. She can’t mount the bike on her own yet, but I’m thinking that will come in the next few months.
One big change is that OG can now “rock” the bike on her own while sitting on the seat. I put the word “rock” in quotes, because she isn’t truly rocking back and forth yet, but she knows that if she pushes, pulls, and jerks on the handlebars, the bike will wiggle around underneath her and she thinks that’s pretty funny. Sometimes, she looks like she’s imitating a dirt track rider, as she scoots way back on the seat, crouches down, and tucks in tight during her rocking.
Before becoming a parent, I told myself that I’d never be over-protective. Speaking of that…as covered in Part 2, we had put zip ties on the wheels to keep them from turning while the bike was on the rocker base. After a few months of watching OG play with the bike and while talking with some fellow Strider parents, I came to a realization: While we had good intentions when we zip-tied the wheels, it really wasn’t the best thing to do!
Just like the concept of training wheels, having the zip ties on the wheels sent a wrong message to Olivia, namely, that the wheels don’t turn. Someday, we are going to take the Strider off its rocking base and she will have to un-learn that concept, since the wheels actually DO turn. We put the zip-ties on the wheels because the wheels were slightly rotating when she grabbed them to stand up with. But, she eventually learned that the wheels weren’t a great place to hold onto anyways and she stopped using them to hold onto for stability.
I want OG to learn to be a problem-solver and I believe that children learn to be that way through trial and error in a lot of different circumstances. She is learning. And if she happens to plop down on her little bottom a few times while learning, that’s OK! This was a nice lesson for me as well. I saw that when I cut the zip-ties off, backed up, watched while she (safely) was permitted to make a few mistakes and stumble a few times, she did grasp the concept and found a better way to pull herself up or balance while holding the bike.
Parenting truly does get more and more fun each week as I see Olivia figuring out her world. I’m very proud of her. She’s a strong and active little girl and has such a sweet personality. I take her to the town park each week where a lot of local families go to play. She seems to be doing a lot of things the slightly older kids are doing, which makes me think that her time spent with her yellow Strider Bike has done her a ton of good and has propelled her ahead with what we call her “spidey-skills.” Her balance and perception seem incredible for such a young child.
As we enter into the Holiday Season, I’m not sure we can find a gift that would top how she feels about her bike (her ball popper toy is a close second). I hope many other kids will get Striders, too! We’re looking forward to getting out to the park on ours once she can scoot around on it when it’s off the rocker base. I’m excited to see the reactions of the other local kids and parents we’ve met!
Thanks for reading, Happy Holidays, and we’ll touch base again when the next cluster of milestones comes. Bye for now!
The Texas-based Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association (CMRA) has released its 2025 race schedule, featuring 8 Rounds, 5 Venues, and 7 Track Configurations. The series starts at MSR Houston in February and concludes at Eagles Canyon Raceway in October.
2025 CMRA SEASON SCHEDULE UPDATED AND CONFIRMED
2/14-16 MSR Houston, Angleton TX (3 day)
3/22-23 Hallett Motor Racing Circuit, Hallett OK (2 day)
Walter Walker, Director of Competition, Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association (CMRA),
Phone: 254-717-6848, Email: [email protected], 5900 Franklin Ave., Unit 36, Waco, TX 76710
Pirelli announces the arrival in 2025 of two new tires that will enrich their already wide offering of motorcycle ranges: the DIABLO POWERCRUISER and the new SCORPION MX32 MID SOFT.
DIABLO POWERCRUISER represents the completely new Custom-Touring line of Pirelli high-performance tires designed specifically for selected models of sport Cruiser and Bagger machines. With DIABLO POWERCRUISER, Pirelli targets owners of the new Cruiser and Bagger V-Twin, bikes characterized by searing acceleration and fun to ride, which have become more high-performing over time in terms of torque output and handling. These machines are aimed at customizers who combine aesthetic research with performance tuning, and who are therefore looking for a tire capable of adding high performance and sportiness to their creations.
DIABLO POWERCRUISER is entirely part of the DIABLO family of sports products because it fully embodies Pirelli’s sporting DNA, combining it with the free spirit of the custom world. Thanks to its sporty behavior, in terms of grip and handling, this tire allows you to make the most of the potential of the most muscular custom bikes, offering stability in acceleration, braking, and cornering, even at high speeds, and plenty of grip even on wet surfaces, all combined with supplying mileage in line with tires that belong to this segment.
The new DIABLO POWERCRUISER boasts a slick shoulder to improve dry performance. In the central part of the tread pattern, there is the iconic Flash design typical of Pirelli sports products. The new tires will be available from March 2025 in the main sizes popular for American baggers and cruisers.
