Bel-Ray Announces Barbacci Motors as a Distribution Partner in Peru

Courtesy of Bel-Ray Company Inc.

FARMINGDALE, NJ – November 12, 2012 –

Bel-Ray Company, Inc., the leading USA-based lubrication manufacturing company, is pleased to announce the addition of Barbacci Motors S.A., the premier Peru-based powersports distributor, to its list of worldwide distribution partners.

Globally recognized as the leader in powersports lubricants, Bel-Ray has been the choice of enthusiasts worldwide since the early 1970s. Through intense research and development, Bel-Ray has created performance-driven products for all powersports users, from beginners to seasoned professionals. With JASO certification, Bel-Ray’s comprehensive line of products is of the highest technical caliber available within the powersports industry.

“Bel-Ray is extremely excited to partner with Barbacci Motors, the paramount distributor in Peru,” said Bel-Ray’s Chief Operating Officer, Jennifer Liquori. “The Barbacci family has a long standing reputation of integrity, outstanding dealer support, and offers a premium range of products unlike anywhere else in the region. The addition of their new premium retail store, expected to be finished by Mid-2013, in San Isidro will further cement their leadership position in the city capital. ” she added.

Founded on April 12th, 1970 by Carlos and Rosa Barbacci, Barbacci Motors has grown from a small one-car garage in Lima to their 7,000 square meter Miraflores facility, distributing their premium product range to 1,000 powersports stores nationwide. The addition of Bel-Ray’s complete powersports lubricants line completes an extensive distribution plan that includes spare parts, tires, gears and other accessories.

“We are very happy to distribute Bel-Ray Products,” said Mario Barbacci, owner of Barbacci Motors. “We will give our best effort to make Bel-Ray the number one brand in the powersports lubricants line. We thank all Bel-Ray staff for giving us the opportunity to work with them”.

Bel-Ray produces powersports lubricants for off-road, street and marine applications, including a re-engineered product line specifically designed to meet the demands of all V-Twin motorcycles.

All Bel-Ray powersports products are currently available from Barbacci’s dealer network.

Bel Ray Company Inc was founded in 1946 and is a privately held, woman-owned business serving the lubrication needs of powersports, industrial and mining customers worldwide. Bel-Ray is recognized as the leader in the specialty lubricants industry for setting high standards of quality and performance with products formulated for the motorcycle, automotive, aviation, energy, food, marine, military, mining, OEM, Industrial steel, and textile industries. “Flex Your Engine” with Bel-Ray’s superior Powersports line that delivers top quality Made-in-the-USA products to motorcycle and recreational vehicle enthusiasts around the world. Bel-Ray products are available at powersports dealers worldwide. Visit Bel-Ray.com for a complete dealer listing. Find the right lubricant for your equipment with Bel-Ray’s Lubricant Advisor. Like us on Facebook.com/BelRay or follow us on Twitter/Bel_Ray
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Red Bull KTM Ajo celebrates 3-way podium in 2012 Moto3 Finale

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KTM Racing News

The Red Bull KTM Ajo team celebrated a three-way podium in the final race of the inaugural Moto3 GP season in Valencia Spain on Sunday with Danny Kent of Britain stealing victory from teammate and World Champion Sandro Cortese in the final corner and Zulfahmi Khairuddin, who also set a lap record, in third.

Red Bull KTM Ajo team celebrates

Moto3 GP finished the season as it had begun with plenty of drama right down to the wire. With the championship already in Cortese’s bag it might have been just another out in on the Valencia circuit but the competitive nature of the small class was never going to let that happen. The final dash to the finish was just as hard fought as it has been throughout the season.

Danny Kent steals final victory

Before the race, pundits had speculated that the main action as going to be between Luis Salom (Kalex-KTM) and Maverick Viñales (Honda) to settle who would take the minor championship placings behind Cortese and while this did play a role, the action was always going to be up the front end of the field. Salom finished behind Viñales in the race but still had enough points to give his second overall.

