KTM FREERIDE Education

Some incredible scenery in this one!

Check out the KTM FREERIDE Education clips and learn more about some basic Enduro softskills usefull for freeriding. Videos done by MTB FREERIDE (http://www.mtbfreeride.tv) with the new KTM FREERIDE 250 R & 350 (http://www.ktm.com/at/freeride.html) at the marvellous Zillertal in Tyrol, Austria starring Dieter Rudolf (Austrian Trial/Enduro rider), Christine Wiesner (Austrian female Enduro rider) and Marcus Klausmann (German downhiller). More episodes coming soon…

Valentino Rossi 5th highest paid motorsports athlete

Valentino Rossi still may not be winning MotoGP races like he used to do, the fabulous trio of Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa are making sure of the that, but he is still one of the top earning motorsports athletes according to Forbes.

According to Forbes’ 2013 list of Top-Earning Drivers in Motorsports, the former 9-time world champion ranks fifth, having earned between June 2012 and June 2013 a total of $22 million, with $12 million coming from salary and winnings and $10 million coming from endorsement deals.

Rossi is the only motorcycle racer on the list comprises Formula 1 and Nascar drivers, like Fernando Alonso, who is the top earner with $30 million and Danica Patrick, 9th with $15 million who is the only woman on Forbes list.

Valentino Rossi also owns his own management and marketing company VR46, that has in its line-up Tony Cairoli Andrea Iannone, Kevin Schwantz and even MotoGP rookie sensation Marc Marquez (we can guess this is the reason that the two get along so famously).

Forbes 2013 List:

1. Fernando Alonso ($30 million)
2. Lewis Hamilton ($27.5 million)
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ($26 million)
4. Jimmie Johnson ($24 million)
5. Valentino Rossi ($22 million)
6. Tony Stewart ($18.5 million)
7. Jeff Gordon ($18.2 million)
8. Sebastian Vettel ($18 million)
9. Danica Patrick ($15 million)
10. Jenson Button ($14 million)

VIA twowheelsblog

Camouflage! / Drôles de zèbres !

The new Porsche LMP1 prototype, the Hyundai i20 WRC and the Citroën C4-Elysée WTCC all feature flashy body camouflage. Car manufacturers are making increasing use of this technique to conceal the forms of vehicles that are under development. The trend was first used for production cars in order to trouble the autofocus function of spy cameras. The vinyl wrap is extremely easy to apply. 
The Hyundai i20 WRC was put through a busy test programme during the summer on both asphalt, in France’s Vosges Mountains, and on gravel in Finland.

Prototype Porsche LMP1, Hyundai i20 WRC, Citroën C4-Elysée WTCC. En sport automobile aussi, la tendance est aux robes zébrées ! Les constructeurs utilisent de plus en plus ces zébrures pour dissimuler l’aéro de leurs voitures en développement. La mode est apparue sur les voitures de série pour brouiller les autofocus des photographes. Il s’agit de films en vinyle très faciles à appliquer. 
La Hyundai i20 WRC a enchaîné les séances d'essais au mois d'août, sur l'asphalte en France (Vosges) et sur terre en Finlande.

Nicky Hayden bins the Panigale in Mugello test

Yesterday at Mugello was the scene of Nicky Hayden’s test on on the Ducati 1199 Panigale. The American rider who is leaving the Italian manufacturer at the the end of this season, was offered an opportunity to ride the machine by his soon-to-be ex employers in order to convince him to stay with the company, albeit riding in World Superbikes.

Ducati’s Paolo Ciabatti previously said that Hayden had received a very ‘important economic offer’ from them, and the test they he would be doing would be ‘proper one’ with with members of his MotoGP squad also present to help him out.

According to GPone.com, Hayden yesterday did around thirty laps on the bike, but he also suffered a small and harmless crash.

At the moment there is no news if Hayden will test the Panigale again or if he will accept Ducati’s offer, as he has several other interesting offers on the table.

The Kentucky Kid has been linked to ride for LCR Honda on Honda’s new production racer, but he has also been tipped to be in talks Aspar’s MotoGP team for an ART, and also with Forward Racing, but the American was tracked down via a training run map (@MapMyRun) that he uploaded, to be very near Noale, the home of Aprilia, before the Mugello test.

via TWOWHEELSBLOG