The new SCORPION MX32 MID SOFT is the successor to Pirelli’s most successful motocross tire in the FIM Motocross World Championship, a discipline in which the brand has won 82 world titles since 1980 thanks to the successes achieved with riders such as Stefan Everts, Antonio Cairoli, André Malherbe, Eric Geboers, Jöel Smets, David Thorpe, Jeffrey Herlings, Romain Febvre, Tim Gajser, and Jorge Prado. It has been developed thanks to Pirelli’s decades of experience in top motocross competition and is completely new compared to its predecessor. The new front tire improves braking behavior and facilitates cornering; the rear offers even more traction for the holeshot and exiting corners. Finally, the new SCORPION MX32 MID SOFT also improves versatility on medium-hard terrain.
The new SCORPION MX32 MID SOFT will make its official debut in the next Motocross World Championship, equipping the bikes of some of the greatest riders of this Championship and, like all Pirelli racing tires, will also be available for purchase by all motorcycle fans of this discipline.
Both DIABLO POWERCRUISER and the new SCORPION MX32 MID SOFT use a new technology that allows the sidewalls to have high-contrast lettering for better readability and, in the case of the new motocross tire, there is also a yellow Pirelli label to allow the product to be identified very quickly on the racetrack.
SportRiderCoaching has partnered with the US Motorcycle Coaching Association to certify all their coaches and contribute to the motorcycle community with coaching dedicated to creating a love and passion for our sport.
An extra special thanks to our partners there including Mark Wilson and Lindsey Scheltema for making this happen, and running a fantastic organization dedicated to the development of motorcycle coaching!
Read more about this partnership from SportRiderCoaching owner, Jim Dugger: “My first goal was to further professionalize our organization and motorcycle coaching as a practice generally. Increasingly, we see the sport attracting a more established clientele in addition to the younger audience classically associated with riding on the track. It made good business sense to invest in our coaches and communicate to our student riders that they can expect a coach with a known baseline of skills, certifications and background.
“I wanted to further make coaching something one could do without unnecessary risk to themselves personally. The group insurance program within the USMCA certification umbrella is ideal for our organization, providing the individual coverage that makes sense given our program is mostly 1-on-1 and 2-on-1 format coaching, where common large-event insurance products aren’t well suited.
“For SportRiderCoaching, the USMCA is the perfect partner. There’s plenty of flexibility in the methodology a certified coach applies to instruction – so a coach can be a coach – but there’s also a baseline – a known quantity that having the certification provides. Our customers know their coach has demonstrated commitment to the sport beyond just showing up on a track day. SRC prides itself on a high-quality experience for the student rider, and a great coach is central to that goal. ”
Carmel, Calif. – Carmel’s premier motorcycle celebration returns to The Quail Golf Club as The Quail MotoFest on Saturday, May 17, 2025. The newly rebranded event will celebrate life on two wheels with more than 200 vintage and modern bikes on display, as well as live music, lifestyle vendors, a dedicated children’s area and diverse food and beverage options in a festival-like atmosphere.
Three featured classes will recognize significant motorcycle brands and anniversaries: Italian Innovation by Bimota, Tribute to Yoshimura, and Celebrating 45 Years of the BMW GS.
Engineering excellence will take the spotlight at next year’s event with the Italian Innovation by Bimota class. Globally recognized for its advanced engineering, lightweight frames and trailblazing spirit, Bimota has customized top models for some of the biggest motorcycle manufacturers, including Suzuki, Honda and Kawasaki. Bimota has also produced several popular models of its own, including the Tesi H2, BB3, DB1 and YB4 EI.
The Tribute to Yoshimura class will highlight Yoshimura’s long-standing dedication to high-performance motorcycles and racing. Founded by Hideo “Pops” Yoshimura in 1954, the company has set the gold standard for engine tuning and parts for the motorcycle industry, including industry-leading aftermarket exhausts, such as the famous 4-into-1 pipe for the Kawasaki Z1. Yoshimura has also had a significant presence in motorsport. The Yoshimura Suzuki Road Race Team and Team Yoshimura Suzuki motocross and supercross teams have won more than 30 AMA, WORCS and GNCC titles.
Celebrating 45 years since its creation, the BMW GS is known for its versatility, comfort and off-road capabilities and has set the benchmark for adventure motorcycles worldwide. The GS name comes from the German phrase “Gelände/StraBe,” meaning “terrain/street,” and the iconic bike can be distinguished from other BMW models by its upright riding position, longer travel suspension and larger front wheel. BMW continues to define the adventure touring segment, with millions of GS models delivered across the globe.
“Over the last 15 years, The Quail MotoFest has become an annual staple for motorcycle fans on the West Coast,” said Courtney Ferrante, director of The Peninsula Signature Events, The Quail. “The reimagined event combines exceptional and rare motorcycles coupled with something for the entire family to enjoy.”
In addition to the featured classes, The Quail MotoFest will also include 10 traditional classes, including American, British, Italian, Other European, Japanese, Competition On Road, Competition Off Road, Antique, Custom/Modified and Choppers.
The festivities get underway with The Quail Ride on Friday, May 16. Participants will depart from The Quail Golf Club on a 100-mile journey through the back roads of the stunning Monterey Peninsula, including parade laps around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, a midday lunch and an evening dinner. Vintage and modern motorcycles are welcome, but limited spots are available.
