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Toprak Razgatlıoğlu confirms Yamaha WorldSBK split

Trev — Mon, 22 May 2023 09:20:07 +0000

Where to for Razgatlioglu…? The 2021 Superbike World Champion, Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, will leave the Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK Team at the end of the 2023 season as he and Yamaha amicably end their successful four-year relationship together, with the Turkish rider seeking a new challenge for 2024. Toprak Razgatlıoğlu “I want to say to the […]

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Jake Gagne does the MotoAmerica double in Alabama

Trev — Mon, 22 May 2023 04:12:51 +0000

2023 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship Round Two – Barber Images by Brian J. Nelson Superbike Race One Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing’s Jake Gagne won his second race of the young season at Barber Motorsports Park on Saturday, and he did so in the same fashion in which he won 29 races over the course […]

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Reynders clinches A4DE victory on four-stroke Sherco 300

Trev — Sat, 20 May 2023 23:11:06 +0000

2023 Australian Four Day Enduro Tasmanian 25-year-old Jonte Reynders has written himself and Sherco into the annals of enduro history with outright victory in the 2023 Australian Four Day Enduro. This year’s event was staged around Harvey, 90 minutes south of Perth. The Harvey region is one of the lushest parts of Western Australia and […]

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Japanese manufacturers join forces to further hydrogen powered vehicles

Trev — Wed, 17 May 2023 23:51:37 +0000

Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki and Suzuki pursue Hydrogen power While much of the world has been going headlong in the direction of EV/Battery technology to power the transition from fossil fuels, Japanese manufacturers have not been quite as convinced and have continued to concentrate efforts on the potential of hydrogen as the next viable fuel source to […]

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Jett wins East/West Showdown as Chase Sexton crowned 450 Champ

Trev — Sun, 14 May 2023 08:01:58 +0000

2023 AMA Supercross Championship Round 17 – Rice-Eccles Stadium – Salt Lake City, Utah 250 East Heat Haiden Deegan took a convincing vctory in the opening 250 Heat of the evening over Hunter Lawrence. The Yamaha man scored the holeshot and was never headed, oozing confidence after the win and eager to make a statement […]

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World Champs have their say on hard racing and MotoGP penalties

Trev — Sun, 14 May 2023 01:25:09 +0000

World Champs have their say on random nature of MotoGP penalties Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez had a thrilling battle at the Le Mans Sprint Race overnight. There was little quarter given in what was good, clean and close racing. At one point during the contest, in the heat of the moment, Bagnaia did raise […]

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Interesting notes and quotes from Misano WorldSBK Test

Trev — Sat, 13 May 2023 02:19:16 +0000

WorldSBK Testing Misano – May 2023 Much of the World Superbike paddock were out on track at Misano this week for a two-day test with a view to the upcoming Emilia Romagna WorldSBK round, set to play out at the same Misano circuit on 2-4 June. The work schedule of the various teams was conditioned […]

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North West 200 organisers release statement on FHO withdrawal

Trev — Thu, 11 May 2023 23:08:09 +0000

2023 North West 200 Overnight FHO Racing BMW withdrew from the North West 200 after being told that their machines were ineligible for the Superstock event. Their M 1000 RR machines with carbon rims had passed scrutineering twice this week, only for then at the final juncture before the Superstock race was to get underway […]

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First details released on new 2023 BMW R 12 nineT

Trev — Thu, 11 May 2023 22:22:39 +0000

2023 BMW R 12 nineT Ten years after the launch of the R nineT BMW now unveil its successor, the new R 12 nineT. Whereas the ‘nine’ in R nineT represented 90 years of BMW Motorrad, the new model, unveiled in the 100th year of BMW Motorrad, uses 12 in its moniker to represent the engine […]

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Brookes and Hickman withdraw from North West 200

Trev — Thu, 11 May 2023 22:05:09 +0000

2023 North West 200 If the following statement from FHO Racing BMW rings true, it would seem that NW200 officials have been attending the latest MotoGP ‘how to steward a race meeting’ classes… It looks as though FHO have been protested by another team for running the carbon rims that the M 1000 RR comes […]

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Senna Agius gets another Moto2 call up to stand in for Binder at Le Mans

Trev — Wed, 10 May 2023 06:01:47 +0000

MotoGP 2023 Round Five – Le Mans Moto2 Australian teenager Senna Agius will again step in to replace the injured Darryn Binder after he was called up by the LIQUI MOLY Husavarna Intact GP Moto2 team to race this weekend at Le Mans. Senna got his 2023 FIM JuniorGP season underway last weekend at Estoril […]

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Tom Sykes splits with Puccetti Kawasaki to rejoin BMW in WorldSBK

Trev — Tue, 09 May 2023 21:22:27 +0000

Tom Sykes back with BMW Season 2023 for Tom Sykes with the Kawasaki Puccetti Racing team has been completely miserable. The Yorkshireman has rarely finished a race and has scored a single solitary point over the first four rounds of the 2023 FIM Superbike World Championship. Tom Sykes has now split with Puccetti and is […]

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Glory for Jett Lawrence – Heartbreak for Eli Tomac

Trev — Sun, 07 May 2023 07:05:35 +0000

2023 AMA Supercross Championship Round 16 – Empower Field at Mile High – Colorado Eli Tomac was on home turf in Colorado and had a mathematical chance of wrapping up the 450 Championship in front of his home crowd but instead fans got to witness a cruel break for the 30-year-old. Tomac went into the […]

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Aron Canet & Deniz Oncu top Jerez Moto2 / Moto3 Test

Trev — Tue, 02 May 2023 21:56:44 +0000

Jerez Moto2 / Moto3 Test Unlike the MotoGP class who had to return on track directly on Monday following the Spanish Grand Prix, the lightweight and intermediate classes were able to rest and prepare for the Official Moto3 and Moto2 Jerez Test on Tuesday. Aron Canet (Pons Wegow Los40) and Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM […]

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Three different BSB race winners across Oulton Park round

Trev — Tue, 02 May 2023 02:04:51 +0000

2023 British Superbike Championship Round Two – Oulton Park Monday Superbike Images by David Yeomans Photography Josh Brookes had won the opening Superbike bout on Sunday, but come Monday there were two more different winners and Glenn Irwin leaves the Cheshire circuit as the new championship leader with a slender four-point buffer over Brookes and […]

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Riders reflect on Jerez MotoGP – Jack Miller extended cut

Trev — Mon, 01 May 2023 10:29:20 +0000

MotoGP 2023 Round Four – Jerez Sunday MotoGP Race Pecco Bagnaia – P1 “Considering how the weekend had started, this may be my best win in MotoGP. The tussle was really incredible, and I had a lot of fun. We learned a lot from this GP, and it can help us grow as a team. […]

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