Casey Stoner refuses to accept that MotoGP is leaving Phillip Island after this season. Shortly before the last Grand Prix on the island, the former world champion announces that he will fight for the track’s return to the calendar.
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Aleix Espargaro returns to MotoGP at the Indonesian Grand Prix, replacing the still-absent Joan Mir in Honda’s factory team. The call-up comes just six months after his serious testing crash in Sepang and is more of an emergency solution than a dream scenario for Honda.
Marc Márquez is back on the top step of the podium, but he clearly doesn’t feel like celebrating. Behind the serious face lies a deliberate plan that reveals a lot about his body and his fight for the world title.
Kawasaki is sending the Ninja ZX-10R and the limited ZX-10RR into the 2027 model year without technical changes. New is a black paint scheme for the base model, and prices and timing have already been confirmed for the UK.
Triumph has announced four new motorcycles by December 2026 and has already set fixed dates for all of them. After the Bonneville T40 come the Tiger 1200, the all-new Street Triple 798 and the Tiger 900, each with a revised or new engine.
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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