2006

Ladies and gentlemen it is getting to be my favorite time of year, silly season. All sorts of speculation of which riders will go to what teams next season. Here is the latest gossip I've discovered courtesy of RoadRacerX.com: Apparently Camel Yamaha have made an offer to make Casey Stoner...

after watching ducati produce the fastest bike in a straight line will they ever challenge the might of the japanese around corners.after all the testing ,the set up seems to lacking, watching at donnington it was obvious that the duke had some major handling problems (before the rain).loris can...

Ben please delete if you have started this already thanks After the conclusion of two days’ of lower category testing, the Circuit de Catalunya finally saw the arrival of the premier class of MotoGP today. The Official Test got underway this morning, with the session scheduled to finish at 6pm...

Ooost, ca ya tell me anything about this dude? Jason Perez Be good to have McWilliams back too this year! Cheers, Dan

With the Pons team gone, he has been contacted by Poncharal to join his team, but they are in a similar situation to Pons, Yamaha is willing to rent them the bikes, but so far Poncharal hasn't been able to find a sponsor. It's a tough situation for Carlos, I don't think WSBK (aka MGP rejects...

Who will win the three major SBK titles in 2006? I've got to go with Troy Bayliss, Ben Bostrom and Shakey Byrne.

The best news ive heard for a long time!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.crash.net/uk/en/news_view.asp?cid=18&nid=123790

I finally got a chance to see the Dakar update today. Is anyone else following it??? I'm not usually into Rallies, Motocross, Trucks, Sand dunes or Africa, but I love the Dakar! I think it's the ultimate test of strength, stamina, skill and sanity. And the cars and trucks have it a bit tough...

I think it would be a good idea to post our predictions for 2006, and after one year take a look back at our predictions and see how wrong (or right) we were. The questions to answer will be: 1.- Who will be the champion? 2.- How will be the best rookie? 3.- How will Gibbs do on the red bike...

March, 26th - Spain, Jerez de la Frontera April, 8th - Qatar, Doha/Losail April, 30th - Turkey, Istanbul May, 14th - China, Shanghai May, 21st - France, Le Mans June, 4th - Italy, Mugello June, 18th - Catalunya, Catalunya June, 24th - Netherlands, Assen July, 2nd - Great Britain, Donington Park...

HONDA Repsol HRC: Nicky Hayden & Dani Pedrosa Fortuna Gresini: Marco Melandri & Toni Elias [99% certain] Pons Honda: Alex Barros, Carlos Checa [very likely] Konica Minolta JiR: Makoto Tamada Checa is a definite for Pons we have the second seat to still guess about. That means Barros, or Biaggi...

Theres a pretty good chance I'm going get to see 3 live motoGP's next year as my brother has said he's gonna arrange a stag do to Holland (so thats Assen, Donny & Sepang wooo). Anway....this is just a tentative post to see if of you blokes fancied coming too........we are planing two days...

If you had your own way, how would you structure the teams and riders in the motoGP paddock for 2006? anybody on anything? For a start i'd put rossi on the factory duke, no question about it. Hes done it twice now on a yam, hes italian, passionate, and so are they. I'd def keep loris in the...

I thought i'd start this thread for WSB rumours and facts about whos leaving WSB for 06 and whos coming to WSB for 06. Is corser set to stay at Corona? title or no title? Is Haga staying put? Whats happening to Toseland and Laconi? Whos coming to WSB next year? Kiyonari? ex GP guys...

today at 8:00am pt laguna seca started selling tickets for 06. all premium passes ( except for flag room & laguna club ) are sold out. i have been attempting to call the track but the 800# is constantly busy. the ticket page won't come up at all. probably being deluged with hits! better get your...

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and Valentino Rossi are delighted to announce that Valentino will stay with Yamaha for a further year. Rossi will continue to race in Yamaha's MotoGP line-up riding the Yamaha YZR-M1 in the 2006 MotoGP World Championship. Yamaha Confirms Valentino Rossi For 2006