Jonathan Rea made an encouraging start to the Donington Park race weekend after finishing second fastest at the end of the opening first qualifying session. Since the start of the season the team have had to overcome set-up problems of an all new HRC derived electronics system, but now five rounds in Rea believes the bike is close to where ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- World Superbikes
- 24 May 2013
Leon Haslam was declared fit to race for the European round of the FIM World Superbike Championship at a wet and windy day at Donington Park.Limping to his Honda PATA bike in the afternoon for the first qualifying practice, the discomfort from the leg that he broke just four weeks ago was obvious, but his performance to finish the session in fourteenth was a ...
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- World Superbikes
- 24 May 2013
BMW has just taken the wraps off the Concept Ninety – a collaboration between the German firm and Californian custom builder Roland Sands as the company celebrates 40 years since the original R90S and 90 years of making motorcycles. The Concept Ninety has the 110bhp air/oil-cooled Boxer twin from the previous generation of BMW R1200GS but combines it with a ...
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- New bikes
- 24 May 2013
Motor sport legend, John Surtees OBE, the only person to have won world championships on both two and four wheels, will be supporting the Edenbridge Fun Day on Monday 27th May 2013. The event in Surtees' home town will celebrate his achievements on two and four wheels as well as the success of Team Surtees which gained worldwide success winning ...
- Riding & Events
- Events
- 24 May 2013
This year I’ve been trying to turn myself into a fair weather rider. Honestly, it’s not me, it’s the bike - I don’t mind riding in the wet and have done thousands of miles in the rain over the years. But the Street Triple R really doesn’t like the wet. The handling doesn’t inspire me to commute the long way ...
- Motorcycle News
- First rides & tests
- 24 May 2013
Factory Aprilia man Eugene Laverty has plenty of room for improvement this weekend at Donington Park. The 26 year old currently sits second in the overall championship standings after the opening four rounds, but has a shocking record at the Donington Park track. From two years and four races at the Leicestershire track, Laverty’s best result is 14th. Speaking to ...
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- World Superbikes
- 24 May 2013
These are the first pictures of French rider Randy de Puniet making his debut on Suzuki’s new 1000cc MotoGP project at the Twin Ring Motegi track in Japan this week.The current Aspar Aprilia rider has been given special permission by Spanish team boss Jorge Martinez to carry out a series of test and development rides for Suzuki ahead of a ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- MotoGP
- 24 May 2013
The Friday, Supersport qualifying practice got underway at Donington for the European round of the FIM World Championship under grey, rain clouds and blustery, windy conditions.With the track still wet but with the promise of dryer, warmer conditions for the remainder of the race weekend, Sam Lowes left it until the last 10mins before coming out onto a drying track to post ...
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- World Superbikes
- 24 May 2013
Lamba Motorcycles is a family run business and has been established for over 40 years. We have been situated in Carshalton High Street for 42 years and within the last few years we have developed our online shop to run along side our high street presence. In 2011, we became an Premier Exclusive Yamaha Dealership, offering new Yamaha Motorcycles ...
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- Bike Services
- 24 May 2013
There was once a time when the MotoGP field would arrive in Mugello wondering who was going to finish second behind home favourite Valentino Rossi.The hugely popular Rossi was unbeatable on home soil at the spectacular Mugello track where he notched an incredible seven straight victories between 2002 and 2008Since that last win in ’08 on a podium shared with ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- MotoGP
- 24 May 2013
