Continuing to deliver solid results on the long and massively challenging days of the Dakar Rally, Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Luciano Benavides has finished as seventh quickest on the long, 395-kilometre special on stage eight. Overcoming […]
Week one of the 2022 Dakar Rally is now complete for the Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team with Adrien Van Beveren lying fourth in the provisional classification following a somewhat dangerous, and subsequently shortened, stage […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing have been able to enhance development of their motocross and enduro race engines for 2022 thanks to a collaborative new alliance with BRISK. The Czech company, established in 1935 and […]
The initially planned 404-kilometer special on today’s stage six was set to see the bike class competitors repeat the route used by the cars and trucks yesterday. With the terrain heavily cut up by the […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – January 7. Suzuki teams are on track this weekend in America for the opening round of the 2022 Monster Energy AMA/ FIM World Supercross Championship. The first of 17 rounds […]
The Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team has reached the official rest day of the 2022 Dakar Rally following a week of mixed fortunes for the three-rider squad. Undoubtedly, the impressive form shown by Adrien Van […]
With week one of the 44th Dakar Rally completed in Saudi Arabia, Husqvarna Factory Racing now looks ahead to the second half of the 2022 event, and what are expected to be some of the […]
Saturday at the Dakar gives all competitors a well-earned break from competition, and with the 2022 Dakar Rally challenging competitors right from the start with its long, grueling stages and technical navigation, the Red Bull […]
2022’s first Inspiration Friday: Cyber-Secure Motorcycles is a great read. Cyber crime is on the rise and hackers can not only access your motorcycle’s (car/truck) bluetooth, GPS, Airbag, eCall, remote control key and even an […]
PASO ROBLES, CA – January 5th, 2021 - The oil and additive specialist LIQUI MOLY has agreed to a 3-year deal to be the title sponsor of the Beta USA Race Team starting Jan 1st, 2022. The team will be named Liqui Moly Beta Racing. The team will […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – January 5. Suzuki Motor USA, LLC has announced its premier race teams for the 2022 Supercross season with the Twisted Tea Suzuki and BarX/ Chaparral Suzuki teams returning as racing […]
Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Luciano Benavides has delivered a strong performance on a demanding stage five of the 2022 Dakar Rally to claim a 10th place finish. Continuing to put in strong, consistent stage results, the […]
In what has been a race of huge highs and lows for Danilo Petrucci, the Italian has proven his offroad credentials in no uncertain terms today, winning stage five of the 2022 Dakar in what […]
Offering a serious test of their strength and focus, the longest stage of the Dakar has been successfully completed by all three Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team riders with each posting a positive result. The […]
Delivering his breakout performance at the 2022 Dakar Rally, Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team’s Ross Branch has charged to a second-place finish on a thoroughly challenging stage five, placing just two seconds adrift of the […]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (January 6, 2022) – AMA Pro Hillclimb is pleased to announce a six-race schedule for the 2022 season. Despite being forced to utilize all resources available just to make the 2020 […]
Dakar Rally 2022 – Stage Three Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Toby Price has secured his best stage finish of the 2022 Dakar Rally so far, bringing his KTM 450 RALLY home in an impressive […]
Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team’s Adrien Van Beveren has continued his impressive start to the 2022 Dakar Rally, moving up to second place in the overall provisional classification. The Frenchman secured the eighth-fastest time today […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – January 3. The opening round of the 2022 Monster Energy AMA/ FIM World Supercross Championship gets underway this weekend at Angel Stadium, Anaheim in America. With no races at the […]
Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Skyler Howes continues to put in strong and consistent results at the 2022 Dakar Rally, claiming his second fourth-place stage finish in a row to move himself up to fourth in the […]
SKYLER HOWES FINISHES JUST SIX MINUTES DOWN ON TODAY’S STAGE WINNER TO JUMP TO FIFTH IN THE GENERAL STANDINGS Putting the challenging opening stage of the 2022 Dakar Rally firmly behind him, Husqvarna Factory Racing’s […]
Kicking off the 2022 Dakar Rally with all riders posting strong results, the Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team have safely completed the event’s opening stage. The team’s best result came from Adrien Van Beveren who […]
Unfortunately for Skyler’s teammate Luciano Benavides, the Argentinian saw what began as a positive day’s work come undone mid-way between the refuelling stop and the end of the special stage. One of the first rider […]
Totaling 570 kilometers, day two of the Dakar challenged competitors with a series of tricky-to-navigate fast tracks and open dunes. Navigation, although not as testing as during the event’s opening stage, still caught out many […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – December 31. Rounds 7-12 of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship from the Twisted Tea/ H.E.P. Motorsports and BarX/ Chaparral/ ECSTAR Suzuki teams. Round 7. Washougal, Washington: Max Anstie […]
