After driving down from Cartagena to Guadix yesterday and kicking around the town, having a lazy afternoon, today it was back to business as usual – or so we had hoped. Guadix is a beautifully maintained, delightful 3.0km race circuit owned by ex-pat Brit Clive Greenhalgh, and its mix of fast corners and hairpins make it a perfect venue for ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 09 March 2011
Swan Yamaha pair Tommy Hill and Michael Laverty both talked about the huge potential of the 2010 factory WSB R1s they will be racing in BSB this year. After yesterday’s ‘installation’ day at Calafat, ensuring all the electronic systems on the bike were up and running, today was spent exploring chassis set-up and getting the riders comfy on the bikes. ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 03 March 2011
Warm –up today was wet, wet enough to mean that everyone got a handle on what would be needed set-up wise if the weather stayed miserable. Bridgestone tyres seem to work better after they have been scrubbed in on the spare bike, so everyone gets a couple of laps in on one set on the spare bike then makes sure ...
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- MotoGP
- 26 July 2009
Kev Coghlan has joined UK Racing for this year’s British 125GP Championship season. A last minute deal re-unites the 18-year-old with the team he last with in 2005 and subsequently earned a place in the the prestigious MotoGP Academy for 2006. Fresh from a year racing in Spain, Coghlan from Murthly in Perthshire returns to the British Championship intent on ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- 15 February 2007