Cortese wraps up a brilliant season

Cortese took an early lead in the 23-lap race on the rain-soaked circuit and held onto it right until the last corner. He admitted after the race that he didn’t realize Kent was so close behind him going into the finishing straight. “I was in the front for 20 laps. I looked at the big screen and I thought I had enough advantage to take the win then Danny got me in the last corner.”

The German rider still leaves the season showered in accolades. He sealed the first ever Moto3 GP World Championship and wrote himself into the MotoGP statistics as the rider with the biggest number of podiums in a single season in the small displacement bikes. Cortese won in Portugal, Germany, San Marino, Malaysia and Australia and was on the podium in 15 of 17 races. Both he and Kent advance to Moto2 next season.

Second podium and lap record for Khairuddin

Kent said he had a good feeling with the bike all weekend but admitted he ‘had a moment’ with South African Brad Binder (Kalex-KTM) near the end of the race. “Then I just pushed a bit more in the final corner,” he said. It was Kent’s second win after his first in Japan. It was also a great weekend for rookie Binder who ended on a high note with fourth place, his best result of the season.

Certainly this unluckiest rider on the Valencia track was Jonas Folger (Kalex-KTM). He rode into pole position in Saturday’s qualifying only to experience technical difficulties in the sighting lap on the rain soaked circuit. The Aspar team managed to get the bike back and started in time for him to start the race from the pit lane but Folger had to retire five laps into the race. The young German has had a great second half of the season after joining the Aspar team at the half way mark. Since then he has constantly been a podium contender and picked up his first GP win in Brno, Czech Republic.

The season has been a hugely successful one of KTM after the Austrian manufacturer re-entered the MotoGP competition in the new Moto3 GP category. KTM had previously withdrawn after the phasing out of the 250 and 125 cc classes.

Pit Beirer, KTM’s Head of Motorsport, speaking fro the Valencia circuit said it had been a wonderful way to finish what had been a great season. “Fantastic to finish with three boys in the podium in the last race but we have great riders, a great Moto3 bike and a great team under Aki Ajo,” he said. “I want to express a big thanks to Aki, all of his team and everyone back at KTM in Austria who have given us this great bike. Now we are already working on the future because Sandro was actually riding the new 2013 Moto3 GP bike this weekend. We wanted to use this chance to get feedback.”

KTM was also the clear winner in the Manufacturers’ Standings finishing with 346 points, 40 points ahead of FTR Honda.

Moto3 Valencia (final round of the season)
1, Danny Kent, UK, KTM (second win of the season) 45.05.891

2, Sandro Cortese, Germany KTM World Champion, (sets MotoGP record for podiums with small displacement bikes – 15 podiums in 17 races in 2013) 45.05.947

3, Zulfahmi Khairuddin, Malaysia, KTM (second podium of the season) 45.06.005

4, Brad Binder, South Africa, Kalex-KTM – best finish in 2013 45.06.322

5, Hector Faubel, Spain, Honda, 45.10.262

6, Louis Rossi, France, Honda 45.13.496

7, Jakub Kornfeil, Czech Republic, Honda, 45.20.822

8, Maverick Viñales, Spain, Honda 45.24.386

9, Niklas Ajo, Finland, KTM, 45.29.071

10, Luis Salom, Spain, Kalex-KTM 45.29.136 (finishes second to Sandro Cortese in the World Championship)

Other KTM
11, Philipp Oettl, Germany, Kalex-KTM

19, Arthur Sissis, Australia, KTM 45.58.861

22, Luca Amato, Germany, Kalex-KTM,

DNF Jonas Folger Germany, Kalex-KTM

Final Championship standings after 17 rounds
1, Cortese, 325

2, Salom, 214

3, Viñales, 207

4, Kent 154

5, Alex Rins, Spain, 141

Other KTM
7, Khairuddin, 128

9, Folger, 93

12, Sissis 84

19, Ajo 40

21, Binder 24

31, Oettl 5

Final Manufacturer’s Standings
1, KTM 346

2, FTR Honda 306

3, Kalex-KTM 262

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Moto3 GP Finale Valencia Spain

