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Aprilia to replace the RSV4 Factory at the end of 2013

28 March, 2020
During yesterday’s Aprilia Factory Team presentation and press conference in Milan, five time World Champion Max Biaggi let it slip that 2012 will be an all important season for the Aprilia Superbike team as it will be the penultimate year…

WSBK Assen: Jonathan Rea goes full tilt in race 1

28 March, 2020
If anyone wanted to win in today’s WSBK first race of round three that was Jonathan Rea. The Castrol Honda rider was racing in front of fans and on his team’s home circuit at Assen and took his third consecutive…

WSBK Misano: Troy Corser takes maiden pole for BMW

28 March, 2020
Troy Corser took his first pole position for the BMW team in today’s Superpole shoot-out at Misano. The Australian pole specialist (his 43rd) and two times World Superbike champion blazed a lap around the Misano Adriatico circuit to finish in…

Marco Melandri: "Sykes was the real champion"

28 March, 2020
Marco Melandri came in third in the 2012 World Superbike Championship, but too many crashes in the last part of the season kept him from the title, but the Italian can be happy that in his first year with German…

WSBK Phillip Island: Leon Haslam Rockets into Superpole

28 March, 2020
Leon Haslam rocked in all three stints of Saturday’s Superpole at Phillip Island by taking his first ever career pole position in WSBK and edging out Ducati’s Michel Fabrizio in the last stint by a mere 0.016s. Cal Crutchlow will…

Videos: Kiyonari sliding for 3 minutes at Donington

28 March, 2020
Have a look at this great movie and see the winner of the last SBK race at Donington sliding for more than 3 minutes. Commentary is in Italian but I am sure you will like the intonation from the presenter.…

Supersonic, Liberty Racing and Aprilia testing at Aragon

28 March, 2020
Not satisfied by the three day SBK test that was held at Portimao that was curtailed by rain two days out of three, Supersonic, Liberty Racing teams and Aprilia test rider Alex Hofmann are currently carrying out another two days…

Carlos Checa gets a his own personal statue

27 March, 2020
If a small Italian town like Tavullia can get on the map because of Valentino Rossi, so can Sant Fruitos de Bages, in Catalunya.This Spanish town’s name to fame is that Carlos Checa was born there and they decided to…

Jonathan Rea bags victory in Race 1 at Imola

27 March, 2020
The new electronics that Jonathan Rea’s Castrol Honda is sporting, may have helped him in today’s race 1 at Imola, but it was all the Northern Irishman’s talent and determination that let him keep a faster and reborn Noriyuki Haga…

WSBK or BSB for Ben Bostrom?

27 March, 2020
According to superbikeplanet.com the highly popular Ben Bostrom is open for a return to Europe to race next season.Since Bostrom will not be riding for Jordan Suzuki’s DMG/AMA team in 2013, the American rider could find a ride in World…

Eugene Laverty fastest in final free practice at Monza

27 March, 2020
The final free practice at Monza finally saw a completely dry track which allowed the riders to work on setup after all the previous sessions that were either wet or very damp.With a dry track Eugene Laverty was the fastest…

WSBK Miller: Carlos Checa tops FP2

27 March, 2020
Carlos Checa decided it was time to put a halt to Jakub Smrz’s domination at Miller Motorsports Park as he topped the timesheets in the final free practice ahead of this afternoon’s Superpole.The Althea Ducati rider led for the majority…

World Superbike riders preview upcoming Assen round

27 March, 2020
The third round of the World Superbike championship will be kicking off this weekend at the historic TT Circuit Van Drenthe at Assen.Carlos Checa currently leads in the points standings and he’ll be looking to repeat his Imola double victory…

Joan Lascorz transferred to Spain

27 March, 2020
Today Joan Lascorz will be returning to Spain. The unfortunate Kawasaki rider who was seriously injured during the Pirelli tire test at Imola on Monday and underwent a complex spinal surgery the same day, was flown with an air ambulance…

WSBK Portimao: Toseland on top in FP1

27 March, 2020
Today’s first free practice at Portimao saw James Toseland hit the the top of the charts with a best lap of 1’44.351 in the final 10 minutes of the session and looking like Yamaha Sterilgarda has solved the electronics problems…

Toni Elias to test BMW Superbike at Misano

27 March, 2020
Toni Elias has received an invitation from World Superbike team BMW Italia to test their S1000RR machine tomorrow and Wednesday at the Misano World circuit.The reigning Moto2 champion who is enduring a tough return season in MotoGP with LCR Honda…

2012 BMW S1000RR official video available

27 March, 2020
A while ago we introduced the new BMW S1000RR with a full official photo gallery, but BMW Motorrad has also put out a promotional video for the second generation of its commercially successful superbike. The 2012 S1000RR features slight but…

Brett McCormick expects to be back for Silverstone round

27 March, 2020
Brett McCormick, after scarily (it was just after Imola where Joan Lascorz broke his 6th vertebra which resulted in the Spaniard becoming a paraplegic) fracturing his C5 vertebra and breaking his right thumb during Assen’s race 2, said from his…

Waiting for Imola: the babes from Nurburgring part two

27 March, 2020
As we wait for the Imola Superbike round to kick off, how about taking a second look at the ladies from the Nuburgring superbike? This is one sexy biker wallpaper sure to please. Did we mention long legs and ass?…

Castrol Honda to get a 2012 Honda CBR1000RR

27 March, 2020
Rumors of a new Honda CBR1000RR have been floating around for awhile, with some pundits even going as so far as saying that Honda has been putting off the launch of the revamped motorcycle due to downtrodden superbike sales in…

Alex Polita will ride in WSB 2009

27 March, 2020
The Sterilgarda GMB Team has completed its line-up for the 2009 World Superbike Championship. The Italian rider Alex Polita will join team mate and newcomer Shane Byrne in the team.Alex Polita will race next year with the Ducati 1098 RS09…