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Gino Rea: More good news!
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The family of racer Gino Rea, hospitalised in a crash during free practice at the Suzuka 8-hours, have provided some more encouraging news from Japan. Here’s what they had to say: “Had a good message from the Doctor this morning,” the family statement on Saturday reads. “His condition in the morning was stable. Once we…
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Latest update from the family of Gino Rea
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An encouraging update from the Rea and Berdini families on racer Gino Rea, who crashed during the second free practice session of the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours at the weekend. “We would like to send a quick update in regards to Gino’s current condition,” reads the Instagram caption. “The results of the CT-Scan showed signs…
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TT Icons: Beryl Swain!
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Beryl Swain was born on January 22, 1936 in Marlowe Road, Walthamstow. She was working as a Personal Assistant to a retired Admiral at the P&O Line shipping company when in 1952 she met Eddie Swain, the owner of a motorcycle dealership and garage. Eddie and Beryl married in 1958, moving into the ground floor…
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Update on Gino Rea
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The family of Gino Rea have issued a statement on the rider’s condition after the free practice accident at the 2022 Suzuka Eight-Hours. “We couldn’t make a post earlier,” “This is due to the Japanese culture as they do not release any news to media without the direct contact with the family first. “We arrived…
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KRT strong second in Suzuka 8 Hours race
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The KRT entry of Jonathan Rea, Alex Lowes and Leon Haslam finished second in the Suzuka 8 Hours EWC race on Sunday 7 August, after completing a huge 213 laps of the 5.821km ‘figure eight’ circuit. WorldSBK KRT riders Rea and Lowes, plus regular BSB rider Haslam, put in an epic effort on their Number…
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Gino Rea: Nervous wait for more news
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MoreBikes has everything crossed today for some good news about Gino Rea who was airlifted to hospital after a serious crash at the Suzuka 8-Hours over the weekend. The former British Superbike rider was riding for the FCC TSR Honda France team in the eight-hour endurance race and crashed during practice. MoreBikes understands that the…
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Kawasaki Prepares For Suzuka 8 Hours with a cracking team…
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The Suzuka 8 Hours EWC event will soon get underway in Japan, having been cancelled due to the pandemic for the past two years. The Kawasaki entry will features several members of the KRT WorldSBK squad combining riding talent from both WorldSBK and BSB paddocks. WorldSBK KRT riders Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes will be…
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1998: The ‘Roman Emperor’ enters the arena…
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Steve Cooper remembers… The year 1998 has probably gone down as one of Honda’s most dominant years and for good reason – the firm pretty much mopped up the vast majority of points available by taking the top five places in the championship race. Honda’s star was definitely in the ascendant and, quite rightly, most…
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Nice gift for Guintoli!
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Suzuki has presented a Yoshimura SERT Motul replica Hayabusa to endurance world champion and MotoGP test rider Sylvain Guintoli, to celebrate the Frenchman’s titles and contribution to Suzuki’s racing successes in recent years. Despite doing his racing on a GSX-R1000, Guintoli has always expressed a fondness for the Hayabusa and the smoothness of its 1340cc,…
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Rea signs new two-year extension with Kawasaki
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Kawasaki has announced that six-times WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea has signed a two-year contract extension to race inside the official Kawasaki Racing Team (KRT), continuing the successful partnership that began in 2015. After taking over 100 WorldSBK race wins on Kawasaki machinery Jonathan has shown characteristically high levels of motivation and confidence in the future…
