Kagayama Keeps Suzuki Ride; Is Testing In Oz Kagayama keeps Suzuki RIde for 2009
Thanks to WSBK Planet,
This just in from Alstare. Fonsi Nieto is not testing and his future with the team seems in doubt. Kagayama, though, he keeps his ride. Irony.
TEAM SUZUKI ALSTARE START 2009 EARLY
Team Suzuki Alstare have begun their preparations for the 2009 season with a three day test in Phillip Island Australia. Over three days, held in mostly good conditions, riders Yukio Kagayama and Max Neukirchner started to work with the all-new 2009 GSX-R1000 Suzuki at the demanding Australian circuit and understand the new bike. At the end of the three days, Yukio and Max had completed over 420 laps and had given a lot of valuable feedback to the team. Yukio managed to lap faster than his time earlier this year and Max was also on the pace.
Before the test, a team of Alstare's mechanics had spent the best part of two weeks in Japan building the bikes, before they were shipped to Phillip Island for the three day test. The bikes will now be sent to Kyalami circuit, South Africa, for the first official test for the 2009 season on 10-12 December.
Corona or Erion?
Hodgson On An Erion or Corona SuperBike in '09?
Hodgson will ride a Honda, but which one?
Honda's Friday announcement that they are pulling their factory team from the 2009 DMG/AMA Superbike series didn't come as a huge surprise. The current economic meltdown and its effects on the Honda automobile market continues to trickle bad news down to nearly every sector of Honda's worldwide market.
Honda's pull-out release notwithstanding, those Hodgson fans wondering where they can go in 2009 to see their favorite English triple digit rider won't have to go to World Superbike or British Superbike. There's every chance that Neil Hodgson will be on either an Erion Honda or Corona Honda Superbike (or 600) in 2009.
Hodgson is in the middle of a two-year contract, which by Soup math means that there's at least one year left on said contract. It's highly doubtful that Honda is going to pay him to sit on his couch and drink warm beer for a year, especially since they still have both of their satellite teams, Corona and Erion, under contract for at least another year as well.
Hodgson's contract might have to be modified to enable him to ride at Corona or Erion, and the contract of whichever team gets Hodgson might have to be modified in order for them to provide a spot for Hodgson but there seems to be every chance that Hodgson will be riding a Honda in the 2009 series. Presumably, Erion or Corona will use the current Honda CBR1000RR Superbikes--those last seen lapping quickest at the Daytona test.
Honda Pulls out from AMA
Honda Withdraws From AMA Superbike
American Honda withdraws from AMA road racing in the US
Torrance CA: American Honda announced today that it will withdraw Team Honda from participation in the 2009 AMA Roadracing Series. This was an extremely difficult decision to make as the racing spirit reaches to the very core of Honda.
The primary factor contributing to this decision is the current global economic situation and its impact on Honda. Although Team Honda will not be in attendance, Honda will continue to be represented in AMA Roadracing through our ongoing support of both the Erion Honda Racing and Corona Honda Racing teams.
Custom Bikes And Choppers
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Custom Bikes And Choppers
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With shows like American chopper, people are beginning to understand that owning a truly unique vehicle can be a reality. If you are unsure where to look for custom bikes, start on a website, www.bigbadboytoys.com . We offer a forum for buying and selling custom bikes and choppers, boats, off-road vehicles, even heavy equipment. You can find a great, tricked-out bike on Big Bad Boy Toys, different from every other bike on the road.
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New 2009 R1 Is the BOMB
The New R1 is all that and then some!
Yamaha has released their new R1 to the public and it is being met with open arms.
The credicts have hailed this bike to be everything the R1 world has asked for and then some. It's new GP trickled down tech has pushed the new R1 to the top of everyone's wish list. MSN reportely pitted it against last years "Bike of the Year" and it beat it down, hands down.
The really good news: We have one :).
You might not yet know what a cross-plane crankshaft is, but you will. It’s a link to Valentino Rossi’s MotoGP bike, and it’s the biggest advancement in literbike engine design in years.
This new crankshaft arrangement is part of Yamaha’s latest YZF-R1, a literbike we tested last week at the Eastern Creek circuit in Australia, and it’s a design not seen in any previous production motorcycle.
The 998cc engine’s distinct sound is the obvious clue that it’s something special - it’s akin to a V-Four with a deep, purposeful note that seems a little bit angry. But it’s in the way the motor generates power that sets it apart from its competition. Gone is the peaky powerband of the previous motor, and in its place is the most tractable four-cylinder literbike yet built.
Yamaha’s 2009 R1 is ready to do battle against any of its literbike rivals.
The newly enhanced midrange is welcome, but more than that is the feel of a direct connection between the throttle and rear tire. In most literbikes, a rider is acutely aware of the possibility of being high-sided to the moon if the throttle is applied injudiciously. With the R1, even a moderately skilled rider can safely drift the rear tire on corner exits.
What’s a Cross-plane Crankshaft?
The cross-plane crankshaft has its pistons arranged 90 degrees apart from each other.
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