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  • 2001: Rossi ruffles feathers in the final 500cc year

    2001: Rossi ruffles feathers in the final 500cc year

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    VJMC’s Steve Cooper looks back..The 2001 season might have marked the coming to an end of the 500cc era, but it always was going to go out with a bang. Honda’s sullen 2000 was forgotten as the motorcycle giant went for it big time. There were some seven riders on the fearsome NSR500 and another…

  • Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Looking for Long-Haul Points Haul in Argentina

    Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Looking for Long-Haul Points Haul in Argentina

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    The Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK team and riders Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Andrea Locatelli head to Argentina for the first long-haul event of the 2022 FIM Superbike World Championship this coming weekend, from 21-23 October, at Circuito San Juan Villicum. Defending champion Razgatlıoğlu has a good record from the 4.276 km venue, finishing on the…

  • WATCH: Fast Bikes’ Naked Sports Bike of the Year

    WATCH: Fast Bikes’ Naked Sports Bike of the Year

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    Naked Sports Bike of the Year: Fast Bikes discuss the seven best ‘Nakeds’ on the market in 2022.

  • VR: New Kid On The Block

    VR: New Kid On The Block

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    The new millennium delivered a few surprises in the world of MotoGP along with one confirmation – KRJR (Kenny Roberts Jnr.) was capable of winning the world championship just like his old man. Building on a second place in the standings the previous year, Kenny took the premier title for Suzuki. And amazingly, despite four…

  • Dominique Aegerter to Step Up to WorldSBK with Yamaha in 2023

    Dominique Aegerter to Step Up to WorldSBK with Yamaha in 2023

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    Yamaha Motor Europe is delighted to announce that reigning FIM Supersport World Champion and current series leader Dominque Aegerter will step up to the FIM Superbike World Championship with Yamaha for the 2023 season. Aegerter enjoyed an utterly dominant maiden campaign in the WorldSSP class last year and has continued to be the rider to…

  • Gardner to Join Yamaha in WorldSBK from 2023

    Gardner to Join Yamaha in WorldSBK from 2023

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    Yamaha has announced that 2021 Moto2 World Champion Remy Gardner will contest the FIM Superbike World Championship with Yamaha from 2023, after an agreement was reached this week with the 24-year-old Australian. This comes in the same month as Gardner was axed by KTM who told the rider he ‘wasn’t professional enough’. Gardner has previously…

  • Update on Gino Rea!

    Update on Gino Rea!

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    Fantastic news from the family of Racer Gino Rea, who was badly injured in an horrific accident at the recent Suzuka 8 Hours race in Japan. We’re delighted to hear this announcement! “On Monday 5th September, after a long-anticipated wait, we were finally able to get Gino back to the UK by a specialist air…

  • Naked BMW class to replace Ducati TriOptions Cup

    Naked BMW class to replace Ducati TriOptions Cup

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    BMW launches new one-make British Superbike support series with its £11,000 F900R. Racing is expensive. Bikes, spare parts, tyres and travel all add up, and it’s a struggle for all but the most deep-pocketed of racers to be competitive. To help level the playing field at the sharp end of motorcycle competition BMW has revealed…

  • Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Completes Summer Test in Barcelona

    Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Completes Summer Test in Barcelona

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    Defending FIM Superbike World Champion Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and teammate Andrea Locatelli completed 1.5 days with the Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK squad for a mid-season summer test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya at the weekend. The main objective for both riders was to work on the set-ups of their Yamaha R1 WorldSBKs in the hot conditions…

  • Gino Rea: Huge (good) news…

    Gino Rea: Huge (good) news…

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    There has been some more excellent news filtering through from Japan via the family of Gino Rea, the Honda rider who is in hospital after a serious crash during free practice at the recent Suzuka 8-Hours race. Firstly, we understand that Gino is off the ventilator and breathing by himself. But there’s more good news,…

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