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POPULAR ROADS: THE TRANSFAGARASAN

Copyright: Camil Ghircoias Licence: CC BY NC ND 2.0 The Transfagarasan road is located in Romania and connects the Arges valley with the Olt valley and passes the Fagaras mountains. The Transfagarasan ist part of the 151 kilome...

POPULAR ROADS: SEEBERG PASS (AUT/SLO)

The Seeberg pass connects the Austrian state Carinthia and the Slovenian region Oberkrain. The pass street has a maximum ascent of 10% and leads through the village Bad Eisenkappel up to the pass at 1215 meters above sealevel. Due to it's ...

MASTERS OF DIRT – HIGHER, FURTHER, HIGHER, HIGHER…

Their aim since 2003: organize and create the craziest and most stunning motocross show in the world. Hard to achieve but the guys from „Masters of Dirt“ definitely nailed it. One year ago they had a stunning show at the Wörthersee stadium i...

LOOKING FOR THE IDEAL RETRO JET HELMET

Always the same. The winter term here in Austria lasts too long. Much too long. It feels like I've seen every bike related YouTube video twice. So, what to do now? Buying my new motorcycle is still two weeks away. Maybe time for some accesso...

SUZUKI VANVAN – RETURN OF A FUNBIKE

Copyright: Suzuki After all, Suzuki decided to relaunch their fun bike VanVan this year. What do we think about that? It’s great. The sight of a Suzuki VanVan always made us smile. And to be honest, we always wanted to drive one of t...

PERFECT START IN THE FIRST FREE PRACTICE GP OF QATAR

Copyright: Yamaha Motor Under the scenic floodlights of Qatar’s Losail International Circuit, Yamaha Movistar’s team racers Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi finished the first free practice as first and second. Only Lorenzo (LT:...

PORTRAIT: MARC MARQUEZ

Copyright: Jared Earle Lizenz: CC BY NC ND 2.0 If you are awarded one of the major sport prizes at the age of 21 - that`s pretty awesome - or you are Mark Marquez. Besides, Valentino Rossi won this price twice. Sounds cruel? Tende...

GALLERY: YAMAHA YARD BUILT – VMAX ‘CS_07 Gasoline’

Copyright: Yamaha The monocoque masters from Portugal are back to kick off 2016 in style with their third Yard Built project, based on the legendary Yamaha VMAX. The Portuguese duo from Oporto, Alexandre Santos and Osvaldo Coutinho,...

MXGP 2016 – SEASON OPENING IN KATAR

Copyright: HONDA This weekend, the opening round of the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship took place in Losail, Qatar. 19 year old Tim Gajser (Honda) dominates the fastest class, the MXGP and wrote history as the youngest ever to...

PORTRAIT: VALENTINO „THE GOAT“ ROSSI

Copyright: motoracerreports Licence: CC BY 3.0 The „Dottore“ is not a real doctor? Just because Italians are as focused on titles as we Austrians are? Nope, Valentino Rossi is a real doctor, the University of Urbino gave him that ...