MORE Afternoon Moto News - Yamaha Celebrates & Bonhams Vintage European Auction

Yamaha Motor Company has released some videos to celebrate their 2009 racing season. Champions Ben Spies, Cal Crutchlow, Tony Cairoli and James Stewart and their race machines are featured in these highlight videos from last season. Yamaha has a way with these things and they are well worth watching.

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At the Bonhams sale of An Important European Collection of Pioneer, Vintage and Collectors’ Motorcycles at the RAF Museum, Hendon on 27 February 2010, a selection of small and some strange European motorcycles will be auctioned. They will have everything there from a three-seater 1937 Böhmerland 603cc Langtouren all the way to a "penny farthing" - which is a converted bicycle. For more information, please take the link.

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Saturday Evening Moto News - James Stewart & Hopper

It turns out that the injury which James Stewart took at the Phoenix AMA Supercross round. The x-rays missed a broken bone in his hand, but an MRI picked it up. So, he must undergo surgery soon and Dr. Arthur Ting, well-known sports surgeon, completed the surgery on Friday. Stewart could be out for six weeks!

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It is FINALLY official; John Hopkins has signed with Team Hammer to campaign their M4 Monster Suzuki GSX-R1000. He has done it a few times before, and the field is much more limited than usual. It looks like Hopper will pick up another Championship in Daytona SportBike - could happen, right?

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Sunday Afternoon Moto News - Jordan Szoke & Anaheim Supercross

Canadian Superbike racer Jordan Szoke has been chosen as Motorcycle Racer of the Year in the Inside Track Readers' Choice Awards. It's no wonder as he won his fourth straight championship last year, and he is on his way to getting another in 2010. Go and check it out...

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And, we have results from the AMA Supercross round at Anaheim this weekend. It is Anaheim 2 as there are two events at the same location. Suzuki-mounted Ryan Dungey took victory in this event and is slowly cementing his name on the Supercross Championship as one of the best. Yamaha man James Stewart finished in third, with Josh Hill taking the second position.

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More Sunday Afternoon Moto News - Supercross Results

After waiting a little longer than I thought, we have results from yesterday's Phoenix round of the AMA Supercross. Ryan Dungey captured his first ever Supercross win at the event and Jake Weimer took his second consecutive AMA Supercross Lites Western Regional victory. James Stewart crashed hard in a heat race, but still came back and won his last chance heat race to get a start in the main. The 2010 season is shaping up to be a very hard fought competition between some of the best off-road racers in the world - don't miss another round or you will be sorry!

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It's Sunday Morning, Do You Know Where the News Is? Right Here!

We will start with some racing news coming out of FB Corse - the new MotoGP entrant who may or may not have signed John Hopkins to ride for them - who have made it official that they will be participating at the 17 March Qatar test this year. They will also have a test during the February Sepang test, but they will stay closer to their engineering base while testing - so, Europe. We should have an official unveiling of the team on 21 January 2010. For more, take the link.

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Next we have news of Anaheim 1 - the return of AMA Supercross for 2010. James Stewart has taken the first win in the Supercross class. Unfortunately, Chad Reed had to leave the race after a big crash damaged his front wheel too much to continue. In the Supercross Lites class (West), Kawasaki’s Jake Weimer took victory. For more, take the link...

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And, in other AMA Supercross news, Monster Energy has renewed as the title sponsor for the event. It is a multi-year agreement which will see Monster's logo everywhere at every event on the calendar.

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Friday Morning Moto News - Racing News - Part 3

In other news, the FIM has released more updates to the rules for the 2010 MotoGP season. The two areas of concern are the practice schedule and the medical code. For the changes themselves, please take the link.


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From the world of off-road racing - specifically motocross and supercross - we have an interview with the incredible James Stewart. He is certainly a well-known athlete all across the world, and he did visit many places during the off-season to give those fans a chance to meet him. Well, how is he doing? What are his plans for 2010? Well, take a look at the interview and find out!

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In that same vein is an interview with another Supercross star, Chad Reed. The Australian will be on the Monster Energy Kawasaki team in 2010 with teammate Ryan Villopoto. Reed has been on fire recently, taking the Australian Supercross championship and winning the AMA Outdoor Nationals title. It is shaping up to be a good year for Reed, so Stewart needs to look out!

