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- the world superbike championship is just around the bend, and this year with 7 manufactures, a bumper entry list, upto 32 riders confirmed and wild cards to involve, it is going to be the most remarkable year for the young Motorcycle racing series.

if you are a motorcycle racing fan and you do support a team then this thread will help comment, learn and experience the real racing.

First up a introduction of WSBK as it is called and its history.

Superbike World Championship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Motorcycles that raced in the Superbike World Championship include:
Ducati: 851,888,916,996,998,999,1098 (currently)
BMW: S1000RR (currently)
KTM: 1190RC (from 2010 season)
Honda: RC30,RC45,RC51,CBR1000RR (currently)
Yamaha: FZR750,YZF750,YZF-R7,YZF-R1 (currently)
Kawasaki: ZXR750,ZX-7RR,ZX-10R (currently)
Suzuki: GSX-R750,GSX-R1000 (currently)
Bimota: YB4EI,SB8R (withdraw)
Aprilia: RSV 1000 R, RSV 4 (currently)
Petronas: FP1 (withdraw)
Benelli: Tornado Tre 900 (withdraw)
MV Agusta: MV Agusta F4 (withdraw)

click on the link above to get a complete details on your favorite manufacture.

LIve Coverage in India.
- Zee Sports is the official carrier of the broadcast for WSBK. you watch it live ( race 1 & 2 + Wss)

- zee sports is available on Dish TV and your Cable Set Top Box.

- worldsbk.com streams the entire race day live on your computer for free. with live commentry by ex. Star Sports anchor. jonathan green.

if the mods go ahead with the tread then this will continue all seasons long to discuss races and behind the scenes on a championship that will go down in History as the most extensive and hard battled championship ever.

Aryan

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TomRider

I seriously would love to see how BMW's 1st proper SBK is gonna perform!

All the very best for BMW!

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here is the entry list and the suberbike calander for 2009

41. Noriyuki Haga JPN Ducati Xerox 1098R
84. Michel Fabrizio ITA Ducati Xerox 1098R
19. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Italia YZF R1
66. Tom Sykes GBR Yamaha Italia YZF R1
7. Carlos Checa ESP HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR10000RR
65. Jonathan Rea GBR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR10000RR
53. Alessandro Polita ITA Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R
67. Shane Byrne GBR Sterilgarda Ducati 1098R
71. Yukio Kagayama JPN Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9
76. Max Neukirchner GER Alstare Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9
23. Broc Parkes AUS Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team ZX 10R
100. Makoto Tamada JPN Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team ZX 10R
24. Brendan Roberts AUS Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R
96. Jakub Smrz CZE Guandalini Racing Ducati 1098R
15. Matteo Baiocco ITA PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX 10R
86. Ayrton Badovini ITA PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki ZX 10R
55. Regis Laconi FRA DFX Corse Ducati 1098R
9. Ryuichi Kiyonari JPN Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR
33. Tommy Hill GBR HANNspree Althea Honda CBR1000RR
94. David Checa ESP Yamaha France GMT 94 Ipone YZF R1
25. David Salom ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R
99. Luca Scassa ITA Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R
36. Gregorio Lavilla ESP Pro Ride Honda CBR10000RR
3. Max Biaggi ITA Aprilia Racing RSV-4
56. Shinya Nakano JPN Aprilia Racing RSV-4
11. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad Team Alpha Racing S1000RR
111. Ruben Xaus ESP BMW Motorrad Team Alpha Racing S1000RR
31. Karl Muggeridge AUS Celani Race Suzuki GSX-R 1000K9
77. Vittorio Ianuzzo ITA Squadra Corse Italia Honda CBR1000RR
44. Roberto Rolfo ITA Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR
91. Leon Haslam GBR Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR1000RR
88. Roland Resch AUT TKR Suzuki Switzerland GSX-R 1000K9

Superspot:

1. Andrew Pitt AUS HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR
54. Kenan Sofuoglu TUR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR
35. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha SSP YZF R6
99. Fabien Foret FRA Yamaha SSP YZF R6
13. Anthony West AUS Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR600RR
105. Gianluca Vizziello ITA Stiggy Motorsport Honda CBR600RR
50. Eugene Laverty IRL Parkalgar Honda CBR600RR
117. Miguel Praia POR Parkalgar Honda CBR600RR
77. Barry Veneman NED Hoegee Suzuki GSX-R 600
TBA. Hoegee Suzuki GSX-R 600
21. Katsuaki Fujiwara JPN Kawasaki Provec Motocard.com ZX-6R
26. Joan Lascorz ESP Kawasaki Provec Motocard.com ZX-6R
8. Mark Aitchison AUS HANNspree Althea Honda CBR600RR
14. Matthieu Lagrive FRA HANNspree Althea Honda CBR600RR
24. Garry McCoy AUS Triumph BE1 Racing 675
69. Gianluca Nannelli ITA Triumph BE1 Racing 675
7. Patrick Vostarek CZE Intermoto Czech Honda CBR600RR
55. Massimo Roccoli ITA Intermoto Czech Honda CBR600RR
51. Michele Pirro ITA Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni YZF R6
28. Arie Vos NED Veidec Racing RES Software Honda CBR600RR
127. Robbin Harms DEN Veidec Racing RES Software Honda CBR600RR
32. Fabrizio Lai ITA ECHO CRS Grand Prix Honda CBR600RR
83. Russell Holland AUS ECHO CRS Grand Prix Honda CBR600RR
19. Pawel Szkopek POL Factory Racing Triumph 675
96. Matej Smrz CZE Factory Racing Triumph 675
71. Jose Carlos Morillas Cuenca ESP Holiday Gym Racing Yamaha YZF R6
88. Yannick Guerra ESP Holiday Gym Racing Yamaha YZF R6
9. Daniel Dell'Omo ITA Kuja Racing
30. Jesco Gunther GER RES Software Veidec Racing
5. Doni Tata Pradita INA YZF Yamaha R6

sperbike calander 2009

March 1 Phillip Island Australia
March 14 Losail Qatar
April 5 Valencia Spain
April 26 Assen Netherlands
May 10 Monza Italy
May 17 Kyalami South Africa
May 31 Salt Lake City USA
June 21 Misano Republic of San Marino
June 28 Donington Park Europe
July 26 Brno Czech Republic
September 6 Nurburgring Germany
September 27 Imola Italy
October 4 Magny Cours France
October 25 Portimao Portugal

kriss

i remember reading about Micheal schumacher being pulled into WSBK.. What happened to it ?

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Not to WSBK championship.

I had posted that news here before the xbhp server crash. Here is the link.
But I did not find any update anywhere after that.

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where is Troy Bayliss?? retired??

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yes retired. hoping he accepts rossi's challenge and comes to Qatar. (won't happen i know)

well open invitation from Honda Hanspree. there is some talks on a possible wild card entry for the german round. only wait and watch.

this is what i want to see in Qatar.

Bayliss vs Rossi vs Biaggi vs schumacher vs simonchelli vs rest of the superbike pack.

m1g

its a HOT HOT thing this year!!

Yamaha coming with their monster but inexperienced riders, BMW and Aprilia are coming with the big dogs, and they don't want to mess up their premier litre-bikes!

Ducati is the long standing big daddy of it all and they ain't gonna sit back & watch the action..
They're all gonna jump in and fight! yeeehaw! lets go!

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soulstation

Inexperienced Riders?? interesting... i would not call spies inexperienced. especially if you followed his career in the AMA and a bit in MotoGP. remember what Ben Bostrom and Nicky Hayden. not to forget guys like Scot Russel who have dominated championships on new manufactures with AMA experience.
yeah it will be learning curve involved. but with spies...

as far as tom Skyes is concerned. he too hails from the BSB championship. why do we forget Toseland, Fogarty, Hudson, Bayliss, Kagiyama, Ryuichi Kiyonari all in WSBK and most of them Champions and multi Race Winner. Ryuichi Kiyonari 2007 BSB champion. now we have shyne Byrne BSB 2008 champion on a ducati.. he raced MotoGP too with aprilia. is that in experienced too?

not to forget Yamaha has enough of experience int heir staff and team that is one of the most experienced and can turn anything into a race winner.

about the part that this season is going to be MAD yeah it will...