19/11/2008
Hawk Kawasaki sign Tristan Palmer
Tristan Palmer will ride for Hawk Kawasaki in 2009. 26-year old Palmer was one of the surprise packages of 2008 with the Tena for Men Honda, regularly causing problems for the factory supported teams. Palmer joins the Leicestershire based team...
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17/11/2008
Video: Walker talks dirt bikes and 2009 plans
MCN caught up with World Superbike star Chris Walker at the Stoneleigh Park DirtBike show last week. Walker is an off road fanatic and spent the day cruising the show seeing what bike to buy for winter training and what goodies he...
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14/11/2008
Sylvain Guintoli’s career in pictures
Crescent Suzuki’s new signing, Sylvain Guintoli, might have had a two year spell in MotoGP, but how much do you know about his career before then? The Frenchman has graduated from being the youngest French scooter champion to the official...
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13/11/2008
James Ellison says he’s getting Wii fit
James Ellison has said he’s already started his preparation for the 2009 British Superbike season by working on his balance with a computer game. Ellison said in his latest GSE Racing blog that he’s bought a Wii Fit – a...
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12/11/2008
Relentless Suzuki sign Ian Lowry for Superbikes
21-year old Irishman Ian Lowry will graduate to the Relentless Suzuki TAS British Superbike team next season. The double race winner in 2008 will make the step up to the full-on Superbike team after running in the Supersport class in...
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11/11/2008
Video: Sylvain Guintoli tests Crescent Suzuki
MCN took advantage of catching up with British Superbike new recruit Sylvain Guintoli in his first test with the Crescent Suzuki team. The 26-year old Frenchman clocked an impressive 48.0-second lap in single-figure conditions during a track day at the...
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06/11/2008
SMT Honda retain Jason O’Halloran and Adam Jenkinson
SMT Honda will have a presence in both the British Superbike and Superstock classes in 2009 after retaining two young talents they ran briefly in 2008. Jason O’Halloran, who finished fourth in this season’s Australian Superbike Championship, was drafted into...
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04/11/2008
Guintoli's first ride on the Crescent Suzuki British Superbike
Sylvan Guintoli has just completed his first session testing the Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 after moving to British Superbikes from MotoGP. MCN caught up with him as soon as he came in from his first few laps around Brands Hatch to...
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31/10/2008
Shane Byrne helmet raises £820
A one-off Shane Byrne replica helmet has sold on eBay and raised £820 for the Kent rider’s chosen charity, Macmillan Cancer Support. The specially-designed helmet was part of a competition from the start of the year that Byrne wore during...
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30/10/2008
On the British Supersport grid at Brands Hatch
Here's a photo of me and my friend Jason on the start grid of the final round of the Silkolene British Supersports 600 race at Brands Hatch. We managed to blag full Yamaha hospitality - thanks to Gary Tag from Silkolene for...
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28/10/2008
BSB Blog: Bloody foreigners, taking our jobs…
In the first of a new series of weekly sports blogs, MCN reporter Rob Hull says BSB should follow the example of the Premier League when it comes to foreign signings. The best talent will secure the championship’s future and...
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24/10/2008
Q&A: James Westmoreland
James Westmoreland was arguably the surprise package of 2008 in the British Supersport Championship. The former 125cc front-runner proved his Supersport prowess in his second year with Centurion Racing, finishing the season fourth in the standings following a string of...
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23/10/2008
Sykes meets Sykes
Josh Sykes from Huddersfield meets Tom Sykes from Huddersfield at Brands Hatch.
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22/10/2008
Centurion Honda retain Hobbs and Cooper
Centurion Racing will field a two-rider line-up in 2009, retaining both Dennis Hobbs and Dan Cooper. Get the latest BSB news Centurion’s top points scorer from 2008, James Westmoreland, made a switch to NCT Yamaha this week that inevitably reduced...
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21/10/2008
HM Plant Honda confirm Glen Richards and Josh Brookes
HM Plant Honda has announced the signatures of both Glen Richards and Josh Brookes to ride in the factory Honda team for 2009 in BSB. Both emerged as favourites to sign in the last two weeks after the departures of...
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21/10/2008
James Westmoreland stays in British Supersport
James Westmoreland has signed to ride for NCT Racing in BSS next season after finishing fourth last season with three impressive rostrum finishes. Get all the latest BSB news Westmoreland was Centurion Racing’s top points scorer, but has jumped ship...
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20/10/2008
Q&A: Josh Brookes on BSB hopes in 2009
With Josh Brookes expected to be named in the 2009 HM Plant Honda line-up alongside 2008 British Supersport Champion Glen Richards, MCN spoke to the 25-year old about his one-off appearance in the BSS Championship at the final round at...
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20/10/2008
STP Superbike gets Portimao WSB wildcard slot
Chris Burns and the STP Superbike team will line-up alongside the World’s best Superbike riders for the final round of WSB in Portugal. STP will join HM Plant Honda at the totally-new Parkalgar circuit – the first major event to...
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20/10/2008
British Eurosport extend BSB deal
British Eurosport has signed a new two-year deal to cover the British Superbike series. Part of the deal included a four-hour live show from each of the 12 rounds for the next two seasons and repeat packages later in the...
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17/10/2008
Shane Byrne-out
Picture of Shane Byrne at Druids bend on the last race of the season, has to be one of the best pictures i took while i was there. What a race!
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