MotoGP championship leader Valentino Rossi has committed his future to Yamaha by signing a new two-year deal.

He joined the Japanese manufacturer in 2004 and two of his seven world titles - in MotoGP, 500cc, 250cc and 125cc - have come with the team...

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From a Yamaha press release:

Cypress, CA - July 2, 2008 - Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S. will once again offer an incredible opportunity to bid for a set of riding gear worn by Colin Edwards at this year's upcoming MotoGP at Laguna Seca. The gear will be presented, in person, by the "Texas Tornado" himself at the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix. All monies raised will benefit the Joe Parkhurst Memorial Scholarship Fund, a motorcycle industry-based effort to honor the founder of Cycle World Magazine and support the scholarship program of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. All proceeds from the auction will be used to provide an avenue to a higher education for survivors of childhood brain tumors.

The Colin Edwards package includes a full set of gear worn by the American during the weekend, including Spidi leathers, his Arai Helmet, and Sidi boots and gloves.

This package will also include a pair of weekend three-day general admission passes to the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, July 18-20, 2008 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, and a pair of passes to an exclusive Team party on Friday evening the 18th.

The winning bidder will be invited on stage during Saturday ceremonies to receive their personally autographed gear directly from the Texas Tornado himself, Colin Edwards.

The auction will be conducted on eBay starting Friday, July 4 and continuing until 12 noon Pacific, Sunday, July 13.

Click here to see the leathers and helmet after the auction closes.

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DUCATI's Troy Bayliss survived scorching heat on what he called one of the hardest days of his career to increase his lead in the World Superbike championship today.

Bayliss claimed two third placings in the San Marino round of the championship as on-track temperatures soared to 52 degrees at Italy's Misano circuit.

German Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner won the first race, half a second clear of Troy Corser's Yamaha with fellow...

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Steve Plater rode a scintillating race on Monday to take his maiden victory in the Relentless Supersport Junior TT run over four laps of the 37.73-mile Isle of Man mountain course. But Ian Hutchinson suffered more bad luck as he retired at Sulby Bridge with a blown engine on lap two.

Plater opened his account with a strong 10th place in Saturday’s Dainese...

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Les Shand had an excellent day of racing at the Isle of Man on Monday, finishing 11th in the Superstock TT and 16th in the first Supersport race to earn himself two more silver replicas. The Superstock result was his best ever finish at the Isle of Man and he put in a total of 4 120mph+ laps during the two races to continue his great week.

In the morning's Superstock race, Les was aboard the Leeds Parcel Company R1 Yamaha and an opening lap of 120.915mph saw him lie in 18th place. However, an excellent second lap enabled him to jump up the order and, with a superb pit stop, and a final lap of 123.920mph, Les completed the four lap race in a brilliant 11th for his highest finish at the TT.

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Mumbai, June 5 : Automotive major Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) has acquired "a controlling stake" in a leading two-wheeler designing firm, Engines Engineering SpA of Italy, it said in a regulatory intimation to the Bombay Stock Exchange Thursday.

Under the agreement between 100 percent M&M subsidiary Mahindra Systech and the European firm, a new entity called Engines Engineering S.r.L has been formed, with M&M holding a 100 percent stake in it.

Alongside, the $12 million Engines Engineering SpA will also transfer all ...

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Story by Gary James in Mugello, Saturday, 31 May 2008

James Toseland, buffeted by a 12th-place finish and a crash in his last two races, yesterday bounced back strongly to finish fifth fastest on a streaming-wet track in practice for the Italian MotoGP round here, even though his fastest time in the first session was only good enough for 13th position overall.

The British rider completed less than a dozen laps in the morning's one-hour session on drying roads, but ...

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For Eric and Ben Bostrom, life doesn't get any better than this.

On weekends, the brothers carve corners as Yamaha teammates. Time away from the track consists of work. Well, that's what the two call it.

They run an apparel and exhaust systems business and they moonlight as models.

Last week, they were on...

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MOTORCYCLING supremo Valentino Rossi rode his Yamaha to victory at the China MotoGP today to snap a seven-race winless streak, beating Spain's Dani Pedrosa and Australia's Casey Stoner.

The five-time world champion from Italy completed the Shanghai race, the fourth of the season, in 44min 08.061sec, with Pedrosa's Honda nearly four seconds behind, and Stoner, on a Ducati,...

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Colin Edwards claimed his first Moto GP pole position since 2006 on Saturday, edging out fellow Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi for the first grid spot for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix.

The American broke Rossi's 2007 pole record by nearly three tenths of a second with a late lap of 1 minute, 58.139 seconds -- almost four tenths ahead of the...

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