We're not sure if Ben Spies drives a shaggin' wagon when he goes to track days, or if he spaces out during the rider briefing with a lollipop firmly planted in his mouth, but trouncing the other riders with his "advanced" status sounds about par for the course for the GP racer. Riding his 50th WGP Anniversary R1 out to some unidentified track for a bit two-wheeled schooling for some other Yamaha riders, we're not really so sure about the story involved with this video, but as far as motorcycle industry videos go, it is not the worst we've seen. The photography, on the other hand, is stunning. Photos and video after the jump.

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Kent Andersson George Andrews Luigi Anelli Marcel Ankone

September 29, 2011

TOP WALLPAPERS Jorge Lorenzo

Jorge Lorenzo ? Inspirational Sportsman for New Generation

Top Sports celebs | OlgaKet | November 29, 2010 at 6:12 am

After earning number 1 plate with 2010 MotoGP World Championship in team Yamaha Spanish professional motorcycle road racer Jorge Lorenzo is looking forward to beat teammate Valentino Rossi in 2011 MotoGP season in Qatar.

Earning so many credits to his side in very young age Spanish motorcycle racer Jorge Lorenzo had always been an inspirational sportsman for new generation. He has won many victories up till now and stood as 2006 and 2007 250cc world champion with team Aprilia and is currently the rider in the MotoGP class on the Yamaha Factory Team. Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero was born on 4th May 1987 in Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain and made his championship debut in age of fifteen. In 2006 all his poles bar Motegi led him to win in 2006 and his nine pole position led him to nine victories in 2007.

Jorge Lorenzo?s victory in 2007 at Misoni was his 16th in 250cc class that earned him most successful Spanish rider of all time in 250cc GP class. He had also been confirmed as Valentino Rossi?s partner on a two year deal for the 2008 MotoGP season in 2007. In 2009 season he remained with Yamaha and banged two wins out of four races in Japan and France. Same year in 2009 Jorge Lorenzo signed a contract to race with Yamaha in 2010 motogp championship though Ducati kept on offering him a 15 million dollar contract to take Nicky Hayden?s position.

At the 2011 MotoGP season in Qatar Jorge Lorenzo became the title favorite with a 47-point lead after four wins in first six rounds. He has also been actively participating in many philanthropic works like he joined with Oxfam international confederation?s efforts assisting support for 2010 Haiti earthquake victims.

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/sUTennoZ--M/TOP+WALLPAPERS+Jorge+Lorenzo

Fuyuki Yamazaki Shunji Yatsushiro Ryuji Yokoe Toshimi Yorino

September 29, 2011

Alstare Uncertain About Suzuki WSBK Future

After going it essentially alone for the 2011 World Superbike Championship, the Alstare Suzuki team is weighing its options for 2012, as actual factory support from Suzuki for the “factory Suzuki” squad is again seeming unlikely. Releasing a “read between the lines” press release this week, Alstare has publicly put Suzuki Japan on notice over the fact that the Japanese manufacturer is expected not be developing the Suzuki GSX-R1000 further for WSBK, and will not ...

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Hans Bartl Harald Bartol Darren Barton František Bartoš

September 29, 2011

Simoncelli's Factory Status At Gresini Extended Through 2012

Marco Simoncelli has won the unofficial Battle of the HRC Italians. Today, the San Carlo Gresini team announced that Simoncelli would be staying with the squad for 2012, and would be doing so with a HRC contract and a factory-spec Honda RC213V.

With Honda scaling back the number of factory-supported riders in MotoGP for 2012, the question on everybody's lips had been who of the two current Italian riders HRC would choose to support next year, Andrea Dovizioso or Marco Simoncelli. Dovizioso has comprehensively beaten Simoncelli so far this year, finishing ahead of Simoncelli in 12 of this year's 14 races, and sitting a massive 79 points ahead of Simoncelli in the championship, and was pushing for another extension to his factory contract with Honda. But while Dovizioso has been quietly getting results, Simoncelli has been making headlines, and has gathered a massive fan base in the two years he has been in MotoGP. Simoncelli's popularity - especially in Italy, his home country - has helped Italian snack maker San Carlo raise their profile in their key market, and helped persuade them to stay on as sponsor with the Gresini Honda squad.