Sam Lowes wins the Supersport round in Assen
... and Championship leader Fabien Foret (+7.228), who preceded local hero Michael Van Der Mark (Pata Honda World Supersport +18,927), now secod in the standings, France’s Florian Marino (Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres) and ... with the MV Agusta F3 675. Jack Kennedy (Honda Rivamoto), Kev Coghlan (Kawasaki DMC-Lorenzini Team), Andrea Antonelli (Team Goeleven) and Lorenzo Zanetti (Pata Honda World Supersport) complete the Top 10. see the ... …
Pata Honda official team presentation at Verona's MotoBike Expo
... their sponsors, Pata, Tonello Energie and Barracuda are 100% Italian Sporting all-new livery on their Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade machinery, World Superbike riders Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam, both from the UK, took ... van der Mark and Lorenzo Zanetti from Italy, who will compete on Honda’s multiple championship winning CBR600RR. “This is a really exciting moment,” said Rea after the unveiling of the team and its ... season, so I can’t wait for it to start.” Haslam added: “It’s great for me to be back with Honda for 2013 and I’m really happy with the whole look of the Pata ... …
Sneak preview of 2013 Pata Honda team livery
... Pata Honda Racing will be holding their official World Superbike and World Supersport team presentation during the MotorBike Expo at Verona tomorrow afternoon, and one of LA7’s former World Superbike commentators Luigi Vignando ... along with MotoGP) posted these photos on his Facebook page of the team’s 2013 CBR1000RR and CBR600RR in their new Pata liveries. Both Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam will present as well as ... Leon Haslam who underwent plate removal surgery last December it will be a return to a Honda Fireblade after riding for Alstare Suzuki and BMW Motorrad. The team will be testing at Jerez ... …
Pata Honda Superbike and Supersport Teams to be introduced at Motor Bike Expo
... der Mark in Supersport – will appear in their 2013 racing livery alongside the team’s Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade and CBR600RR racing machines. The introduction will take place at 15.00 on Saturday 19 January ... operations manager for Honda Motor Europe. “Not only do we have some really important developments on the CBR1000RR for the 2013 season, but we also have a brand new CBR600RR to contest the World Supersport championship. It is a great honour to be able to undertake ... …
Honda CBR600 RR 2013 live @ 2012 EICMA in Milan
... When it first came out in 2003, the Honda CBR600RR turned out to be a huge leap forward for the whole Supersport class: the model was heavily inspired by RC211V 5-cylinder MotoGP ... its winning tradition and stay at the top of this class, Honda introduces at the 2012 EICMA the new version of the CBR600RR, featuring some important updates. The fairings have been completely redesigned ... a revised air intake system. Honda has been the only official engine supplier of the hard-fought Moto2 class, a unit based on on the engine of the CBR600RR, and this is a ... …
Toni Elias tests Kalex machine at Alcarras circuit
... for three races. Elias tested the CEV Kalex Moto2 machine that Dani Rivas of TSR Galicia School tean uses in the Spanish championship which is equipped with different tires (Michelin) and the Honda CBR600RR engine spec is different, but apparently the Spaniard wanted to learn something of the Kalex ... …
Rumors of a new Kawasaki ZX-6R gain strength
... drops in sales in both Europe and America. This negative trand is also mirrored by the commercial policies adopted by the big Japanese manufacturers in this specific segment of the market: the Honda CBR600RR has not been updated since 2009, when they performed a few minor changes as well as adding the ABS, but the actual ‘base’ of the project has remained virtually unchanged since 2007 ... …
Rumors from Japan: a Honda CBR400R in the works?