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Your Tuesday Moto News Part 1 - Drink the Coffee and Sit Back!

Yep, we have plenty of news this morning, though it is still just crawling in from around the 'Net.

First we hear of a new sponsorship deal between James Stewart, Ryan Dungey and Nike. According to Road Racer X, Stewart and Dungey will be sporting Nike motocross boots during the 2010 Supercross and Motocross events. The debut will be this coming weekend's Anaheim Supercross in California.

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Now, if you are looking for Rally Dakar information, you have come to the right place. I have several stories, some with only one link where you can read to your heart's content with racing news. In that vein, I will give you the first link; the article which you will immediately face has the results from the Stage 3 motorcycle event and the overall ranking as of that stage. Below that piece, though, you will see some 20 other articles which go into much more detail, so click away and read!

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More results and some news: http://tinyurl.com/ybhahu4

Much more detail via MotorcycleUSA and a great map as well. This link is well worth taking if you really want a good look at the Stage 3 results in the motorbike category: http://tinyurl.com/ya8f4jy

Stage 3 of the Rally Dakar was not very kind to Canada's riders, and they have a video! http://tinyurl.com/y9zw8k2

For Rally Dakar, that is it for this morning. See the next post for moto racing news...

Results from 2009 Bercy Supercross in France

The event was the 27th Annual Bercy Supercross in Paris. James Stewart easily ran to the front on the first two days, but his Yamaha AMA Motocross teammate, Justin Brayton, took the overall King of Bercy crown from the event. Stewart sat out the third day due to what may have been food poisoning. Home favorite, Frenchman Marvin Musquin, put forward a very strong effort on his KTM.

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Chad Reed Signs With Kawasaki for AMA Motocross and Supercross

There were rumors that he was thinking of the signing - especially when he rode a Kawasaki in the Australian Super X series. Well, now Reed will be riding alongside Ryan Villopoto on the Monster Energy Kawasaki team in both the AMA Motocross Championship and the AMA Supercross Championship. This should really shake things up when he goes up against James Stewart and the new Yamaha YZ450F - either way, both series are sure to be very good racing!

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Yamaha Motor USA Redirects Racing Effort in the US

There is not much of a change here. Yamaha will continue to partner with L&M Racing in the Supercross and Motocross classes; James Stewart and the new 2010 YZ450F will continue to race in the series. Also, Graves Motorsports will assume greater control over the AMA road racing effort, but Yamaha will still be there to support them. Read the PR for yourself...

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Stewart - Again - Wins U.S. Open Supercoss Event

James Stewart, mounted on a San Manuel YamahaYZ-450F, took both motos on the weekend and was crowned champion of the event. Ryan Villopoto and Davi Millsaps, of Kawasaki and Honda respectively, had a great weekend as well - Millsaps went 3-2 and Villopoto did 2-4. In the 85c.c. Mini Invitational, Yamaha's Chris Alldredege took the honors...

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Results from 2009 US Open of Supercross - Friday

James Stewart just doesn't slow down...and he won Friday's racing handily. Unfortunately, Ryan Villopoto had to retire from the 20-lap main and did not finish. However, Davi Millsaps managed to come around in second place after chasing down Dan Reardon. Stewart is well on his way to winning this event and making two in a row!

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Rockstar Energy Drink U.S. Open Championship Press Conference

Yamaha championship rider James Stewart will be the first racer to take the new 2010 Yamaha YZ450F through its paces at the Rockstar Energy Drink U.S. Open. The event will take place 9 - 11 October at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Most of the top Supercross and Motocross riders will participate - have a look!

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2010 Yamaha YZ450F - Press Intro Video!

While it is really just full of cool computer graphics and some pretty pictures, it still highlights most of the changes to the YZ450F for 2010. The imagery also demonstrates the changes from the 2009 model, but don't expect a great deal of detail, just fun to watch. Yamaha, I believe, wants to completely change the equation for winning at the top level of motocross.

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The 2010 Yamaha YZ450F - Rumors You May Not Have Heard

From the crew at Yamaha USA has put out another quirky video about a bike launch - they just love doing that. This video is all about the rumors surrounding the 2010 YZ450F - and most of them are quite strange!

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