After shredded rear tyres for Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin in the sprint, nobody is allowed to start the Japanese Grand Prix on the soft rear tyre. Michelin explicitly recommends the hard tyre with reinforced carcass, but it is not mandatory.
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The founder of ZXMoto has a big goal: he wants to build more than one million motorcycles a year. The path there is set to run through a superbike with a V5 engine, for which there is no room in the current regulations yet.
From 1 October 2026, Northern Ireland is switching the route to a motorcycle licence to a graduated system. Learner riders must now complete ten mandatory modules and record their progress in a digital logbook, while the previous speed limit for new riders is being scrapped.
Portuguese Honda dealer Mototrofa has turned a current CB750 Hornet into a much sharper streetfighter. The green build features new brakes, plenty of carbon, a nod to Honda’s racing history and a build time of just six weeks.
KTM motorsport director Pit Beirer looks back openly on the engine problems of the 2026 MotoGP season and calls them the worst time of the entire MotoGP project. His account shows how a faulty supplier part, sealed engines and an additional electronics failure held the manufacturer back for months.
From early October, seven new posters from the road safety campaign “Runter vom Gas” (Slow Down) will be displayed along German autobahns, painted by girls aged between nine and twelve. Behind the designs lies a months-long selection process in which drastic alternatives and AI-generated drafts ultimately played no role.
On the twisty L698 over the Kohlberg between Altena-Dahle and Neuenrade, residents have been complaining about noise and excessive speed for years. The CDU group on Altena’s town council wants to change that with a ten-point plan ranging from new speed limits to a fixed speed camera.
After four fatal motorcycle crashes this year, authorities, municipalities and police in Baden-Baden have agreed on a joint package of measures for the Black Forest High Road. More checks with drones and unmarked vehicles are planned, while logbook orders, one-way systems and the confiscation of motorcycles are also being examined.
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