James LaVitola, a former Hollywood stuntman whose work includes Friday Night Lights, The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift and the first Transformers movie, is attempting to make a movie about motorcycle road racing, oddly titled “Trackdays, The Movie.” However, he’s attempting this without help from the major studios and is need of financial assistance. Continue Reading »
Photo: Brian J. Nelson
Today, AMA Pro Racing officials announced an open request for proposals from ECU manufacturers interested in supplying a standard ECU for the American Superbike class, starting 2014. The manufacturer would also have the opportunity to become an official partner of AMA Pro Racing. Continue Reading »
KTM will enter the three-rider lineup of Sandro Cortese, Arthur Sissis and Danny Kent in the 2012 Moto3 class in the manufacturer’s return to Grand Prix road racing.
The Austrian manufacturer last competed in the World Championship in 2009, racing in the 125cc Grand Prix class. KTM’s return comes as the 125cc class is being replaced with the new 250cc Moto3 class. Cortese, Sissis (pictured above) and Kent will ride KTM’s new Moto3 machine for the Red Bull KTM AJO team, led by Team Manager Aki Ajo.
The Isle of Man TT usually provides a lot of drama, and this year’s event was no different. John McGuinness, second on the all-time TT wins list, added two more wins to his resume to win the Joey Dunlop Trophy while MotoCzysz once again fell just short of taking the bounty for being the first electric motorcycle team to record a 100 mph lap on the Mountain Course.
The 2011 Isle of Man TT also had its share of tragedy with three racing fatalities. Sidecar racer Bill Currie and passenger Kevin Morgan died in an accident during qualifying while Derek Brien was killed in a high-speed crash in the first Supersport race.
The event also featured a parade lap with five-time World Champion Mick Doohan, Ducati MotoGP racer Nicky Hayden, Tech 3 Yamaha MotoGP racer Cal Crutchlow, 2010 Isle of Man TT star Ian Hutchinson, and British Superbike racer Josh Brookes.
Full recap after the jump.
There’s a great series running on Motorcycle.com all about getting you and your motorcycle ready for road racing. If you are interested at all getting out on the track to be just like those MotoGP racers, you have some very interesting reading ahead of you.
The series is very extensive, it starts off with just you and your motorcycle and proceeds all the way to what you should expect, learn, know and bring to the track. Any expenses made are highlighted in each article so you can get an idea just how much it will cost to get you on your way with this addiction. The author, Jeremiah Knupp, took his 2000 Ducati 748 along on this journey.
Here’s 9 handy guides to help you start motorcycle road racing:
Even if you don’t plan on ever getting into road racing, I found the articles to be quite fascinating as to how Jeremiah Knupp (the author) got prepared for his new hobby.
Give the articles a skim at least, there’s some great pictures from photographer Holly Marcus to check out. I’ve included a few shots below that I pulled from some of the photo galleries.