The Quail is currently accepting entrant applications for the event. Tickets to The Quail MotoFest will be available in January 2025. For more information or to inquire about entering a bike in the show, visit www.peninsula.com/en/signature-events and follow the action on Facebook and Instagram @TheQuailEvents.
MV Agusta issued this open letter to address the upcoming sale of a 51% stake in MV Agusta by KTM AG:
Dear customers and MV Agusta enthusiasts,
Looking with pride at what 2024 has been for MV Agusta, we are already working on what 2025 and the years ahead will bring.
We want to involve you by sharing accurate information and the company’s results. First, it’s important to know that all decisions, development, and operations related to MV Agusta happen in Varese. Between 2023 and 2024, 60% of the company’s management has been renewed with the addition of new professionals from the motorcycle and automotive sectors, both Italian and international. This strategy has made MV Agusta completely independent in all its operations.
The MV Agusta Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro. Photo courtesy MV Agusta.
Regarding the product, every phase happens internally: from initial design and briefing definitions to the development of prototypes at any level, all the way to industrialization and production. All these steps take place exclusively in Varese and at our Centro Stile MV Agusta.
All of this makes MV Agusta a reality that can proudly claim to be truly Made-In-Italy. Commercial operations are also entirely based in Varese: sales, after-sales, customer service, and marketing are directly managed from the headquarters.
With 4,000 motorcycles sold in 2024, an annual growth of 116%, by July we had already reached the same sales volume as all of 2023. The test ride requests received in October 2024 alone equaled the total number of requests received in the entire previous year. Deliveries of the Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro started three weeks after the official launch in July 2024, and fewer than 20 bikes are still available at Official Dealers.
Currently, the network consists of 219 points of sale, including 41 service points, with an additional 20 non-European importers, aiming to reach 250 dealers by the end of 2025. Just in the last week, we inaugurated two beautiful new dealerships in Como, Italy and Montpellier, France.
As for spare parts, there is 99% availability for models produced in the last seven years, and this year the company recorded a historic high in spare parts sold. All motorcycles produced in Varese and their spare parts are stored in logistics hubs located in Austria for the European market, in the United States for the Americas, in Japan, and in Australia for Asia, from where they are distributed to the sales network worldwide.
In 2024, we introduced 9 new models, and the development work for the new generation of motorcycles is proceeding as planned. It will be a completely new, innovative range, designed to be at the top of the reference segments. Something no one outside the company has yet seen.
The people who made these results possible will remain in Varese, and nothing will change regarding business operations, as the ownership has never interfered with them.
The current situation of the shareholding structure is still being defined, with shareholders working together to determine the future corporate structure, aiming to ensure that MV Agusta continues to grow and reach the heights it deserves.
The entire MV Agusta team thanks you for your support and trust, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Ducati riders on the front straight at Circuit of The Americas. Photo courtesy Ducati.
Ducati Island will return at the MotoGP Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas on March 28-30, 2025, in Austin, TX! Join us for the biggest celebration of motorcycle racing and cheer on our two-time World Champion, Francesco Bagnaia, who will be joined by Marc Márquez during his debut as an official Ducati Lenovo rider.
Park your Ducati trackside alongside Ducati Island’s home on the Front Straight overlooking the grid and start/finish line. Cheer on the team from your grandstand seat, take your Ducati for a lap of the Circuit, and enjoy a light “Taste of Italy” sampling of Italian antipasti served by Ducati senior managers.
The Ducati Island Ticket Package Includes:
3-Day Grandstand Ticket in the Main Grandstand or Turn 1
Exclusive Ducati-Only parking at Ducati Island*
Access to Ducati Caffè Hospitality unit for Italian espresso
“Taste of Italy” small plate appetizer of authentic Italian antipasti (Sunday)
Exclusive Ducati-Only Parade Lap (must ride a Ducati to participate)
MotoAmerica 2024 Twins Cup Champion Alessandro Di Mario. photo by Brian J. Nelson/MotoAmerica.
We Are The Champions: MotoAmerica Twins Cup Champion Alessandro Di Mario
By Paul Carruthers/MotoAmerica.com
Hands down, Alessandro Di Mario has the coolest name in the MotoAmerica paddock. Say it to yourself slowly and let it roll off your tongue… Alessandro Di Mario. The kid could be a gondolier, piloting narrow boats up and down the canals of Venice. Fortunately, however, MotoAmerica has him and Italy does not.
At just 15 (he turned 16 on December 9), Di Mario was already a class champion in MotoAmerica and not in the Junior Cup class. Di Mario is the 2024 MotoAmerica Twins Cup Champion, taking the title in his rookie season in the class and just his second season in the MotoAmerica Championship. The title, however, didn’t come easy for the soft-spoken and modest Di Mario as he had to steal the title from his friend Rocco Landers in the final two races of the season at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas.
So how did this kid get from Italy to Lexington, Kentucky, and from a 10-year-old racing for the first time to a MotoAmerica Champion in just his second season.