LUCIANO BENAVIDES AND SKYLER HOWES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ALL FINAL CHECKS AHEAD OF THE TOUGH 12-STAGE EVENT Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Luciano Benavides and Skyler Howes are ready to take on the 2022 Dakar Rally, starting […]
MURRIETA, Calif. – Ahead of the upcoming 2022 AMA Supercross Championship, Husqvarna Motorcycles North America, Inc. and Stephen Westfall have announced that he will step down from the position of manager of the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna […]
With the start of the 2022 Dakar Rally now just hours away, Yamaha Motor Europe are pleased to confirm the entry of three YXZ1000R Prototypes into the world’s most prestigious rally event, prepared and run […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Matthias Walkner, Toby Price, and Kevin Benavides have all successfully completed the first proper day of racing at the 2022 Dakar Rally – a challenging 514 kilometer looped stage from […]
The Land of Oz may not exist but you don’t have to go far over the rainbow for Judy Garland (Dorothy) to declare “Triumph Rockets Thruxtons & Tigers…Oh My!”. A slew of new 2022 Triumph […]
What a Year to be Blue: Yamaha Conquer the World in 2021 Blue was the colour of 2021. Yamaha were crowned world champions in MotoGP, the FIM MX2 World Championship, FIM Superbike World Championship and […]
Celebrating its 44th edition in 2022, this year’s Dakar Rally will be held in the Middle East for the third consecutive year and cover a grueling total distance of 8,106 kilometers. Split into 12 full […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – December 24. As well as the Spanish Superbike Championship he regularly contests, Naomichi Uramoto made an appearance in the Spanish World Superbike and British Superbike Championship rounds in 2021 aboard […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – December 26. Rounds 6-to-9 of the 2021 MotoAmerica AMA Superbike series from the Team Hammer and M4 ECSTAR Suzuki triple championship-winning teams. Suzuki Motor USA and Team Hammer, racing as […]
MXGP and AMA 450SX titles celebrated as Red Bull KTM run wild with the KTM 450 SX-F Two more MotoGP™ Grand Prix wins & domination for the KTM GP Academy in Moto3™ & Moto2™ E2 […]
The New Year means new opportunities, and this is one you don’t want to miss. Join the 2022 YZ bLU cRU FIM Europe Cup and give your child the best chance in motocross! Yamaha Motor […]
Happy Holidays from the Total Motorcycle family! Christmas, parties, socialness, food, friends, family, presents, eggnog, gifts, music, carol singing, being joyous and thankful are all wonderful times to share together that will create long lasting […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – December 23. Yoshimura SERT Motul Team Director Yohei Kato provides an insight into the team’s incredible EWC World Championship-winning 2021 season. The 2021 World Endurance Championship was the first year […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – December 21. There’s been so much to motivate Billee Fuller in the Suzuki New Zealand GIXXER Cup series that it’s not hard to see why she’s become such a motivational […]
The bond between the ambitious DIGA Procross team and the KTM racing department has existed since 2018 as the outfit helped develop a number of riders and Grand Prix talent. Justin Amian’s unit will now […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – December 20. Yoshimura SERT Motul, powered into the second half of the 2021 Endurance World Championship season with a single-minded determination to gain lost ground, and win the coveted EWC […]
One of the most successful riders in rally-raid history, Marc Coma has won the prestigious Dakar Rally five times, all while competing on KTM machinery. The 45-year-old Spanish star also has six FIM Cross-Country Rallies […]
Following on from a highly rewarding season of racing in the 2021 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, the Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team is now ready to take on the 2022 Dakar Rally. With all […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – December 19. In this blog, Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Technical Manager Ken Kawauchi talks development and explains how every action has an opposite reaction. “The 2021 season has come to an […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – December 17. In his 2021 blog, Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Team Director and Project Leader Shinichi Sahara talks the highs and lows of taking on a last-minute job role, and everything […]
It’s Christmas time and who doesn’t love presents, gifts and parties with great friends and good food! Inspiration Friday: Build Your Own BMW is the prefect Christmas inspiration toy gift for any motorcycle or BMW […]
Jerez de la Frontera. In preparation for the 2022 season of the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK), BMW Motorrad Motorsport carried out its first winter test. The two BMW teams – BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team […]
The 2022 Suzuki Hayabusa comes with complimentary Hayabusa Premium Care, which provides your first three scheduled services on us if you purchase by December 31, 2021. This exclusive Suzuki program ends soon, so to take […]
For the 2022 motorbike season, the rider equipment from BMW Motorrad provides the highest-quality workmanship with the latest styling trends. With the Plugged to Life range BMW Motorrad presents practical and stylish products that are […]
München. Ben Young is the winner of the 2021 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy. Born in Scotland but now living in Canada, he scored more Race Trophy points in his races in the Canadian Superbike Championship […]
