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2006 Monza Superbike World Championship round

The 2006 Monza Superbike World Championship round was the fourth round of the 2006 Superbike World Championship season.

2008 Miller Superbike World Championship round

The 2008 Miller Superbike World Championship round was the sixth round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship season.

2011 National Superstock 600 Championship season

Last years championship winner Josh Day moved up to the British Superbike Evo class, one of the main names to come into this class this year was James Lodge the former 2 time 125cc championship will be looking to move up and have a good season in this class.

2012 Miller Superbike World Championship round

The 2012 Miller Superbike World Championship round was the sixth round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season.

Andrew Stroud

He then raced at Bathurst where he finished 2nd in the 1988 Arai 500 km Superbike race.

Barber Motorsports Park

It also hosts the Keith Code California Superbike School and the Jamie James Yamaha Champions Riding School.

China Superbike Championship

China Superbike Championship (CSBK) is a motorcycle racing championship organized in China by China Motorcycle Sports Association and promoted by Zhuhai International Circuit.

Chris Vermeulen

His mentor Barry Sheene then arranged rides for him in Britain in their Supersport and Superstock classes, and success in these gave him his World Supersport break with Castrol Honda.

Conroe High School

Colin Edwards, Motorcross Racer, World Superbike Champion, Current Moto GP Racer

Davide Tardozzi

After his shock departure from Ducati at the end of the 2009 season, Davide Tardozzi made a no less surprising move to become the new team manager of the official BMW Motorrad racing team in the 2010 World Superbike championship.

Ducati Monster

This new model uses the engine from the 999 Superbike with Öhlins suspension front and rear and radial front brakes.

Eleonora Pedron

Pedron has two children by boyfriend and 2012 world superbike champion Max Biaggi.

Freddie Spencer

He began the season by winning the prestigious season opening Daytona 200, including the 250cc and Superbike classes, making him the only rider to win all three divisions in a single year.

Giandrea Fabbro

He gained notoriety when he was given the responsibility to design the next generation of Ducati's Superbike line, the 1098, after Pierre Terblanche's 999 failed to gain the popularity and success of the iconic 916 designed by Massimo Tamburini.

James Haydon

But his pedigree could not be ignored and he was soon called up to stand in at Virgin Mobile Yamaha in the British Superbike series.

Kirk McCarthy

McCarthy began racing in the Australian Superbike Championship in 1992, for the Ansett Suzuki team.

Lotus 108

Chris Boardman’s Olympic gold medal winning bike was on display at the Science Museum in South Kensington, London, in a temporary exhibition which ran from 16th March to 20th June 1993, entitled "SuperBike: An Exhibition on the Olympic Gold Medal Bicycle", and was later returned to Lotus Engineering.

Max Neukirchner

Max Neukirchner (born 20 April 1983 in Stollberg, Germany) is a professional motorcycle racer currently competing in the World Superbike Championship aboard a Ducati 1199 Panigale R.

Miguel Duhamel

He won the 1991 Daytona 200 Superbike race, when he was replacing the injured Randy Renfrow.

He stunned the crowd by winning both the AMA Superbike and 600 SuperSport events at season-opening Daytona 200 races.

Milestone S.r.l.

Best known for the successful Superbike and WRC FIA series, they are the leading developer of interactive entertainment software in Italy.

Motorex

Just to mention a few examples, since 2005, sponsorship agreements brought forward 11 Off-road World Champions such as Yves Demaria and Marvin Musquin; 8 World Champions in the Enduro class such as David Knight and Iván Cervantes; Mat Rebeaud was able to win the World Championship in Freestyle twice; and within the AMA Superbike more than 7 champion titles were collected by stars like Mat Mladin.

Paul Raymond Publications

Paul Chaplin bought (October 6th 2012) Paul Raymond Publications for an undisclosed sum, and reunited it with Loaded and Superbike magazines under the newly formed Blue Active Media Ltd.

Peel Trident

The Trident made a late transatlantic media appearance in the American television series Monster Garage, when a team of engineers and fabricators attempted to fit a high-performance Suzuki Hayabusa superbike engine into the bodywork of a Trident, mounted onto a conventional go-kart frame.

Ryan Farquhar

By half race distance, Ryan had been relegated to second by the Superbike of Martin, but he extended his own advantage over third placed Lougher and he was able to take a strong second place at the chequered flag, also setting his best ever lap around the 4.25-mile Billown Circuit at 110.389 mph.

S. Sarath Kumar

In February 2010, he attended the California Superbike School, taught by Keith Code at the MMSC Track at Chennai, with his tuition paid by the Madras Motor Sports Club as a way to encourage young talent.

SBK 11

SBK 2011: Superbike World Championship is a motorcycle racing game, and the fifth installment of the SBK series developed by Milestone S.r.l. and published by Black Bean Games.

SBK-09: Superbike World Championship

SBK-09: Superbike World Championship is a motorcycle racing game developed by Milestone S.r.l. and published by Black Bean Games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Windows, and Xbox 360 in 2009.

Sébastien Gimbert

He currently competes in the Italian CIV Superbike and Endurance World Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR with Michelin tires for Thevent Racing Team and BMW Motorrad France 99.

Sentul International Circuit

Sentul does, however, continue to serve as a safe course for drivers competing in the Pertamina Fastron Asian Formula 3 Super Series, Formula V6 Asia, Formula BMW Pacific, ATCS, Carrera Cup Asia, National Superbike Races and similar events.

Steve Linsdell

Steve features on the latest TT Superbike Legends PlayStation 2 game, which was released in November 2008.

Stuart Easton

He has subsequently ridden in the British Superbike Championship on Kawasaki and latterly Hydrex Honda, gaining his first win in the Superbike class at Croft 2009.

The Rainband

Double Superbike world champion James Toseland plays the piano on the track and joined The Rainband on stage in Norwich and at the MotoGP in Silverstone in support of the project.


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