BSB News

Embassy Racing, the West Yorkshire based sportscar racing team, has decided to make the move into two wheeled sport by announcing its intention to run former British Superbike rider Glen Richards in this year's National Superstock Championship.

Virgin Media Optoma Loans Yamaha officially launched its 2007 campaign at Croft earlier this week, where the largest team in the BSB paddock also took to the track for a two-day test.

The Buildbase Ducati Team has just completed its first serious test of the year at the sun-baked Circuito Cartagena in south east Spain.

The Virgin Mobile Optoma Loans Yamaha race team took to the Croft circuit for the first time on the new 2007 Yamaha YZF-R1, but they were without there number one rider, James Haydon.

Kieran Murphy and MSS Discovery Kawasaki have mutually agreed to go their separate ways before the start of the 2007 season. The 27-year-old rider from Ipswich joined the team for the 2006 season, scoring his best result of fourth at Silverstone.

Ben Wilson is to return to the National Superstock Championship for the 2007 season, riding a GSX-R 1000 for the newly formed Windmill Suzuki team - in which he will be the sole rider.

Italian tyre manufacturer, Pirelli, has pledged full factory support to Virgin Mobile Yamaha for the 2007 season.

Eleven-times Isle of Man TT winner John McGuinness has completed a deal with Honda UK that will see him line up in the colours of both HM Plant and Padgetts Motorcycles for the 2007 season.

Former BSB winner and grand prix rider, Sean Emmett, has signed to ride for PR Branson Honda Racing in the 2007 British Superbike championship.

Like every other rider out there Johnny Rea can't wait for the race season to start, but unlike most 19-year-old riders Rea will be on board a full factory spec HM Plant Honda for the up and coming 2007 season.

Team NB has confirmed its plans for the coming season, revealing that Ollie and Tommy Bridewell will be riding its two Suzuki in the 2007 British Superbike Championship.

Rizla Suzuki's Chris 'Stalker' Walker and Cal Crutchlow opted for a four wheeled version of a Suzuki as opposed to their usual two when they visited Suzuki's Milton Keynes headquarters to pick up their new cars.

Former HM Plant Honda rider, Karl 'Bomber' Harris, has moved to the Hydrex Honda team for 2007 - where he will be joined by Guy Martin and Allann Jon Venter.

Rizla Suzuki received three 2007 GSX-R1000 production bikes last week to add to the single bike it has been using as a test bed for its new British Superbike racer.

Larry 'Scoop' Carter had a good chin wag with Crash.net Radio at the Stobart Honda launch. He will be holding court in the pit lane and on the grid as usual in 2007..... Q: Will you be doing your usual pit lane antics in 2007? Larry Carter:

Larry Carter or Scoop as he is affectionately known to BSB fans looks after Stobart Honda's PR. As well as working for the team, he's a very good friend of team owner Paul Bird. Crash.net Radio caught up with the talkative pit lane pundit at the Stobart Honda launch.

The Bennetts British Superbike championship is regarded as the strongest domestic championship in the world. It is the place to come to cut your teeth, make a name for yourself and then move onto greater things.

Stuart Easton has signed up with the MSS Discovery Kawasaki team to contest the British Supersport Championship along side team-mate Kieran Murphy.

Trackstar-Racing have confirmed that they will be fielding a new and exciting team in 2007 in both the British Superbike and British Superstock Championships. Brian McCormack will race in Superbike, while Martin Buckles will take part in Superstock both on board MV Agustas.

After weeks of speculation, Paul Bird Motorsport has announced that Shane 'Shakey' Byrne and Tom Sykes are the two riders to contest the 2007 British Superbike Championship for the Stobart Honda team.

The organisers of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship have issued a revised calendar for the 2007 season.

Former British Superbike champion Niall Mackenzie will return to Yamaha as ambassador for the Virgin Mobile Cup and youth development coordinator for Team Virgin Mobile Racing.

The Bennetts British Superbike Championship has continued to go from strength to strength in 2006, with highlighted television figures showing bumper TV audiences throughout the season.

Colin Wright has spoken of his delight at keeping GSE's British Superbike 'dream team' intact for the 2007 season.