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Tom Sykes Testing the 2011 Kawsaki ZX-10R at Autopolis

11 April, 2020
While Tom Sykes has admitted he’s not sure that he’ll be retained by Kawasaki for the 2011 season, but the British rider, filling in for injured Chris Vermeulen, is currently at the Autopolis circuit in Japan trying out the new…

World Superbikes Magny-Cours image gallery

11 April, 2020
The 2012 World Superbike championship still isn’t over for us, we’ve got several galleries of stunning photos from the entire weekend at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours that gave us one of most gripping and dramatic final rounds in recent…

Tom Sykes grabs another Superpole at Misano

11 April, 2020
A thunderstorm and some rain at the Misano Adriatico Marco Simoncelli circuit, half an hour before the start of the Superpole forced the race direction to declare the session wet, so it was just two twenty minute splits that decided…

SBK: Tom Sykes further lowers lap times in FP2 at Donington

10 April, 2020
The track temperatures at Donington for the second and final free practice were much higher than this morning’s and once Tom Sykes was the fastest rider. The British Kawasaki rider stoppd the clock in 1.28.330, almost four tenths of second…

WSBK Donington: Tight free practice sees Tom Sykes on top

10 April, 2020
One week after winning truncated race 2 at Monza (with all the controversy surrounding the entire round) Tom Sykes was back on top of the charts in today’s opening free practice at a cloudy and cool (12°C) Donington Park for…

SBK Donington 2013: Two 'fairy tale' victories for Tom Sykes

10 April, 2020
Tom Sykes had a ‘fairy tale’ weekend at Donington Park with his first ever double victory in World Superbikes.The British rider led all the dry sessions, Q1, QP2, the second free practice and he lead all three Superpole stints and…

Tom Sykes dominates opening practice at Silverstone

9 April, 2020
Tom Sykes was the fastest rider in the first free practice at Silverstone this morning. After losing the lead in the championship standings after his Kawasaki suffered a technical issue and caught fire during race one at Moscow, the British…

WSBK: Kawasaki completes another 3 days of testing at Aragon

9 April, 2020
With Aprilia and Yamaha set to do their testing at Phillip Island, six teams (Honda Ten Kate, both BMW teams, DFX Borciani, Alstare Suzuki and Supersonic Ducati who’ll be testing at Portimao today and tomorrow, the Kawasaki team just finished…

WSBK: Kawasaki confirms three rider team in 2011

8 April, 2020
For all you Tom Sykes fans out there, who were worried about his fate after a pretty good year with the PBM team and all the development and testing he’s done on the new Ninja, we can officially confirm that…

Cal Crutchlow signs with the Yamaha WSS Team

8 April, 2020
Cal Crutchlow and Fabian Foret will ride in the Yamaha World Supersport Team next year. Cal is the newcomer in the Yamaha supersport team and currently races in the British Superbike Championship. Today Cal is in fourth position in the…

Tom Sykes Lascorz tribute helmet to be auctioned

8 April, 2020
Tom Sykes was wearing this special Lascorz tribute helmet (based on the Lascorz support sticker) during the last Superbike round at Magny-Cours to honour of his former team-mate Joan Lascorz.Sykes won the final race of 2012 season and just missed…

WSBK, Brno: massive photo gallery from the pits

8 April, 2020
We close the chapter dedicated to the Czech GP with our usual photo gallery picturing the best moments of the weekend away from the track. The latest round of the World Superbike Championship saw Marco Melandri taking two wins to…

Eugene Laverty beats Sykes in race 2 at Assen

7 April, 2020
Tom Sykes wasn’t able to repeat a second victory at the Assen circuit. The Kawasaki rider tried to escape like he did in race one and set the pace, but the warmer surface conditions did not help him, but it…

Tom Sykes wins truncated Race 2 at Monza

7 April, 2020
This weekend’s World Superbike round at Monza will probably go down in history and it won’t be for the 25th anniversary of the series, but rather to the capricious weather and the tires.After race 1 was finally cancelled for safety…

Tom Sykes rockets to Superpole at Assen

6 April, 2020
Today’s World Superbike’s Superpole at Assen was declared wet, even if the track was more dry than damp with just a few spots of water crossing the tarmac making it tricky riding for everyone, especially in the first half of…

Tom Sykes takes over on day 2 at Phillip Island

6 April, 2020
Tom Sykes shone during last week’s private testing at Phillip Island and during yesterday’s day 1 ended up seventh and almost a second adrift, instead the Kawasaki rider heading the timesheets today taking over the top spot from Carlos Checa.Posting…

2013 WSBK: Tom Sykes does the double at Imola

6 April, 2020
The Imola track surface was hot (57°) and offered much less grip for the second race of the seventh round of the World Superbike championship, but this didn’t stop Tom Sykes from taking a dominating lights-to-flag and uncontested victory, with…

Davide Giugliano pips Sykes in QP2 at Assen

4 April, 2020
Althea’s Davide Giugliano took the top of this morning’s second qualifying practice at the Van Drenthe circuit at Asses was finally dry, and despite the very cold temperatures, lap times dropped. The Italian in his last flying lap of the…

WSBK – Tom Sykes to Kawasaki with Vermeulen?

4 April, 2020
According to Bikesportnews, Tom Sykes maybe partnering MotoGP refugee Chris Vermeulen in the Paul Bird Kawasaki World Superbike team next season.Sykes performances in Yamaha have been completely overshadowed by the team mate Ben Spies, who will be fighting for the…

Video: Tom Sykes at 339.5 km/h at Monza

4 April, 2020
In this afternoon’s final World Superbike free practice at Monza, Tom Sykes when through the speed traps (in Max Biaggi’s draft) on board his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R recording 339.5 km/h (210 mph)!This new record beats the previous one of 334.8…