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Teething problems for Crescent Suzuki debut

18 April, 2020
The three-day World Superbike test at Portimao went well for BMW and Aprilia, but a little less so for the debutante in the series, Crescent Suzuki who battled with front brake and electronic issues.Leon Camier spent the first day and…

I, Superbiker 3 – The Day of Reckoning

18 April, 2020
If you’ve already seen I, Superbiker and the Showdown regarding the 2011 British Superbike season, you can’t meet their new movie I, Superbiker3 - The Day of Reckoning with the 2012 season that was won by Shane Byrne.Check out this…

Tom Sykes does the double at Donington

18 April, 2020
Just like in race 1 at Donington Park, Tom Sykes set an untouchable rhythm for the rest of the field as he raced to another lights-to-flag victory and moved to a second place in the standings just four points behind…

Leon Haslam at Aragon (w/video)

18 April, 2020
How did Leon Haslam fare at the Aragon circuit with his BMW S 1000 RR? For the first two days of the SBK test, the English rider wasn’t exactly on pace. Between learning the intricacies of a new bike, that…

WSBK Phillip Island video race highlights and more quotes

18 April, 2020
If you missed today’s World Superbike’s double header at Phillip Island, you can catch some footage from these two highlight videos and read more from the riders.Sylvain Guintoli (3rd and DNF)“After what happened to me here last year, this is…

2013 Aprilia RSV4 R ABS and Factory ABS preview

18 April, 2020
The Piaggio Group will bring at the upcoming 2012 EICMA in Milan (EICMA 2012) the new 2013 Aprilia RSV4 R ABS and Factory ABS, the latest and most advanced variants of the model that just conquered both riders and manufacturers…

Jonathan Rea grabs the pole at Magny Cours

18 April, 2020
Lap times were so tight in this afternoon’s World Superbike Superpole session at Magny Cours that many riders had to use their qualifying tires in the SP1 and to get the axe at the end of the session were Jakub…

WSBK: Guandalini Racing drops Roberts for Lavilla

18 April, 2020
Gregorio Lavilla will be replacing Brendan Roberts in Guandalini Racing for the rest of the WSBK season. Insistent rumors at the begining of the month were already talking of the Australian rider being substituted with the Spaniard, infact Lavilla’s wildcard…

South Africa to support riders in World Superbike series

18 April, 2020
Motorsport South Africa wants to send their riders to race internationally and have decided that the FIM Superbike World Championship would be the perfect series.The MSA is the motorsports controlling body and its CEO Francois Pretorious has an ambitious project:…

Pata Racing World Superbike team switches from Aprilia to Ducati

18 April, 2020
World Superbike Pata Racing after confirming Lorenzo Zanetti late last month as their rider for the 2012 season has now also confirmed the rumors that they would be switching manufacturers, dropping the Aprilia RSV4 and returning to Ducati and specifically…

WSBK Donington – Spies on Superpole

18 April, 2020
Ben Spies has set his eighth World Superbike pole position of the season at Donington Park this afternoon after doing a 1:29.846 to best Aprilia’s Max Biaggi’s 1:30.080.Spies timing was perfect because a light rain began to fall towards the…

WSBK – Davide Tardozzi has to defend himself

18 April, 2020
Ducati Xerox team manager Davide Tardozzi has been getting a lot of flak from Italian Ducatisti fans (we’ve personally read them) since Sunday afternoon, when Noriyuki Haga lost the WSBK championship to Ben Spies by only six points.Many were angrily…

Carlos Checa celebrates another victory at Silverstone

17 April, 2020
Carlos Checa celebrated not only Ducati’s 300th victory in World Superbikes with his win in race 1 at Silverstone, but in race 2 he also celebrated his own 100th Superbike race with another comfortable victory, with Eugene Laverty and Marco…

World Superbikes 2012 Awards ceremony

17 April, 2020
The 2012 World Superbikes season concluded with the traditional awards ceremony, which was held in the Auditorium of the Magny-Cours circuit in France. Hosting the traditional event was Paolo Flammini (Infront Motor Sports CEO) and Stephane Desprez (FIM CEO), with…

Moto Rapido Ducati is rapido in changing an engine (w/video)

17 April, 2020
Rizla Suzuki’s time lapsed videos must have impressed British Superbike EVO team Moto Rapido Ducati enough to have filmed their own, showing how they changed the engine on Scott Smart’s 1198R during last weekend’s Brands Hatch round.Smart managed a 9th…

Update on Regis Laconi

17 April, 2020
From DFX Corse Press Release:Regis Laconi’s medical state remains unchanged. The French rider, currently in the intensive car department of the Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, is still in a drug-induced coma and breathes only with assistance. In the medical consultation…

Images from Round 7 WSBK at MMP

17 April, 2020
Check out this gallery of pics from this weekend’s seventh round of the World Superbike Race at Millersports Park, Utah.Images from WSBK at MMP

BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team videos

17 April, 2020
On Monday, the BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team officially launched their 2013 World Superbike effort with Marco Melandri and Chaz Davies, and after the photos and interviews, the team has now released two videos.One is the team presentation that took…

World Superbikes to change racing format?

17 April, 2020
According to British website Bikesportnews.com World Superbike boss Paolo Flammini is proposing a new racing format.Flammini is thinking of eliminating in the future the two race format for several rounds and in its place add one single and longer race…

Valencia Tests for WSBK and Moto2

17 April, 2020
The Ricardo Tormo Circuit at Valencia will see a number of different racing teams out in full force for two days of testing, tomorrow and Thursday.Many top WSB teams will be out on the track as well as host of…