Scott Redding, a British teenager who cannot legally drink, smoke, vote, drive a car or operate a motorcycle on the road, yesterday became the youngest rider in the history of motorcycle racing to win a grand prix.

Redding, from Quedgeley in Gloucestershire, took the 125cc British grand prix at Donington Park yesterday at the age of 15 years and 170 days, beating vastly more experienced rivals who have competed in up to 150 races. Redding started racing when he was ...

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They came to pay homage to James Toseland at a blustery Donington Park yesterday. But as 88,831 fans drove away at the end of the day’s racing, it was 15-year- old Scott Redding who had turned heads and captured hearts.

The unassuming schoolboy from Gloucestershire became the youngest Grand Prix winner in the 59-year history of the sport by steering his Aprilia to victory in the 125cc class. So shocked was he that when he took the chequered flag, his reaction was born of ignorance of how to celebrate — ‘I thought: “Whoa, what do I do now?” I’d never been in that position before.’...

Read the full article by Ivan Speck at The Daily Mail

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Is it cold in here, or is it me? Maybe I'm just feeling the cool from Aprilia's new Shiver, in all its freak-out orange glory.

The 750 cc V-twin Shiver is a sport bike, but it's an entirely new breed for the Italian manufacturer: a competitively priced, do-it-all middleweight standard that can be used to slice and dice canyons or ride slab to work...

Read Susan Carpenter's full review and watch the Aprilia videos at The Los Angeles Times website

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Heading toward turn 11 at Carolina Motorsports Park, my brain is attempting to override 30 years of my personal motorcycle evolution. Fighting the desire to chop the throttle at the first brake marker, I lock my sights on the yellow GSXR 750 in front of me.

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DAYTONA BEACH -- Daytona International Speedway usually reaches up and bites Ty Howard in the leathers during Daytona 200 Week By Honda.

Not Sunday.

Even though the Weatherford, Texas, rider ran...

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After James Toseland's brilliant second place in the historic first MotoGP night test, British fortunes have continued to soar at the 125 and 250GP session in Qatar. In-form Aprilia rider Bradley Smith's sensational pre-season testing form has continued with the...

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From a press release issued by Brandware Public Relations, on behalf of Aprilia USA/Piaggio Group: NEW YORK – Aprilia USA/Lloyd Brothers Motor-sports heads into the 2008 season in the enviable position as champions of the SunTrust MOTO-ST SST class.

“Racing has always been important to the Aprilia brand and winning the 2007 MOTO-ST SST championship was a great accomplishment for us,” says Aprilia Brand Manager Rick Panettieri. “We are looking forward to the increased level of competition in the MOTO-ST series for 2008 and even more exciting racing.”...

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The Aprilia Superbike, the bike which from 2009 will bring the Noale based company back to four-stroke racing, has been unveiled for the first time during the Piaggio Group Convention in Milan.

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MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Piaggio SpA said its brand Aprilia plans to enter the Superbike motorbike racing competition with a four-cylinder, 1,000 cubic centimetre capacity motor, starting in the 2009 season.

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Piaggio Group Americas President and CEO Paolo Timoni says the company's Aprilia and Moto Guzzi businesses in the United States marked 2007 with an increase in retail unit sales, a continued expansion of their ...

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