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Video: World Superbike magazine from Phillip Island

21 April, 2020
You have to admire Infront Motor Sports, not only is World Superbikes is the fastest growing series, with some of the best and battled out racing in the world, but they know how to treat their fans properly (Dorna could…

Jonathan Rea in Take Part & Go Beyond

21 April, 2020
To promote RedBull’s latest initiative Take Part & Go Beyond offers aspiring althletes the chance to spend a special day and take lessons and learn from several RedBull UK sponsored stars in the various sporting disciplines, from BMX to cricket…

Tom Sykes on pole position at Motorland Aragon

21 April, 2020
Tom Sykes took his first pole position of the 2013 season (his career 12th) during today’s Superpole session at the Motorland Aragon circuit in Spain. The Kawasaki rider in SP3 topped the timesheets with a single blazing lap of 1.56.339,…

SBK, Melandri: "There's a lot of catching up to do"

21 April, 2020
Before going to Imola - where the 7th round of the 2013 World Superbike Championship will take place this coming weekend - Marco Melandri and the BMW Motorrad Goldbet SBK team met fans and journalists in Milan at the Italian…

WSBK Imola Race highlights and rider quotes

21 April, 2020
After two rounds and four races, three of which Carlos Checa has won (one was a DNF), he is now leading in the World Superbike standings with four points over Max Biaggi, but the Althea Racing Team is still complaining,…

Marco Melandri to begin shoulder rehabilitation

21 April, 2020
On February 27th, Marco Melandri underwent arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder to clean up adhesions and arthritis to the acromion (the outer end of the scapula to which the collarbone is attached), the BMW Motorrad Goldbet rider gave an update…

World Superbike teams conclude two-day test at Aragon

20 April, 2020
The rain in Spain mainly falls on test circuits and if anyone is still skeptic that global warming exsists just ask any MotoGP or World Superbike rider.Even yesterday’s final day of testing for the four SBK teams who were at…

Max Biaggi and the Aprilia RSV4-R Video

20 April, 2020
Aprilia officially launched the RSV4-R during the Imola Superbike weekend. Here’s Max Biaggi endorsing the little brother and a less expensive version of his RSV4-Factory. Biaggi recommends it and if the Roman Emperor says it’s great bike, we’ve got to…

Crescent Suzuki reveals 2012 World Superbike livery and sponsor

20 April, 2020
Crescent Suzuki has pulled off the wraps on the livery of the 2012 GSX-R1000s that John Hopkins and Leon Camier will be using in this season’s 2012 World Superbike Championship.The team also revealed that Foreign Exchange Solutions company Fixi will…

WSBK: Tom Sykes to remain in Kawasaki orbit

20 April, 2020
Tom Sykes will remain in the World Superbike Championship next year. The British rider who in the last few races of the season has really impressed has been a big part on the development and testing of the new 2011…

Both Alstare Ducati riders end up in the hospital

20 April, 2020
Alstare Ducati riders spent more time in the hospital and under the care of doctors than putting laps on the 1199 Panigale during the two-day World Superbike private test at Phillip Island. Carlos Checa didn’t even turn a wheel, as…

Carlos Checa leads in FP1 at Imola

20 April, 2020
The World Superbike championship’s first free practice at Imola kicked off with the usual Carlos Checa leading the top of timesheets. Checa who needs just 26 points to win the 2011 title this weekend, put in a blazing 1.49.294 final…

Anthony West and Patric Muff to ride for Supersonic Racing

20 April, 2020
After being dumped by MotoGP CRT Speed Master team because he couldn’t find the necessary funding and then passed over by Swan Yamaha to replace the injured Ian Hutchinson by the much more popular Noriyuki Haga, Anthony West has found…

SBK: BMW test in Aragon spoiled by the bad weather

20 April, 2020
The BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team has carried out two days of private testing at the “Motorland Aragon” circuit, in Spain, where riders Marco Melandri and Chaz Davies have worked mainly on the chassis of their BMW S 1000 RR.…

WSBK Replacements for Round 7 at Miller Motorsports Park

20 April, 2020
With John Hopkins still convalescent, Stiggy Racing Honda has called back Jake Zemke for the Miller Motorsports Park round of the World Superbike Championship on May 31. Zemke replaced Hopkins during the Monza round and finished 18th in Race 1…

WSBK Portimao Superpole highlight video and rider quotes

20 April, 2020
Today’s last Superpole of the 2011 season at Portimao went to Jonathan Rea, but the main topic of the session was silly season. And more specifically why is Ducati refusing to support Althea Racing next season, after Bevilacqua’s team brought…

Maxime Berger to ride for Effenbert Liberty World Superbike team

20 April, 2020
World Superbike team Effenbert Liberty Racing will be expanding their efforts next year and will be fielding three Ducati’s. After previously reconfirming last year’s riders Sylvain Guintoli and Jakub Smrz, the Czech based team will be adding French rider Maxime…

James Toseland returns for Brno round, but Lanzi is on standby

20 April, 2020
James Toseland has decided he’ll try to race in this weekend’s World Superbike round at Brno. The Briton has been been battling an extremely serious and career threatening wrist injury that he picked up during testing at Aragon last March.…

WSBK Donington OP1 – Fabrizio takes provisional pole

20 April, 2020
Michel Fabrizio took provisional pole position with a 1′30.775 lap this afternoon in a wet to dry qualifying session at Donington Park, only four tenths of a second from Troy Bayliss’s 2007 record.Leon Haslam was second, but four tenths from…