New kid’s on the block BMW are taking the positives from their first winter Pirelli test sessions at the Kayalami circuit in South Africa, and have predicted that they will be fighting for top five finishes by the end of the 2009 season, in the latest World Superbike news.
BMW will be aware that other manufacturers have [...]

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Entries from December 2008
BMW and Aprilia focused for WSB 2009
Joy Ryder - Wednesday 31.12.08, 14:09pm
Tags: BMW Motorrad Motorsport · Carl Fogerty · Jonathan Rea · Leon Haslam · Max Biaggi · Noriyuki Haga · Ruben Xaus · Tom Sykes · Troy Corser · news
Ben Spies would loved to have raced Bayliss
Joy Ryder - Wednesday 31.12.08, 12:37pm
Following Troy Bayliss’s prediction that the young American sensation Ben Spies will be one of the main contenders for next season’s World Superbike crown, the three time AMA Superbike champion has spoken of his admiration for the current WSB champ saying that he would loved to have raced against his hero.
Spies says in an interview [...]
Tags: Honda · Troy Bayliss · news
Bayliss predicts three way fight for WSB 2009
Joy Ryder - Monday 29.12.08, 19:26pm
Three times World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss expects his replacement rider at Xerox Ducati, ‘Nitro’ Noriyuki Haga, to be among the contenders for the 2009 WSB crown but is equally sure that young riders Michel Fabrizio and Ben Spies will not make it easy for Haga.
Haga tested the Ducati in South Africa at the beginning of December [...]
Tags: Assen Race · Ducati · Noriyuki Haga · news
Team Pedercini Reveals 2009 Line Up
Joy Ryder - Saturday 20.12.08, 14:36pm
Team Pedercini are to enter two Kawasaki ZX-10Rs after signing an Italian and a Spanish rider for the 2009 season, Luca Scassa and David Salom.
Scassa made a one off appearance at the Portimao round of the World Superbike Championship in 2008 on-board the DFX Honda, but will now switch to the series full time.
The 25-year-old, [...]
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World Superbike Calendar For 2009
Joy Ryder - Monday 08.12.08, 14:05pm
The final calendar for the 2009 World Superbike Championship has now been released, with of course, the British round taking part at Donington Park.
March 1 Phillip Island Australia
March 14 Doha/Losail Qatar
April 5 Valencia Spain
April 26 Assen Holland
May 10 Monza Italy
May 17 Kyalami South Africa
May 31 Salt Lake City USA
June 21 Misano San Marino
June 28 Donington [...]
Tags: American Round · Assen Race · Brno Race · Donington Park · Magny Cours · Monza · Nurburgring · Philip Island · Portugal · Valencia Race






