Bike Riders News

03/09/2010 07:20 AM
SMT signs Iddon (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
SMT Honda will have a new look for the 2010 British Superbike season after signing a new rider and title sponsor. The team will now be known as Sorrmate.com / SMT Honda and will field reigning British Supermoto champion Christian Iddon. Having originally begun the 2009 season with Aussie Jason OHalloran, SMT achieved unfortunately succumbed to the difficult economic climate in the second half of ...

03/07/2010 11:40 PM
Linfoot delighted with Cartagena test (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
A delighted Dan Linfoot concluded the four day Cartagena BSB test in fourth position - and feels ready to race anybody! Linfoot outpaced famous Motorpoint Yamaha team-mate Neil Hodgson by half a second thanks to a best lap time of 1min 34.4sec, which was beaten only by the Suzukis of Yukio Kagayama (33.51sec), Tommy Hill (33.53sec) and Michael Laverty (34.3sec). Absolutely mega test, said ...

03/07/2010 06:30 PM
Edwards: I knew I wasnt that bad! (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
Colin Edwards says the last seven rounds of the 2009 MotoGP season, when he struggled with an underpowered 'long-life' engine in his Monster Yamaha, were a frustrating experience - but one that might pay off in 2010. Prior to the Brno introduction of a new engine-change limit, which will be tightened even further to just six engines for the full 2010 season, Edwards had been ranked between fifth ...

03/05/2010 04:20 AM
San Carlo Honda Gresini launches all-Italian 'dream' team (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
San Carlo Honda Gresini has officially launched its all-Italian dream team for the 2010 MotoGP World Championship with strong hopes that between them, Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli will be able to fly the flag high and put a true flavour of Italy out on the track. The Faenza-based outfit achieved seventh and eighth-place finishes in the final riders standings last year with Toni Elías and ...

03/06/2010 02:58 AM
MOMOS EXPECTS TO SELL 3,000 MADASS 125 BIKES THIS YEAR (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 (Bernama) -- Mofaz Motosikal Sdn Bhd (Momos) is confident of selling 3,000 units of the Madass 125 this year due to its attractive features, president Mohamed Fauzy Abdul Hamid said today.