Motorcycle Drawings by Rich Lee Draws!!!

I stumbled upon these drawings last week, and have been meaning to post them up ever since. While Asphalt & Rubber likes to cover the art side of the industry, that vein is primarily relegated to concept sketches and renders, and while it is fun to ponder the “what if” side of motorcycles and use a little imagination, we rarely get a chance to appreciate art for simply being art. That being said, these drawings ...

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Angelo Bergamonti Werner Bergold Jacques Bernard Adrian Bernetic

New Tyre Regulations for Brno

A tweak to the tyre regulations comes into force this weekend, introduced remarkably quickly during the course of the season. The reg. change is to allow the use of a ‘bonus’ or ‘emergency’ option tyre of a softer specification. Prior regulations allowed for eight front tyres of two compounds, and ten rears of two compounds. [...]

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Harald Bartol Darren Barton František Bartoš Günter Bartusch

WSBK: Race 2 at Magny-Cours Brings a Double, Dicing & Battling Teammates

Jonathan Rea (1:37.490) won pole for the 2011 World Superbike round at Magny-Cours, beating out fellow front-row starters Eugene Laverty, Carlos Checa, and Leon Camier to the position with a new lap record. Rea won his first pole in WSBK after his Race 1 win last weekend at Imola, holding off marginally struggling championship leader Checa. The Spaniard was fastest in both Friday sessions, but lost the provisional pole to title rival Marco Melandri (who starts ...

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Fergus Anderson Hugh Anderson John Anderson Kent Andersson

Lorenzo?s Gamble at Brno

From Randy Mamola’s column for Alpinestars: I talked to Lorenzo?s crew chief Ramon Forcada after the race about the choice to run the softer front tire and he said it was Jorge?s call after morning warm-up, as he did a good run of low 1:57?s on a tire that had 25 laps on it and [...]

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Anthony West Takehiro Yamamoto Youichi Yamamoto Morisuka Yamashita