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Silverstone BSB: Byrne battles to race one win

05 October 2014 by Simon Patterson

Shane Byrne has extended his championship lead with only four races left in the MCE British Superbike series, taking a dramatic race win at Silverstone. Main title rival Ryuichi Kiyonari was second,...

Silverstone BSB: Kiyonari claims pole

04 October 2014 by Liam Marsden

Ryuichi Kiyonari rode bravely in drying conditions to take his second pole of the season for the penultimate round at Silverstone. Kiyonari was able to hold off title rival Shane Byrne despite a fast...

Silverstone BSB: Kiyo scorches to record pace on opening day

04 October 2014 by Simon Patterson

Ryuichi Kiyonari has raced to a scorching opening day of the penultimate round of the MCE British Superbike Championship at Silverstone. The triple champion, currently in a battle with Shane Byrne for...

Honda celebrate Motorcycle Live with Silverstone paint scheme

01 October 2014 by Simon Patterson

Honda Racing will celebrate the UK’s biggest motorcycle show this weekend at Silverstone’s MCE British Superbike round, as the wildcard Honda of Julien Da Costa takes to the track in a special paint...

Tommy Hill returns to BSB as team boss with Be Wiser Kawasaki

01 October 2014 by Simon Patterson

Tommy Hill, the 2011 MCE British Superbike champion, will return to the BSB paddock in 2015, but not as a racer. Hill is instead set to launch a two-rider team alongside Alan Greig, team owner and...

Assen BSB: Shakey snatches last corner victory

21 September 2014 by MCN

Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne ended his winning drought by snatching victory from the grasp of his ‘War for Four’ rival Ryuichi Kiyonari with a last corner move in the second MCE Insurance British Superbike...

Assen BSB: Wildman Waters holds off Kiyo for wet win

21 September 2014 by MCN

Assen again produced a dramatic MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship Showdown opening race with Tyco Suzuki’s Josh Waters claiming the victory, but Title Fighters Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne and Josh...

Assen BSB: Iddon takes surprise pole

20 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

The MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship Showdown continued dramatically at Assen as Title Fighters Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne and Ryuichi Kiyonari crashed out of Datatag Extreme Qualifying, but it...

Iddon joins Bimota team for BSB Assen

12 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Christian Iddon will join the Alstare Junior team at next weekend’s Assen round of the MCE British Superbike championship, coming onboard as the team’s WSB effort was axed by homologation rules.

Hutchinson set for National Stock 1000 and Macau GP return with Paul Bird

11 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Ian Hutchinson will return to the national Superstock 1000 championship for the last two races of this season, signing a deal with Paul Bird’s Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki after losing his seat with the...

MV Agusta set for BSB with Tsingtao Kawasaki

11 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

MV Agusta will return to the MCE British Superbike paddock for 2015, with national Superstock 1000 championship leaders Tsingtao Hampshire Motorcycles making the switch from Kawasaki, for not only...

Kiyonari to stay with Buildbase BMW for 2015

10 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Ryuichi Kiyonari, fresh from his double win at Donington and heading into the BSB Showdown as one of the title favourites, has extended his deal with the Buildbase BMW team for the 2015...

Donington BSB: Hopkins on pole after three year absence

06 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

John Hopkins has taken a surprise pole position, taking the Tyco Suzuki to his first pole since the same race all the way back in 2011. The American, who has struggled so far this season, managed a...

Da Costa happy with wildcard Honda pace

05 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Julien Da Costa has made a positive start to his first day back in the MCE British Superbike Championship, finishing eleventh but happy with his progress as the Honda Racing team continue to develop...

Donington BSB: Hopkins a surprise provisional pole

05 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

John Hopkins has set his 2014 season back on track by setting the fastest time of the opening day of MCE British Superbike action at Donington Park. The American, familiar with the track form his...

Brookes planning on race wins at Donington

02 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Josh Brookes says he’s not thinking of the MCE British Superbike Showdown this weekend at Donington Park, instead planning on concentrating on race wins after a disastrous weekend at Cadwell last time...

Backlund to replace Hutchy at FFX Yamaha

01 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Swede Filip Backlund will replace Ian Hutchinson at FFX Yamaha for the remainder of the MCE British Superbike Championship. He will make the jump from the highly competitive National Superstock 1000...

Byrne tops BSB Assen test

29 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Shane Byrne has topped a one day test at the legendary TT Circuit Assen, with six of the Showdown contenders jetting in for the eventahead of next month’s race at the circuit in the north of the...

