Rather than splash through Portugese puddles, the works BMW squad headed for sunny Australia for their first shakedown test. The team have just completed their first test at Eastern Creek before heading for Phillip Island for another test. The team packed in an impressive 1400kms...

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LEON HASLAM has signed a deal to race BMW's fast-improving S1000RR for the 2011 WSBK season.The annoucement comes just hours after the Derbyshire rider's release from his contract with Alstare Suzuki at this weekend's Imola race.A lack of Suzuki

Sniff hard and you can smell the fried onionsEVEN THOUGH the WSB season's only just got underway the 2009 SBK Superbike World Championship video game, developed by Milestone, is already about to go on sale.And as you'd expect, everything's been brought completely up to date, with...

KTM are backing a one make series to run alongside select European WSBK races. Details aren't yet fully finalised but the series will use the recently launched single-cylinder, 72bhp, Duke 690.The series will pitch 14 to 19 year-olds together

AMERICAN WSB rookie Ben Spies took the first Superpole win of the season at Phillip Island in Australia, earlier today. The former AMA Superbike Champion powered his YZF-R1 to a best 1:31.069. Italian Max Biaggi took second place on the grid, hustling his Aprilia RSV-4 around Phi...

WOW, it’s not often you get a statement as strong as this one from the motorcycle racing world, but last night WSB bosses basically issued a ‘hands off or we’ll have you in court’ release aimed squarely at MotoGP’s door.There has been some mumblings in the MotoGP world that the c...

World Superbike – Portimao Race One ResultPos – Rider – Team – Time 1-Checa Carlos- Althea Racing – 38’13.293 2-Guintoli Sylvain- Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing – 38’16.153 3-Rea Jonathan- Castrol Honda – 38’21.774 4-Biaggi Max- Aprilia Alitalia Racing Team – 38’25.256 5-Lascorz J...

Sit back and revel at the imaginative lean angles and racing lines adopted round the Phillip Island by the wild Anthony Gobert. Footage courtesy of the onboard camera attached to the Yamaha of Colin Edwards.The clip is from the final round of 1996 World Superbike championship at ...

17CHECA CESPDucati 1098R1'43.579258LAVERTY EIRLYamaha YZF R11'43.666350GUINTOLI SFRADucati 1098R1'43.86044REA JGBRHonda CBR1000RR1'43.89551BIAGGI MITAAprilia RSV4 Factory1'43.907617LASCORZ JESPKawasaki ZX-10R1'44.030766SYKES TGBRKawasaki ZX-10R1'44.111833MELANDRI MITAYamaha YZF R...