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WSBK Kawasaki Team trucks and techs involved in drug bust

5 April, 2020
This has to be the worst story of the day, according to The Telegraph UK Border Agency has allegedly found a large quantity of drugs and a firearm in trucks belonging to Paul Birds WSBK Kawasaki team.The trucks were stopped…

Aryton Badovini out of WSBK

5 April, 2020
The economic crisis hits another WSBK team and rider and this time it’s Ayrton Badovini who unfortunately got the axe. Badovini has announced that he will not be taking part in the Assen round of World Superbike Championship as his…

FIM feels the need to repeat itself regarding Moto1

4 April, 2020
We have to admit that the FIM has great timing. After the list of the new teams eligible to join the new Moto1 championship in 2012 was once again delayed, the FIM felt the urgent need to repeat itself regarding…

WSBK Valencia Testing Day 1 – Haslam Fastest

4 April, 2020
Leon Haslam with his Alstare Suzuki was on top of the (unofficial) test times at on day one of two days of testing at the Valencia circuit. Pocket Rocket did 75 laps posting a best time of 1.34”5. Second Suzuki…

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…

WSBK 2009 – Super Star Ben Spies (w/video)

4 April, 2020
W’d like to apply the Latin phrase Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) to Ben Spies 2009 World Superbike Championship title.The Texas Terror arrived in World Superbikes series a three times AMA champion, with three wildcard appearances…

Ben Spies Receives Accolades from Texas Congressman

3 April, 2020
For racing fans around the world WSBK Champion Ben Spies is a household name, but for the mainstream sports press especially in the U.S. where football rules and in motorsports, NASCAR is the queen, motorcyle racing is relegated to the…

WSBK: Yamaha Sterilgarda Reveal 2010 Livery

3 April, 2020
Yamaha Sterilgarda has become the lastest World Superbike team that has unveiled their new livery of their 2010 Yamaha YZF-R1 that James Toseland and Cal Crutchlow will be using this season.The event that took place at the Sterilgarda’s headquarters in…

Inside the Aprilia SBK Racing Team

2 April, 2020
A video promo by Aprilia’s Racing Team for their superbike RSV4, that we’ll see in action on Sunday during the WSBK’s season opener at Phillip Island.

WSBK: Yoshimura Suzuki will not be at Imola or Magny Cours

2 April, 2020
Yoshimura Suzuki has announced that they will not compete in the last two races of the 2010 WSBK championship. The current All Japan Superbike team had already taken part at the Monza round with Daisaku Sakai (who pulled out after…

Max Biaggi renews with Aprilia for two years – UPDATED

2 April, 2020
Max Biaggi will be racing till he’s forty-one years old. The Italian, who is very close to winning his first World Superbike title, last night renewed his contract with the Noale based factory for the 2011 and 2012 seasons and…

WSBK – Second BMW team in 2010

2 April, 2020
We’ll be seeing another team on the World Superbike grid next season, The team is the newly formed Reitwagen Motorsport squad that will take part in the chamionship with a privately run BMW S 1000 RR and is the first…

First Look at Portimao Circuit

1 April, 2020
Those lucky people over at MCN had the opportunity for a first see of the new Portimao circuit in Portugal and SuperSport rider Miguel Pria also gave the them a guided lap tour of where the World Superbikes will be…

Max Biaggi WSBK Champion Video Tributes

31 March, 2020
Like we said before, Max Biaggi winning the World Superbike Championship is Italy’s motorcycle community’s utmost wet dream and it didn’t take long for his fans to upload on YouTube several video tributes in honour of Roman Emperor.Here’s what the…

Jakub Smrz tests BMW S 1000 RR at Mugello

31 March, 2020
World Superbike BMW Motorrad Motorsport team was at the Mugello doing development work with test rider Steve Martin, and as we anticipated last month, Jakub Smrz got his chance to ride Troy Corser’s official BMW S 1000 RR.Team Pata B&G…

Confirmed: John Hopkins to ride for Stiggy Honda

31 March, 2020
The rumors that were having John Hopkins in Stiggy Honda’s WSBK team after Kawasaki’s pullout from MotoGP have finally been confirmed today, when Hopper’s agent Bob Moore confirmed to Roadracing World that the 25 year old Anglo-Californian will riding a…

WSBK – Carlos Checa to Althea Racing

31 March, 2020
Several websites were reporting that Carlos Checa would be returning to MotoGP to be a test rider for Ducati after being dropped by Ten Kate Honda to make room for Max Neukirchner, instead the Spanish rider has confirmed that he’ll…

WSBK James Toseland becomes 'The Doctor'

30 March, 2020
MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi may be known as ‘The Doctor’, and has a Honorary Doctorate in communications for the University of Urbino, but now James Toseland can also lay claim to the same, as he too has received an…

Ben Spies Gets a Volvo for explaining Safety

30 March, 2020
Ben Spies has taken WSBK Championship by the horns and given it a good shake and has become a sort of demi-god to European fans. The American rider is so popular that Volvo Italy contacted him for their promo “Real…

John Hopkins Injured during Assen Free Practice

29 March, 2020
Assen continues to be John Hopkins bête noire. During free practice on his second appearance with Stiggy Honda’s CBR1000RR at Assen, the American rider suffered a massive highside that caused the practice to be red flagged while Hopkins was taken…

Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team Launch Video

28 March, 2020
After the official launch of the Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team at Fiumicino airport in Rome last Tuesday, we’ve now got a rather long video, with a mix of past and present of Aprilia and Alitalia and with Max Biaggi and…

WSBK: Yoshimura Suzuki Reveals Racing Program

28 March, 2020
After their announcement last December regarding their plans to take part in several World Superbike races, Yoshimura Suzuki has now revealed their program for 2010. Yoshimura Suzuki has decided to take part in three rounds with two different riders. The…

Aprilia Alitalia Gets New Team Manager

28 March, 2020
Francesco Guidotti will be the new team manager in the Aprilia Alitalia Racing team. It will be a return to momma Aprilia for the Italian who first started with the Italian manufacturer in 1993.Guidotti, 37 has already managed Aprilia teams…

WSBK Valencia Test Day 2: Max Biaggi on Top

28 March, 2020
Max Biaggi was the fastest man on track on the final day of WSBK unofficial testing at Valencia. The Roman Emperor did 55 laps and a best lap of 1.33”8 on race tires and breaking Noriyuki Haga’s race lap record…
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