ALEX LOWES will ride the Ten Kate Castrol Fireblade at the Brno WSBK round as a replacement for the injured Jonathan Rea.The 21-year-old from Lincoln got the nod from his Kawasaki team bosses who have released him from his contract for this one

first flying lap he crashed the Castrol Honda Fireblade at the fast turn three, the get off at over 130mph.The Castrol Honda hopeful dislocated the ring finger on his left hand and is currently undergoing x-rays and scans on his left wrist at The Alfred

at Cadwell Park circuit, James Dye, 19 from Horsham fell from his Team Buff 675cc Triumph between Coppice and Charlies Corners. It is believed that he was struck by a following motorcycle, sustaining a serious head injury. The race was stopped immediately

AN AMERICAN police motorcyclist has been injured while escorting the country's President, Barack Obama.Police reports say, Dallas Senior Cpl. Michael Manis lost control of his motorcycle on Monday, while escorting the President's motorcade

NICKY HAYDEN capped off his disappointing 2011 season by breaking his left shoulder and fracturing two ribs whilst training on a Honda XR100.It was Hayden's first time on two wheels since breaking his scaphoid in the first corner incident

Barry Veneman will step up to join the BMW Italia squad substituting the injured James Toseland at Assen.The Dutchman makes his World Superbike debut in his home round at the Assen circuit. Veneman takes the place of Toseland, who injured his right

for the WSB rider with Guintoli competing over four consecutive race weekends, swapping his Effenbert 1198 for the Desmosedici GP11.Testing the Desmosedici at Mugello today, Guintoli is getting a feel for the Italian machine before the next race at Sachsenring

week aboard the Castrol Honda CBR1000RR, completing 119 laps on day one with the second day affected by rain. Lowes said: "I had a great time at Brno but it was all a massive learning curve for me and the test at Assen last week was the perfect chance

LEON HASLAM has become the latest to join a list of injured riders after crashing during the opening day of the official World Superbike test at Phillip Island.The BMW Motorrad rider went down at the final left-hander, Swan Corner, during

FOLLOWING LAST night's report on Stuart Easton's Cadwell Park crash, which left the Scot needing exploratory surgery, the team has released this official statement:Swan Honda's Stuart Easton will leave hospital later today (Wednesday) following his crash during testing at Cadwell...