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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…

World Superbikes 2013: Only 16 riders?

27 March, 2020
With just a little more than two months before the start of the 2013 World Superbike championship with the season opener at Phillip Island, the series seems to heading down the same road that MotoGP had before Dorna introduced the…

Colin Edwards returning to World Superbikes?

27 March, 2020
It looks like Colin Edwards doesn’t want to retire at the end of this MotoGP season and still wants to ride, but as he’s kind of getting long in the tooth for the very youngish MotoGP grid, and despite some…

WSBK Brno: Jakub Smrz leads in tight free practice

27 March, 2020
Free practice at the Automotodrom Brno kicked off under sunny skies and where Max Biaggi historically is the favoured rider to win at least one of the two races.The Aprilia Alitalia rider will try to shorten Carlos Checa’s lead in…

WSBK – Alitalia to sponsor Aprilia?

27 March, 2020
Alitalia, Italy’s former national airline company, now called Alitalia-CAI is close to closing a two year sponsorship deal with Aprilia’s Superbike factory team.CAI is owned by a group of Italian investors led by Piaggio’s President Roberto Colaninno who also controls…

Tom Sykes and Joan Lascorz talk about Valencia test

27 March, 2020
Kawasaki’s World Superbike team concluded a three-day test session at Valencia yesterday and Joan Lascorz and Tom Sykes were among the several Kawasaki riders present preparing for the upcoming 2012 season.Both riders posted strong laps and Sykes, using race tyres,…

Bombshell! Aprilia RSV4 isn’t a Superbike, it’s a Prototype!

27 March, 2020
Controversy has hit Aprilia after Max Biaggi took second place in the Superpole shoot out.It happened early this morning during the Superpole when Alstare Suzuki owner and team manager, Jean Francois Batta told Italian network La7 that: “Everyone knows that…

Loris Baz Q&A

27 March, 2020
Loris Baz joined Kawasaki’s World Superbike factory team in 2012 replacing seriously injured Joan Lascorz at Donington Park and after just five rounds the young French rider - he is just 19 - took his first podium at Brno in…

Althea Ceramics cleared of all wrongdoings

27 March, 2020
At the end of last season, Althea Ceramics who sponsors World Superbike and Superstock Althea Racing teams was accused of commercial and social security frauds, now after six months of investigations and despite the fact that even during initial investigation…

WSBK Ducati Roma Team changes name

27 March, 2020
With just a little over a month to go before the World Superbike season opener at Phillip Island, newbie World Superbike squad Ducati Roma Team has changed its name and will be running under the banner of Red Devils Roma…

Max Biaggi talks about Max Biaggi – video

27 March, 2020
Whatever you think about Max Biaggi, you can’t help but admire his blazing talent, four 250cc World titles and a World Superbike title attest to that, and the fact he’s still winning races at the age of forty and sometimes…