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Results Moto3 finale Valencia Spain
Moto3 Valencia (final round of the season)

1, Danny Kent, UK, KTM (second win of the season) 45.05.891
2, Sandro Cortese, Germany KTM World Champion, (sets MotoGP record for podiums with small displacement bikes – 15 podiums in 17 races in 2012) 45.05.947
3, Zulfahmi Khairuddin, Malaysia, KTM (second podium of the season) 45.06.005
4, Brad Binder, South Africa, Kalex-KTM – best finish in 2013 45.06.322
5, Hector Faubel, Spain, Honda, 45.10.262
6, Louis Rossi, France, Honda 45.13.496
7, Jakub Kornfeil, Czech Republic, Honda, 45.20.822
8, Maverick Vinales, Spain, Honda 45.24.386
9, Niklas Ajo, Finland, KTM, 45.29.071
10, Luis Salom, Spain, Kalex-KTM 45.29.136 (finishes second to Sandro Cortese in the World Championship)
Other KTM
11, Philipp Oettl, Germany, Kalex-KTM
19, Arthur Sissis, Australia, KTM 45.58.861
22, Luca Amato, Germany, Kalex-KTM,
DNF Jonas Folger Germany, Kalex-KTM

Final Championship standings after 17 rounds
1, Cortese, 325
2, Salom, 214
3, Vinales, 207
4, Kent 154
5, Alex Rins, Spain, 141
Other KTM
7, Khairuddin, 128
9, Folger, 93
12, Sissis 84
19, Ajo 40
21, Binder 24
31, Oettl 5

Final Manufacturer’s Standings
1, KTM 346
2, FTR Honda 306
3, Kalex-KTM 262

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Qualifying Results Moto3GP at Valencia

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KTM Results Service Moto3 Qualifying Valencia

Moto3 Qualifying Valencia (final round of the season)

(70% possibility of rain fur Sunday’s race, the final of the season)

1, Jonas Folger, Germany, Kalex-KTM, 1.41.263
2, Miguel Oliviera, Portugal, Suter Honda 1.41.316
3, Luis Salom, Spain, Kalex-KTM, 1.41: 441
4, Sandro Cortese, Germany, KTM, 1.41:506
5, Maverick Vinales, Spain, FTR Honda 1.41:774
6, Efram Vazquez, Spain, Honda, 1.41:828

Other KTM
7, Danny Kent, UK, KTM 1.41:952
15, Brad Binder, Kalex-KTM 1.42:497
17, Zulfahmi Khairuddin, Malaysia, 1.42:69
19, Arthur Sissis, Australia, KTM 1.42:804
20, Luca Amaco, Kalex-KTM, Germany 1.42:974
22, Niklas Ajo, Finland, KTM, 1.43:011
26, Philipp Oettl, Germany, Kalex-KTM, 1.43.692

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Behind The Machine : Dungey vs. Stewart – Episode 5

Courtesy of Red Bull
Photo Courtesy of Frank Hoppen

Two years ago, KTM brought in the most triumphant team manager in the sport, along with his team of technicians. Over the past year, they have successfully built an entirely new 450 machine, and in September of 2011, welcomed Ryan Dungey to the team.

With the return of James Stewart to MotoX, competition is at an all time high. Do Ryan Dungey and the KTM team have what it takes to dominate the sport?

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Deluxe Suspension Bearing Service Tool

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Moto3™ will see an epic battle of the Spaniards

Courtesy of FIM NEWS

This weekend’s Moto3™ race at the Generali de la Comunitat Valencia will see an epic battle of the Spaniards as RW Racing GP’s Luis Salom and Blusens Avintia’s Maverick Viñales fight it out for the runner-up spot in the championship.

Both lost their chance in Phillip Island to extend or cut each other’s lead significantly, as Salom was penalised with a ride-through for a jump-start, and Viñales crashed out towards the end. Salom is in the strongest position heading into the Valencia race with a nine-point lead over Viñales, however the Blusens rider was victorious at the track last year, and will no doubt be hoping he can muster up some of that magic once again.