Cadwell BSB: Hickman takes stunning debut win in the rain

25 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Peter Hickman became the second rider to celebrate a debut MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship race win in the final race of the day at Cadwell Park as the RAF Reserves Honda rider scored the...

Cadwell BSB: Bridewell gains from Shakey mistake for first win

25 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Milwaukee Yamaha’s Tommy Bridewell celebrated an emotional debut victory in the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Cadwell Park by just 0.005s from Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne in a race that was...

Cadwell BSB: Byrne demolishes lap record for pole

24 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Shane Byrne has demolished the lap record at Cadwell Park to take his first pole position at the Lincolnshire circuit in seven years, going over half a second faster than Leon Haslam’s 2007 lap record...

Cadwell BSB: War for four back in action at Party in the Park

23 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

The MCE British Superbike War for Four was fully underway this afternoon at Cadwell Park’s bank holiday special event, with Ryuichi Kiyonari and Shane Byrne making it one apiece in the opening two...

Honda Racing gets Oschersleben 8 hour underway in blaze of glory

21 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Honda Racing have gotten qualifying for the third round of the Endurance World Championship underway in a blaze of glory, taking third provisionally for the Oschersleben 8 hour but cooking one of the...

Byrne looking to add King of the Mountain to his titles

21 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Monster Energy have commissioned a second special award for this weekend’s MCE British Superbike round at Cadwell Park, with the King of the Mountain trophy joining the newly reinstated King of Brands...

Ellison set for BSB return only 33 days after broken leg

20 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

James Ellison will return to the MCE British Superbike championship this weekend at Cadwell Park, only 33 days after the Cumbrian broke his femur while racing at Brands Hatch. However, BSB race...

Westie back on Buildbase BMW at Cadwell

20 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

James Westmoreland will return to the MCE British Superbike championship this weekend at Cadwell Park, having sat out three rounds since fracturing his thumb at Knockhill back in June. The...

Oulton BSB: Brookes strikes back in race three

10 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Josh Brookes was relentless in his quest for victory in the final MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship race of the weekend at Oulton Park as the Milwaukee Yamaha rider put on a dominating show...

Oulton BSB: King Kiyo on top in race two

10 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Ryuichi Kiyonari has taken yet another win in the second race of the weekend at Oulton Park, muscling out Josh Brookes and Shane Byrne to take the win in damp conditions. Brookes was the early race...

Oulton BSB: Kiyo wins in style

09 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Ryuichi Kiyonari has taken a dominant win in the first race of the weekend at Oulton Park, coming from his lowly tenth place on the grid after a Q2 crash to catch first Shane Byrne and then Josh...

Oulton BSB: Byrne takes pole in drama-filled qualifying

09 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Shane Byrne will start the first of the weekend’s three races at Oulton Park from pole position, after a qualifying session full ofdrama at the Cheshire track. Ryuichi Kiyonari looked set to be the...

Ride the legendary Assen circuit with MCN and MCE BSB

08 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

MCN have once again linked up with the MCE British Superbike championship to offer 200 lucky readers the opportunity to lap the legendary Assen circuit ahead of next month’s BSB round at the iconic...

Brookes escapes FP1 crash unharmed

08 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Josh Brookes was lucky to escape unharmed from a fast crash in Free Practice 1 at Oulton Park this morning, falling from the Milwaukee Yamaha at Druids half way through the opening session of the...

Byrne shooting for podium credits at Oulton

07 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

With this weekend seeing a triple header battle at Oulton Park, as a Saturday evening race joins Sunday’s two feature battles, championship leader Shane Byrne says he needs to capitalise on the...

Kiyonari: More aggression needed for Oulton

07 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Three times MCE British Superbike champion Ryuichi Kiyonari says he needs to find more aggression ahead of this weekend’s Oulton Park round, after losing out at Thruxton in both races to Shane Byrne...

BSB to launch KTM 390 Cup?

06 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

KTM UK are currently in talks with MCE British Superbike organinsers MSV about the potential of seeing the Austrain’s new RC390, aimed at new riders, headlining a one-make series for 2015 in the BSB...

Mason back in BSB with Tsingtao Kawasaki

05 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Former MCE British Superbike Cup winner Gary Mason has announced a fulltime return to the series after his wildcard appearance at Brands Hatch, as he makes the move from Anvil Hire TAG Kawasaki to the...