Wheelers Blog & News

Former World Supersport podium finisher Robbin Harms is set to make his debut at the 2015 Isle of Man TT Races. The Danish rider will ride for the highly respected TC Racing/DP Coldplaning team, run by former racer Mick Charnock, and will contest the RST Superbike, RL360 Superstock, PokerStars Senior and Monster Energy Supersport Races on >Honda machinery. The 33-year old came to prominence in the cut and thrust arena of the World Supersport Championship, contesting the series on a...

The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team is delighted to announce a two-year collaboration with Abarth in the MotoGP World Championship. The partnership will see Abarth join Movistar Yamaha as an Official Sponsor and Official Car Supplier for the 2015 and 2016 race seasons. The Abarth Scorpion logo will be visible on all team equipment as well as on the nose of the YZR-M1 cowlings of both Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. 2015 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team Promotional Shot As part of the agreement...

Motorsport Aftermarket Group (MAG) today announced the hiring of former Brunswick Boat Group President Andrew Graves as its new Chief Executive Officer. Graves will lead the next phase of integration following the 2014 merger of Tucker Rocky/Biker’s Choice and MAG, and drive the long-term strategy of the combined company. He becomes CEO of MAG effective immediately. “We conducted an extensive national search to find the right CEO for MAG,” says J.A. Lacy, MAG’s Chairman. “Andy understands...

India celebrated the 66th anniversary of the establishment of its constitution and becoming an independent republic this week. U.S. President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama were among the guests of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi present for the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi which included a parade featuring the motorcycle stunt display by India’s Border Security Force.     The BSF’s Janbaz stunt team display incredible balance with as many as 11 people perched...

In the real world, the holy grail of motorcycles exist. These are the bikes we ogle every time we either surf the web, attend a show, or ride past a showroom. Then there are the bikes we could never have, primarily because they were never really built to exist for the average human. One can still dream though... Motorcycles built as concepts (one-offs or just fantasy bikes) give us hope for what someday could be. We've assembled a handful of fantasy bikes that we'd love to see in our own...

In an email titled "Positive Steps, Despite Conditions," the Hero Motorcycles/EBR Racing race team tells of good progress with the team's first testing session of 2015.   You may recognize the name Buell, as Erik was building sport bikes in a partnership with Harley-Davidson using their air-cooled power plants. Erik's been back since leaving H-D, building unique and powerful sport bikes and naked bikes, along with their return to World Superbike racing.   Their primary sponsor is the New...

Beta Motorcycles Press Release: On the other side of the ocean, round two of the FIM SuperEnduro Series kicked off in Germany. During the off-season of the AMA EnduroCross series, riders head overseas to stay in shape and gain further experience racing amongst the best technical riders in the world. Beta USA’s Kyle Redmond joined Giacomo Redondi in Germany to represent Beta on his Factory 300 RR. At the first round, the SuperEnduro promoters served up a track vastly different than the US...

Honda Racing Press Release: Honda Motor Europe has confirmed that John McGuinness and Conor Cummins will once again form a two-man squad for its 2015 road racing campaign with the Honda Racing team. The ‘Morecambe Missile’ and the ‘Ramsey Rocket’ will contest the Superbike and Senior classes at the Isle of Man TT and the Superbike races at the North West 200 aboard the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP. 21-time Isle of Man TT winner McGuinness had a frustrating 2014 season after suffering a...

This past weekend marked the halfway point of the 2015 Dakar Rally. I spoke with Martino Bianchi, general manager of Team HRC, whose riders are first and third, respectively. Joan Barreda has led the overall classification since stage 2. After stage 7, he had a six-minute, 28-second advantage over four-time race-winner Marc Coma (KTM). Barreda’s Honda teammate, Paulo Goncalves, was third, plus 10 minutes, 59 seconds. “We met the first target,” Bianchi said. “We are leading, and all the...

Bell Helmets Press Release: Bell Helmets, an industry leader in helmet technology and innovation, and Pro Circuit Racing, the most winning team in supercross and motocross, today announced a partnership, in which Bell will be the official helmet for the 250 team. “Bell has 60-years of experience innovating powersports and bicycle head protection, plus incredible resources from its sister companies Riddell and Giro, which has culminated into the revolutionary custom-fit technology and...