Leon Haslam will be entering the six-week winter break with a smile on his face. Haslam and the BMW team just completed a successful three day test in Portugal to get ready for the 2012 World Superbike season. “I am very happy. It was very good to come back to Portimão and set constantly quick [...]
While most of the World Superbike grid was at Portimao for their final three days of testing before the winter break, Kawasaki riders Tom Sykes and Joan Lascorz hit the track at Valencia. The KRT Racing Team tested for three days at Valencia, where Sykes set a best lap of 1’33.1, which is about a [...]
The Aprilia riders were at the front of the pack at the end of the World Superbike testing session at Portimao. Eugene Laverty took the top spot ahead of his fellow Aprilia rider max Biaggi. Laverty, who raced a Yamaha in 2011, set the unofficial lap record at the Portimao circuit. Laverty brought the RSV4 [...]
The 2012 British Superbike season is only 136 days away. (They have a countdown clock on their site.) The BSB has just released the 2012 calendar, which will take the British Superbike Riders around Britain for 26 races during 12 rounds. 32 riders will be filling out 16 teams from 6 different manufacturers during the [...]
Michael Laverty and Jon Kirkham will be racing for the HM Plant Honda team during the 2012 British Superbike season. Laverty, who was a title fighter during the showdown last year, took three winds and five podiums in 2011. Laverty will be racing the Honda Fireblade and hopes to fight for the title again in [...]
John Hopkins will be riding in the World Superbike series in 2012 for the Crescent Suzuki team. Hopkins and the Crescent Suzuki team nearly claimed the British Superbike Championship in 2011 and they are excited to compete on the world stage. “I am really happy to be joining up with the Crescent guys again, we [...]
Tom Sykes will beriding with the Kawasaki Racing Team in 2012. Sykes, who has raced with Kawasaki for the last two season in the World Superbike series, will join Joan Lascorz on the Kawasaki team. Sykes has been a key figure in the development of the Ninja ZX-10R. He also gave Kawasaki its first World [...]
Tommy Hayden took his third win of the 2011 AMA Superbike season today by edging out Josh Hayes at the line by .2 seconds at Laguna Seca. Hayes’ second place finish moves him to within 5 points of season leader Blake Young, who claimed the final spot on the podium today in California. Tommy has [...]
Big storms and 100 degree days made for an interesting weekend of motorcycle racing at Barber Motorsports Park. But the AMA Pro Road racers put on a show for the fans in Alabama, where Martin Cardenas, Blake Young, Benny Solis, James Rispoli, Danny Eslick, and Josh Herrin, all walked away with race wins. AMA SUPERBIKE [...]
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