Wheelers Blog & News

Don’t look into a bigger motorcycle until you’ve done the following:   1. Proper gear. Being a squid isn’t doing you any favors. That’s the only thing I did right after I bought the bigger bike—invested in head-to-toe gear to along with it.   2. Parking lot drills. There are advanced track classes I’ve been too where they still stick you in a parking lot prior in order to work on skills like trail braking and counter-steering. It's crucial to constantly work on the basics when you find...

Take an RC390 and drop the displacement to 250CC, change the gear ratios and lower the price. Enter the RC250. Now, do the same thing to the Duke 390 and you have the Duke 250. Designed with the European, Japanese and Indian markets in mind these bikes could be a huge seller in other markets...  but we may not see them there. We also probably won’t see these beauties in the US of A either, but we aren't sure just yet. Introduced at the Tokyo Motor Show [correction: the Tokyo Motorcycle...

Qatar, the first MotoGP race of 2105, was intensely exciting for two reasons: 1) Valentino Rossi won, and 2) both factory Ducatis were restored to full competitiveness, with Andrea Dovizioso finishing only 0.174 seconds behind Rossi and Andrea Iannone coming home only 2.25 sec back in third. This was racing at its best, in which all our expectations are upset and there is complete surprise at the very end. Jorge Lorenzo’s catapult start from 6th on the grid shot him under slower,...

Troy Bayliss, who returned to Superbike racing this year aboard a Ducati 1199R, has ended his fairytale comeback—the Australian announced his retirement from racing following the Thai round at the new Buriram circuit. His qualifying runs in Thailand were a big and positive surprise. He made it to the superpole and finally qualified seventh. After his highly emotional return at Phillip Island, Bayliss had worked out hard to return in better shape, particularly in light of the high...

From a Ducati press release:   Tudor, the famous watch brand, enters the Land of Joy, presenting the most recent version of the Tudor Fastrider at Baselworld, the World Watch and Jewellery Fair which took place in Basel (Switzerland) from March 19 – 26. This new product strengthens – through the Ducati Scrambler brand – the relationship between Tudor and Ducati, which began in 2011.   While creating the Fastrider models, the Style Atelier of Tudor took its inspiration from the Ducati...

KTM Racing Press Release: Red Bull KTM Factory rider Ryan Dungey earned his sixth win of the season at the Edward Jones Dome, stretching his championship lead to 80 points at round thirteen of the Monster Energy Supercross Series, an FIM Championship. Dungey was on fire the whole night, earning a great start in his 450 SX heat. He took that start to lead every lap of the heat race and easily take a win and the top transfer spot in the main event. At the gate drop of the 450 SX main,...

Supercross Media Press Release: For the sixth time this season, Red Bull KTM‘s Ryan Dungey was victorious en route to winning the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race at the Edward Jones Dome in front of 58,552 fans. Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin won his fifth Eastern Regional 250SX Class race, leading all 15 laps of the Main Event. Tonight was the fifth time this season that the Red Bull KTM team swept both classes. BTOSports.com/KTM’s Andrew Short opened the...

Racers ride knowing the risks on the track, motorcyclists ride knowing the risks on the street. Earlier this week that risk took the life of AMA racer Dane Westby. He was involved in a motorcycle accident near his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dane Westby was a rider who got everything he could out of any bike on any given day. His tenacity and unwillingness to give up had earned him the nickname "The Wolverine." He also sported sideburns to match the moniker and looked a bit like the comic book...

Legends and Heroes Tour Press Release: AMA Hall of Famer Jeff Emig will be honored by the Legends And Heroes tour at his “hometown” Supercross race in St. Louis this Saturday. A multi-time champion on the bike, Emig has settled into life after racing as the color commentator for the sport of Supercross, making this weekend’s honors doubly deserved! During the 1990s, Jeff Emig became one of the top personalities on the AMA Motocross and Supercross scene. Always a trendsetter, Emig helped...

Isle of Man TT Press Release: More than 13,500 motorcycles are booked to travel to the 2015 Isle of Man TT with the Steam Packet Company. The figure represents an increase of more than 10% in the number of bookings compared with this time last year. The increase has been made possible by the Steam Packet Company’s investment in a removable mezzanine deck on fast craft Manannan. This has created additional space for motorcycles during the TT and Festival of Motorcycling periods, allowing...