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Monster Yamaha Tech 3-Pilot Andrea Dovizioso bestätigte heute im Großen Preis von Deutschland auf dem Sachsenring seine herausragende Form, nachdem der Italiener nach einem Sturz des amtierenden Weltmeisters Casey Stoner aufstieg und das Rennen als Dritter beendete.

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		Stefan Bradl auf dem Sachsenring
		Bradl glücklich: fünfter Platz nach hartem Kampf
		Der fünfte Platz auf dem Sachsenring war ganz nach dem Geschmack von Stefan Bradl. Er hatte sich in einem harten Kampf durchgesetzt. ... > weiter

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Lukas Trautmann schlägt Stefano Manzi mit dem Hauch von 0,003 Sekunden Vorsprung über der Ziellinie, um einen der intensivsten Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup-Kämpfe der 6-jährigen Cup-Geschichte zu gewinnen.

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		Platz eins für Nagl, van Doninck und Vaessen
		MX Masters: Max Nagl siegt in Tensfeld
		Max Nagel siegt bei der fünften Runde des ADAC MX Masters in Tensfeld. ... > weiter

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		Grundlagen: Alles über Helme
		Motorradhelme richtig kaufen
		Zuallererst muss ein Helm schützen und sich angenehm tragen.Auch soll er gut aussehen und zum Motorrad passen. Welcher Helm gehört auf welches Bike? Und welche Vor- und Nachteile hat er? Was muss beim Helmkauf beachtet werden und was ist die richtige Helmpflege? 2Räder klärt auf. ... > weiter

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At the end of a volatile and endlessly dramatic Supersport race at MotorLand Aragon last weekend the Supersport World Championship contest re-ignited at the top of the table. Championship leader Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Lorenzini) crossed the line first in the delayed race but was penalised mid-race and eventually demoted to fifth, meaning that Sam Lowes (Bogdanka PTR Honda) took his second win of the year.The circumstances of the end of the race, with Sofuoglu penalized but not taking his penalty, left Lowes with a decision to make and it subsequently proved to be the right one. To not try to pass the double champion as he did not need to. "It was difficult in the end because I knew Kenan had a penalty and I was actually in first position but I rode my race and it was good," said Lowes.Sam, still only 21, was eager to race in Aragon from the get-go, especially to try and put the memories of terrible Misano round - which his bike issues and then a fall ensured he would score no points - behind him. "Already yesterday I knew I had a good race pace and just needed to get a good start from fifth and then hang in there. I just put my head down and got into my rhythm. I took my time because I knew it was going to be a long race."For Lowes, who was so desperately down after Misano, Motorland offered him more than just the prospect of making up more championship ground to Sofuoglu, and with plenty of races left in the 2012 season still. "We're back in second overall, and I'm looking forward to fighting for more victories and the championship. We've got Brno next which I like a lot and Silverstone which is my second home race, so I'm really looking forward to that."At present Sofuoglu is 16 points ahead of Lowes with six rounds left, while Jules Cluzel (PTR Honda) and Fabien Foret (Kawasaki Intermoto Step) are 33 and 34 points respectively behind Sofuoglu.

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For Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) his latest win on the official S1000RR was not only another personal triumph, it was further proof that the game could be taken to race one winner Biaggi after all, even at a circuit with such a fast straight as Aragon. The Spanish track was a bit of a playground for the Aprilias, but Melandri was the only rider able to stick with Biaggi in race one, then lift his game to win the second race, in what ended up being a classic contest in all ways for Marco.

He also saw Laverty and Davies head up Biaggi and bring the championship points lead to a more manageable 48 after race two. It had been a whopping 60 after race one, and looking like it would grow even more.

"It was not easy because the wind was very strong and the Aprilia guys were pushing hard. In the beginning, Max could not go as fast as in race one and for me it was similar. Eugene was very fast and suddenly with only a few laps to go, Max overtook me. I passed him back but went wide and so Chaz and Eugene went past me. They were riding so strongly and so fast that it was not easy. For the last lap I had no plan, because when racing against those guys you cannot think about a plan because they try to pass you at every corner so I just tried to find a good place for braking at the end of the straight. To win was so amazing."

One day after the MotorLand race Melandri, like many of his peers, put a foot into the future when he evaluated the new generation of 17-inch Pirelli tyre and alloy wheel combos that will become mandatory in 2013, as well as trying out settings on the current 16.5 tyres in readiness for the next round at Brno. "It was interesting to ride the new 17-inch tyres," said Melandri. "It was a completely different feeling from the usual Pirelli tyres we race now. The bike characteristics look more precise. For sure we still have a lot of work to do with the tyre but also with the bike to find a good set-up for this kind of tyre. I hope this is just the starting point and that I will be able to test the new solution before the end of the year just to understand which direction we need to take for next season. Overall it was a positive day and I am happy and actually I cannot wait to go to Brno."

