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Troy Bayliss Wants to Make a Superbike Comeback

15 March, 2020
WSBK racing fans are going to jump with joy when they find out that three time World Superbike Champion Troy Bayliss, less than a year into his retirement wants to return to racing.The 40 year old Australian talking to Motosprint,…

WSBK Silverstone: Jonathan Rea Leads in Free Practice

15 March, 2020
Hot from a third place podium at the Suzuka 8 Hours last Sunday, Jonathan Rea took the top spot in today’s free practice at the Silverstone circuit. The Ten Kate Honda rider put in a best lap of 1′06.927 in…

Davide Giugliano fastest in the wet on day 1 at Jerez

15 March, 2020
The weather at Jerez de la Frontera continues to hamper World Superbike testing, however this time the rain and the wet track didn’t prevent the riders from Althea Racing, Pata Honda, Kawasaki Racing, BMW GoldBet and Fixi Crescent Suzuki squads…

WSBK Portimao – Rider Quotes and Video Highlights

15 March, 2020
Check out what the rider’s had to say and watch the video highlights from both races after the second round of the World Superbike Championship at Portimao where veteran rider Max Biaggi took his first double victory since he switched…

Kawasaki WSBK team to test at Almeria

15 March, 2020
With the official winter testing ban now finally over - it ended January 15th - three World Superbike teams (Kawasaki, Fixi Crescent Suzuki and Althea Aprilia) will be heading to the Almeria circuit in Spain tomorrow for two-days of private…

John Hopkins has ring finger amputated

15 March, 2020
John Hopkins MotoGP free practice crash at Brno last August has ultimately cost him his ring finger. The Crescent Suzuki rider who has suffered through six surgeries and months of rehab to cure the damaged finger had to capitulate and…

World Superbikes to head to Russia

15 March, 2020
Infront Motor Sport just one upped Dorna as they have announced that the World Superbike Championship will be heading to Russia as soon as 2012.The partnership agreement was reached between Paolo Flamini’s Infront Motor Sports and Yakhnich Motorsport who is…

WSBK Aragon: FP1 goes to Marco Melandri

15 March, 2020
The World Superbike championship is debuting for the first time at the Motorland Aragon circuit for its seventh round and during the first free practice the fastest rider on the circuit wasn’t Carlos Checa as we expected, but Marco Melandri.Melandri…

Ryota Haga and Ben Spies: "You've got a Friend"

15 March, 2020
I was checking out SPEED.Tv.com website yesterday and found this great story about Noriyuki Haga’s son, Ryota and new WSBK rider Ben Spies. This story was so lovely and heart warming that I just had to share. A special thanks…

World Superbike gets new rules for 2013

15 March, 2020
The Superbike Commission (for Infront Motorsports it will be the last time, with Dorna doing the deed from 2014) has released the new rules for the 2013 season - some we’ve already known for several months, while others were only…

WSBK Silverstone: Carlos Checa tops FP1 before the rain

15 March, 2020
The usual English weather hampered the World Superbike riders first free practice at Silverstone. The session opened to a damp track and a little more than twenty minutes later rain hit the circuit, sending the riders scrurrying back to the…

WSBK Nurburgring rider quotes and video highlights

15 March, 2020
Round 12 of the World Superbike Championship at a highly eventful Nurburgring circuit saw Max Biaggi regain the lead in the standings after a superb victory in race 1, while title rival Marco Melandri binned it not only in race…

WSBK Miller Round Video Highlights

15 March, 2020
Missed yesterday’s World Superbike races at Miller Motorsports Park? Here are two highlight videos from both races, where you’ll see mechanical failures, crashes and heartbreak.If these highlights aren’t enough and you need to see the entire US round, just click…

Paddock Girls from WSBK Valencia

15 March, 2020
Friday morning wake up call with a gallery of pics of the Superbike grid girls from the Valencia, and if these aren’t enough to whet your appetite, you can head over to our friends at Bike Channel by clicking here…

World Superbike 2013 calendar still up in the air

15 March, 2020
Despite having run the first round of the World Superbike season at Phillip Island, who announced Sunday morning a contract extension until 2017, the 2013 World Superbike calendar is still remains pretty much up in the air.The Silverstone round that…

Max Biaggi's 2012 World Superbike championship Suomy replica helmet

15 March, 2020
Max Biaggi celebrated his second World Superbike championship title at Magny-Cours wearing this special celebratory helmet, and now Suomy will be releasing a special and limited edition of the lid.Bargy Design naturally did the graphics and it features six stars,…

David Salom decides not to replace Joan Lascorz in Kawasaki

15 March, 2020
Joan Lascorz’s horrific accident during the post-race test at Imola has unfortunately left an opening in Kawasaki’s World Superbike team. The Spanish based team is now searching for a rider to replace Lascorz and ride their factory ZX-10R and their…

WSBK: FIXI Crescent Suzuki announces Jules Cluzel for 2013

14 March, 2020
FIXI Crescent Suzuki has announced 24 year old Frenchman Jules Cluzel as Britain’s Leon Camier new team-mate for their 2013 World Superbike Championship campaign. In 2012 Cluzel finished runner-up in the World Supersport Championship with Honda, behind Kawasaki’s Kenan Sofuoglu,…