Team Suzuki Press Office – December 15. Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins reflects on a mixed season which saw him struggle to perform at his optimum level but gave him plenty of food for thought. […]
Luciano Benavides and Skyler Howes will represent Husqvarna Factory Racing at the world’s toughest off-road motorcycle race – the Dakar Rally – with the two-man team set to compete on the new FR 450 Rally. […]
With the opening round of the AMA Supercross Championship just around the corner, the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team is excited to announce its rider lineup for the 2022 race season, which includes a […]
The Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing team heads into 2022 looking to reign supreme in the Monster Energy AMA Supercross 250 class divisional championships. The six-rider lineup boasts a blend of youth and experience with […]
Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing’s Dylan Ferrandis and Eli Tomac are ready for the highly anticipated start of the 2022 Monster Energy AMA Supercross season on January 8 in Anaheim, California. The team has been […]
JOAN MIR BLOG Team Suzuki Press Office – December 14. After the glory of a MotoGP crown, anything less was always going to seem below-par for Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Joan Mir, but the Mallorcan fought […]
More new 2022 Ducati’s… Dreams have no limits and that’s what the new 2022 Ducati Scrambler DesertX, and superbikes Panigale V2, Panigale V2 Bayliss, Panigale V4, andPanigale V4S are all about. The DesertX opens up the […]
San Antonio, TX (December 9, 2021) – VP Racing Fuels, Inc., a global leader in performance fuels, lubricants and additives, announced Thursday that advanced bio-renewable components are available for adaptation with the company’s current race fuel […]
December 10, 2021 — MURRIETA, Calif. Successful four-rider roster returns for new season Riders to campaign 2022 CRF450R, CRF250R During a media event held yesterday at Southern California’s Blackmore Ranch, American Honda presented its 2022 […]
December 13, 2021 — SAN JOSE, Calif. Scientists from Honda Research Institute USA, Inc. (HRI-US) have synthesized atomically thin “nanoribbons” – atomic scale thickness, ribbon-shaped materials – that have broad implications for the future of quantum […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing pay homage to the spirit and personality of their much-loved young motocross star, Rene Hofer, that tragically passed away in a skiing incident in Austria last week. Rene Hofer was […]
It’s Back! The show is on! The buzz is loud! Everyone is excited for the Colorado Motorcycle Expo Coming February 19th and 20th! With over 800 vendors and 20,000 attendees, Colorado Motorcycle Expo is the […]
Yamaha Motor Europe is delighted to announce that EMX250 bronze medalist Rick Elzinga will join fellow EMX250 title challengers Andrea Bonacorsi and Dave Kooiker at the Hutten Metaal Yamaha Official EMX250 team for the 2022 […]
Cooper Webb, Marvin Musquin and Aaron Plessinger will officially debut the all-new KTM 450 SX-F FACTORY EDITION at the Anaheim SX opener on January 8, 2022, while Max Vohland is set to race the KTM […]
Together with the announcement of Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s 2022 off-road racing team lineup, Husqvarna Motorcycles North America, Inc. is pleased to also welcome Anthony DiBasilio as Team Manager of the highly accomplished program. […]
Beta is pleased to announce that Dare DeMartile has signed a two-year deal to race for the Factory Beta USA team. The Lincoln, CA resident raced a partial schedule in 2021 and put Beta on […]
Honda Racing UK, the reigning Pirelli National Superstock Champions has announced an exciting new support package for teams and riders looking to compete in the Pirelli National Superstock Championship aboard the Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP […]
December 7, 2021 — MARYSVILLE, Ohio Honda today released its environmental activities data for North America covering the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 (FY 2021). This marks the 17th consecutive year that Honda has released […]
An early Merry Christmas from Suzuki and Total Motorcycle as we present over 50 new must-see 2022 Suzuki motorcycle models! Plus 16 brand-new Suzuki models you haven’t seen before! New Suzuki sportbikes, street, standard, sport, […]
The entire KTM family is deeply saddened by the terrible news that MX2 factory racer Rene Hofer, along with two of his friends, has passed away following a skiing incident in Austria. KTM would like […]
Competing indoors for the first time since 2018, Mani arrived in Poland nursing a wrist injury, yet nevertheless showed impressive speed inside the Atlas Arena to finish on the podium at the first time of asking. Kicking […]
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Billy Bolt came out swinging at the long-awaited FIM SuperEnduro World Championship opener in Lodz, Poland, earning a deserved overall win and a healthy early championship lead. Quickly reminding everyone […]
KICKSTART YOUR ADVENTURE TO THE UK’S BIGGEST MOTORCYCLE SHOW. The UK’s biggest motorcycle show opens its doors! Motorcycle Live, in association with Bikesure Insurance, returns to The NEC, Birmingham from Saturday 4 – Sunday 12 […]
Did you notice TMW Christmas decorations are up? December…snow, Christmas trees, holly, lights, music, social get-togethers, egg nog, presents, boxing day, midnight masses, ice skating, hot chocolate, it’s time for Inspiration Friday Spread Festive Cheer! […]
1961-70: By a whisper – By Kenneth Olausson After 1960 things looked gloomy for Husqvarna. The R&D department was in idle mode and the factory had given up hope and interest on their motorcycle division. […]
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