... mag Young Machine reports that Honda is working on a new mid-size sportsbike that will be positioned in the current range between the CBR250R and the CBR600RR. Apparently, the model is being developed with the home market in mind, where this segment of ... VisorDown, this new Honda CBR400R should be able to count on about 50 hp, which is twice as much as the CBR250R but less than half the power of the CBR600RR, making it ... …
Supersport 600, Monza: video highlights and photo gallery
... this last weekend and saw the first victory in this class for Frenchman Jules Cluzel (PTR Honda). The 23 year old from Montlucon clinched his maiden win after a fierce battle against 21 ... ), who was able to win a hard-fought duel against Hongary’s Imre Toth (Racing Team Toth Honda) to score the points that earned him the lead of table. However, on Saturday, Toth managed ... …
Vyrus 986 M2: here is the street legal version
... order to make it road legal, and therefore it is powered by the same 600 cc in-line four engine that is used in that class, which is the one of the Honda CBR600RR. The brand new chassis of this bike uses the superior styling and technical accuracy that are typical of all the various Vyrus models we have seen throughout the years: the front wheel ... …
DragonTT: CBR 600 Shogun and Yamaha R6 Atila 599R
... for CBR 600 and Yamaha R6 dubbed ‘Shogun’ and ‘Atila 599R’. The ‘Shogun‘ is for the Honda CBR 600 RR models produced in 2005 and 2006 and provides the bike with decidedly more ... gets a flashy mudguard. DragonTT offers the ‘Atila 599R’ kit at 1123€ + VAT and the ‘Shogun’ kit at 892€ + VAT. View the full DragonTT - CBR600RR ‘Shogun’ and Yamaha R6 ‘Atila 599R’ photo gallery ... …
Ryuichi Kiyonari end up racing in Asia Road Race Championship Series
... off, after spending two years in World Superbikes with Hannspree Ten Kate Honda and in 2011 continued riding for HM Plant Honda taking two wins and finishing 6th overall, but despite the previous title it wasn’t enough to keep his ride. He will now be racing a Honda CBR600RR under the Boon Siew Racing team banner that is based in Malaysia. Even if we know that Asia is a enormous market for motorcycle manufacturers, but we kind of hope he won’t ... …
JD Beach takes Tommaso Lorenzetti's place in Moto2 at Indianapolis GP
... Daytona 200 on a Kawasaki ZX-10R. As a substitute rider Beach will not be able to test the FTR M211 Moto2 bike beforehand, however he’ll get a chance to test a Honda CBR600RR (the Honda 600 engines used in Moto2 are prepared by Geo Technology) provided by Peak Powersports ... …
Vyrus 986 M2 track video
... motorcycle and here we see the first track video of the 986 four-cylinder racing bike. The Vyrus 986 M2 has been built for Moto2 regulations and is therefore equipped with a Honda CBR600RR engine, on a new chassis. It was first shown at the Motor Bike Expo in Verona in January. The most innovative part of the Vyrus is how the chassis works. The front ... …
Video: Keith Flint takes his new FTR Moto2 bike for a spin at Silverstone
... , a full-factory spec bike painted in the replica colours of Ron Haslam’s old 1980’s Elf Honda. FTR MOTO equips 12 Moto2 riders in the World Championship and the British manufacturer is now ... with the bikes boasting the latest Ohlins suspensions, Brembo brakes, OZ Grand Prix wheels and a Honda CBR600RR engine. Flint and his many friends rode the machine at both Silverstone and Brands Hatch and the enthusiastic Prodigy front man said: “The machine is mega. The FTR boys have done an ... …
World Supersport: Chaz Davies wins in multiple red flagged race
Luca Scassa’s seemingly unstoppable charge in the World Supersport championship was brought to a halt in yesterday’s very dramatic, twice red flagged race at Assen, that saw Chaz Davies prevail admist the chaos. The race was marred by two horrific crashes. The first that brought out the red flag on lap six, involved Parkarlgar Honda’s Sam Lowes, who was fighting for the lead with Scassa and Davies when he suddenly lost his the rear of his bike and highsided in a bone crunching crash. The rider was later ... …
WSS Portimao test: Broc Parkes fastest at test ends
Dry, wet, damp and wet again, the changing weather conditions at Portimao have hampered testing conditions in these last three days, and in the final test session of the Supersport series saw Broc Parkes hit the top of the timesheet with a best lap of .1’48″893. Following Parkes was James Ellison who was a little more than nine tenths slower and Swedish rider Alexander Lundh taking third, while Roberto Tamburini was 4th and Gino Rea 5th. World Supersport testing will now head to Phillip Island February ... …
2011 Provisional World Superbike and Supersport entry lists
The FIM has been very busy today, because they’ve not only released the Grand Prix 2011 entry lists, they’ve also released the World Superbike and Supersport lists. Giving it the once over, World Superbikes has just 20 riders with one still to be announced for Pedercini. So as the Italians would say ’se Atene piange, Sparta non ride’ (more or less if Athens is crying, Sparta isn’t laughing, Athens in this case being MotoGP) the Superbike grid, despite seven manufacturers and being less expensive series to ... …
Vyrus 986 M2 unveiled at the 2011 Motor Bike Expo
After seeing a teaser pic of the Vyrus 986 M2 last week, thanks to the guys of Motoblog.it who are present at the 2011 Motor Bike Expo Show, we can now show you a gallery of pics of this new and magnificent looking racing bike, specifically designed by Ascanio Rodrigo and his staff to compete in Moto2 championships. The Vyrus 986 M2 based on a Honda CBR600RR engine and will be sold to teams at a very competitive price, will also be seeing a street legal version that starts production in March 2011. …
2011 Honda range with new colours at Intermot
... Honda will be presenting its new range of 2011 colours at the Intermot show this year. The new range is available on the CBR1000RR, CBR600RR, CBF1000F, XL700V Transalp, Varadero and the VFR1200F. The CBR models get new colours on the ABS ... still the 2010 EICMA show to come so perhaps we’ll see something new all the same. Honda has announced that eight new models will be on show at EICMA so that leaves plenty ... …
