How Do You Make a Superbike Look Like a Street Bike?
With MotoGP adopting a CRT rule for the 2012 season, a provision that allows production motors to be used in a prototype chassis, the World Superbike Championship has been feeling its production-racing...
View Article2013 WSBK Private Phillip Island Test Day 1 Times: Laverty Leads as New...
While the Moto2 and Moto3 riders finish up their test at Valencia, on the other side of the world, the World Superbike and World Supersport riders are beginning the final run in to the season opener in...
View ArticleWSBK: Race Results for Race 2 at Assen
Race Results from World Superbike Race 2 at Assen, The Netherlands:Pos.RiderTeamBikeTimeDiff.1Eugene LavertyAprilia Racing TeamAprilia RSV4 Factory35’36.814-2Tom SykesKawasaki Racing TeamKawasaki...
View ArticleWSBK: Race Results for Race 2 at Silverstone
Race Results from World Superbike Race 2 at Silverstone, UK:Pos.RiderTeamBikeTimeDiff.1Loris BazKawasaki Racing TeamKawasaki ZX-10R33’46.62202Jules CluzelFixi Crescent SuzukiSuzuki...
View ArticleWSBK: Race Results for Race 2 at Phillip Island
Race Results from World Superbike Race 2 at Phillip Island, Australia:Pos.RiderBikeDiff.Best Lap1.S. GUINTOLIAprilia RSV4 Factory-1’31.4212.L. BAZKawasaki ZX-10R0.2831’31.6603.T. SYKESKawasaki...
View ArticleYet Another MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 Silly Season Round Up
The period since the MotoGP circus rolled up at Silverstone has been pretty frantic. Almost as soon as the teams and riders arrived in the UK, the negotiations over 2015 and beyond started.The...
View ArticleEugene Laverty Moving to MotoGP – For Aspar, Maybe?
It is no secret that Eugene Laverty is keen to move to MotoGP for the 2015 season. The Irishman has been present at the last three MotoGP rounds, touting his services around the teams in the hope of...
View ArticleMotoGP: Loris Baz Confirmed with Forward Racing for 2015
Loris Baz has finally found his place in MotoGP. After being signed and then disposed of by the Aspar team, the Forward Racing team finally announced that they have signed the 21-year-old Frenchman for...
View ArticleTeam Orders: Is Motorcycle Racing a Team Sport?
In a few hours time, we will know who will be the 2014 World Superbike champion. Tom Sykes leads Sylvain Guintoli by 12 points going into the final two races at Qatar. With 50 points up for grabs, the...
View ArticleTuesday Summary from Valencia: Learning To Use Bridgestone’s Wet Tires
It is a good job the post-race test at Valencia is three days long. The weather in Valencia in November is usually very good, but it can turn, and you can lose track time to rain. That was certainly...
View ArticleSepang 1 Test Summary – Day 2: A Tale of the Tape?
The first day of the first Sepang MotoGP test is always a revealing of secrets. It’s not that the factories tell the media everything they are doing, but with everyone on the track, there is nowhere...
View ArticleSepang 1 Test Summary – Day 3: Honda vs. Yamaha
Who has the best bike? Is it Honda? Or have they been passed by Yamaha? Did the first MotoGP test of the year at Sepang answer that question? After Monday, we thought the answer was yes.After Friday,...
View ArticleSaturday Summary at Le Mans: How the Weather Shakes Up Racing & Matching...
Motorcycle racing would be a good deal less complicated if it was an indoor sport. Leaving the complications of housing an area covering several square kilometers to one side for a moment, having a...
View ArticleMotoGP: Forward Racing Boss Arrested
The Forward Racing team faces an uncertain future. On his return from the German round of MotoGP at the Sachsenring, Forward Racing boss Giovanni Cuzari was arrested by the Swiss authorities on charges...
View ArticleMotoGP: Forward Racing Looking for Solutions for Indy
Forward Racing boss Giovanni Cuzari remains under arrest in Lugano, Switzerland, and the team remain in doubt whether they will be able to participate in the next MotoGP round, scheduled for...
View ArticleOfficial: Forward Racing to Miss Indy GP, Hopeful for Brno
Forward Racing will not be at Indianapolis for the Red Bull Indianapolis GP. As was widely expected, the team formally announced today that they lacked the funds to take part in the race. The team is...
View ArticleStefan Bradl Released by Forward Racing – Moves to Aprilia
Stefan Bradl’s period of enforced unemployment will be mercifully brief. Last week, the Forward Racing team announced they had released him from his contract at his request, as the problems facing the...
View ArticleThe Massive MotoGP Silly Season Update
Brno was a busy time for teams, managers and riders. Apart from dealing with jet lag and the sweltering heat, silly season kicked off in force at the Czech round of MotoGP.The summer break and the...
View ArticleSunday Summary at Misano: Good Fortune, Hard Work, & Making Your Own Luck
Racers are gamblers. That their helmet designs featuring dice, cards, and other gambling paraphernalia bear witness to that. They have to be gamblers, a willingness to take risks is a prerequisite to...
View ArticleMotoGP: An Update to the 2016 Silly Season Happenings
With the flyaways fast approaching, MotoGP’s silly season for 2016 is reaching its climax. All of the factory seats are taken – including the seat at Aprilia vacated by Marco Melandri – and the top...
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