Let’s start with the how. Di Mario’s father, Luigi (easily the second-best name in the paddock) got the opportunity with his work to move to America and he jumped at it. Young Alessandro was just 10 when the family picked up and crossed the Atlantic to make their new home in Lexington, Kentucky.
MotoAmerica 2024 Twins Cup Champion Alessandro Di Mario. Photo by Brian J. Nelson/MotoAmerica.
It was there that Di Mario was able to get back to riding and racing motorcycles, something he’d started doing at the tender age of four on a pocketbike in Italy’s CIV series. As a 10-year-old, Di Mario started his U.S. racing career with his debut coming in 2019. Yes, 2019.
Di Mario tasted success almost immediately. In 2022, he won the coveted Nicky Hayden AMA Road Race Horizon Award as well as earning the North America Talent Cup Championship, the now defunct series that used spec Aprilia RS250 SP2s.
When he was old enough, in 2023, Di Mario made the jump to MotoAmerica and its Junior Cup class, where he finished eighth in his rookie season with two podiums and a best finish of second at Pittsburgh International Race Complex. Although his season wasn’t sensational, it was hard not to notice Di Mario – and not just because of his name. He was polite, well-spoken, down to earth… and fast.
Armed with a Rodio Racing – Powered by Robem Engineering Aprilia RS 660, Di Mario’s 2024 campaign started with a fourth and a third at Daytona. At Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Di Mario was third behind Rocco Landers and Rodio Racing teammate Gus Rodio in the dry, but he struggled in the rain of race two, tiptoeing to ninth. It was his worst result of the season.
In race one at Barber Motorsports Park, it rained again. This time Di Mario looked to have the best of the miserable conditions. Right up until the point when he didn’t. Di Mario crashed out of the lead, remounted and finished seventh. The next day he won the first MotoAmerica race of his career. And from there… well, it was nothing but success with four second-place finishes in a row. Unfortunately for Di Mario, Landers won three of those four races, and he led the class rookie in the title chase going into the final round.
The margin? 19 points.
It would have taken a brave soul to bet on Di Mario with a 19-point deficit to Landers. As it turns out, the brave soul would have been a rich brave soul. Di Mario was fast all weekend and he won both races. Landers, who didn’t have to do much to take the title even with Di Mario winning both, surprisingly didn’t do enough. In fact, he sort of snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. As crazy as it sounds, Landers didn’t score a single point in the final two races of the season as he crashed out of both.
Although the points margin was large going into the Texas Showdown, Di Mario took a little from Jim Carrey’s character in the movie Dumb And Dumber “So you’re telling me there’s a chance…”
Alessandro Di Mario (27) leads Rossi Moor (92) and Rocco Landers (97) in the Twins Cup finale at COTA. Photo by Brian J. Nelson/MotoAmerica.New Twins Cup Champion Alessandro De Mario on the podium with Rossi Moor (left) and Dominic Doyle (right) after the final Twins Cup race of 2024, at COTA. Photo by Brian J. Nelson/MotoAmerica.
“Honestly, yes, I thought I had a chance,” Di Mario, a high school Junior, said. “I made one mistake (in the title chase) and that’s why I was behind him, so I was like, ‘he hasn’t made a mistake yet.’ I thought he might make a mistake in the last round so I was pretty confident. I just knew I had to win both races and I knew it was going to be hard, but I couldn’t control any of that. I was just going out there to go as fast as possible and try to win both races. What he did was up to him.”
Alessandro Di Mario on the podium with team owner Kevin Rodio. Photo by Brian J. Nelson/MotoAmerica.
The best weekend of his life?
“It’s probably up there as one of my best weekends,” Di Mario said. “It’s up there with Barber because I love Barber, and I got my first win there.”
If you’re not sure how young 15 is, think of it this way: 19-year-old Rocco Landers is actually a hero to Di Mario.
“I met Rocco when I was racing WERA and I would go to watch MotoAmerica and I was like, ‘I’m going to be like those kids one day.’ I was watching Rocco, and I was like, ‘this guy is faaassst.’ When I met him, I was like, ‘whoa… Rocco Landers.’ It was like Valentino Rossi.’ ”
And Landers is also a Di Mario fan.
“Even at Barber when I was trying to win and I think he didn’t know if he had the pace, he told me that if he didn’t win it, he would be happy that I did,” Di Mario said. “At the time I was like third or fourth in the championship, so I didn’t matter that much.”
For a 15-year-old, Di Mario has a good grasp of the history of the sport he is now a champion of. At the final Twins Cup round at COTA, Di Mario was spotted with his parents stargazing at 1993 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz. Di Mario was waved over and had his photo taken with the Texan. And he was in heaven.
“For as long as I can remember, I’ve been watching the races,” Di Mario said. “Since I was like four. I’ve watched everything and since then, on YouTube, I’ve really just watched everything… any type of racing I would watch for hours. Just watching races. People like that… I mean it’s Kevin Schwantz so it’s like an idol.”
Di Mario obviously has a bright future ahead of him and if he has his druthers, he will make the move to the Supersport class in 2025.
