World Superbike Articles
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Motorcycle racing is money wasted
It’s time for the motorcycle industry to have a serious think about its priorities, because they're looking bizarrely skewed right now. The classic mantra tells us that winning on Sunday sells on Monday, but is this really true, or indeed relevant? If ever there was the perfect time to drive up the decimated sales figures of bikes and scooters, this is the time. Fuel is gaspingly expensive and ...
02 August 2012
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When Britain ruled the World (Superbike)
A new documentary coming to English television screens promises to tell the inside story of World Superbike’s heyday — the 1990s. Carl Fogarty, James Witham, Neil Hodgson and Julian Ryder will relive the decade, telling behind the scenes stories interspersed with classic racing footage and all set, appropriately, to a soundtrack by bands like Blur, Oasis and Ocean Colour Scene. http://www.you...
21 June 2012
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Yamaha pulling out of WSBK in 2012
Earlier this morning Yamaha Motor Europe announced that they would be pulling out of World Superbike after the 2011 season. Ducati pulled it's factory efffort last year, Kawasaki quit MotoGP back in 2008 and Suzuki has been phoning it in for quite a long time now. It's sad and I hate to say it, but it looks like motorcycle racing isn't nearly as popular (and profitable) as it once was. Citing "se...
01 August 2011
Castrol + Honda = win
Castrol Honda is the new HANNspree Ten Kate Honda. Not only does that make much more sense, but it brings one of the most successful color schemes ever back to superbike racing. We grew up watching first John Kocinski on a Castrol Honda RC45 and then Colin Edwards on a Castrol Honda SP2, now we’re going to watch Jonathan Rea and Ruben Xaus on a Castrol Honda CBR1000RR. Take a good look at the hi...
18 January 2011
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Ducati quits World Superbike
Ducati is quitting the racing series it helped popularize and that came to define its corporate success. This morning, Ducati announced it would no longer field a factory team in SBK, instead concentrating on MotoGP. Reading between the lines, it's easy to jump to the much-rumored conclusion that the money Ducati had been putting towards seeing its 1198 lose to the Aprilia RSV4 will now go towards...
27 August 2010
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Aprilia RSV4 Biaggi Replica: 200bhp doesn't equal homologation special
Making 200bhp and 92lb/ft of torque (+20bhp and 7.4lb/ft) you might think the Aprilia RSV4 Biaggi Replica is an homologation special intended to legalize Max's gear-driven cams, underseat fuel tank and trick swingarm. It isn't, rather it benefits from certain SBK-spec components and electronics to create the ultimate privateer or track day Aprilia. Update: According to Aprilia, the Biaggi rep will...
10 May 2010