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Customer Ride outs from the Store will, weather permitting recommence in March and we have a great programme planned for the summer months! – Check here for regular announcements and on our Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/ducatimanchester). We are going to run some on Saturdays and some on Sundays this year.

As part of this programme of events – here’s a date for your diary and one not to be missed – 28th April 2012 – the 10th Annual Bristol Italian Automoto Festival – never been ? Here’s whats in store…. we will meet at a central point and ride down to Gordano Services on the M5 to rendezvous with 100s of other italian bikes of all descriptions and then participate in a mass ride in, in to Bristol City Centre (the sound of 100s of Termignoni Systems bouncing off the walls of the tall buildings in the centre is a aural spectacle not to be missed!). The event is staged in the corn market area of the city and involves all the major and some lesser known italian motor manufactures of both 4 wheeled and two wheeled exotica, and is supported by all of the Owners Clubs – spend the day admiring Ducatis of all ages, MV’s, Aprilias, Benellis, Moto Guzzi, aswell as 4 wheeled supercars such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Pagani, Alfa Romeo, and Lancia. There’s a great choice of Bistros, Cafes and Restaurants to enjoy a spot of lunch and refreshment, followed by the ride home, where will try and get off the motorway and find some fun roads to enjoy on Bologna’s finest!

We’ll post more details shortly of the departure point and time – and it would be great if you could join us… All welcome!

While MotoGP factory and satellite teams held their first pre-season tests this week in Malaysia, KTM held its own test for nine riders in the new Moto3 class earlier in the week in Spain.

While the premiere class’ new 1000cc engine displacement limit and Claiming Rule Team entries draw the most attention, we can’t forget MotoGP isn’t the only class in the World Championship seeing changes for 2012. The new Moto3 class also debuts this season, replacing the old 125GP class. The old 125cc two-strokes are out as Moto3′s 250cc four-strokes take their place on the Grand Prix tour.

Nine of this year’s Moto3 competitors are riding KTM-powered racebikes, and those nine were at Spain’s Valencia circuit testing the new four-strokes. Five of the riders are on KTM factory machines while the other four are riding machines with KTM engines and chassis from Kalex Engineering.

“The tests in Valencia were probably the most important days so far for us in our Moto3 project. We have been working very hard over the past two months to transform the prototype into a race bike and preparing the engines for all nine bikes,” says Pit Beirer, KTM Motorsport manager. “Now in Valencia we had good lap times and we were able to collect a lot of very useful data. This gives us the right basis for further improvement.”

Here are the lap times from the Jan. 30-31 test:

Day 1

1. Luis Salom (Spain) – Kalex-KTM – 1:43.2 (32 laps)
2. Alberto Moncayo (Spain) – Kalex-KTM – 1:43.3 (52 laps)
3. Héctor Faubel (Spain) – Kalex-KTM – 1:43.7 (62 laps)
4. Sandro Cortese (Germany) – KTM – 1:43.7 (48 laps)
5. Nikklas Ajo (Finland) – KTM – 1:43.9 (50 laps)
6. Danny Kent (Great Britain) – KTM – 1:44.6 (45 laps)
7. Zulfahmi Khairuddin (Malaysia) – KTM – 1:45.4 (44 laps)
8. Arthur Sissis (Australia) – KTM – 1:45.9 (45 laps)
9. Brad Binder (South Africa) – Kalex-KTM – 1:47.2 (25 laps)

Day 2

1. Sandro Cortese – 1:43.2 (48 laps)
2. Luis Salom – 1:43.5 (31 laps)
3. Héctor Faubel – 1:43.8 (56 laps)
4. Nikklas Ajo – 1:44.0 (50 laps)
5. Zulfahmi Khairuddin – 1:44.1 (43 laps)
6. Alberto Moncayo – 1:44.2 (52 laps)
7. Danny Kent – 1:44.2 (64 laps)
8. Brad Binder – 1:45.7 (49 laps)
9. Arthur Sissis – 1:46.2 (55 laps)

To provide some perspective to these numbers, let’s look at some lap times from last year’s Valencia round of the 125cc World Championship. Granted, there are some notable differences such as the engine displacement, the change from two-strokes to four-strokes, and the fact these KTM-powered bikes are brand new as opposed to the battle-tested 125 bikes. The riders are also young and still developing at different rates, so that too is a variable. Yes, we’re comparing apples to (KTM) oranges, but it’s still worth a look.