“I’d like to go to Supersport next year because the level is really high,” Di Mario said. “If you can battle with those guys… well, the faster the guys you race with, the faster you get.”
Gus Rodio (96) in action during a 96 Academy Supermoto Camp. 96 Academy photo.
Professional racers Brandon Paasch and Gus Rodio, long-time friends who both run #96 in MotoAmerica Superbike and Twins Cup, respectively, have teamed up to hold 96 Academy Supermoto Camps in Florida. Paasch, who has won the Daytona 200 twice and also won the 2024 AMA Supermoto Championship when not racing with MotoAmerica, and Rodio are partners and instruct at the camps, which Paasch calls “the Supermoto experience.”
Rental bikes are available at 96 Academy events. 96 Academy photo.
The camps will be held at Bushnell Motorsports Park in Bushnell, Florida with two rental bikes available per school and a maximum of four students per school.
The 2025 dates are:
January 11-12
January 25-26
February 8-9
February 15-16
March 22-23
To get more information or make a reservation, [email protected] or @96academy on Instagram.
Brandon Paasch (96) sliding a Supermoto Suzuki during a 96 Academy camp. 96 Academy photo.
American Mallory Dobbs (14). Photo by Michael Gougis.
At the end of the 2024 season, things were starting to click for American Mallory Dobbs. Six straight top-10 finishes in the inaugural World Women’s Circuit Racing series gave her the confidence that she needed after a tough start to the season. Dobbs, a former club racer and MotoAmerica Supersport competitor, said the 12 races over six rounds in Europe were a learning experience, a challenge, and something she can’t wait to do again.
Mallory Dobbs in the World Women’s Circuit Racing paddock at Jerez. Photo by Michael Gougis.
“It’s been really cool, for me, to get a chance to race in Europe that I would never have gotten otherwise,” Dobbs said in the paddock at the season-ending round in Jerez.
Crashes and disappointing finishes marked the early part of the season. Dobbs retired from four of the first eight races, and most of her finishes were 15th or lower.
“It’s been a tough season. We’ve been taken out a couple of times. I’ve had a couple of small crashes on my own. It’s been a really big learning experience – the bike type, all these racetracks I’ve never been to before, new countries, new languages, new team, all of that. All the new things thrown at me all at one time. So it’s been a challenge. The results aren’t as good as I wanted them to be,” Dobbs says.
“But at the end of the season, we’ve been ramping up, getting better results, clicking off some top-10s, just kind of working our way up. That definitely brings up the confidence a bit for next year.”
Dobbs was thrown into the deep end. Not only was she learning to race the spec Yamaha YZF-R7 that the series uses, she was visiting tracks that she’d never turned a wheel on. And her competition was quick. She was up against racers like Supersport300 World Champion and WWCR World Champion (and former Moto3 and Moto2 racer) Ana Carrasco and Moto3, Supersport 300 and MotoE competitor Maria Herrera. And teams like Forward Racing, which has been in the MotoGP paddock for years, and Evan Brothers Racing, former Supersport World Champions.
Mallory Dobbs (14) leads Jessica Howden (52) in Jerez. Photo by Michael Gougis.
Dobbs was chasing pace from the start and building consistency into it, as grid position turned out to be critical.
“I was learning a racetrack, not really getting a lot of ride time. We get 25 minutes of practice before we go out to qualify. And you’ve gotta do good in qualifying, because if you don’t, you’re in mid-pack, and there’s a lot of different ranges of experience, and that’s where you get taken out. Getting out in the front (in qualifying) is almost the more important race of the weekend, right? Getting the Superpole session well.
“When you’re learning a racetrack that you’ve never been to before, it’s hard to do that, especially when some of these girls have been riding all winter. Some of these girls and their teams have been testing since October.”
After four round-trip flights across the Atlantic and six straight weeks in Europe, Dobbs was ready to head back home to Washington state. And she said she was applying to race in the series next season.
“The best thing about this series is that it is giving an opportunity for women across the world to showcase their skills. Obviously, a lot of the Spanish girls have a lot of pace and are really talented. But we’re also seeing girls race from other countries, and without this, you would never see or hear about them otherwise.
“It’s the biggest thing I’ve ever done in my racing career, and it’s definitely been the hardest, but I’ve learned so much about me as a racer, and as a team manager and rider – it’s been good.”
Olivia Grace "OG" Barnes and her Strider balance bike on its rocker base. Photo by Anne Barnes.
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Watch Video #1 of OG rocking on her Strider here: IMG_4525
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BABY ON A STRIDER, PART 3
By Anne Roberts Barnes
Wow! We’ve just celebrated one whole year with our girl, Olivia Grace Barnes,a.k.a. OG. She’s growing by leaps and bounds, impressing us every day! In the previous (Part 2) Strider story, Olivia had just begun to pull-to-stand, stand on her own for about 30 seconds, cruise around the house by holding onto furniture, and seemed to understand some cause-and-effect while playing with her Strider bike.
