British Superbike News

The SMT Honda rider, Tom Grant, suffered an horrific accident last time out at Knockhill, when in race two, he was hit by falling rider, David Johnson.
Johnson lost control of his Honda and ploughed into the side of Grant heading into the first corner, surprisingly, Grant suffered no broken bones but his arm was crushed [...]

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Cal Crutchlow, the HM Plant Honda rider who is currently second in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, passed his motorcylce test at the beginning of the month.
Crutchlow wanted to pass the test before the second European Driving License Directive comes into effect in October 2008. The new license will introduce new elements to motorcylce [...]

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The SMT Honda team are on the search for a replacement rider for the next round of the British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park.
The replacement is needed for the injured Adam Jenkinson who broke both of his wrists in the second race of the opening round at Thruxton.
Tom Grant raced in his place for the [...]

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Race 1
Shane Byrne on the Airwaves Ducati, started the race on pole position but was out-started by Leon Haslam and Michael Rutter as Cal Crutchlow shot ahead to lead at the end of lap 1.
It is Crutchlow’s first season with the HM Plant Honda team and he was battling with his teammate, Haslam early on [...]

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The British Superbike team, Rizla Suzuki, have completed their three days of testing at Guadix in Spain. Both riders seemed pleased with the set-up of their bikes and both improved their times.
Tom Sykes, managed to complete 92 laps on the final day of testing with his fastest time being 1minute and 13.6 seconds although [...]

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