2013 Is the Worst WSBK Season Ever for Ducati
21 Oct 2013, 15:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like Ducati will not be quite eager to remember their 2013 World Superbike lack of performance, as Ducati News Today reports that this was the absolute worst season ever. While the past ...
2013 WSBK: Niccolo Canepa Replaces Carlos Checa at Laguna Seca
24 Sep 2013, 14:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ducati Alstare has chosen Italian FIM Superstock 1000 rider Niccolo Canepa as a replacement rider for Carlos Checa, who recently had surgery for his fractured pelvis. While Checa's surgery w...
How to Build a Yamaha R1 in 5 Hours
24 Sep 2013, 12:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Building an R1 race bike in 5 hours in your garage seems like more than mission impossible. Well, it really is impossible if you're just an Average Joe, but when the t-shirts of your mechanics ...
Carlos Checa Fractures Pelvis, Out for the Rest of the Superbike Season
18 Sep 2013, 15:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ducati Alstare Team rider Carlos Checa was diagnosed with a fractured pelvis after his very brutal accident in Istanbul, Turkey and he will be missing the rest of the World Superbike series this yea...
Bell Shows Limited Edition Laguna Seca Star Carbon Helmet
12 Sep 2013, 09:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bell and Mazda Raceway are commemorating the historic return of the eni FIM Superbike World Championship to the iconic Laguna Seca circuit after 8 years with a special-edition Star Carbon helmet. ...
Toni Elias Leaves Moto2, Enters World Superbike
9 Sep 2013, 15:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Toni Elias, currently 18th in the Moto2 world rankings, will leave Moto2 and will end the 2013 season with 4 races in the World Superbike series. The news comes via a tweet from Spanish journalis...
2013 WSBK: Superbike and Supersport Indian Round Canceled
14 Aug 2013, 13:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like the 2013 World Superbike and World Supersport season will come to an early end, as the FIM announces the canceling of the Indian round scheduled for 17 November at the Buddh Internatio...
FIM Announces New Rules and New Class for the 2014 World Superbike Championship
14 Aug 2013, 11:31 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With all the changes in MotoGP regulations, it was only natural that Dorna, the rights holder of the World Superbike Championship and the FIM went on and bring some new regulations to this series, t...
Breaking News: BMW Retires from World Superbike
24 Jul 2013, 13:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bad news for the fans of World Superbike BMW riders Marco Melandri and Chad Davies, as BMW Motorrad has just announced they will no longer have a factory involvement with the series after the 2013 s...
Tom Sykes Already Confirmed for Kawasaki Racing Team
22 Jul 2013, 15:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Kawasaki Racing Team (KRT) has announced they signed a new deal with tehir top rider Tom Sykes for the 2014 World Superbike championship. The 2012 runner-up, Sykes will start his fifth full year ...
More Changes for the World Superbike
11 Jul 2013, 15:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The World Superbike series gets no rest, and not because this championship is so intense and battles so fierce, but because Dorna, holder of the WSBK rights wants so. Following the path we saw wi...
New Ducati Corse App Brings WSBK News, Too
8 Jul 2013, 12:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ducati has updated their iOS app and the new version is now available for free download form iTunes. The new version sports redesigned graphics and new functions are also available. One of the gr...
2013 WSBK: Laverty Wins Race 2, Guintoli still Leading Pretty Comfortably
10 Jun 2013, 13:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After a heart-attack finish in the first race of the Portuguese leg of the 2013 World Superbike series at Portimao, with Melandri and Guintoli in a rare photo finish battle, it was time for Irishman...
2013 WSBK: Insane Finish for Melandri and Guintoli in Race 1 at Portimao
10 Jun 2013, 11:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Awesome WSBK weekend in Portimao, Portugal, as Race 1 was literally loaded with drama and haute-tension battles between BMW Motorrad Goldbet rider Marco Melandri and Aprilia's factory pilot Syl...
2013 World Supersport: MV Agusta Back on the Podium after 37 Years
27 May 2013, 14:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This weekend has been a great one for MV Agusta, just as it was for Kawasaki in the World Superbike series: the Varese manufacturer saw once one of their machines and riders stepping on the podium. ...
2013 WSBK: Historic Double Win for Tom Sykes and Kawasaki
27 May 2013, 09:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's been a glorious weekend for Kawasaki and Tom Sykes in Donington Park, UK, as Team Green won both races last weekend. It's been 13 years since Kawasaki last won both races in a Supe...
2013 WSBK: Effenbert Liberty Racing Retires Again
22 May 2013, 14:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / According to a recent press release, team Effenbert Liberty Racing retires from the World Superbike series. It's not the first time when Effenbert Liberty Racing says they give up, but this ...
2013 WSBK: Guintoli and Aprilia Leading after Monza
13 May 2013, 09:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Aprilia's Superbike team is leading the 2013 WSBK series after the race in Monza, Italy, and has their two riders in the first two position of the provisional standings. Sylvain Guintoli leads ...
2013 WSBK: BMW S1000RR and Chaz Davies Wind Tunnel Positioning Tweaks
7 May 2013, 15:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Following Marco Melandri's similar procedure last year, BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK Team rider Chaz Davies (currently 3rd in the 2013 WSBK standings with 83 points) is in Munich, Germany, in BMW&#...
2013 WSBK: BMW Explains the Problems in Assen
1 May 2013, 11:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Just before the third round of the 2013 World Superbike series in Assen, the Netherlands, we were anticipating a fierce battle between Aprilia and BMW, as both teams had already showed exceptional g...