The change from a 10-month-old to our now 12-month-old has been drastic, to say the least. OG still considers her Strider bike (with rocking base) as one of her favorite toys. It’s an item that seems to grow with her as she passes through different stages of development, which is really neat, because we haven’t even taken it off the base yet! It’s truly a gift that keeps giving.
Olivia’s pull-to-stand has now become a thing of the past. These days, she just gets up from a crouching position with perfect balance, not needing to hold onto anything. Two months ago, she could stand by herself for a short time. Now, I can’t get her to sit down and stop moving if I try! The cruising she had just mastered in the last update has turned into full-on walking and running. Lastly, her realization of cause and effect while playing with her bike months ago is now very clear, as she keeps going back to the bike to bang, rock, push… over and over and over again.
Since the last update, she went through a funny phase of trying to eat or lick the bike, which had me scratching my head and chuckling a bit. Thankfully, this was a VERY short period of time and only lasted a few days. The neat textures that she was previously exploring with her hands apparently needed to be explored with her mouth. I watched her closely to monitor her safety and let her investigate and explore the bike however she felt she needed to. I’m glad that after a few licks and chomps, she completed her investigation and was back to having fun with the Strider normally again!
Without a doubt, Olivia knows she is supposed to get up onto the bike, just like mom and dad put her up onto the seat. She had started to lift her leg a few months ago in attempt to step up, but now, she will step up onto the rocking base or onto the swing arm. She can’t mount the bike on her own yet, but I’m thinking that will come in the next few months.
One big change is that OG can now “rock” the bike on her own while sitting on the seat. I put the word “rock” in quotes, because she isn’t truly rocking back and forth yet, but she knows that if she pushes, pulls, and jerks on the handlebars, the bike will wiggle around underneath her and she thinks that’s pretty funny. Sometimes, she looks like she’s imitating a dirt track rider, as she scoots way back on the seat, crouches down, and tucks in tight during her rocking.
Before becoming a parent, I told myself that I’d never be over-protective. Speaking of that…as covered in Part 2, we had put zip ties on the wheels to keep them from turning while the bike was on the rocker base. After a few months of watching OG play with the bike and while talking with some fellow Strider parents, I came to a realization: While we had good intentions when we zip-tied the wheels, it really wasn’t the best thing to do!
Just like the concept of training wheels, having the zip ties on the wheels sent a wrong message to Olivia, namely, that the wheels don’t turn. Someday, we are going to take the Strider off its rocking base and she will have to un-learn that concept, since the wheels actually DO turn. We put the zip-ties on the wheels because the wheels were slightly rotating when she grabbed them to stand up with. But, she eventually learned that the wheels weren’t a great place to hold onto anyways and she stopped using them to hold onto for stability.
I want OG to learn to be a problem-solver and I believe that children learn to be that way through trial and error in a lot of different circumstances. She is learning. And if she happens to plop down on her little bottom a few times while learning, that’s OK! This was a nice lesson for me as well. I saw that when I cut the zip-ties off, backed up, watched while she (safely) was permitted to make a few mistakes and stumble a few times, she did grasp the concept and found a better way to pull herself up or balance while holding the bike.
Parenting truly does get more and more fun each week as I see Olivia figuring out her world. I’m very proud of her. She’s a strong and active little girl and has such a sweet personality. I take her to the town park each week where a lot of local families go to play. She seems to be doing a lot of things the slightly older kids are doing, which makes me think that her time spent with her yellow Strider Bike has done her a ton of good and has propelled her ahead with what we call her “spidey-skills.” Her balance and perception seem incredible for such a young child.
As we enter into the Holiday Season, I’m not sure we can find a gift that would top how she feels about her bike (her ball popper toy is a close second). I hope many other kids will get Striders, too! We’re looking forward to getting out to the park on ours once she can scoot around on it when it’s off the rocker base. I’m excited to see the reactions of the other local kids and parents we’ve met!
Thanks for reading, Happy Holidays, and we’ll touch base again when the next cluster of milestones comes. Bye for now!
Ryan Max Johnson (96) leads Kyle Coles (149) and Alan Philips (1) at Eagles Canyon Raceway during the 2024 CMRA season. Photo by David Gillen, dgillenphoto.com/courtesy CMRA.
The Texas-based Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association (CMRA) has released its 2025 race schedule, featuring 8 Rounds, 5 Venues, and 7 Track Configurations. The series starts at MSR Houston in February and concludes at Eagles Canyon Raceway in October.
2025 CMRA SEASON SCHEDULE UPDATED AND CONFIRMED
2/14-16 MSR Houston, Angleton TX (3 day)
3/22-23 Hallett Motor Racing Circuit, Hallett OK (2 day)
Walter Walker, Director of Competition, Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association (CMRA),
Phone: 254-717-6848, Email: [email protected], 5900 Franklin Ave., Unit 36, Waco, TX 76710
The new Pirelli Diablo Powercruiser tire. Photo courtesy Pirelli.