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		Vorstellung: Neue Continental-Reifen
		Continental präsentiert neue und überarbeitete "Attack"-Reifen
		Zur Präsentation neuester Entwicklungen bei den "Attack" getauften Radialreifen lud Continental unlängst auf die hauseigene Teststrecke "Contidrom" bei Celle. ... > weiter

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		Neuheit: KTM 350 EXC-F Six Days
		Hard-Enduros im Wettkampf-Trimm
		Für den Einsatz bei Endurorennen eignen sich KTM Six Days-Modelle, die 2013 in sieben Motorvarianten verfügbar sind: als Zweitakter mit 125, 250 und 300 cm³, als Viertakter mit 250, 350, 450 und 500 cm³. ... > weiter

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		Rennen auf dem Schleizer Dreieck
		Seitenwagen-WM 2012: 5. Lauf
		Die Seitenwagen-WM 2012 geht nun in die fünfte Runde. Vom 20. bis 22. Juli werden die weltbesten Dreiradpiloten auf dem Schleizer Dreieck in Ostthüringen erneut ihr Können in dieser sehr speziellen Motorsport-Disziplin unter Beweis stellen. ... > weiter

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		Motorradkarten von Hallwag
		Karten- und Tourenführer für Norditalien
		Wo Norditalien am schönsten ist, zeigt der Hallwag-Karten- und Tourenführer für Piemont/Aos­ta­tal und Südtirol/Dolomiten. ... > weiter

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		Verordnungsentwurf: Jährliche Hauptuntersuchung
		EU-Kommission will kürzere HU-Fristen
		Die EU-Kommission plant die Einführung einer jährlichen Hauptuntersuchung für ältere Fahrzeuge. ... > weiter

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		So geht's: Bremsflüssigkeit wechseln
		Bremsflüssigkeit am Motorrad richtig wechseln
		Die Bremsflüssigkeit nimmt den Druck vom Hand- oder Fußhebel auf und gibt ihn weiter an die Bremskolben. Damit sie das zuverlässig erledigen kann, muss sie gelegentlich getauscht und entlüftet werden. 2Räder zeigt wie es funktioniert die Bremsflüssigkeit beim Motorrad zu wechseln und die Bremshydraulik zu entlüften. ... > weiter

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		Grundlagen: Protektoren & Co.
		Schutzkleidung für Motorradfahrer im Überblick
		Schutzkleidung kann viel Übel bei Stürzen ersparen. Dabei gibt es viele verschiedene Möglichkeiten um seinen Körper beim Motorradfahren zu schützen. 2Räder gibt einen Überblick über Protektoren und Schutzbekleidungen. ... > weiter

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After a difficult start to the season, Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia GoldBet SBK Team) has upped the ante in the two recent rounds at Misano and MotorLand Aragón, and is once again back at the form expected from him by the team at the start of the year. A fifth place in race 2 on the Italian track and an encouraging performance in race 1 at Alcañiz, which unfortunately concluded with a crash on the last lap while he was fighting for third with Tom Sykes, have in fact been a boost to the Italian.

"In the first part of the season - admitted Badovini - we worked to find a standard level of performance that was at least in line with that of the second half of 2011, but some bad luck and difficulty in getting the right set-up, meant we were unable to do so. From Misano onwards however we've taken a new direction in set-up and have managed to find a balance that has enabled me to make a good step forward in terms of performance".

With six rounds still remaining this year Ayrton's aim is to tackle them head on, knowing that a good opportunity will come right away with the next round at Brno on 22 July. "In the last couple of rounds we've been fighting up at the front and when this happens even the way in which you face up to the challenges ahead change, and now we can have an attacking approach to the weekend. Last season I went well at Brno, a track I like a lot, and I'm sure that the bike will go well there, seeing as the engine has improved a lot on this new version of the S 1000 RR".

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Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) started the season as one of the favourites to post a top three in the eni FIM Superbike World Championship overall. Fast from the first moment that he tested the Aprilia machine at Portimao last winter, his early results were good but not great, until two podiums at Assen and Monza put him back into the groove again. From then on things started to go wrong, as one key element on the electronics package of his bike started to play up, and his ‘home' round at Donington was nothing like he had hoped, with a DNF and a 15th place overall.

"The big change was between Monza and Donington," he explained to WorldSBK.com. "We left Monza knowing we were in a position to move forward in the championship race and it was a big shock that lasted for three rounds. I really could not get out of turns. When we went to the Aragon tests to have a reference - same track we tested at in March - it was clear that something was wrong with the bike after just two or three laps. We put our heads together and it took all of five or ten minutes to find out what the problems was, which was frustrating in a way. I went back out again and it was back to business, so I could have left the test after three laps. The bike had thought it was wheelying all the time, a similar problem to what we had in Donington race one, even though that was an extreme case of it. It was cutting power before the bike was wheelying, which then in turn created more wheelie. It had been such a big problem it had been losing me 0.75 or a second a lap, and you cannot give that away to your rivals in SBK, especially when Max Biaggi is your team-mate."

