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Jorge Lorenzo exclusive appearance in Alpinestars KL Shop on 17th October 2012

Monday, October 15th, 2012

Jorge Lorenzo, former MotoGP world champion will make an exclusive appearance at Alpinestars Kuala Lumpur Shop,
Malaysia on 17th October 2012. Lorenzo, currently leading the series after the Motegi GP by 310 points, followed by Dani Pedrosa by 282 points. You can bring anything to the shop to get autographed by Lorenzo himself. The detail of the event is as stated below:

Date: 17th October 2012
Time: 6:30 PM
Venue: Alpinestars Kuala Lumpur Shop
Address: G/17 PV128, Jalan Genting Klang, 53300 Setapak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Source: Alpinestars Malaysia FB Page https://www.facebook.com/AlpinestarsMalaysia

Written by our newest team member: Ikhmal Yusoff.

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Yamaha Factory Racing Reveal Special ‘Race-Blu’ Livery in Misano

Saturday, September 15th, 2012

Race-Blu’ livery also available on YZF-R series production bikes for 2013!

The Yamaha Factory Racing Team will run a special ‘Race-Blu’ livery for the Misano and Aragon Grand Prix race weekends. The unique livery, designed by Italian designer Aldo Drudi, features a contrasting combination of Yamaha Blue and matt grey bodywork, and will be run to celebrate the launch of the exclusive new ‘Race Blu’ Series on selected Yamaha production models.

The MotoGP bikes’ new design has been created to reinforce Yamaha’s historic association with racing blue, harking back to the racing liveries of the early 1980’s Yamaha teams. Alongside the two-tone blue and matt grey colour scheme, the Yamaha YZR-M1 will also feature matching blue wheels. (more…)

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It’s Official: Valentino Rossi returns to Yamaha with two-year contract on 2013

Friday, August 10th, 2012

It is now official that Valentino Rossi is coming back to Yamaha. Rossi will be riding along Lorenzo in 2013 MotoGP. Yamaha Team is now having two biggest talent in motorsports!

Press release from Yamaha:

It is with great pleasure that Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd confirms the signing of Valentino Rossi to ride for the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team for 2013 and 2014.
Valentino Rossi first joined Yamaha in 2004 and achieved four MotoGP World Champion titles with the Yamaha YZR-M1 in 2004 & 2005 and again in 2008 & 2009. He won 46 Grand Prix races with Yamaha over a 7 year period before leaving at the end of the 2010 MotoGP season.
Rossi, who is presently 8th in the Championship standings, will partner Jorge Lorenzo who currently leads the 2012 MotoGP World Championship by 23 points, having taken five victories from the first ten completed races of the 18 race series. (more…)

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Honda Opens RCV Special Site

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

I have just a spent my time reading this info from official Honda site about its RC-V model that is being used in MotoGP races. The time spent is well worth every seconds if you are into bikes. It answer some of the burning question that lingers in our mind about their racing RC-V. How does Honda create the world-beating MotoGP race bikes?

I’m sure you will like it when you are there. Heads up to: http://world.honda.com/RC-V/?r=m

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