Pirelli announces the arrival in 2025 of two new tires that will enrich their already wide offering of motorcycle ranges: the DIABLO POWERCRUISER and the new SCORPION MX32 MID SOFT.
DIABLO POWERCRUISER represents the completely new Custom-Touring line of Pirelli high-performance tires designed specifically for selected models of sport Cruiser and Bagger machines. With DIABLO POWERCRUISER, Pirelli targets owners of the new Cruiser and Bagger V-Twin, bikes characterized by searing acceleration and fun to ride, which have become more high-performing over time in terms of torque output and handling. These machines are aimed at customizers who combine aesthetic research with performance tuning, and who are therefore looking for a tire capable of adding high performance and sportiness to their creations.
DIABLO POWERCRUISER is entirely part of the DIABLO family of sports products because it fully embodies Pirelli’s sporting DNA, combining it with the free spirit of the custom world. Thanks to its sporty behavior, in terms of grip and handling, this tire allows you to make the most of the potential of the most muscular custom bikes, offering stability in acceleration, braking, and cornering, even at high speeds, and plenty of grip even on wet surfaces, all combined with supplying mileage in line with tires that belong to this segment.
The new DIABLO POWERCRUISER boasts a slick shoulder to improve dry performance. In the central part of the tread pattern, there is the iconic Flash design typical of Pirelli sports products. The new tires will be available from March 2025 in the main sizes popular for American baggers and cruisers.
The new SCORPION MX32 MID SOFT is the successor to Pirelli’s most successful motocross tire in the FIM Motocross World Championship, a discipline in which the brand has won 82 world titles since 1980 thanks to the successes achieved with riders such as Stefan Everts, Antonio Cairoli, André Malherbe, Eric Geboers, Jöel Smets, David Thorpe, Jeffrey Herlings, Romain Febvre, Tim Gajser, and Jorge Prado. It has been developed thanks to Pirelli’s decades of experience in top motocross competition and is completely new compared to its predecessor. The new front tire improves braking behavior and facilitates cornering; the rear offers even more traction for the holeshot and exiting corners. Finally, the new SCORPION MX32 MID SOFT also improves versatility on medium-hard terrain.
The new SCORPION MX32 MID SOFT will make its official debut in the next Motocross World Championship, equipping the bikes of some of the greatest riders of this Championship and, like all Pirelli racing tires, will also be available for purchase by all motorcycle fans of this discipline.
Both DIABLO POWERCRUISER and the new SCORPION MX32 MID SOFT use a new technology that allows the sidewalls to have high-contrast lettering for better readability and, in the case of the new motocross tire, there is also a yellow Pirelli label to allow the product to be identified very quickly on the racetrack.
SportRiderCoaching has partnered with the US Motorcycle Coaching Association (USMCA) to certify its coaches, seen here.
SportRiderCoaching has partnered with the US Motorcycle Coaching Association to certify all their coaches and contribute to the motorcycle community with coaching dedicated to creating a love and passion for our sport.
An extra special thanks to our partners there including Mark Wilson and Lindsey Scheltema for making this happen, and running a fantastic organization dedicated to the development of motorcycle coaching!
Read more about this partnership from SportRiderCoaching owner, Jim Dugger: “My first goal was to further professionalize our organization and motorcycle coaching as a practice generally. Increasingly, we see the sport attracting a more established clientele in addition to the younger audience classically associated with riding on the track. It made good business sense to invest in our coaches and communicate to our student riders that they can expect a coach with a known baseline of skills, certifications and background.
“I wanted to further make coaching something one could do without unnecessary risk to themselves personally. The group insurance program within the USMCA certification umbrella is ideal for our organization, providing the individual coverage that makes sense given our program is mostly 1-on-1 and 2-on-1 format coaching, where common large-event insurance products aren’t well suited.
“For SportRiderCoaching, the USMCA is the perfect partner. There’s plenty of flexibility in the methodology a certified coach applies to instruction – so a coach can be a coach – but there’s also a baseline – a known quantity that having the certification provides. Our customers know their coach has demonstrated commitment to the sport beyond just showing up on a track day. SRC prides itself on a high-quality experience for the student rider, and a great coach is central to that goal. ”
Previously The Quail Motorcycle Gathering, the curated motorcycle event will celebrate Bimota, Yoshimura and the BMW GS in a festival-like setting made for the entire family.
Carmel, Calif. – Carmel’s premier motorcycle celebration returns to The Quail Golf Club as The Quail MotoFest on Saturday, May 17, 2025. The newly rebranded event will celebrate life on two wheels with more than 200 vintage and modern bikes on display, as well as live music, lifestyle vendors, a dedicated children’s area and diverse food and beverage options in a festival-like atmosphere.
Three featured classes will recognize significant motorcycle brands and anniversaries: Italian Innovation by Bimota, Tribute to Yoshimura, and Celebrating 45 Years of the BMW GS.
