We make this exclusive article citing the Official MotoGP legend's career high points and growth. Nicholas "Nicky" Patrick Hayden was born on 30 July, 1981 in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA. Commonly known as "The Kentucky Kid", Nicky had a long MotoGP career of 13 years with Honda and Ducati.
Maverick Viñales wins the French GP at Le Mans marking the 500th GP victory for Yamaha. It was Valentino Rossi going for the victory, until he made a rare mistake crashing out just before 4 corners to the chequered flag. Johann Zarco did a perfect race from start to finish, announcing his entry to the podium in style with a P2.
As the time started ticking for Q2, it was Maverick Viñales and Cal Crutchlow momentarily drawing the first blood. They were soon joined by Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso for the front row attack. Scott Redding and Jack Miller were also into the pack, looking for a second row start. Valentino Rossi soon jumped into second place with a quick 1'32.100, just one tenth of a second from the pole setter.
We got to witness the Royal Enfield Continental GT 750 close up and these are the observations that were made. Royal Enfield is set to compete against the Harley Davidson Street 750 and the Triumph Bonneville.
Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) launched the much awaited Africa Twin CRF1000L yesterday, which is the first big bike to be assembled under their "Make in India" project. The Africa Twin was the first bike in our list of "Top 5 motorcycles that badly need an Indian launch". We expected the bike to be priced around 13 to 14 lakhs ex showroom, but Honda has actually priced it at 12.90 lakhs making it very competitive. The Africa Twin is to be brought via CKD method and assembled at Honda's new Rs. 1,000 crore manufacturing plant. Here is an overview of the all new Adventure motorcycle from Honda's stable.
The Benelli TNT600i is one of the highest selling 600cc motorcycles in our nation simply because the inline 4 is placed at an affordable price range that most can afford. We had the TNT600i ABS for a whole day, let's find out how the motorcycle played its game.
We have already done the first ride review of the bike on same day it has been launched in Pan India. Now it’s time to know about the bike thoroughly which Bajaj has given the tag “Dominate the Night”. Let us dive,
In the next iteration of our "Superbikes on sale in India" series we bring you the Japanese motorcycle giant - Yamaha. Though the manufacturer now only offers a limited number of motorcycles, a few more models are expected to be launched soon.
Dani Pedrosa had a perfect race weekend right from FP1 to race, taking the maximum points at front. Pedrosa wins it in the way Lorenzo does, by leading the whole race from the start to finish. Marc Marquez decided to play it safe, and finished at P2. Jorge Lorenzo finally had the required pace on his Ducati, to finish on the last step of the podium.
Dani Pedrosa made a stunning lap to qualify on the top spot for a pole position, leaving teammate Marc Marquez behind at P2. LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow also made a blistering lap to make it to the front row at P3. It was a great weekend for Dani Pedrosa as he topped most of the Free practice time sheets followed by a pole position in today's Qualifying 2.
