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Haslam makes Kawasaki debut as BSB campaign kicks off

27 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Haslam makes Kawasaki debut as BSB campaign kicks off

Leon Haslam has made his debut appearance on the JG Speedfit Kawasaki machine he will ride in the 2016 MCE British Superbike championship. The former World Superbike runner-up has joined teammates...

O’Halloran back on track for first time since Thruxton

23 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

O’Halloran back on track for first time since Thruxton

Honda Racing’s Jason O’Halloran is set to return to track next week for the first time since his horrific Thruxton crash in August, as he heads to Spain to get his pre-season testing programme...

Byrne and Irwin take to track for the first time on PBM Ducatis

22 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Byrne and Irwin take to track for the first time on PBM Ducatis

Four-time MCE British Superbike champion Shane Byrne and rookie teammate Glenn Irwin have gotten their 2016 season underway at Portugal’s Portimao circuit, joining factory Ducati World Superbike...

Stalker: Time was right for sidecar switch

14 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Stalker: Time was right for sidecar switch

After an illustrious career stretching back to his Grand Prix debut in 1995, many will question why the veteran racer is now choosing to move to three wheels for the twilight years of his racing...

Dickies to become British Supersport title sponsor

13 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Dickies to become British Supersport title sponsor

Workwear specialists Dickies will become the title sponsors of the British Supersport championship for 2016, taking over from car supermarket Motorpoint with the naming rights to BSB’s main support...

Stalker switches to sidecars for 2016!

13 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Stalker switches to sidecars for 2016!

World Superbike race winner and former MCE British Superbike championship runner-up Chris Walker will make the astonishing step next season from BSB to the British Sidecar championship, teaming up...

Prime Factors to trade EWC for BSB

08 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Prime Factors to trade EWC for BSB

Surrey-based race team Prime Factors BMW will trade the Endurance World Championship for the MCE British Superbike series in 2016, as the squad helmed by former BSB front-runner Steve Plater returns...

Former Euro Stock champion Iannuzzo joins Gearlink Kawasaki

07 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Former Euro Stock champion Iannuzzo joins Gearlink Kawasaki

Former European Superstock champion Vittorio Iannuzzo will return to the MCE British Superbike championship in 2016, after signing a deal with former Supersport title winning team Gearlink...

Anvil TAG Yamaha complete first Spanish test

07 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Anvil TAG Yamaha complete first Spanish test

The Anvil TAG Yamaha trio of Billy McConnell, James Rispoli and Shaun Winfield have completed their first test on their new R1 machinery ahead of the 2016 MCE British Superbike season. Taking to...

Trailer released for I, Superbiker: Clash of Nations

18 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Trailer released for I, Superbiker: Clash of Nations

The trailer has been released for I, Superbiker: Clash of Nations, the official film review of the 2015 MCE British Superbike season. The film tells the tale of the season with exclusive behind the...

GBmoto confirm Haslam BSB return for 2016

17 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

GBmoto confirm Haslam BSB return for 2016

As exclusively reported in yesterday’s Motorcycle News, JG Speedfit Kawasaki have this morning confirmed that Leon Haslam will return to the MCE British Superbike championship with the team for...

Leon Haslam to make BSB return with GBmoto

15 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Leon Haslam to make BSB return with GBmoto

Leon Haslam is set to make a dramatic return to the MCE British Superbike championship in 2016. MCN understands the 32-year-old will be teaming up with JG Speedfit Kawasaki in an 11th-hour deal that...

TT winner Hutchinson to race Stock 1000s

30 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

TT winner Hutchinson to race Stock 1000s

Isle of Man TT superstar Ian Hutchinson will become a regular face in the MCE British Superbike paddock for 2016, as the new Tyco BMW rider steps up to the National Superstock 1000 class on the bike...

Iddon to join Laverty at Tyco BMW

30 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Iddon to join Laverty at Tyco BMW

Former World Supermoto Championship front-runner Christian Iddon will look to continue his ascendency in the MCE British Superbike Championship in 2016 as he joins Tyco BMW alongside the returning...

Tinmouth looking for bigger and better in 2016

30 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Tinmouth looking for bigger and better in 2016

Jenny Tinmouth says she will be out looking for bigger and better things in the 2016 MCE British Superbike season, after renewing her deal to stay with the Honda Racing squad for another...

O’Halloran back on his feet after Thruxton injury

30 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

O’Halloran back on his feet after Thruxton injury

Honda Racing’s Jason O’Halloran is back on his feet after the huge injury suffered by the Australian at Thruxton back in July, when he collided with a touring Howie Mainwaring-Smart during qualifying,...

Linfoot looking to build on highs and lows of 2015

30 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Linfoot looking to build on highs and lows of 2015

Honda Racing’s Dan Linfoot says that after a 2015 MCE British Superbike season that saw it’s fair share of highs and lows – in the form of both multiple podium finishes and a broken wrist that saw him...

Kiyonari and Bridewell link up with Bennetts Suzuki

30 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Kiyonari and Bridewell link up with Bennetts Suzuki

Ryuichi Kiyonari will ride a Bennetts Suzuki in next year’s MCE British Superbike championship, as the Japanese rider looks to return to 2014 form after a disastrous 2015 season. He’ll be partnered by...

