Having worked with the Essex based MSS team for some years, Kawasaki Motors UK has announced a racing partnership for the 2009 Superbike season under the banner of MSS Colchester Kawasaki. The new team, which has the existing MSS racing organisation at its core, is a joint venture between the Nick Morgan run enterprise and Colchester [...]
Continue reading...1. December 2008
Team Suzuki Alstare has started early preparations for the 2009 World Superbike season with a three-day test at Phillip Island in Australia that ended today. During the test, held mostly in good conditions, Yukio Kagayama and Max Neukirchner started to work with the all-new 2009 GSX-R1000 Suzuki at the demanding circuit and understand the new bike. [...]
Continue reading...1. December 2008
Harley Davidson XR1200 Series to support 2009 BSB Championship A Harley Davidson XR1200 one make series has been launched as part of the BSB championship weekends in 2009. The newest manufacturer to be a part of the growing British Superbike Championship is expecting valuable support from its 35-strong dealer network to ensure season-long full grids in the [...]
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Guy Martin stays with Hydrex Honda for 2009 After weeks of speculation, Guy Martin has confirmed that he will be remaining with the Hydrex Honda team for the forthcoming 2009 season. The 27-year old had talked openly about a possible move to Rob McElnea Racing and Yamaha but has opted to stay with Shaun Muir’s squad [...]
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Team Blackhorse Yamaha are pleased to announce that they have secured the services of Conor Cummins to compete on their R1 Superstock machine in next year’s BSB 1000cc Superstock Championship. The foundations for the deal were laid at the end of the 2008 series when the 22 year old Manxman raced for the team in [...]
Continue reading...29. November 2008
Whilst the dust has only just settled on the 2008 road racing season, thoughts are already turning to next year, nowhere more so than the Isle of Man TT Races, which promise to better the superb show that was put on in June this year. The majority of the leading manufacturers and riders have already finalised [...]
Continue reading...28. November 2008
2008 testing is over for the Pramac Racing Team with the two new riders, Mika Kallio and Niccolò Canepa, who concluded respectively in seventh and eleventh position. Mika made it to finish with only just a tenth of a second over the third position occupied by Jorge Lorenzo and this underline the good feeling found [...]
Continue reading...28. November 2008
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP has rounded off 2008 with a successful three-day test at Phillip Island in Australia. Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen recorded over 450 laps of the 4,448m Australian circuit between them over the three days, as the two conducted exhaustive tests on the Suzuki Factory’s prototype parts for the 2009 GSV-R. Good weather at Phillip [...]
Continue reading...28. November 2008
Valentino Rossi fastest - Jorge Lorenzo 3rd at Jerez test. World Champion Valentino Rossi set the fastest time in Jerez today on the final day of testing for the year. His Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was third fastest, making it a successful concluding test for the year’s leading team. Rossi spent most of his time today [...]
Continue reading...28. November 2008
The Ducati Marlboro Team completed their final test of 2008 today with Nicky Hayden fifth fastest at the end of a day that saw a particularly late start to the action on track. Despite slightly warmer temperatures than Wednesday, overnight rain made for a damp track surface until the early afternoon. Hayden took to the track [...]
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3. December 2008
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