Ian Hutchinson’s fightback from career-threatening leg injuries has been rewarded with a superbike ride in the title-winning Swan Yamaha team, alongside defending champion Tommy Hill. Hutchinson had been plotting his comeback with the team in the British Supersport ranks for 2012, but after his brilliant comeback third place at Macau team boss Shaun Muir has promoted him to the BSB ...
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- British Superbikes
- 21 December 2011
Team Appleyard Macadam have signed Scot Kevin Coghlan to race in British Supersport alongside existing team regular Deane Brown. Coghlan comes to the Appleyard team after three very successful seasons competing in the Spanish CEV Series. He also made appearances in a number of Moto2 and GP125 races in the Moto-GP Championship. Coghlan replaces Irishman Jack Kennedy who recently switched ...
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- British Superbikes
- 09 December 2011
British Supersport champion Alastair Seeley finally signed on the dotted line to race in BSB next year for the Tyco TAS Suzuki team. After Seeley wrapped up the BSB title last year, it was assumed he would automatically stay with TAS Racing and move back up to BSB where he rode an impressive rookie year in 2010. But Seeley wanted ...
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- British Superbikes
- 07 December 2011
Honda Racing will field Michael Laverty and Jon Kirkham in BSB next year. Laverty finished fourth in BSB this year on a Swan Yamaha but turned down an offer to stay with them to ride for Honda. He said: "It is an exciting prospect for me to be joining Honda in 2012. It was unexpected and it is always a ...
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- British Superbikes
- 22 November 2011
Team WFR Honda has brought Alex Lowes back into their fold alongside 2011 BSB Evo sensation Graeme Gowland and James Westmoreland for the 2012 British Superbike season. Following a brilliant start in the Evo class at the first thee rounds of the 2011 BSB season, he left the team after refusing to sign a long-term management contract but both parties ...
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- British Superbikes
- 16 November 2011
Kawasaki Team Green rider Danny Buchan continues his exciting year with a run-out at the famous Sunflower Trophy event at Bishopscourt in Northern Ireland this weekend, for top Supersport 600 outfit Gearlink Kawasaki. Eighteen year old Danny will stand-in for regular rider Ben Wilson at this traditional end of season event with a host of big name riders to compete ...
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- British Superbikes
- 19 October 2011
Buldbase BMW’s newly crowned National Superstock 1000 Champion Richard Cooper will be competing in both the Superstock and BSB races at this weekend's season finale at Brands Hatch. The Nottinghamshire rider clinched the Superstock crown at Silverstone but victory celebrations were cut short, however, as the team's compound was broken into on the evening after the race, with thieves stealing ...
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- British Superbikes
- 05 October 2011
Just days after MSS Colchester Kawasaki dumped Alex Lowes after a string of disappointing results, the team have announced the signing of Ian Lowry to replace him for the last three rounds of the MCE British Superbike Championship. The Essex-based squad are looking to the young Northern Irishman to deputise for the injured Stuart Easton after the team recently parted ...
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- British Superbikes
- 03 September 2011
Swan Yamaha's Michael Laverty improved his chances of securing a spot in the six rider showdown by taking victory in the first of three races at Cadwell Parl today after the race was red-flagged due to rain at the end of lap 11. Laverty and team-mate Tommy Hill continued their dominance of the weekend with blistering starts off the line, ...
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- British Superbikes
- 28 August 2011
The MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship will intensify at Cadwell Park this August Bank Holiday Monday (29 August) for the Title Fighter decider and you could experience it with Swan, manufacturer of the UK's number one best selling filter. Swan Yamaha’s Tommy Hill and Michael Laverty will take on rivals including reigning champion Ryuichi Kiyonari and John Hopkins and we ...
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- British Superbikes
- 17 August 2011
