Marco Bezzecchi has won the Indonesian Grand Prix, giving Aprilia the first four-way victory in the company’s history. With third place, Jorge Martin takes the championship lead back from Marc Marquez, the gap is two points, just as before the weekend.
Ducati is updating its Desmo450 MX and Desmo450 MX Factory motocross models for model year 2027 with lessons learned from racing. New features include shorter gearing, reinforced components and, for the first time, a dedicated suspension setup for the US market.
MotoGP’s new weekend format for 2027 splits the field into two camps. At the same time, the dispute shows how little influence the riders have on such decisions.
Indian Motorcycle is selling more motorcycles than last year in most major European markets, with an increase of 11.1 percent in Germany. At EICMA in early November, the now independent brand plans to present a business report and show its first new models for the 2027 model year.
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.
For a year now, rumble strips on the twisty country road between Zella-Mehlis and Oberhof have been meant to slow down speeders on two wheels. The results are mixed, and in November the accident commission will decide what happens to the strips next.
Serious motorcycle crashes keep happening at the so-called Applauskurve on the B62 near Netphen. Now the accident commission is to decide at a special meeting whether motorcyclists there will face further restrictions, up to and including a ban.
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.
