Rumors emanating from Italy via broadcast outlet Sportsmediaset.it are offering up the tantalizing notion that Casey Stoner has now signed for Honda for the 2011 MotoGP season, which if true, will certainly put paid to the past rumors that Stoner and Livio Suppo (ex-Honda and now currently Ducati team manager) don't get along. If true, Ducati's disappointment at losing their star may well be mitigated by the knowledge that the other three ‘aliens', namely Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo's contracts are likewise up as well at the end of this season. Rossi to Ducati ...Read more.

Japanese manufacturer Honda unveiled yesterday the latest prototype of the EV-neo electric scooter and announced plans to begin lease sales in Japan in December 2010 to businesses and business owners who provide mainly delivery services. The vehicle was first shown this past October as a concept model at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show. Honda, however, states the mass market model of the vehicle is still in development. Powered by a lithium-ion battery manufactured by Toshiba and a brushless motor, the Honda EV-neo electric scooter is extremely environmental friendly, with zero CO2 emissions ...Read more.

Aftermarket sportbike exhaust producer Yoshimura announced it has introduced new pieces for the 2008-2009 models of Honda's flagship sportbike, the CBR 1000 RR Fireblade. Its YRS division (Yoshimura Race Shop), opened last July, will offer oil-filler caps, axel-adjuster blocks, steering-stem nuts, heat-shields, case savers, bar ends, and stand stoppers. Taken separately, the Yoshimura oil-filler plug features distinctive Yoshimura Magnasonian finish and are CNC machined from high quality billet aluminum. The product is available with an MSRP of $23.95. The Yoshimura axel-adjuster ...Read more.

American Honda announced today that their 2010 contingency program will be expanded to include a wider range of professional and amateur racing venues. Now encompassing road racing, dirt track and ATVs, the program is there to support Honda customers in virtually all disciplines of racing. Adding to what is already an impressive contingency program, American Honda also announced a championship bonus to any Honda CBR®-mounted rider who captures the 2010 WERA National Challenge Superbike Championship. More details will follow, but early indications are that this will be a ...Read more.

The specialists at Rush Racing have just released two new exhaust systems for the 2010 Honda Fury, available with either show quality chrome or popular black coating. Fury owners can choose between a Straight and Multi-Directional Angle Tip. Two optional tips are also available, a tapered cut and short ring. The systems have double ceramic coating that increases exhaust gas flow and therefore improves power. Besides better performance, lower exhaust pipe temperatures makes a more comfortable ride by reducing heat. Other important feature is the heavy-duty 16-gauge steel which provides ...Read more.

Torrance, CA: American Honda announced today that its 2010 contingency program will include a $35,000 bonus to any Honda CBR®-mounted rider that wins the WERA National Challenge Superbike Series. This championship bonus is an addition to an already lucrative payout schedule announced last month. Eligible models include 2008 and newer CBR1000RRs. Honda Red Rider Reward standard contingency rules apply. Visit HondaRedRiders.com to download a 2010 contingency claim form for details. About Honda American Honda Motor Co., Inc. is the sole distributor of Honda motorcycles, scooters, ATVs ...Read more.

The Repsol Honda Team held its official launch in Madrid, Spain on Saturday with the start of the 2010 MotoGP season just under one month away. Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa was the star of show held in front of 7000 fans at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid. The event was timed to coincide with the penultimate round of the FIM Indoor Trial World Championship at the same venue. Appropriately, Pedrosa rode a trials bike onto the stage before a machine he is more familiar with - his Honda RC212V race bike - was dramatically lowered from the roof of the arena. Andrea Dovizioso, ...Read more.

When you see Freddie Spencer trying to sell pieces of his personal racing history like his championship 1983 Honda NSR500 and his 1985 championship NSR250, you just know things can’t be going that well for one of the greatest racers of all times. Fast Freddie who is the only rider in history to won both the 250cc and 500cc World championship in the same year, has decided to sell off these championship bikes. The bikes are so rare, that they’re the only ones in exsistence outside the Honda museum in Japan and are being sold off as a pair. Source: ...Read more.

The Honda CB1100 vintage naked is available in Japan dealerships this week, at a price of about 8,000 euros (950,000 yen). There’s no knowing whether the CB1100 will hit the export market yet, although even if that price were to increase, it seems quite competitive. The production CB1100 is based on the CB1100F concept of 2007, and is available in red, black and white, with ABS or without, and with an option of high or low handlebars. The CB1100 is designed very much as a vintage style bike and as such has modest performance stats. The four-cylinder DOHC engine produces 87 hp and 92 Nm ...Read more.

Honda has announced that it intends to build a second production plant in India in order to meet the rising demand in the world’s second largest motorcycle market. Located in western Rajasthan, the production facility will cost Honda over $100 million, but will also allow the Japanese firm to churn out an additional 600,000 units per year starting in the second half of 2011. This new facility in western Rajasthan is just one element in Honda’s plan to increase Indian production. Honda also expects to increase production at its Haryana plant in northern India from 1.25 million units to ...Read more.