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| Motorcycle Racing Online |
The Chris Jones Memoral Fund
For those who remember Chris Jones ,who lost his life at Cadwell Park last year, this is a must-be-at event, backed by all the riders worldwide. Please try and attend, as the fund needs as much money as possible. |
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Buy the official 2007 British Superbike calendar
The ideal present for those who love the British Superbike series is the 2007 Official British Superbike Calendar, at only £10 each including post and packing, along with recorded delivery. |
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The best World SBK show of the year in France
In a paddock bursting to the seams with rumour and counter rumour, the racing could have been almost incidental at the French Magny-Cours circuit, but the Superbike elite put on the best show of the year to give all the fans a treat with James Toseland and fittingly Troy Bayliss winning the races. |
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Chris Walker to race for Rizla Suzuki BSB team
British Superbikes: Chris Walker has been given the chance to make amends after leaving Crescent Suzuki in 2000 to take a GP ride - foregoing Suzuki?s offer of a WSB partnership in 2001. Chris will make his début Rizla appearance at this weekend?s Race of the Year, being held at Mallory Park. |
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Elías wins GP as Hayden gets taken out in Portugal
The critical final phase of MotoGP 2006 was heating up as the teams and riders returned for the final pair of European events. Repsol Honda?s Nicky Hayden held the advantage over Camel Yamaha?s Valentino Rossi (pictured), a four-time winner at Portugal?s Estoril venue. |
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Chris Walker impresses at Mallory Race of the Year
The Race of Champions, held at Mallory Park last weekend, did not disappoint - with the main draw to the circuit being our very own Chris ?The Stalker? Walker. |
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Chris Walker joins Rizla Suzuki for BSB 2007
Not surprisingly, it has now been officially announced that Chris Walker has signed a contract with Rizla Suzuki for 2007, to compete in the British Superbike series alongside Cal Crutchlow. |
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Valentino Rossi on pole for Valencia MotoGP 2006
Valentino Rossi turned up the gas to take his fifth pole position during qualifying for the final round of the MotoGP, having already broken the lap record. Waiting until the final ten minutes of qualifying, Valentino put in the fastest lap - with Troy Bayliss having a great run taking second place. |
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Bayliss wins, Rossi falls, and Hayden is GP champ
In the top class of motorcycle Grand Prix racing, Yamaha?s reigning champion had been closing down the points advantage of his main Honda-mounted rival - a man without a world title to his name as yet. Both men had experienced changing fortunes in a dramatic season. It made for a good spectacle. |
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| Superbike-news.com |
Hydrex Honda Finalise Lineup For 2007
The Hydrex Racing Team and their sponsors are pleased to announce the final line up for the 2007 racing season.
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Martin Leaves AIM Yamaha For Hydrex Honda
Martin leaves AIM Yamaha for Hydrex Honda Guy Martin has left the AIM Racing Yamaha team in order to take up an offer from the Hydrex Honda BSB team. |
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Yamaha Dakar Preview
Shortly after New Year, on January 6th, the 29th edition of the Dakar Rally will traditionally kick off the 2007 motor sport season. |
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Epic Adventure Awaits Honda Racings Mick Extance
Honda Racing?s Mick Extance lines up for his fifth consecutive year to compete in the world-famous Dakar Rally aboard his Honda CRF450X machine this Saturday (6 January). |
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Launches Galore at Autosport International ?07
With just over a week remaining before the World?s biggest and best motorsport extravaganza gets underway, Autosport International ?07 at the NEC Birmingham can confirm it will play host to a mouth-watering array of car launches over the four-day period. |
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New Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000s in Development
Rizla Suzuki received three 2007 Suzuki GSX-R1000 production bikes to add to the single bike it has been using as a test bed for its new British Superbike racer. |
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The Launch of 2007 TT Stamps and Coins is Hailed a Success
The launch of the 2007 Centenary Collectables has been hailed a success by Isle of Man Post Office. |
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Unlucky Plater Crashes Out of Christmas Cracker Event
Woodhall Spa Superbike rider Steve Plater was hoping for a top three finish in the Christmas Cracker Shorttrack races at Scunthorpe Speedway stadium on Saturday but his plans were thwarted by the weather when he crashed out of the semi-finals as the rain played havoc with the track. |
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Isle of Man TT All Time Greats Stamps
TT 100 gets into top gear on January 1st 2007 when Isle of Man Post Office launches its commemorative issue - The Isle of Man TT All Time Greats - to celebrate the festival?s centenary.
