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PENRITE HONDA RACING TEAM LAUNCHES INTO 2018 ASBK SEASON

In forming a naming-rights partnership with Penrite Oil, the new- look Honda factory Superbike team is under the management of Deon Coote, who now operates Victorian-based road construction company Elite…
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Kawasaki Factory Team Launches From Home

The all-conquering Kawasaki Racing Team hosted its latest new season launch party – not in any one of the variety of iconic city-centre venues they have used many…
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Superbike World Championship, Phillip Island February 23-25.

Fifteen international and national races and an extra session for the world superbike boys are locked in and confirmed, with the release today of the schedule for February…
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More Radical Changes Bring A Boost For Laverty

After a disappointing season in 2017 for the Milwaukee Aprilia squad in WorldSBK, especially with a rider of the proven winning talents of Eugene Laverty on board, several…
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Allerton Makes Dream Start with NextGen Motorsports at Pre-Season Official ASBK Test

The second and final day of the Official Pre-Season Test of the Yamaha Motor Finance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul Pirelli (ASBK) is now in the books. Finishing…
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V4 WorldSBK Ducati: What’s It Like?

Lorenzo Zanetti provided important data to Ducati about the all-new bike. And shared some of his opinions with us. The ‘first-step’ new WorldSBK base model V4…
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Michael van der Mark Flies In Second 2018 Test

Michael van der Mark and his Pata Yamaha team-mate Alex Lowes are about to be once again locked in a private and unspoken battle inside their team, with…
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Razgatlioglu Rips In Again

After a stunning first taste of his 2018 Kawasaki Puccetti Racing superbike last year, during a Portimao testing session, new full-time WorldSBK runner Toprak Razgatlioglu performed similar excellence…
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Rea And Sykes Rate Portimao Circuit Resurfacing

The strikingly modernist and intensely undulating Portimao circuit is a popular venue for the WorldSBK paddock to visit again in 2018, but criticism of the increasingly bumpy track…
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Honda Racing Boss Speaks Electronics

With Honda stating last season that they would be moving from their 2017 Cosworth based electronics system to the Magneti Marelli system this year, many watchers were surprised…
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Yamaha Now Benefitting From JSB Comparison Test

With very different and some say more advanced electronics on the Japanese R1, much was learned by all, according to team manager Paul Denning. He spoke…
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DAY ONE WRAP-UP PORTIMAO TESTS

 Sykes, who had two small crashes today, was second fastest and he again used only a race tyre. Both KRT riders used two bikes each to…