Former three time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss returned to his roots last Saturday when he competed at the Old Bar Roadside Circuit during the Taree Motorcycle Club’s twilight meeting.

It was the first time in 27 years that he returned to the same circuit where he started competitive racing. Bayliss contested in several flat track events including the MX open, pro and solo unlimited and the legendary Superbike rider admitted he had fun, but ended up with slight knee injury.

Back home on the Gold Coast, had fun day yesterday at Old Bar, apart from hurting my knee, not crash, foot in rut, foot stays, knee goes side ways, but was great to hang out with the club, there were plenty of good riders and some young juniors flying , wrote Bayliss on his Facebook page.

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Three-time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss gave F1 star Mark Webber a ride on his two seat Ducati 1109S Superbike around the Queensland Raceways in Australia yesterday.

Webber wrote on his Twitter page, “Some things need doing. Thanks to @TroyBaylisstic. Great day mate.” While Bayliss tweeted back: “@AussieGrit as expected, you were a top pillion and ripped it up solo as well”.

Bayliss just doesn’t give superstars pillion rides, any fan with some cash can book a ride or spend a track day with the Superbike champion with the The Troy Bayliss Experience. .

Photo Source | troybayliss.facebook.com

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Yesterday we posted the cute double interview of Troy Bayliss and Ernesto Marinelli briefly talking about Ducati’s 1199 Panigale, today you get a new and much more complete video regarding this ‘born to race machine’ with Marinelli giving you all the pertinent info with some action footage looped in from their testing sessions.

So if you’re already madly in love with the 1199 Panigale this eleven minute video is well worth your time. Enjoy.

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If I were to choose between launching the Ducati 1199 Panigale Hollywood style and this interview with Ducati’s “>Troy Bayliss and Ernesto Marinelli, I’d chose this interview anytime.

Marinelli is Ducati’s Superbike project director (he used to be chief engineer and technical director of the former Ducati Xerox Team) and Troy Bayliss is the unforgettable #21 and three time World Superbike champion - get together in this cute double interview - the way Italian TV show Le Iene do their interviews - to talk about the 1199 Panigale.

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The Ducati 1199 Panigale is getting more testing this week at the Mugello, ahead of its public debut at the EICMA and preparing the bike before its official track debut in next year’s FIM Cup Superstock 1000 championship.

Carrying out the three day test is Troy Bayliss and Danilo Petrucci. Petrucci was last weekend’s Superstock Imola race winner for Barni Racing Team and is currently second in the championship rankings.

The young Italian and the veteran Australian have been involved in testing Ducati’s new Superbike since the beginning, and this new test at the Italian circuit is going well according to Bayliss, who is trying to keep Ducati fans updated (trying to reveal as much as possible without incurring the wrath of Ducati) on the progess of the 1199 Panigale through his Facebook page.

On Tuesday he posted: “When old content guy meets young hungry Danilo Petrucci , he won superstock at Imola , . Today went well , .5 from my best lap at Mugello , that will do for now.” Yesterday he posted, “Well , making good progress with new bike , matched my best time From 1198 in after noon when track is slower , so in the morning shall be better again , New bike is good , TB 21″

And for those Ducati fans who were disappointed when they learned that the 1199 will debut only in Superstock next season and in Superbikes only in 2013, Bayliss reminded everyone that Ducati used the same criteria in 2007 with the 1098.

Source | motoblog.it

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While I was lurking around on Troy Bayliss’ Facebook page, trying to find out if he mentioned something more about Ducati’s new Superbike, I found this very cool video clip by Spyke, that looks more like a video game or something from the movie Tron: Legacy, than an advert for their Dynamic 360.0 and 2012 collection.

The say that the main character is a mysterious rider which will be revealed in the end, but you just have to look into those baby blues to immediately recognize Bayliss (the guy has eyes as unforgettable as Carl Fogarty’s) but apart from that, the video is very good and is produced by Metaverso and Realize Motion Graphics.

Enjoy.

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Three-time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss is highly involved in the development of Ducati’s new Superbike, with names like Xtreme, 1199, SuperQuadro or Panigale which are just some of the names that are being bandied about.

Bayliss is the star of this brief video teaser from the Italian manufacturer, about something new that we’ll be seeing a bit of next Wednesday on Ducati’s YouTube channel, which is no doubt a lead up to the EICMA show in November, where the Superbike will get its official debut.

Bayliss describes the new machine on his Facebook page as a ‘red beast,’ so we can’t wait to see what Ducati has in store for us.