Luis Salom, who tied with Sandro Cortese with the best overall time of 1:43.2, finished seventh in a race on the same track riding Aprilia machinery. Salom had lap times in the 1:44 and 1:45 range for most of the 24-lap race, with a best time of 1:43.634, about four-tenths of a second slower than his best time at the test.

Cortese (pictured above) crashed out in the Valencia race after 11 laps but his lap times were faster than Salom. Averaging in the 1:43-144 range, Cortese’s best lap in that race was completed in 1:43.424.

Alberto Moncayo‘s best test time of 1:43.3 was more than a second faster than the 1:44.599 time from his fastest lap in the race. Moncayo finished the race sixth with lap times from the mid 1:44s to mid 1:45s.

Nikklas Ajo, son of KTM factory Team Manager Aki Ajo, was eighth in the race with lap times around the 1:46 mark, with a best lap time of 1:45.901, all riding an Aprilia bike. At the test, Ajo’s best lap was 1:43.9, a full two second improvement.

Of all the riders at the test, Hector Faubel had the highest finish at the Valencia race, scoring a podium in third place.  Pictured above, Faubel’s lap times in that race were generally in the 1:43 to low 1:43 range, with his best lap clocked at 1:42.938. Faubel was third fastest at the test, but his best time was

Danny Kent was 17th at the Valencia race with lap times in the high 1:44 to mid 1:45 range with a best time of 1:44.502. At the test, Kent’s times were a few tenths of a second faster.

Malaysian racer Zulfahmi Khairuddin (below) rode a Derbi at the Valencia race, finishing 25th with lap times ranging widely from 1:47 to 1:49. His best lap in the race was 1:47.300 but he showed a lot of improvement at the test, recording times as fast as 1:44.1.

Brad Binder retired from the race after 17 laps with laps generally in the mid 1:47s. Binder’s best time at the test was a faster 1:45.7.

Arthur Sissis was the only rider in the test who didn’t race at Valencia in 2011. Last season, Sissis competed in the Red Bull Rookies Cup, finishing second overall with four wins.

Overall, riders showed faster lap times than they did in the race, though the difference varied from rider to rider. We’ll see more when the Moto3 class holds its official test along with the Moto2 riders at Valencia Feb. 8-12.

[Source: KTM. Photos by Weisse F. and Team Aspar]

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The first MotoGP pre-season test at Mayalsia’s Sepang circuit is complete, with Ducati, Honda and Yamaha‘s factory and satellite teams, as well as a handful of CRT entries, collecting data for the next stage of their race prototypes’ development.

Absent from testing was Suzuki which announced last November it was leaving MotoGP racing. Suzuki cited the recession, the rising value of the Japanese yen and the natural disasters afflicting Japan in 2011 as reasons for leaving MotoGP, but the manufacturer did say it intended to return in 2014.

Those plans appear to be on schedule, according to Suzuki test rider Nobuatsu Aoki. The former Grand Prix racer made an appearance at the media center in Sepang and spoke to reporters about Suzuki’s future plans for MotoGP.

Aoki confirmed Suzuki is developing a 1000cc prototype as a potential future replacement for the 800cc Suzuki GSV-R which raced up to this past season.

“The Suzuki 1000cc project is still under development. We are just lacking some budget to race,”  Aoki told Crash.net.

Aoki also said he had ridden the prototype in late January.

“The bike is completely new, relative to the 800c so there are many small things to fix. But we have time,” says Aoki. “The plan is still for Suzuki to return to MotoGP in 2014.”

