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Yamaha content with two-rider Open class effort

09 December 2014 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha content with two-rider Open class effort

Yamaha bosses have denied being disappointed at the lack of interest in its successful Open class YZR-M1 project for 2015. Forward Racing rider Aleix Espargaro dominated the new Open class, which was...

Pramac, Aspar and Forward disappointed to miss out on Scott Redding signing

09 December 2014 by Matthew Birt

Pramac, Aspar and Forward disappointed to miss out on Scott Redding signing

Pramac Ducati, Aspar Honda and Forward Yamaha management have spoken of their disappointment at missing out on a potential opportunity to sign British rider Scott Redding for the 2015 MotoGP...

Red Bull recruit the 'Guardians of Dakar'

08 December 2014 by Simon Patterson

Red Bull recruit the 'Guardians of Dakar'

In the swampy southern French reigon of Camargue, they don’t have cowboys; they have guardians. Tasked with much the same job as their American brethern, these horsemen look after the cattle that...

PBM Kawasaki parts ways with Rapid Solicitors

08 December 2014 by Simon Patterson

PBM Kawasaki parts ways with Rapid Solicitors

Reigning MCE British Superbike champions PBM Kawasaki are seeking a new title sponsor for 2015, after long time partner Rapid Solicitors was taken over by local Hull firm Neil Hudgell Solicitors. The...

Rossi takes second at Monza Rally

08 December 2014 by Simon Patterson

Rossi takes second at Monza Rally

Valentino Rossi has taken second place in this year’s Monza Rally, finishing only twelve seconds behind former F1 and current WRC driver Robert Kubica. The event, which uses the infamous banked...

Arthur Sissis makes British speedway switch

08 December 2014 by MCN Staff

Arthur Sissis makes British speedway switch

Former Moto3 star Arthur Sissis is back on a bike and aiming for the top — in speedway. The 19-year-old former Red Bull Rookies starlet was ditched by Mahindra Racing this summer after a string of...

Evo champ Salom joins Pedercini

08 December 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Evo champ Salom joins Pedercini

In 2014 the KRT WSB squad was three riders strong, with Tom Sykes and Loris Baz providing full superbike squad while David Salom was the lone Evo entry. Having won the Evo title with ease, despite an...

EBR continues WSB plan into 2015

08 December 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

EBR continues WSB plan into 2015

Despite a tough Superbike World Championship debut in 2014 the Hero EBR team, using the 1190RX vee-twin, will continue in 2015 with an all-new rider line up and a major change in the back room...

Former champion Plater appointed KTM RC390 Cup ambassador

08 December 2014 by Simon Patterson

Former champion Plater appointed KTM RC390 Cup ambassador

Former Isle of Man TT winner and British Supersport champion Steve Plater has been appointed series ambassador and co-ordinator for the new-for-2015 KTM RC390 Cup, the MCE British Superbike...

Guintoli taming a different WSB animal

06 December 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Guintoli taming a different WSB animal

New WSB champion Sylvain Guintoli has taken the number one plate he earned with Aprilia over to Honda with him and as he undertook his first test on the CBR1000RR he realised straight away he was on a...

Gearlink Kawasaki duo Irwin and Wilson to make 2015 North West 200 debut

06 December 2014 by Stephen Davison

Gearlink Kawasaki duo Irwin and Wilson to make 2015 North West 200 debut

The 2015 Vauxhall International North West 200 has been given an early boost with the announcement that Gear Link Kawasaki duo Glenn Irwin and Ben Wilson are to be on the start line at the seaside...

De Puniet quickly up to speed in WSB

05 December 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

De Puniet quickly up to speed in WSB

As Frenchman Loris Baz heads to MotoGP in 2015, his more experienced compatriot Randy De Puniet joins the WSB fight with Suzuki, and has already come out punching. Setting strong dry testing times on...

European Junior Cup to include Women's European Cup for 2015

04 December 2014 by Simon Patterson

European Junior Cup to include Women's European Cup for 2015

Honda’s CBR650 powered European junior Cup will gain another element in 2015, with the FIM Women’s European Cup set to be incorporated into the age restricted one make series. The series will run...

Harms and Johnson return to BSB with MotoDex

04 December 2014 by Simon Patterson

Harms and Johnson return to BSB with MotoDex

The MotoDex Performance BMW team will return to the MCE British Superbike Championship in 2015 with a decidedly international feeling. The originally German team will have a Dane and an Australian...

Video: Guintoli gets first taste of Honda power at Jerez

04 December 2014 by Michael Guy

Video: Guintoli gets first taste of Honda power at Jerez

World Superbike Champion Sylvain Guintoli  got his first taste of the PATA Honda CBR1000RR he will campaign in 2015 at a rain hit test in Jerez last week. Despite the mixed weather the 32 year old...

Aprilia boss unsure of Ducati advantage

04 December 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Aprilia boss unsure of Ducati advantage

With new rules limiting the top power of the fastest WSB machines coming into play in 2015, Aprilia were given another nudge to head to MotoGP with its main factory effort. They are confirmed,...

Albesiano cries freedom in MotoGP

04 December 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Albesiano cries freedom in MotoGP

The man in charge of Aprilia’s big move from full WSB factory status to full MotoGP status in 2015, Romano Albesiano was encouraged by the first real test of the new pneumatic valve Aprilia engine and...

RST Clothing to become major TT sponsor

04 December 2014 by Simon Patterson

RST Clothing to become major TT sponsor

British motorcycle clothing manufacturer RST will replace Dainese as the official safety partner of the Isle of Man TT. The clothing company will also become an official sponsor of the event, with the...

