World Superbike News

The World Superbike teams ended their first three-day test session of the season on Sunday at the Parkalgar circuit in Portugal.
On Thursday, the Formula One testing session had to cancelled when extreme weather conditions deemed the track too dangerous with standing water and poor visibility.
The riders faced full wet conditions for the Friday morning slot [...]

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The Kawasaki World Superbike team have been in Spain testing this week, with the British Superbike Hydrex Honda rider, Stuart Easton on board. Easton is helping with the set-up of the ZX-10R for the Kawasaki team at the Spanish Almeria circuit, as well as gaining some valuable track time himself.
Easton, was replaced in the BSB [...]

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Jonathan Rea was awarded the trophy for the Motorcyclist Of The Year for the second time at the Irish Racer Awards on Friday at the Ramada Hotel in Belfast.
Rea said after the presentation,
“Just like last year I have got to thank the public for their votes, I’m simply flabbergasted.
To retain this trophy which depicts Joey [...]

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As Moto GP appears to be heading into the doldrums, sporting it’s smallest grid of riders ever and with talk from the sports governing body, the FIM, of introducing cost cutting measures to ensure a future for the sport, it is reassuring to see that World Superbike appears to be bucking the trend, going from [...]

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Rumours are still surrounding the 250cc World Champion Marco Simoncelli, who has showed a continued passion to ride as a Wild-Card in the first two rounds of the World Superbike Championship.
The 21-year-old Italian, was given the chance to ride an Aprilia RSV4 Superbike after winning the 250cc Championship and has been itching to ride in [...]

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