motorcycle Gp news update 2011: Rossi and Hayden enjoying the show

Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden have been the centre of attention at Madonna di Campiglio on Tuesday, the second day of the week-long Ducati event. Watch the attached motogp.com video for an overview of proceedings at the Italian ski resort so far.

Day 1 at the Wrooom MotoGP Press Ski Meeting

The wait was finally over for fans and media alike on Tuesday as Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden both spoke about the forthcoming 2011 season at the Wrooom event at Madonna di Campiglio.
Having arrived at the Italian venue on Monday evening to a frenzied media welcome, the Ducati MotoGP riders met Scuderia Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa as they posed for photographs in front of the waiting press.
On Tuesday morning the Ducati pair held individual press conferences as they fielded questions from the media, and following that motogp.com interviewed both Rossi and Hayden as each discussed the Desmosedici, the forthcoming season and the prospect of working alongside one another in 2011.
In the attached motogp.com video you can view a résumé of events so far at the 21st edition of the Wrooom event, as well as viewing photos of Rossi and Hayden in their 2011 colours in the Latest Photos section of the motogp.com site. On Wednesday the new Desmosedici GP11 will also be presented by Ducati.

Tech 3 Yamaha reveals Ben Spies' MotoGP bike

Having signed with Tech 3 Yamaha for 2010, Ben Spies will run his very first Yamaha MotoGP bike at Valencia during the final round of the MotoGP World Championship and his new team has just come up with this absolutely superb Sterilgarda paintjob for the occasion.

Spies won the 2009 World Superbike Championship for Yamaha, while his best result in MotoGP is a 6th place at Indianapolis in 2008, when he was racing for Suzuki.

Yamaha YZ450 custom turns to racing

The Yamaha YZ450 is one of the best motocross bikes now around and little did we knew it can be adapted to a whole lot of riding conditions and even be turned into a 60’s style café racer if someone’s got the energy to undergo the demanding process of making a fact out of an innovative idea such as the oil-in-frame, just to give an example. The bike also features drilled engine plates and underseat pipe, but you’ll only notice that if you’re interested enough to look beyond the sleek fairing.

It is too bad we don’t have more information about this unique combination of style called YZ450 café racer as it was surely a bright idea and an exciting project.