Baz adjusts to MotoGP

03 December 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Baz adjusts to MotoGP

After all the controversy surrounding Loris Baz’s initial MotoGP plans that ended in accusations that he was just too tall for a Honda MotoGP bike, the lanky Frenchman and recent WSB rider for...

Stock rider Burns set for BSB move with all-new team

03 December 2014 by Simon Patterson

Stock rider Burns set for BSB move with all-new team

Pirelli National 1000 Superstock front runner Joe Burns will make the move up to the MCE British Superbike championship for 2015, teaming up with the newly formed In House Developments team. Burns,...

Video: Rea and Sykes on the pace in Jerez test

03 December 2014 by Michael Guy

Video: Rea and Sykes on the pace in Jerez test

The new look Kawasaki Racing World Superbike team concluded their final test of 2014 in Jerez last week. Championship runner-up Sykes got to evaluate the new-for-2015 lower-spec Kawasaki ZX-10R while...

Dunlop in Crescent Suzuki talks for 2015?

03 December 2014 by Stephen Davison

Dunlop in Crescent Suzuki talks for 2015?

The latest rumour regarding Michael Dunlop’s 2015 plans is that he is currently in negotiation with Paul Denning’s Voltcom Crescent World Superbike Suzuki squad. The eleven time Isle of Man TT winner...

GBmoto targets two riders in the Showdown

03 December 2014 by Simon Patterson

GBmoto targets two riders in the Showdown

JG Speedift Kawasaki boss Mark Smith Halvorsen says he expects nothing less than two riders in the MCE British Superbike championship Showdown for 2015, as James Westmoreland joins James Ellison at...

Spanish CEV series gets Junior World Championship status

03 December 2014 by Simon Patterson

Spanish CEV series gets Junior World Championship status

The Spanish CEV series has been granted Junior World Championship status for its Moto3 class from 2015 onwards. The accompanying Moto2 and Superbike classes will also gain a promotion, becoming...

Haslam gets Torres as 2015 teammate

03 December 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Haslam gets Torres as 2015 teammate

Jordi Torres (27) will line-up for the factory-supported Aprilia Red Devils Roma team in WSB in 2015 alongside Leon Haslam, despite having been linked strongly with the planned new GO Eleven Kawasaki...

New BMW S1000RR race bike breaks cover

03 December 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

New BMW S1000RR race bike breaks cover

The all-new BMW S1000RR arrived on track with the BMW Motorrad Italia team and its lone rider Sylvain Barrier, setting its first laps in WSB race spec on Wednesday 26th November. “The engine is more...

McGuinness to return to TT with Mugen electric power

02 December 2014 by Simon Patterson

McGuinness to return to TT with Mugen electric power

John McGuinness will return to the TT Zero race at the Isle of Man TT in 2015 powered once again by Mugen technology. The twenty one time TT winner looks set to line up alongside Bruce Anstey as he...

Melandri struggling to start his new MotoGP adventure

02 December 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Melandri struggling to start his new MotoGP adventure

Marco Melandri spent the previous four years unlearning all he knew about MotoGP in order to be a top Superbike rider. He won more WSB races at the end of this year than anyone but his re-introduction...

Parkes: ‘Now is the right time for BSB move’

02 December 2014 by Simon Patterson

Parkes: ‘Now is the right time for BSB move’

2015 is the right time for a move to the MCE British Superbike Championship after a decade in world series competition, according to Milwaukee Yamaha new signing Broc Parkes. A former two-time runner...

WSB line-up nears completion

02 December 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

WSB line-up nears completion

The 2015 Superbike World Championship entry should consist of 26 bikes, with the new EBR set-up run by Larry Pegram and Troy Corser’s JR Racing BMW squad included in that total. The 2014 /15 season...

Celebrating a year of glory for the Marquez brothers

01 December 2014 by MCN Staff

Celebrating a year of glory for the Marquez brothers

Of the many records smashed in 2014 by the Marquez brothers, the most impressive by far is surely their double world titles. Doing something never before achieved by a pair of brothers, the duo took...

Westmoreland relishing GBmoto challenge

01 December 2014 by Simon Patterson

Westmoreland relishing GBmoto challenge

James Westmoreland says he’s relishing the opportunity to work with a team as professional as JG Speedfit GBmoto, when he makes the jump from BMW machinery to Kawasaki for the 2015 MCE British...

Davies hits out at critics

01 December 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Unlike many of his WSB rivals Chaz Davies (Ducati World Superbike Team) only began testing at Jerez on the third day of track action, making a steady start but still finding some issues after such a positive test the week before in Motorland Aragon. “Fairly steady away so far,” said Davies early in the afternoon. “We are having a few different things that are going to take a bit of tweaking...

Westmoreland completes line up at JG Speedfit GBmoto

29 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

Westmoreland completes line up at JG Speedfit GBmoto

James Westmoreland will complete the line-up at the GBmoto Kawasaki squad for the 2015 MCE British Superbike championship. Now running under the JG Speedfit Kawasaki colours, he will join James...

Weather forecasts fail as Barrier leads final day

28 November 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Weather forecasts fail as Barrier leads final day

According to all sources the final day of testing at Jerez was going to be plagued by the same kind of heavy rain and winds that blighted the previous day’s action. In reality the grey start and...

Aprilia working on seamless shift gearbox for 2015

28 November 2014 by Matthew Birt

Aprilia working on seamless shift gearbox for 2015

Aprilia is working on a new seamless shift gearbox ahead of its factory return to the MotoGP world championship in 2015. But Aprilia boss Romano Albesiano has said he can’t give any cast iron...