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AMA Pro Now Accepting 2009 Road Racing Series Motorcycle Approval Applications
Ensuring that competitors will be able to continue to race motorcycles from a large pool of proven products and models,
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Bridewell Signs For Team Lorenzini
Tommy Bridewell has this week signed a deal with the Lorenzini by Leoni Yamaha Italia Team which will see him contest both the FIM 1000cc Superstock Championship as well as the Italian Superstock Championship.
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Team Pedercini Signs up Scassa and Salom for 2009
Team Pedercini has defined it rider line up for the coming season, during which the Italian company will race 2009 spec Kawasaki ZX-10R machines and create an Italian/Spanish rider alliance between Luca Scassa and David Salom.
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Exciting 2009 Line up For Rob Mac Racing
Rob McElnea has secured the wealth of experience possessed by Chris Walker and Michael Rutter to spearhead a double pronged Yamaha assault upon the British Championship in 2009.
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Ducati Take a Break From British Superbike Championship
Ducati UK will not contest the 2009 British Superbike Championship after being unable to secure a team to defend their manufactures crown.
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FIM Announcement - 2009 MotoGP Provisional Entry Lists
The FIM today released the provisional entry lists for the MotoGP World Championship 2009 as follows:
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Ideal Gifts For The Bike Enthusiast
Having trouble finding the perfect gift for the motorcycle fan in your life? Duke, the world-leader in two-wheel entertainment on DVD, can help, with its handy top 10 guide to the perfect presents.
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Positive GSX-R100 K9 Test For Suzuki Alstare
Yukio Kagayama, Max Neukirchner and the Suzuki Alstare team left Kyalami circuit in South Africa in a positive frame of mind after three days of testing the all-new 2009 GSX-R1000 K9.
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Spies and Sykes put the 2009 WSB Yamaha R1 Through its Paces in South Africa
2009 Yamaha Motor Italia Superbike riders Ben Spies and Tom Sykes have endured some serious heat on their three day test in Kyalami.
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Ten Kate Riders Complete Successful Kyalami Test
The HANNspree Ten Kate Honda team this afternoon completed a comprehensive three-day test at the Kyalami circuit in South Africa, where the World Superbike and Supersport championships will race again in May next year.
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BMW Motorrad Motorsport: Pirelli Test Kyalami
The final day of the three-day Pirelli test provided Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport with both challenges and improvements, but in the end, the team left Kyalami in a positive frame of mind and ready to make further progress at the next outing.
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Fabrizio Tops Tyre Development Testing Times at Kyalami
Michel Fabrizio was the revelation of the Pirelli tyre development tests at Kyalami, South Africa, in preparation for the 2009 FIM Superbike World Championship.
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Fabrizio Breaks Records As The Ducati Xerox Team Concludes Three-Day Kyalami Test
The Ducati Xerox Team has spent the last three days on track at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in South Africa, participating in the Pirelli tyre test session.
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More Than 3.3 Million in Purse and PaceSetter Bonus Awards For 2009 AMA Pro Road Racing
With a combined total of over $3.3 million in purse money and cash bonuses posted for the AMA Pro American Superbike, AMA Pro Daytona SportBike, AMA Pro SuperSport and AMA Pro SunTrust Moto-GT championships next season,
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The Ducati Xerox Team Continues With Winter Testing at Kyalami - Fabrizio Still Fastest
Thursday 11th December 2008: The Ducati Xerox Team has concluded day two of the three-day Pirelli tyre tests taking place at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in South Africa, a track the makes a return to the World Superbike calendar in May 2009 after an absence of six years.
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Niccolo Canepa at the Snowbreak
During MotoGP winter break, the first 2009 winter test will take place next February 5th in Sepang, MotoGP riders try to use in the best way their free time.
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AMA and Dunlop Tyre Test at Daytona - Day 3 Report
A pair of final practice sessions for AMA Pro American Superbikes and AMA Pro Daytona SportBikes brought a successful three-day AMA Pro Road Racing Dunlop Tire test to a close Sunday at Daytona International Speedway.
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AMA and Dunlop Tire Test at Daytona - Day 2 Report
AMA Pro Daytona SportBike teams and riders took to the traditional Daytona International Speedway road course for a second consecutive night practice Saturday evening,
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AMA Pro Road Racing and Dunlop Tyre Test at Daytona - Day 1 Report
A new era for the reorganized AMA Pro Racing and Dunlop Tire began Friday at Daytona International Speedway Friday where several AMA Pro American Superbike and AMA Pro Daytona SportBike teams and riders tested Dunlop's latest tires all day and for a few hours into the night.
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No SA MX GP in 2009 - Plans For 2010
Due to the very difficult world economical situation, Motorsport South Africa (MSA) and Youthstream have mutually agreed to cancel the FIM Motocross Grand Prix of South Africa for 2009 and indicated that they will closely work together to bring the Grand Prix back to South Africa in 2010.
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