It’s that time of year when I am beside myself with excitement about the forthcoming motorcycle racing season and especially my favourite of the championships, World Superbikes (WSB). This year however, I am more excited than an excited person that is very excitable LOL. The reason? There are seven, yes seven, magnificent British riders in [...]
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WSB 2010 – The Magnificent Seven Brits
January 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Motorcycle Racing
Tags: Motorcycle Racing·World Superbikes·world superbikes 2010·World Superbikes Portimao·WSB
Imola World Superbikes – An Armchair Report
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle News
With championships at stake there’s no doubt that this weekend’s World Superbikes from Imola, with just two further rounds to go,was full of action. In World Superbikes, Ben Spies had pulled out an eighteen point lead over rival and champion-in- waiting Nori Haga. Throw into the mix Jonathan Rea who had been on fire all [...]
Tags: Imola World Superbikes·Nori Haga·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes coverage·World Supersport·WSB
Neukirchner Out, Nieto In, At Kyalami WSB
May 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Former Alstare Suzuki team member Fonsi Nieto will be taking injured Max Neukirchner’s place in this weekend’s South African World Superbike Championship sixth round at Kyalami in South Africa. Nieto raced for the team last year and so knows the crew very well, but he has no experience of the Alstare Brux GSX-R1000 K9 and [...]
Tags: Alstare Suzuki World Superbikes·Fonsi Nieto·Kyalami World Superbikes·WSB
Mixed Fortunes At Monza World Superbikes
May 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
World Superbikes The World Superbikes round at Monza promised to be full of action and it didn’t disappoint but not always in the way several riders would have wanted. Racing had hardly got under way before there was carnage at the first corner when Tamada fell and caused collisions with Neukirchner, Roberts, Corser and Hill. [...]
Tags: Ben Spies·Cal Crutchlow·Michel Fabrizio·Monza World Superbikes·World Superbikes·World Superbikes 2009·World Supersport·WSB
Brits Storm Assen
April 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
World Superbikes felt the full force of the Brit Pack last weekend in Assen and proved that they will be contenders for some serious points, if not the title,in both the superbikes and supersports category. In the first World Superbikes round Haga, Spies and Haslem fought tooth and nail throughout the race in battles reminiscent [...]
Tags: Ben Spies·Cal Crutchlow·Eugene Laverty·Leon Haslam·World Superbikes 2009·World Superbikes coverage·World Supersport·WSB
Haga does the double in style
April 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Nori Haga is the champion in waiting if ever there was one and his chances are better this season than probably ever before. I for one would love to see him get the championship if for no other reason than the thrills he has given us over the years. Last weekend, at Valencia, Nori threw [...]
Win a Rossi Helmet
March 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorbikes on TV, Motorcycle News
Have you ever fancied managing your own racing team? Well now you can with Yamaha Racing and their Yamaha Racing Manager game. You get the opportunity to run a virtual team of five racers one from each racing class of MotoGP, World Superbike, World Supersport, Motocross MX1-GP and MX2-GP. You can prove to your mates [...]
Tags: World Superbikes·World Supersport·WSB·Yamaha Racing Manager Game
Laverty: “Craig Jones’ Win”
March 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
The second round of the World Superbikes and World Supersports from Qatar was even better than the first round in my opinion. The World Supersports action was superb with edge of the sofa excitement right to the finish line. Cal Crutchlow on the Yamaha started from pole position on the grid with Eugene Laverty on [...]
Tags: Ben Spies·Qatar World Superbikes·World Superbikes·World Superbikes coverage·World Supersport·WSB