It was a bad time to find a problem that proved difficult to diagnose, with the season getting into its full swing. "What is really eating me is that we left Monza and I had raved about the electronics aspect of the bike, that it was our strongest area, and knowing what we were capable of. Then I feel we got robbed of a championship challenge because we went from 30 points behind to 110, just like that. It ruined my season, that is the long and the short of it, and I am not best pleased. The engine has got to be the strongest area but as a whole the package is great, so to be restricted in that way, not to be able to use the engine power from the Aprilia, means I could not get out of the corner and overtake people. I was getting desperate trying to overtake and it was like a yo-yo effect. They would go away and I would pull them back and I then knew there was a problem because at this level you should be able to follow other riders wheel for wheel."

With this problem solved Laverty is now ready to shoot for his first Aprilia win, having taken two when riding for Yamaha in 2011. "I will still try for top three in the championship but that is not my concern right now. I just want to win as many races as possible. With the bike we have I reckon we can have a good shot at it. I want to win a lot of races."

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		Motard V-Twin von Ghezzi-Brian
		Ghezzi-Brian baut Tuning-Bike Motard V-Twin
		Die italienischen Tuner Ghezzi-Brian haben auf Basis der Moto Guzzi Griso die Motard V-Twin gebaut, die mit einem elektronisch kontrollierten, hydraulischen Dämpfungssystem ausgerüstet ist. ... > weiter

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		Neuer Einzylinder-Allrounder der BMW-Tochter
		Neuheiten 2013: Husqvarna TR 650 Strada/Terra
		Nach der 900 Nuda stellt Husqvarna zwei neue Modelle für die Straße und den leichten Geländeeinsatz vor: TR 650 Strada und TR 650 Terra. Als Basis diente den italienischen Ingenieuren BMWs G 650 GS. ... > weiter

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		MotoGP 2013: Repsol bestätigt Pedrosa und Marquez
		Das Honda-Werksteam der kommenden Saison steht
		Repsol Honda tritt in den kommenden beiden Saisons 2013 und 2014 mit Dani Pedrosa und Marc Marquez an. ... > weiter

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The 12th edition of the BMW Motorrad Days took place recently at Munich and the famous Bavarian ski resort Garmisch-Partenkirchen, an event that attracted 35,000 visitors from every corner of the world who made their way to the world's biggest meet for BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna Motorcycles.

The two factory BMW Motorrad Motorsport riders Marco Melandri and Leon Haslam, who have played a major part in establishing the recent success of the S 1000 RR machine, were both present at the event, which was made up of three days of shows, parades, exhibitions, bike launches and road tests.

As well as the racing version of the BMW S 1000 RR fans of street racing had plenty else to admire at BMW Motorrad Motorsport. World-class champions such as three-time Superbike season winner Marco Melandri and Leon Haslam were on hand to sign autographs on a race-free weekend.

Melandri, making his first appearance together with his fiancée Manuela, said: "It is great to see so many people from all over the world sharing their love of motorcycles and BMW."

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After splitting with his British Superbike team earlier this week, the talented Frenchman Florian Marino is reported to be returning to the World Supersport paddock for the rest of the season with a brand-new team. The 19-year-old from Cannes in France, who made a good impression when he raced in Supersport with HANNspree Ten Kate Honda in 2011, will line up at the next round with Kawasaki MSD R-N Racing Team India, which makes its debut at Brno. The new team however will be provided with considerable input for the rest of the season by the experienced Andrew Stone, currently Fabien Foret's crew chief in the Kawasaki Intermoto Step team.

Stone will remain with the Intermoto team for the rest of the season, and is then in line to take over the role of technical director for the new Indian team in 2013. The aim is to boost motorsport in the country in a season that will see the first-ever Indian Round of the calendar take place on March 8-10 at the Buddh International Circuit on the outskirts of Delhi.

At Brno the team will only race with Marino, but from Silverstone onwards he will be joined by Britain's Dan Linfoot, who is currently recovering from a hand injury.

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HRC-Vizepräsident Shuhei Nakamoto sprach exklusiv mit motogp.com über die zukünftige Fahrer-Aufstellung im Team sowie über das neue Motorrad für 2013, welches sogar in diesem Jahr noch zum Einsatz kommen könnte.

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Im Anschluss an die Nachricht, dass das Repsol Honda Team Moto2™-Fahrer Marc Márquez für die nächste Saison verpflichtet hat, äußerten sich die Top-Fahrer der MotoGP™ zum bevorstehenden Sprung des jungen Talents in die Königsklasse.

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		Honda CR 450 Classic Racer
		CR 450: Ein Klassik-Racer von Honda
		Die Vorgabe für den Classic-Umbau war klar: Der bildschöne Honda CB 450-Zweizylinder sollte als Herzstück dominieren. Keine leichte Aufgabe. ... > weiter

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		BMW R 90 S, Kawasaki 900 Z1 und Laverda 1000 3C auf Achse
		Big Bikes der 70er-Jahre
		Wer in den frühen 70ern auf sportliche Bikes mit Mörderleistung stand, träumte vermutlich von einem dieser drei Bikes. Alle drei faszinierten schon damals mit mächtigem Antritt und markantem Sound - und sie tun es noch heute. ... > weiter

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