Noriyuki Haga will make a dramatic return to the World Superbike Championship later this year. The 43 time race winner who last rode in the championship in 2011 onboard the PATA Aprilia will ride for the Grillini BMW team. The 38 year old Japanese star is expected to make his wild card appearance at the Imola round of the championship ...
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- World Superbikes
- 25 May 2013
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 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 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
Britain’s Chaz Davies has undergone the best possible preparation for the fourth round of the World Superbike championship at Monza by completing time in BMW’s wind tunnel facility in Munich. Monza is a circuit where riders reach speeds of up to 210mph making aerodynamics vitally important. At 1.83m tall Davies is already well accomplished at getting tucked in having come ...
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- World Superbikes
- 02 May 2013
Michael recently took his KTM 300EXC long termer out for some off road practice at Enduroland. here what he has to say about the bike's performance now he's had a chance to fettle and re-jet it. Blog13 | ADVENTURE13
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- First rides & tests
- 01 May 2013
Aspiring Dakar competitors rubbed shoulders with race veterans and event organisers at the Heritage Motor Centre in Warwickshire on Friday at the UK tour of 2014 Dakar. ASO, the organisation that runs the Dakar have been working their way around Europe in an effort to promote the 2014 race, give details to confirmed competitors and allay concerns for riders looking ...
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- 27 April 2013
The last couple of months haven’t been easy. I’ve seen my colleagues at MCN come bouncing into the office having received their long term test bikes for the year. I however have been forced to do my commute up the A1 in a people carrier, which as the weather has improved has become increasingly soul destroying. But, today that all ...
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- 26 April 2013
Leon Camier will be out on track this morning in the opening Free Practice session at Assen after being declared fit to ride. The Fixi Crescent Suzuki rider suffered a serious knee in the Aragon WSB first qualifying session two weeks ago and underwent surgery to repair a deep cut that required internal stitches. Doctors at the onsite Clinica Mobile will ...
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- World Superbikes
- 26 April 2013
After sustaining a serious cut to his knee in a qualifying crash at Aragon one week ago, Fixi Crescent Suzuki rider Leon Camier is focussed on making an incredible return to racing action next weekend in round three of the World Superbike Championship at Assen. Camier underwent surgery on the cut in Spain immediately after the accident with a number ...
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- World Superbikes
- 19 April 2013
Tom Sykes re-asserted his dominance to qualifying at Aragon today by becoming the only man to set a sub 1.58s lap with a 1.57.785 onboard his Kawasaki Superbike. The 27 year old made a few minor set-up changes to his ZX-10R and now looks comfortable on the bike and free of injury following his fractured wrist and ribs sustained in ...
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- World Superbikes
- 13 April 2013
