One of the most unforgettable moments of the 2008 British Superbike campaign was this almighty off at Thruxton back in April. Do you think you’d be able to get up and walk away from being slammed in the face with a Rizla Suzuki? No, me neither. But that’s what Karl Harris did at the opening race weekend of the season ...
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- British Superbikes
- 29 December 2008
How does a British Superbike championship winning Ducati 1098 sound to you? Well owning one could well become a reality because GSE Racing has all four of their ’08 British Superbike machines up for sale. With the four-time BSB winning team now turning to Yamaha for 2009, the Italian V-twins will not be used by Darrell Healey’s squad next season. ...
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- British Superbikes
- 17 December 2008
Kawasaki Motors UK Communications and PR Manager Martin Lambert has ruled out any rumours of a new ‘factory’ Kawasaki British Superbike team emerging on the scene in 2009. It’s been reported that Nick Morgan’s MSS team would lose their official status as the Kawasaki UK team to a new squad set to make a mark in the British Superbike paddock. ...
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- British Superbikes
- 03 December 2008
MSS Colchester Kawasaki has signed the pairing of Simon Andrews and Julien Da Costa for 2009 motorcyclenews.com can exclusively reveal. Both Andrews and Da Costa made the journey to new MSS sponsor Colchester Kawasaki to pen their 2009 futures with the official Kawasaki team in BSB. Andrews, who finished eighth overall in the championship last season, was a consistent top ...
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- British Superbikes
- 03 December 2008
Sylvain Guintoli made his first public appearance as a Suzuki British Superbike rider at the NEC Show yesterday and told MCN he was happy that people now knew who he was. The 26-year old Frenchman has been living in the UK since 2004 and has visited the NEC Motorcycle Show twice before this year. But for the Crescent Suzuki new ...
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- British Superbikes
- 28 November 2008
GSE Racing’s 2009 line-up of James Ellison and Leon Camier took a short moment out from helping out on the MCN stand at the NEC Motorcycle Show to talk to MCN’s BSB reporter, Rob Hull. Meet Ellison & Camier on the MCN stand at the NEC! Both Ellison and Camier will be on the stand over the weekend, as they ...
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- British Superbikes
- 28 November 2008
If Michael Rutter thought his week couldn’t get much worse after losing his ride with the North West 200 Ducati team this week, the Blade is reportedly now stranded in Thailand due to the protesting problems at Bangkok airport. Anti-government protestors have taken over the control tower of the country’s main airport which has grounded all flights today. Rutter was ...
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- British Superbikes
- 26 November 2008
Karl Harris has been named as one of the provisional two-man Hydrex Honda BSB team for 2009. Harris makes the move back to the same team he rode for in 2007 filling in the vacant spot left by James Ellison at the end of 2008. Harris will use Ellison’s side of the garage headed by Mick Shanley and will use ...
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- British Superbikes
- 26 November 2008
Michael Rutter has been pushed into the BSB shadows after being ditched by his 2008 team, North West 200 Ducati. Rutter looked to be the favourite to continue his partnership with the North West 200 team that’ll be run by Alistair Kennedy next season. But instead he’s been pushed out of favour to make way for the team to secure ...
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- British Superbikes
- 25 November 2008
Rob McElnea will announce one of the names for his 2009 BSB team line-up tomorrow, and it’s expected to be fans favourite Chris Walker. Walker has been away from BSB for a year after half a season riding for GIL Kawasaki in World Supersport and then shifting to a WSB seat with Paul Bird and the Vent Axia Honda team. Walker’s ...
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- British Superbikes
- 25 November 2008
