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Laverty and Guintoli conclude two days of testing at Jerez

22 April, 2020
After dominating the first round of the season at Phillip Island, with Sylvain Guintoli and Eugene Laverty each sharing a victory and a second place podium, the Aprilia Factory team decided to head to Jerez de la Frontera for a…

WSBK Portimao Tests – Day 2 with rider quotes

22 April, 2020
Jonathan Rea was once again the fastest rider on the final day of testing at Portimao posting the fastest time of 1’41.7s. Rea’s lap on race tires was almost a second faster than his best qualifying time from the weekend…

WSBK Superpole cancelled

22 April, 2020
Today’s World Superbike Superpole has been cancelled following a horrific four rider crash during one of the Australian support class races. Unfortunately there has been a tragedy and reports from Phillip Island say that one of the riders has passed…

X-Lite X-802 Black Replica Carlos Checa helmet

22 April, 2020
This Carlos Checa replica helmet from X-Lite is quite elegant, as far as motorcycle helmets go. The X-802 Black Replica Carlos Checa will debut at this weekend’s Silverstone Superbike round where Checa’s helmet go from blue to a matte black…

Max Biaggi to return to action at Portimao

22 April, 2020
Max Biaggi will be returning to action in this weekend’s last round of the World Superbike season at Portimao. The Italian missed the last three crucial rounds due to a freak incident at Nurburgring that fractured his foot, which dropped…

WSBK, Brno: the paddock girls

22 April, 2020
No, we did not forget about it, it’s just that we have been a little busy. Here are some pics picturing some of the nice ladies who attended the latest World Superbike round in Brno, Czech Republic. We all saw…

Ducati 1199 Panigale RS13 official video

22 April, 2020
“Ducati 1199 Panigale RS13 Superbike” is the exact name of Ducati’s racing weapon that will be debuting next season in the 2013 World Superbike championship. A year after its launch and tweleve months of development (between World Superstock, BSB, IDM)…

More on Regis Laconi

22 April, 2020
Regis Laconi returned home last Thursday and after a medical check at the hospital, the French rider was given the all clear and will not have to undergo in-clinic rehabilitation and will be able to continue his recovery directly at…

Ben Spies replica helmet HJC FG-15

22 April, 2020
Here’s a Ben Spies replica helmet from HJC. The FG-15 is very light due to new composite fibreglass shell technology and the cheek pads can be removed and washed. The anti-fog visor has a double opening capacity and uses RapidFire…

SBK, Assen 2013: our paddock girls photo gallery

22 April, 2020
There are a few things that you can take for granted when it comes to the Dutch GP, and unfortunately the weather is not one of them. However, if you are looking for breathtaking endings, the Assen track is definitely…

Ruben Xaus: "Bimota to wildcard World Superbikes in 2013"

22 April, 2020
Our Italian cousins at Motoblog.it are at the Motor Bike Expo in Verona this weekend and at the Bimota stand found former Superbike rider Ruben Xaus who is now officially working with Bimota as their sporting director and was able…

Carlos Checa fastest in final session at Moscow Raceway

22 April, 2020
In the final test session at Moscow Raceway ahead of this weekend’s first ever World Superbike Russian round, Carlos Checa once again headed the top of the timesheets after leading this morning session. Lap times were considerably lower with the…

2014 World Superbike rule changes, EVO class confirmed

22 April, 2020
After long discussions and several postponements - everyone was expecting that the 2014 rules for World Superbikes to be confirmed during the Russian round - the FIM has finally, if partially announced what the new rules will be for the…

WSBK Brno Rider Quotes

21 April, 2020
Today’s World Superbike races at Brno weren’t the usual exciting ones that we are usually used to, but Jonathan Rea made a great comeback from his recent disappointing results to take the win in Race 1 while Max Biaggi took…

WSBK Monza Race 2 – The Spies Vendetta

21 April, 2020
Bitter and still hurting for what happened in Race 1, Ben Spies took the lead and kept it from start to finish leaving podium finishers Michel Fabrizio, who had to start race 2 with his second bike, and Ryuichi Kiyonari…

World Superbike Riders Safety Commission formalized

21 April, 2020
It has taken a long time, but the World Superbike riders finally have the own Riders Safety Commission.Unlike MotoGP (but there are issues there, as only very few riders attend) there has never been a riders safety commission, even if…

Chaz Davies works on riding position in BMW wind tunnel

21 April, 2020
In November of 2010 former BMW riders Troy Corser and Leon Haslam got a chance to use BMW’s wind tunnel to optimize their riding positions, and so did Marco Melandri last year, and and Aragon winner Chaz Davies also got…

WSBK, Silverstone: the paddock girls

21 April, 2020
As always, we close the chapter dedicated to the British GP of the 2012 World Superbike Championship with a parade of the nice hostesses who attended the race, and this time around we have a lovely bunch of English Roses…

Tom Sykes on provisional pole at Magny Cours

21 April, 2020
Tom Sykes was the fastest rider in this afternoon’s first qualifying practice the French circuit of Magny-Cours. The British rider who is wearing a new helmet design based on Joan Lascorz’s sticker with #17 and Power for Lascorz on it…