Source | ducatinewstoday.com

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After Nicky Hayden on Tuesday, Valentino Rossi got his third day of testing on the Ducati GP12 yesterday at the Mugello and turned 80 laps on the new bike, but the Ducati wasn’t just testing the GP12 and Franco Battaini doing work on both the GP11 and GP12.

Troy Bayliss also spent three days testing the new Ducati Extreme 1200 (sorry, no pics, but Bayliss did say on his Facebook page “today i finish test on new superbike , all i can say is the bike is a beast and she is on the money , get your orders in fast , she will sell hot cakes”) and Aprilia had Alex Hofmann doing work on the RSV4 and these last two were also lapping together and Hofmann tweeted “ Stoked ! Finished the day with a 51.9 on soft race tires. Low 52’s on race options. Personal best ever to hold off Baylistic by some tenths! which at least gives us a faint idea how the new Ducati Superbike is shaping up.

“It was another positive test,” said Rossi. “We had a number of things to try, including a new step with the frame that I liked. The general feeling was good. I was already happy with the engine the first time I tried it, and now we’re also making progress with the rest of the bike. Naturally, we’ll have to see when the others try their 2012 bikes, but as far as we’re concerned, for the moment we’re satisfied; our bike is already good. Riding at Mugello is always a pleasure. On top of everything else, the conditions today were perfect, so in addition to the good work we carried out—because I did 80 laps—I enjoyed my time riding. Compliments to the circuit for the new additions; the main grandstand is really nice, and of course I hope to see Mugello filled with fans for the race.”

Continue reading: More Ducati GP12 testing for Valentino Rossi

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We knew what Troy Bayliss said to Motosprint was really just some wishful thinking by the former three-times World Superbike champion and that it couldn’t have been true and that it was mostly Italian hopeful hype.

Infact Bayliss has denied through his Facebook page that he’ll be making any whatsover comback, “I have said many times I miss racing and winning , and Come backs and come back are different , I will come back for Monza , make some laps on a big Red beast , do some work and PR then I will COME BACK . come back home , ciao TB 21.”

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Why does Troy Bayliss keep saying certain things, if he doesn’t really mean them and keep illuding his millions of orphaned Superbike fans?

Last year, the former three times World Superbike champion was at the World Ducati Week at Misano and the big talk of the week was that he seriously wanted to make a comeback to racing, only for him to turn around the next day and say he was staying retired and happy.

Now Bayliss who is 42, and helping develop and test the brand new 2012 Ducati Superbike says he wants back again and misses racing too much.

“I can’t help it, I still need to win,” says Bayliss in this week’s issue of Motosprint magazine. “I’ve never been so fit, I’m ready to return at any time. I know I can beat anyone ” .

Source | motosprint

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It was a whirlwind tour of Italy’s smaller motorcycle shows for former Superbike rider Troy Bayliss, who did some promo work at the Passione Moto show and this last weekend took part in the Motodays fair in Rome.

Bayliss was literally swamped by his still numerous Italian fans, who haven’t forgotten the three-times World Superbike champion and can’t get enough enough of the legendary Ducati rider.

Speaking from the show on Sunday, Bayliss was asked if he thought Valentino Rossi, who’s confirmed that he’d like to race in WSBK at the end of his MotoGP career, if the 9 times MotoGP champion would actually make the switch.

“I’ve heard that in two years Valentino could finish his career in Superbikes,” said the Aussie. “In the 2013 he’ll be the same age as I was when I started racing in WSBK, and he’s got the credentials , but I don’t think he’ll end up in the series.”

“The duel? Vale is a phenomenon, but I won that duel in the Valencia in 2006, when I returned to MotoGP and won with the Ducati and he unfortunately crashed. For 2011 championship I see Stoner. I think he’s the strongest of the three Honda riders and those bikes are now a cut above the others. “

Source | motoblog.it

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When Ducati officially pulled out their factory team from World Superbikes there were a lot of moans and groans from Ducatisti, with the doubting Thomases not believing Ducati CEO Gabriele Del Torchio’s who said, “We knew that we were going to face a tough year in World Superbike. The new rules don’t help; someone was allowed to bend them, and our 1198 has reached its ultimate potential. In two years, we shall be ready with our new 1200cc Twin.”

Well the new Superbike is on it’s way, if we are to believe Troy Bayliss, who confirmed that he is involved in the project and which many think we’ll see debut at this year’s EICMA show.

The guys over at Motoblog.it got a chance to interview the three-times World Superbike champion during the weekend’s Passione Moto show in Padova.

MB: Troy, now that you’re not in the World championship what projects are you working on and how do you spend your days?

Continue reading: Troy Bayliss working on the new 2012 Ducati Superbike

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