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Klaffi Honda Takes a Break in WSBK 07
Although Team Klaffi Honda secured its best season in the SBK, the Austrian Honda Team will not be present in SBK in the 2007. |
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| Motorbiker.org |
Dakar 2007: KTM Press Release 07Jan
Day 2 of the Dakar. Here's KTM's Press Release for 07Jan2007. ...
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Dakar 2007: Honda Press Release 06Jan
Honda's press release for the first day of the Dakar rally, including 9 photos. ...
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Garmin Launches Zumo 450 Motorcycle GPS
Garmin launched the Zumo 450 motorcycle specific GPS, a low(er) cost version of the Zumo 550. ...
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Dakar 2007: KTM Press Release 06Jan
Dakar 2007. Day 1. First day of racing, and already KTM is behind. Here's there 1st press release. ...
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Dakar 2007: Yamaha Preview
A look at Yamaha's efforts for the 2007 Dakar rally (from their Press Release). ...
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Dakar 2007: KTM Review
A look at KTM's 2007 Dakar efforts (from their press release). ...
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Video: Movie Preview: Wild Hogs
The previously announced movie, Wild Hogs, is getting close to release. Here the preview of the movie, starring Martin Lawrence, John Travolta and Tim Allen. Actually, it looks kind of funny... ...
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Dakar 2007 - Almost There
It's almost that time of the year again, the Dakar race will start in 2 days time. In the mean time, the competitors are having their motorcycles checked by the scrutineering folks. ...
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Cardo?s Scala Rider Review - Video
Steve at the ScooterScoop website has produced a great video reviewing the Cardo Scala Rider FM Bluetooth unit. Nicely done TV program with good graphics. ...
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Year 2006 Statistics
A look at the 2006 statistics of this site. We've doubled in size over the year, but so have the spammers. ...
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| World Superbikes |
Bayliss: I thought about ringing Hodgson...
Reigning World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss has responded to Neil Hodgson's claims that he blocked the Briton's return to the factory Ducati team. |
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Foggy 'won't fund Hodgson'.
Neil Hodgson's manager has claimed that Carl Fogarty could quickly complete a deal to run the former World Superbike champion this season - if he invested his own money in the project.
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Hodgson: Bayliss didn't want me.
With 2006 almost complete, former World Superbike champion Neil Hodgson is still to secure a WSBK seat for next season - an unexpected, and worrying, situation he blames partly on reigning champion Troy Bayliss and former employer Ducati. |
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Corser happy with Qatar test.
Troy Corser declared himself happy with the three day Pirelli tyre test in Qatar after posting the second fastest time onboard his Yamaha Motor Italia R1.
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Corser and Haga prove new R1 at Losail test.
The Losail tyre test proved to be another giant step forward for the all-new YZF-R1 and despite poor track conditions in the early sessions and having a mountain of development parts to work through, both Yamaha Motor Italia riders, Troy Corser and Noriyuki Haga, were able to set fast times.
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Toseland: I feel confident about the year ahead.
The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team left Qatar in high spirits following a very successful three-day tyre test with Pirelli.
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Last-gasp Biaggi admits still work to do.
Despite setting the second fastest time of this week's three-day Qatar test, Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra's Max Biaggi insists that the squad still has some way to go before he will consider it a consistent frontrunner. |
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Klaffi to sit out 2007.
Despite enjoying its most successful WSBK season to date, Team Klaffi Honda will be missing from the grid in 2007 having failed to secure the necessary sponsorship to compete.
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Ducati end year on record pace.
Troy Bayliss brought the Ducati Xerox Team's successful year to a close with a record pace on the final day of Pirelli tyre testing at the Losail circuit in Qatar.
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Bayliss ups the ante once again.
Times tumbled again at the latest Pirelli test in Losail, with a drop on the winds which had hampered the first two days being matched by an increase in ambient temperature.
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