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*(April 3) Honda has launched its
latest-generation Fireblade and VTR1000SP-2 to the
media at
* (April 3) Ducati has released pictures of its MotoGP contender, which will see some track work this year and a full season in 2003. "Thanks to the freedom our engineers were given in the design of a new bike and a new engine at the same time, we were able to apply the concept of integration to the full", declared Claudio Domenicali, Ducati Corse Managing Director, who is in charge of the MotoGP project. "In particular the engine has been designed in line with the demands of the bike, and everything in function of the position of the rider. The result is a very compact bike, one that has been created around the rider giving him maximum freedom of movement through corners as well as allowing him to take up an extremely aerodynamic straight-line position with minimum physical effort".
* (April 2) Defending American AMA Superbike champion Mat Mladin continues to be restricted by the elbow injury that he sustained at the Daytona 200 three weeks ago, as he begins his belated championship defense at this weekend's (April 6-7) double-header (rounds 2 & 3) of the 2002 AMA Chevy Trucks US Superbike Championship at the new California Speedway in Fontana, California.
* (April 2) Channel 10 has confirmed it has TV rights to the Superbikes for the rest of the season, and MotoGP.
* (April 3) I recently renewed the insurance on my 2001 GSX1300R , it was $1200 with Swann or $825 with Suncorp Metway same insured value, they are new in this market and I don't think that the word is out I have recommended then to a few mates and the feed back is 50/50. On some bikes they are cheaper, on others the same or dearer. Service is always great. Geoffrey Nocher
* (March 28) Australian Yamaha
racer Aaron Gobert, who was seriously injured in
during the Supersport race at Daytona on March 8,
flew to his base in Lake Elsinore, California late
last week. Gobert suffered broken ribs, collapsed
lungs, a broken right leg, right ankle, right collarbone and shoulder blade in
the fall, and with all injuries healing, is reportedly in good spirits. He is
likely to return to racing at the
* (March 28) The Victoria Police force's insane obsession with speeding has ramped up a notch with the reduction of the current 10 per cent margin on speed limits to just three km/h. Soon you'll get nailed for 104 km/h in a 100 zone. This widely condemned move (by the RACV and State Opposition) should prove to be a revenue bonanza for the government, particularly when linked with the upcoming 50 per cent rise in the use of speed cameras.
The Transport Accident Commission, the state-owned third-party insurance monopoly, claims an over all 5kmh drop in traffic speeds will save 100 lives and 1300 injuries a year. A similar piece of fiction was trotted out when 50kmh urban speed limits were introduced and proved to be nonsense. How long will it take for other states to follow suit?
* (March 28) From last weekend: Reigning 250cc Motocross World Champion Mickael Pichon carried his winning momentum on from 2001, when he won 10 out of 14 races, by taking victory in the opening Grand Prix of the season at Valkenswaard in the Netherlands.
* (March 27) MV Agusta's limited-edition F4 Senna
motorcycle is now available and on sale in