BSB News

2005 British Superstock race winner Les Shand has signed to ride for Uel Duncan Racing for the 2006 road racing and British Superstock seasons.

A number of British Superbike Championship riders are planning to take on the UK's best Supermoto riders after signing up to compete in the final round of the Vivaldi British Supermoto Championship, at the Three Sisters Circuit in Wigan, on the 4th of December.

Over ?30,000 raised at a benefit auction held last Sunday night will be held in trust for 11-year-old Yasmin Scott, the daughter of motorcycle racer and journalist Ian 'Gus' Scott who lost his life at this year's Isle of Man TT.

BSB race winner Scott Smart has re-signed with the Vivaldi Racing Team for the 2006 British Superbike Championship, where he will ride alongside Ben Wilson and Ollie Bridewell, plus the team's Supersport rider Tommy Bridewell.

A host of bike racing legends both past and present will be attending Club Amadeus in Northallerton, UK, this Sunday (27th November) as part of the Gus Scott Tribute Auction.

Metzeler Racetec will continue to be both the title sponsor and official tyre of the British National Superstock Championship and National Superstock Cup during the 2006 season.

2005 British Superstock race winner Les Shand completed his racing season on a high by joining Michael Rutter and John McGuinness on Saturday's Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix podium.

Attention all avid race fans, collectors and motorcyclists! The biggest sale of motorcycling memorabilia outside the Day of Champions is up for grabs in just over a week's time. And like the Day of Champions, this star-studded auction also has a charitable cause.

Shane Byrne will make a return to the British Superbike championship for 2006, the 2003 champion joining 2004 champions Rizla Suzuki. The move marks the end of Byrne's MotoGP foray that has lasted the past two seasons, without significant result.

The provisional calendar for next year's British Superbike Championship has been released, featuring all the usual suspects in terms of race circuits visited this season. Bank Holiday Monday meetings at Oulton Park and Cadwell Park are included.

Rizla Suzuki triple British Superbike Champion John Reynolds has been has been talking about his recovery to health following his season-ending accident at Brands Hatch, saying he's looking forward to being the 'sport's newest fan' for the 2006 season.

Glen Richards will ride a Honda in the British Superbike championship in 2006 after it was announced that he has signed for the Shaun Muir Racing-run Hydrex Honda outfit.

Following the news that he wasn't being retained by HM Plant Honda for the 2006 British Superbike Championship campaign, the Stobart Motorsport team has announced that Michael Rutter is to form part of its rider line-up for the new season.

2005 British Supersport champion Leon Camier will defend his title in 2006 after signing to replace Foggy Petronas bound title rival Craig Jones at Northpoint Honda Racing.

James Haydon has been confirmed aboard a Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 for next year's British Superbike Championship, following a strong end to the 2005 campaign.

Les Shand from Mosstodloch in Northern Scotland, is about to trade the winter chill of Scotland for the sweltering heat of China, as he prepares to take part in the thirty ninth Macau GP, on board his AIM Racing Yamaha.

Jonathan Rea completed his debut season in the Bennetts British Superbike championship with a double top ten finish. It was a positive end to the 2005 series for the Red Bull Honda competitor who has made significant process throughout the course of the season.

Ninteen-year-old Leon Camier was crowned the British Supersport champion at the weekend at the final round of the series at Brands Hatch Circuit in Camier's home county of Kent.

Karl Harris has been signed to partner 2005 Bennetts British Superbike Championship runner-up Ryuichi Kiyonari at the factory backed HM Plant Honda team next season.

The joy of announcing a deal with the HM Plant Honda team for 2006 days earlier was followed by disappointment for John McGuinness as he was forced to retire from both races of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship finale at Brands Hatch.

Karl Harris's hopes for a positive end to the season were cruelly dashed at the final round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch.

Lee Jackson is toasting his success after being crowned Metzeler Racetec National Superstock Champion after a hard-fought title showdown at Brands Hatch.

Marty Nutt had mixed results at the final round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch on board his Mark Johns Motors/Nuttravel.com Honda, winning the first BSB Privateer's Cup race before a major mechanical failure put him out of race two.

It was a stunning end to a fantastic season for the Northpoint Honda Racing team with riders Craig Jones and Cal Crutchlow finishing second and third respectively in the final round of the British Supersport Championship at Brands Hatch at the weekend.