January

Year: 2008

Month: January

Video: Honda test at Almeria

30 January 2008 by Michael Guy

Watch our video of the Honda World Superbike temas testing their new 2008 WSB bikes at Almeria. The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team finished the first test onboard the brand new 2008 specification Honda CBR1000RR at the top of the time sheets in Almeria last week. WSB rookies Carlos Checa and Ryuichi Kiyonari set identical lap times on the final day and left the Spanish circuit convinced of the...

Carlos Checa and Ryuichi Kiyonari top Almeria test

28 January 2008 by Michael Guy

The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team finished their first test onboard the brand new 2008 specification Honda CBR1000RR at the top of the time sheets in Almeria last week. WSB rookies Carlos Checa and...

Honda is a work in progress for Lavilla

23 January 2008 by Michael Guy

Former BSB Champion Gregorio Lavilla continued his transition to the Paul Bird Honda CBR1000RR he’ll ride in WSB this season with his second test on the bike in Almeria, Spain. Having tested at Jerez...

2008 Ten Kate Honda’s take to the track

23 January 2008 by Michael Guy

The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda squad began their one and only test of the all new 2008 CBR1000RR this morning (Wednesday) in Almeria before heading to the opening round of the World Superbike...

Ten Kate finally get to test 2008 Honda Fireblade

18 January 2008 by Michael Guy

Ten Kate Honda will finally get to test their all new 2008 specification Honda CBR1000RR’s this week at Almeria in Spain. The Dutch team have been flat out for the last month preparing the new bikes...

Alstare test 2008 bikes

18 January 2008 by Michael Guy

The Alstare Suzuki squad completed a further three days testing at Phillip Island this week despite persistent rumours that the teams 2008 plans could be in doubt due to a sponsorship shortfall. See...

World Superbike entry list confirmed

18 January 2008 by Michael Guy

The 2008 WSB entry list has been announced with 28 permant riders confirmed in this years 15 round championship. WSB regulars will be joined by MotoGP men Carlos Checa and Makoto Tamada with BSB...

Max Biaggi sets the pace in Australian World Superbike test

16 January 2008 by Michael Guy

Max Biaggi continued his impressive transition to his Sterilgarda Ducati 1098 F08 in the second three day Phillip Island test that ended today (January 16). Biaggi completed three days on the bike...

Video: Jonathan Rea lighting up his 600

15 January 2008 by Michael Guy, Gary Price (Video)

Jonathan Rea may be a World Supersport rider now, but nobody told him that he shouldn’t be lighting up his Hannspree Ten Kate Honda at Phillip Island. With the current crop of World Supersport bikes behaving like mini Superbikes Rea has been able to bring his committed all action riding style from BSB to the World Championship with spectacular results. At the awesome turn one in Australia Rea...

Video: World Superbike and supersport testing at Phillip Island

14 January 2008 by Angus Farquhar

Last week saw many of the World Superbike and Supersport riders out on their 2008 motorcycles for the first time. We’ve already brought you an exclusive interview with Ten Kate rider Johnathan Rea, but now you can see some highlights of the WSB and WSS bikes in action around the Aurstralian circuit. Watch the player below to see several compilations of Troy Bayliss, Chris Walker, and Max Biaggi in...

Phillip Island WSB: Bayliss on way to Italy with fractured collarbone and sternum

11 January 2008 by Michael Guy

$Phillip Island WSB: Bayliss on way to Italy with fractured collarbone and sternum$

Troy Bayliss is currently on his way back to Italy following his day three crash at Phillip Island that saw him break his right collarbone. It has also emerged that the Australian has fractured the...

Phillip Island WSS: Parkes makes it three out of three

10 January 2008 by Michael Guy

Broc Parkes continued his domination of the Phillip Island test by topping the time sheets on all three days onboard his SSP Yamaha R6. The Australian worked on race simulations in the scorching...

Phillip Island WSB: Kagayama on top, Bayliss breaks collarbone

10 January 2008 by Michael Guy

Alstare Suzuki’s Yukio Kagayama took the final day of the WSB test in Phillip Island by storm after topping the time sheets with a 1m 32.1 second lap. Kagayama had been fast at every day of the test...

Phillip Island WSB: Bayliss out with broken collarbone

10 January 2008 by Michael Guy

Troy Bayliss has broken his right collarbone after high siding his Xerox Ducati 1098 F08 on the final day of the official Pirelli test at Phillip Island. MCN has learned that that Bayliss crashed...

Video: Johnathan Rea talks about his first outing on the Ten Kate World Supersport bike

09 January 2008 by Michael Guy, Angus Farquhar

Johnathan Rea has had an impressive start to his World Supersport career comiing third fastest in the first day of the Phillip Island test. We caught up with the Ulsterman after the first day’s testing to see how he was getting on with the new bike, new team, and new circuit.