I’ve had a great time at Thruxton today on the Wrox Suzuki. It’s different to what I’ve been used to riding but we were sixth in the first session and eight in the second and I’m confident there’s much more to come. We ran fourth for ages but stuck to the same hard-compound tyre so we could try lots of ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 01 June 2009
It’s been another amazing day. From the start of the meeting here at Thruxton I was running the settings that the team and Guintoli had been using and the bike has been bloody good. All I’ve done different is to put some weight on the back and the only other thing has been giving it a few clicks on the ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 31 May 2009
I’m having a great time at Thruxton on the Wrox Suzuki. It’s different to what I’ve been used to riding but we were sixth in the first session and eight in the second and I’m confident there’s much more to come. We ran fourth for ages but stuck to the same hard-compound tyre so we could try lots of different ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 29 May 2009
I can’t believe how hectic things have been today (Thursday). I was up at 6.00am and on the road. I spent all day driving around the Black Country in the Bathams van that I’ve borrowed for the Isle of Man TT. I dropped the fairings off at the painters then dashed off to pick up stickers, then back to the ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- TT & road races
- 29 May 2009
Kevin and Julia Sanders are making great progress with their epic journey to China, researching the route for the first GlobeBusters China Expedition in 2010. They are both due to enter China on Thursday and despite being in a communications black hole, have managed to send us this short update. Hi everyone. Kevin and I have just completed the tough ...
- Riding & Events
- Touring & travel
- 18 May 2009
Oulton Park went down as Karl Harris’ best ever BSB race weekend. The 29-year-old Hydrex Honda rider has never lacked raw speed or determination but despite this is yet to win a BSB race from 111 starts. His two second places behind the impressive Leon Camier looked both assured and controlled, something that he has lacked in the past. Instead ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 05 May 2009
There is an argument that exposing children to sport too early in their lives converts them into robotic racing clones, with brittle-thin personalities and narrow interests. But you only had to see Bradley Smith’s comportment on the podium at Jerez and in the press conference after his first-ever 125cc victory to appreciate that he’s articulate, courteous and cultivated. Bradley, now ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- MotoGP
- 04 May 2009
What a weekend for the Brits. After the opening three rounds I was starting to wonder if our boys could really be a match for the best WSB men in the world, but after this weekend I’ve got my answer. Haslam’s double podium was seriously impressive and whether you are a Haslam or a Spies fan I defy any not ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- World Superbikes
- 29 April 2009
It’s amazing how often humans decide not to do the obvious thing. Like choosing to have three segments for Superpole qualifying in the World Superbike championship, but allowing teams to have only two rear qualifying tyres. The numbers don’t match up – but that’s deliberate on the part of the organisers, Infront Motor Sports. The fastest 20 riders in qualifying ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- World Superbikes
- 06 April 2009
I’m not surprised that GSE racing issued a press statement, saying they’ve ‘postponed’ their planned testing schedule in Europe. Things have been very quiet on the Airwaves Yamaha front this winter but, from what I heard last week, their GSE Racing technicians were finally in Italy, building bikes. Get all the latest BSB news I’d heard there had been delays ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 23 March 2009
