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Glenn Merriman from Fineline Motorcycles of Taree has taken the top spot at Yamaha Technical Academy's industry leading Oceania Motorcycle Technician Grand Prix.

Ahead of the Phillip Island MotoGP, Casey Stoner holds a 40 point lead at the head of the championship. Stoner is in a position to take the title with a good result at Phillip Island, depending on the result of his closest rival, Jorge Lorenzo.

Earlier this month the BMW Museum in Munich offloaded an impressive selection of rare and unique BMW motorcycles from its world famous collection. Conducted by Bonhams, the exclusive auction saw 23 motorbikes auctioned, with exciting results.

This week's MotoGP Round at Phillip Island is a perfect opportunity for ASBK Championship leader, Glenn Allerton, and his Procon Maxima BMW team to display their talent and the dynamic power of the BMW S 1000 RR before an international audience.

With the the 2011 IVECO Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix only days away, have a look back at what happened on the island in 2010.

Royal Enfield have announced the release of two stylish new leisure bikes: the Classic Chrome and Desert Storm.

The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 MotoGP team has announced that Andrea Dovizioso will join the team for the 2012 MotoGP World Championship. The Italian will replace long-time rider Colin Edwards in the French-based team.

Following on from his fill-in ride for Loris Capirossi at the Motegi MotoGP round, Australian Damian Cudlin has secured a second guest ride at Phillip Island this weekend, filling in for the injured Hector Barbera.

2011 marks the 50th anniversary of Yamaha's involvement in Moto Grand Prix road racing. This year, the celebrations will extend to the Phillip Island circuit on 15 to 16 October, where Yamaha offers VIP hospitality plus tickets to the popular Moto GP Stars Dinner.

Purchase VIP tickets to Yamaha's Moto GP corporate hospitality suite at the Phillip Island Motorcycle Grand Prix and you'll be amongst the first in the country to see the new 2012 YZF R1, which will be revealed at the Island.

Catherine Carbone's devotion to MotoGP and enthusiasm for the Australian event at Phillip Island has paid off, with the Melbourne girl winning the grand prize in the recent 'Riders Unite' promotion - a brand new Honda CBR 1000RR in Casey Stoner replica livery.

Want to learn to take photos as good as the MotoGP pros? Highly respected MotoGP photographer, Andrew Wheeler, will be hosting a special one-day photography seminar ahead of the IVECO Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.

Kawasaki have released the new and improved 2012 Kawasaki KX250F motocrosser. A large range of new 2012 Kawasaki models featuring colour and graphic changes have also been released, including the Ninja ZX-10R ABS, Ninja 1000 ABS, Z1000 ABS, Z750 and KFX450R Sports ATV. The new models are available now at Kawasaki dealerships.

2012 marks the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the World Superbike Championship. To mark the milestone, SBK series promoters Infront Sports & Media will introduce a new brand identitiy for the series, that it claims will reflect "its image and style of supreme motor racing".

Hailed as the sporty BMW single cylinder enduro for offroad and everyday, the new BMW G 650 GS Sertao is a sporty addition to the line of single cylinders in the BMW GS family.

The Jason Akermanis Race Workshop team are preparing to take part in the 2011 Australian 8 Hour Endurance Race at Phillip Island in December. But this team is not preparing in the usual way.

Jed Metcher is set to be the next Aussie motorcycling superstar, with the 21-year-old Victorian one race away from securing the European Superstock 600 Championship.

Last weekend saw the final rounds of the AORC (Australian Off Road Championship) played out over a drenched course at Salisbury, NSW.

Kawasaki promise more power and more control from the new 2012 Kawasaki KVF750 4X4 EPS ATV with the addition of electronic power steering. The KVF750 4X4 EPS is available now at your nearest Kawasaki dealership for the RRP of $13,999.

On the same weekend that Carlos Checa was crowned as the 2011 World Superbike champion, Troy Corser was informed that his services would no longer be required at the BMW Motorrad factory Superbike team as a rider, with his place in the 2012 lineup to be taken by Marco Melandri.

One of the highlights of Bonhams USA's upcoming 'Classic California Sale' auction in Los Angeles will be the 1949 Triumph Trophy TR5 Scrambler Custom ridden by The Fonz in the long-running television series 'Happy Days'.

A sixth place finish at the Magny-Cours round of the 2011 World Supersport championship was enough for Britain's Chaz Davies to take this year's title. With one round to go in the championship, Davies holds an unassailable 37 point lead over Fabien Foret (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda).

Carlos Checa is the new World Superbike champion following an authoritative performance in the penultimate round of the championship at Magny-Cours. Even though Checa was virtually guaranteed to win the title in France, the Spaniard lived up to his pre-race vow that he wasn't going to coast to victory, and went on to win both races.

Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa took his third victory of the season at round 15 of the 2011 MotoGP World Championship at Motegi, but the battle for the championship got a little bit hotter, with Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo finishing second ahead of Casey Stoner.