Engineering excellence will take the spotlight at next year’s event with the Italian Innovation by Bimota class. Globally recognized for its advanced engineering, lightweight frames and trailblazing spirit, Bimota has customized top models for some of the biggest motorcycle manufacturers, including Suzuki, Honda and Kawasaki. Bimota has also produced several popular models of its own, including the Tesi H2, BB3, DB1 and YB4 EI.
The Tribute to Yoshimura class will highlight Yoshimura’s long-standing dedication to high-performance motorcycles and racing. Founded by Hideo “Pops” Yoshimura in 1954, the company has set the gold standard for engine tuning and parts for the motorcycle industry, including industry-leading aftermarket exhausts, such as the famous 4-into-1 pipe for the Kawasaki Z1. Yoshimura has also had a significant presence in motorsport. The Yoshimura Suzuki Road Race Team and Team Yoshimura Suzuki motocross and supercross teams have won more than 30 AMA, WORCS and GNCC titles.
Celebrating 45 years since its creation, the BMW GS is known for its versatility, comfort and off-road capabilities and has set the benchmark for adventure motorcycles worldwide. The GS name comes from the German phrase “Gelände/StraBe,” meaning “terrain/street,” and the iconic bike can be distinguished from other BMW models by its upright riding position, longer travel suspension and larger front wheel. BMW continues to define the adventure touring segment, with millions of GS models delivered across the globe.
“Over the last 15 years, The Quail MotoFest has become an annual staple for motorcycle fans on the West Coast,” said Courtney Ferrante, director of The Peninsula Signature Events, The Quail. “The reimagined event combines exceptional and rare motorcycles coupled with something for the entire family to enjoy.”
In addition to the featured classes, The Quail MotoFest will also include 10 traditional classes, including American, British, Italian, Other European, Japanese, Competition On Road, Competition Off Road, Antique, Custom/Modified and Choppers.
The festivities get underway with The Quail Ride on Friday, May 16. Participants will depart from The Quail Golf Club on a 100-mile journey through the back roads of the stunning Monterey Peninsula, including parade laps around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, a midday lunch and an evening dinner. Vintage and modern motorcycles are welcome, but limited spots are available.
The Quail is currently accepting entrant applications for the event. Tickets to The Quail MotoFest will be available in January 2025. For more information or to inquire about entering a bike in the show, visit www.peninsula.com/en/signature-events and follow the action on Facebook and Instagram @TheQuailEvents.
A 2025 MV Agusta Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro at rest. Photo courtesy MV Agusta.
MV Agusta issued this open letter to address the upcoming sale of a 51% stake in MV Agusta by KTM AG:
Dear customers and MV Agusta enthusiasts,
Looking with pride at what 2024 has been for MV Agusta, we are already working on what 2025 and the years ahead will bring.
We want to involve you by sharing accurate information and the company’s results. First, it’s important to know that all decisions, development, and operations related to MV Agusta happen in Varese. Between 2023 and 2024, 60% of the company’s management has been renewed with the addition of new professionals from the motorcycle and automotive sectors, both Italian and international. This strategy has made MV Agusta completely independent in all its operations.
The MV Agusta Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro. Photo courtesy MV Agusta.
Regarding the product, every phase happens internally: from initial design and briefing definitions to the development of prototypes at any level, all the way to industrialization and production. All these steps take place exclusively in Varese and at our Centro Stile MV Agusta.
All of this makes MV Agusta a reality that can proudly claim to be truly Made-In-Italy. Commercial operations are also entirely based in Varese: sales, after-sales, customer service, and marketing are directly managed from the headquarters.
With 4,000 motorcycles sold in 2024, an annual growth of 116%, by July we had already reached the same sales volume as all of 2023. The test ride requests received in October 2024 alone equaled the total number of requests received in the entire previous year. Deliveries of the Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro started three weeks after the official launch in July 2024, and fewer than 20 bikes are still available at Official Dealers.
Currently, the network consists of 219 points of sale, including 41 service points, with an additional 20 non-European importers, aiming to reach 250 dealers by the end of 2025. Just in the last week, we inaugurated two beautiful new dealerships in Como, Italy and Montpellier, France.
As for spare parts, there is 99% availability for models produced in the last seven years, and this year the company recorded a historic high in spare parts sold. All motorcycles produced in Varese and their spare parts are stored in logistics hubs located in Austria for the European market, in the United States for the Americas, in Japan, and in Australia for Asia, from where they are distributed to the sales network worldwide.
In 2024, we introduced 9 new models, and the development work for the new generation of motorcycles is proceeding as planned. It will be a completely new, innovative range, designed to be at the top of the reference segments. Something no one outside the company has yet seen.
The people who made these results possible will remain in Varese, and nothing will change regarding business operations, as the ownership has never interfered with them.
The current situation of the shareholding structure is still being defined, with shareholders working together to determine the future corporate structure, aiming to ensure that MV Agusta continues to grow and reach the heights it deserves.
The entire MV Agusta team thanks you for your support and trust, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
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as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments
Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over seven different coloring options.
Animations – person with epilepsy can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
Browser and assistive technology compatibility
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Notes, comments, and feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to
