The Latest Breaking News from WSBK

From utterly dominating the field with Kawasaki to fighting hard to show what his Yamaha could do at the end of Jonathan Rea's WSBK career, the racer was a class act.

Without the big motorcycle rider names, is there any reason to watch the World Superbike Championship anymore? Or at least right now?

What kind of racing fan are you? I ask that in all earnestness because there are a few different kinds. If you're like me and you've been a racing fan for a long time, you're probably nodding your head in agreement.

It's been far too long since we've had a good Toprak Razgatlioglu—MotoGP rumor. Thankfully, Paddock-GP is on the ball and reporting some fresh gossip. The latest news is that 'El Turck' could be racing MotoGP machinery as early as this year.

Think back to the end of December. True, it was only a month ago, but it's a long time to be delayed if you're a company that expected a certain deal it was undertaking to already be in the rearview mirror. And that's exactly what's happening with Liberty Media and…

Once a factory WSBK team has had its way with what was once a production bike, that race-ready monster is worth around $250,000-300,000. So what makes The Bike Specialists in Sheffield, England, think it can put this WSBK Ten Kate CBR1000RR from 2007 up for $190,000?

One of the first things most riders comment on when they try out a modern MotoGP bike, whether they're coming from Moto2 machinery or WSBK, is how strong the brakes are. Of course, part of this is the fact that MotoGP bikes use carbon ceramic discs, but the other factor…

I love a good horsepower war.Whenever we get manufacturers going head-to-head against one another for outright dominance, you get some seriously special machines with some genuinely interesting engineering. But there comes a point when those same manufacturers go too far and build something that literally can't be used by anyone…

When you think Bimota, chances are images of boutique and bespoke high-performance bikes come to mind. Bikes like the Tesi H2, with its otherworldly styling, have pretty much come to define Bimota in the modern era. But recently, Bimota has sort of undergone a renaissance, as it entered the spotlight…