Behind the battling duo will be another fierce encounter with Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Alex Rins and Team Italia FMI’s Romano Fenati involved in a tussle for Rookie of the Year. Rins currently holds the upper hand with a five-point lead over the Italian, as well as a home advantage. Fenati however, has proven to be a race winner in Spain earlier in the year, and will not rule himself out of contention just yet.

Sixth place in the table looks set to go to Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Danny Kent, who like his Moto3 World Champion teammate Sandro Cortese, will just be out for the win, without worrying about any competitors. Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Miguel Oliveira could throw a spanner in the works with all of the above, after the Portuguese rider took his best ever result last time out in second. A repeat performance will undoubtedly be on his mind, yet he will also have to hold of Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3’s Jonas Folger and AirAsia-SIC-Ajo’s Zulfahmi Khairuddin.

Mahindra Racing’s Riccardo Moretti is out with injury and will be replaced once more by Czech rider Miroslav Popov. There will also be two wildcards in the form of Wild Wolf BST’s Juan Guevara and HP Moto Kalex’s Philipp Oettl.

World Championship Standings Moto3™
1- Sandro Cortese GER KTM 305
2- Luis Salom SPA Kalex KTM 208
3- Maverick Viñales SPA FTR Honda 199
4- Alex Rins SPA Suter Honda 141
5- Romano Fenati ITA FTR Honda 136

Communication MotoGP – www.motogp.com –

Watch the Paris-Bercy Supercross LIVE on MX-LIFE.TV

Courtesy of Youthstream Media

FUNCHAL (Portugal), 30 October 2012 – The Paris-Bercy Supercross is one of the most beautiful, spectacular and well-known Supercross events in the world, and this year it celebrates its 30th anniversary. For such special occasion, the 2012 edition of the Paris-Bercy Supercross, scheduled for the 9th, 10th and 11th of November, will be broadcasted LIVE on MX-LIFE.TV in English and French in order to reach every corner of the world.

MX-LIFE.TV will start broadcasting LIVE on Saturday, 10th November from 20.30 until 23:30 (Local Time) and on Sunday, 11th November all the main action will also be LIVE on MX-LIFE.TV starting from 15.30 to 18.30 (Local Time). Besides, the Friday practices will be available on MX-LIFE.TV already on Saturday morning.

(Paris-Bercy Supercross in 2011 – Copyright: Pascal Haudiquert / Lariviere Orga)

The first King of Bercy was the American Supercross and Motocross Legend David Bailey back in 1984 and other big names in the sport shared the crown of Paris-Bercy with the American; Johnny O’mara, Jeff Ward, Ricky Johnson, Jean Michel Bayle, Jeff Stanton, Mike Larocco, Jeremy McGrath, Ryan Hughes, Jeff Emig, Larry Ward, Grant Langston, David Vuillemin, Andrew Short, Christophe Pourcel, Chad Reed, James Stewart, Justin Brayton, Justin Barcia in 2010 or Kyle Chisholm in the last edition in 2011.

During the 11th November weekend, Kyle Chisholm will have to defend the Crown of Bercy against some of the best Supercross riders of the moment like Cyrille Coulon, Justin Brayton, Jake Weimer or Eli Tomac. Home rider Greg Aranda, former European Supercross Champion, will give it all to be among the best in Paris-Bercy, as well as his compatriot Christophe Pourcel, who will be racing a KTM.

(Start of the 2011 Paris-Bercy Supercross – Copyright: Pascal Haudiquert / Lariviere Orga)

Paris-Bercy will not only host one of the best Supercross events of the 2012 season, but also one of the most spectacular freestyle shows of the moment. Home freestylers Tom Pages or Rémi Bizouard will show their best tricks, together with Japanese freestylers Eigo Sato and “Taka” Higashino, Norwegian Andre Villa or the Spaniard Edgard Torronteras.

Paris-Bercy Supercross and MX-LIFE.TV give you the opportunity to follow the three nights of the Paris-Bercy Supercross or the night of your choice. Log in on MX-LIFE.TV and purchase the option that suits you the most.

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