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WSB: World Superbikes DATES confirmed for 2019. Here’s the FULL schedule.
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The dates have been set for next year’s World Superbike Championship – and we don’t have that long to wait before the action starts, with the race season kicking off at Philip Island in Australia on February 24. HERE’S THE FULL CALENDAR: February 24 – Philip Island (Australia) March 17 – Buriram (Thailand) April 7…
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From now on, it’s DOCTOR Jonathan Rea!
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Four time World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Ulster. Good on him. Rea wrote on Twitter: “Very proud to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Ulster University for outstanding contribution to sport.”
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Oh MAAAN! Foggy Petronas FP1 superbikes going up for sale!
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https://youtu.be/vO9Xizrlm_s OK, so we’re excited by this because we can remember when the race versions of the Petronas superbikes made it into WSB. We can also remember when the motorcycle world lost its mind for a bit because there were going to be a load of road-going versions of the rasping racer going on sale.…
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Lewis Hamilton CRASHES Yamaha YZF-R1 at Jerez. Don’t worry though. He’s fine.
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Reigning-Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton took part in a World Superbike test at Jerez this weekend with Alex Lowes and Michael Van der Mark. During the test he had a small spill on the Yamaha R1 he was riding – but thankfully, the British multiple-time F1 champion escaped uninjured. Sick couple of days in Jerez…
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Is this the most beautiful Ducati of all time? Yeah… probably… it’s awesome…
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OK, so hats off to the consistently excellent Asphalt & Rubber site in the US of A for posting these photos from Ducati of the 2019 Panigale V4 RS19. It’s the bike of the year – and we’re talking next year at that. It’s the bike of 2019. Yeah, it is. 234hp @ 15,500rpm is…
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MOTOGP: Jorge Lorenzo tries out Foggy’s bike
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So what do you do when you’ve got a couple of minutes spare at a motorcycle show (and fancy finding out how much your knackered wrist has repaired). You pop yourself on Carl Fogarty’s WSB Ducati. Well, you do if you’re Jorge Lorenzo. Wonder how fast he’s be on it out on track?
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VIDEO: EICMA 2018 – WALKAROUND of the NEW Ducati Panigale V4R.
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Our Mikko’s out in Milan at EICMA 2018, and he’s just fired over this quick walkaround of one of the most gorgeous bikes of the show – Ducati’s NEW Panigale V4R. Unveiled on Sunday night, ahead of the big bike show kicking off in earnest – Ducati’s new V4R is a serious bit of kit.…
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EICMA 2018: Ducati’s Panigale V4R breaks cover in Milan. 234hp @ 15,500rpm. Wow.
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Well, this might just about be the most nuts motorcycle at the EICMA show this year. Ducati has just shown it’s V4R Panigale as part of the 2019 model line-up… and the V4R (with a full Akrapovic pipe) kicks out 234hp @ 15,500rpm. Yep. Ducati says that compared to the previous R version, the Panigale…
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WSB: WorldSBK race two cancelled in Qatar
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Track conditions curtail competition in final round of the season. Following a severe rain and sand storm on Saturday morning in Qatar, it has been announced that WorldSBK race two has been cancelled at Losail International Circuit. With the storm hitting the Losail track in the morning, conditions deteriorated and therefore a difficult decision was…
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WSB: Jonathan Rea inches closer to points record with fantastic Race 1 win
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2018 champion triumphs over teammate Tom Sykes in penultimate race of 2018 Seventeen down, one to go. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) has won the first race of the Pirelli Qatar Round and matched Doug Polen’s record for the most race victories in a single season, with 17 additional laps still to go tomorrow…
