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Video: Honda RC213V-S test ride
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Check out this video of the Honda RC213V-S road bike being tested in Japan. The video looks like a well-produced teaser ad, but as for the validity of what we’re seeing in terms of how the final bike will actually look and feel… well, that’s anyone’s guess at the moment. The rider is former…
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Max Biaggi returns to World Superbikes
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According to the World Superbike website, Max Biaggi is returning to the World Superbike Championship. In 2012, Biaggi announced his retirement soon after he picked up his second world crown. He will race again at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli on 19-21 June and then at the Sepang International Circuit at the start of August. Racing as…
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Giugliano tops Portimao WSB test
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Giugliano tops Portimao WSB test. Following the Nilox Portuguese Round which brought the curtain down on the first half of the 2015 eni FIM Superbike World Championship season, the riders were back in action on Monday for seven hours of testing. Fresh from his Tissot-Superpole on Saturday, it was Davide Giugliano who led the…
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Rea pulls away to take fourth double of the season
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Rea pulls away to take fourth double of the season. Giugliano and Haslam in the top-3 as Sykes slips down to eighth place. The conditions for the second WorldSBK race at Portimao’s Autodromo Internacional do Algarve were almost perfect as the earlier rain had disappeared. The full 20-lap encounter on a dry circuit was…
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WSB stars joining up for huge TT Parade Lap
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WSB stars joining up for huge TT Parade Lap. A number of high profile World Superbike riders are heading to the Isle of Man for a parade lap around the iconic mountain circuit as part of the 2015 Isle of Man TT Races. Chas Davies, Sylvain Guintoli, Jonathan Rea, Leon Camier and Tom Sykes will…
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Josh Brookes smashes Snetterton BSB lap record
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Brookes annihilates lap record to set the fastest ever lap of Snetterton 300 Milwaukee Yamaha’s Josh Brookes proved he still had more in reserve for the final day of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship official test at Snetterton; obliterating the existing lap record to set the fastest ever lap of the 300 circuit…
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Sykes Romps to Double Victory at Donington
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Defending World Superbike Champion, Tom Sykes, stormed his way to a brilliant double win at Donington after riding perfectly around the Leicestershire circuit to grab pole position. It was the most dominant performance of the year for the Brit who has so far suffered in the shadow of his Kawasaki team-mate, and championship leader,…
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BMW S1000XR – first test
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WORDS: Bruce Wilson PHOTOGRAPHY: BMW Ever since its reveal late last year, the XR’s been subjected to a plethora of opinions; quite often being dismissed as BMW’s attempt at recreating Ducati’s Multistrada. It’s the fourth addition to BMW’s S1000-family, each powered by the highly-praised 999cc, in-line-four motor. Whilst it doesn’t use the…
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Donington gears up for WSB weekend
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The official press conference of WorldSBK round six has taken place at Donington Park Circuit, involving the current top-5 riders in the championship standings, four of them being native to the UK. KRT entries Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes, together with factory Aprilia duo Leon Haslam and Jordi Torres and Ducati’s Chaz Davies answered…
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Rea celebrates his 150th WorldSBK race with another win
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Sykes completes a second KRT 1-2 as Torres claims maiden podium finish in the series. The second WorldSBK race of the Acerbis Italian Round went the full 19-lap distance, with the Kawasaki Racing duo claiming their second 1-2 finish of the day as Jonathan Rea once again got the better of Tom Sykes with a…
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