[Source: Crash.net]

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Pre-season test lap times aren’t a precise barometer for how the 2012 MotoGP Championship season will go, but Yamaha has to feel good about its results after this week’s testing at Malaysia’s Sepang circuit.

Last February at Sepang, Honda riders were the talk of the preseason session, taking three of the top four lap times on each day of the test. That pattern repeated itself in the final championship standings with Casey Stoner taking the championship, Dani Pedrosa finishing third and Andrea Dovizioso fourth. Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo finished second despite missing the last few rounds due to injury while teammate Ben Spies rounded out the top five.

This year, Stoner continues to look to be the man to beat but Lorenzo and Spies, along with Tech 3 Yamaha satellite rider Cal Crutchlow have also put up good lap times.

Lorenzo finished Day Three of the test with a lap time of 2:00.198, almost six-tenths of a second behind Stoner but still good enough for second overall. Spies’ best time was 2:00.495, just 0.239 seconds behind Pedrosa for fourth overall. Crutchlow was seventh overall at 2:01.108 but he was among the top five on the first two days, while his teammate Dovizioso was eighth with a time of 2:01.257.

The factory team worked the balance of the Yamaha M1 race bikes while also tweaking the electronics.

“I’m really, really satisfied, I have improved on my best record here in Sepang. We tried a lot of things; some have been a lot better, especially one major improvement. We also know where we have to improve in the future. The electronics are not perfect yet, we still need to make it smoother but the bike has so much potential we are very optimistic. The Yamaha engineers have worked really hard so they have done a good job. I made my best time today at midday which is the hardest time with the conditions so it was pretty good. Let’s see what we can do when we come back.” – Lorenzo

Except for a crash on Day Three, Spies says he was pleased with the test.

“It’s been a good test, we’ve got a lot of things accomplished, we’re definitely moving in the right direction with my bike. I tried the Yamaha test rider’s bike today which had a slightly different set up to make a fair comparison with mine. I made a small mistake, losing the front but that’s testing; it can happen when you’re working out the good and bad! All in all it’s been great and I’m really happy and looking forward to coming back and seeing what’s new.” – Spies

Crutchlow also had a front-end spill early in the day but continued to ride in the afternoon. Teammate Dovizioso is still hampered by a broken collarbone but still managed to log 40 laps of the final day of testing. Making things trickier is trying to adapt his riding to the M1 after several years on Honda’s RC212V.

“You can do a lot of good work here even if it is very bad for my body, but I am happy because I could ride on each day and my feeling with the Yamaha is coming much better than the first time I tried the bike in Valencia. I understood much more about this bike here and what I realise is that I have to change my style more. There is a big difference in the characteristic of the Yamaha and the Honda I rode for the last four years, so I have to learn to use the good points of the M1 more.” – Dovizioso

[Source: Yamaha]

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Victory Motorcycles is showcasing a collection of Polaris-designed prototypes and custom models in its display at the Minneapolis stop of the IMS tour, Feb. 3-5 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

The collection will feature concept models and prototypes from over the years by the Polaris Industrial Design studio. The exhibit will include the Victory CORE concept (pictured above) first unveiled at the 2009 IMS, the Victory Vision 800 concept first shown in 2006, and the Polaris Revolver sports ATV (pictured after the jump).

The Minneapolis show will be the first opportunity for the public to see these prototypes together outside the Polaris Industrial Design compound.

Also on display are a number of custom models produced by Polaris employees. Pictured immediately below is the Victory Axe, produced in 2005 by the Victory Engineering Department from a Freedom engine and a chassis bound for scrap.

Greg Brew, head of the Polaris Industrial Group, produced a bobber named the “Fuelie” from an early V92 frame. Engineering Manager Jeff Wolf produced his own custom chopper built around a modern Victory Freedom engine.

Also on display in Minneapolis will be the recently-unveiled Zach Ness café racer style Judge and two custom Victory models from Klock Works Kustom, the “Tattoed for Life” charity motorcycle and the “Klock Roads” bagger (pictured below).

[Source: Polaris]

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