World Superbike News

Sheridan Morais is returning to the Kawasaki World Superbike seat this weekend, replacing the injured Makoto Tamada at the Magny Cours round of the championship.
Tamada was side-swiped off of his Kawasaki at the last round of the championship at Imola by wild-card rider Luca Conforti, after only five laps of the opening race at the [...]

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Makoto Tamada, the Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team rider, was back on the grid at the Brno round of the World Superbike Championship after recovering from hand and finger injuries received at Monza.
Tamada was involved in the carnage that took place in race one at the first corner of the Monza circuit, bringing out the red [...]

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Last week saw nine of the World Superbike riders take part in a two-day test at Monza with Ben Spies on the Yamaha World Superbike, again setting a blistering place and leaving Noriyuki Haga on the Ducati Xerox trailing behind.
On day one of the test, Michel Fabrizio on the second Ducati Xerox was the fastest [...]

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At the end of every race season, Honda throw a ‘Honda Racing Thanks Day’ where they demonstrate every form of racing they have participated in that year.
It takes place at Honda’s own Twin Ring Motegi racetrack in Tochigi, Japan, and Carlos Checa and Ryuichi Kiyonari are set to attend this weekend.
The Ten Kate Honda [...]

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Having grown up within a bicycle ride of the Brands Hatch  circuit and revelled in every type of motor racing at the track, it comes as sad news that the track will not be included in the World Superbike calendar for 2009.
My last visit to the track ironically was for the 2002 World Superbike, when [...]

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