Honda Racing retain Linfoot, O’Halloran and Tinmouth

30 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Honda Racing retain Linfoot, O’Halloran and Tinmouth

Honda Racing will retain their 2015 MCE British Superbike line-up of Dan Linfoot, Jason O’Halloran and Jenny Tinmouth for the 2016 season, as they look to build on the strong progress made by the trio...

Backlund and Reid to join Mossey at Quattro Plant Kawasaki

28 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Backlund and Reid to join Mossey at Quattro Plant Kawasaki

Swedish racer Filip Backlund will join MCE British Superbike 2015 top newcomer Luke Mossey at the Quattro Plant Kawasaki squad for 2016, as the team also expands to British Supersport with the...

Rookie of the year Mossey remains with Quattro Plant Kawasaki

13 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Rookie of the year Mossey remains with Quattro Plant Kawasaki

2015 MCE British Superbike rookie of the year – and Riders’ Cup winner to boot – Luke Mossey will remain with the Quattro Plant Kawasaki squad for next season, as he looks to build on a strong year in...

Danny Buchan joins Moto Rapido Ducati for 2016

05 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Danny Buchan joins Moto Rapido Ducati for 2016

Danny Buchan will become Moto Rapido Ducati’s sole rider for the 2016 MCE British Superbike championship, as he joins the Moto Rapido squad to replace the departing John Hopkins. The 22 year old made...

Video: Anvil TAG Yamaha unveil Rispoli and McConnell

04 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Video: Anvil TAG Yamaha unveil Rispoli and McConnell

The Anvil Plant Hire TAG Racing squad are set in 2016 for their biggest year since graduating to the MCE British Superbike Championship, as they not only make the switch from Kawasaki to title-winning...

Anvil TAG Yamaha secure McConnell and Rispoli

04 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Anvil TAG Yamaha secure McConnell and Rispoli

The Anvil Plant Hire TAG Racing squad are set in 2016 for their biggest year since graduating to the MCE British Superbike Championship, as they not only make the switch from Kawasaki to title-winning...

Hornsey completes Team WD-40 line-up

03 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Hornsey completes Team WD-40 line-up

Sam Hornsey, one of the stand-out performers of the 205 British Supersport season, will graduate to the MCE British Superbike season for 2016 after penning a deal to join Team WD-40 alongside Irishman...

BSB keen for return to Ireland

29 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

BSB keen for return to Ireland

The MCE British Superbike championship has extended its first tentative steps towards a return to Ireland, with series director Stuart Higgs meeting with the bosses of Northern Irish circuit...

GBmoto get full-factory support for BSB and roads

28 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

GBmoto get full-factory support for BSB and roads

MCE British Superbike front-runners GBmoto will have full factory support for the next three seasons, after penning a deal with Kawasaki to become an official Team Green squad. With the launch of a...

Exclusive: Byrne’s first reaction to Ducati Panigale

21 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Exclusive: Byrne’s first reaction to Ducati Panigale

MCN have spoken exclusively to Shane Byrne this morning, only minutes after the four-time MCE British Superbike champion completed his first laps on the new Ducati Panigale R he’ll ride in next year’s...

Byrne makes Ducati debut ahead of first official test

21 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Byrne makes Ducati debut ahead of first official test

Shane Byrne has already made his debut on the Ducati Panigale he will ride for PBM in next year’s MCE British Superbike championship – taking to the roads around his home on a loaned machine from the...

Easton joins Hopkins at Tommy Hill Yamaha

21 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Easton joins Hopkins at Tommy Hill Yamaha

Stuart Easton will join John Hopkins at his former teammate Tommy Hill’s new Yamaha team for the 2016 MCE British Superbike championship. Easton had one of his best ever starts to a BSB season capped...

Ignominious end to 2015 for champion Brookes

20 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Ignominious end to 2015 for champion Brookes

Josh Brookes’ 2015 season came to something of an ignominious end during the third and final race of the MCE British Superbike weekend at Brands Hatch, when he crashed out at Graham Hill Bend on the...

Hopkins to join Tommy Hill’s Yamaha squad for 2016

18 October 2015

Hopkins to join Tommy Hill’s Yamaha squad for 2016

Former British Superbike runner-up John Hopkins will join the man who beat him to the title in 2011, lining up next season for Tommy Hill’s new Yamaha team. The former MotoGP racer returned to BSB in...

Laverty signs off 2015 with dramatic win

18 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Laverty signs off 2015 with dramatic win

The final race of the 2015 British Superbike Championship managed to provide some of the most drama and closest racing of the season. Championship winner Josh Brookes got a poor start from pole...

Champion Brookes extends Showdown streak

18 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Champion Brookes extends Showdown streak

New MCE British Superbike champion Josh Brookes has extended his quest to become the first ever rider to win every race of the Showdown, by taking yet another dominant win in the second race of the...

Lee Jackson to remain with Buildbase BMW

18 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Lee Jackson to remain with Buildbase BMW

Fresh from his best ever MCE British Superbike result ever, finishing yesterday’s opening race in an impressive fifth place, Lee Jackson will remain with the Buildbase BMW for the 2016 season. Lincoln...

Josh Brookes wins the 2015 MCE British Superbike championship

17 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Josh Brookes wins the 2015 MCE British Superbike championship

Milwaukee Yamaha’s Josh Brookes has finally completed his seven-year task to win the MCE British Superbike championship, taking the brand new R1 to the championship win despite the best efforts of...