The latest Moto gp news suggests that the Japanese Kawasaki team has closed down its factory squad with immediate effect.
The global economic situation is thought to have been the major element in the team’s decision, although poor results in Moto GP throughout 2008 may have made that decision a little easier to make for the factory [...]

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Entries from December 2008
Kawasaki to quit Moto GP
Joy Ryder - Tuesday 30.12.08, 14:48pm
Tags: moto GP
Rossi v Bayliss rumours
Joy Ryder - Tuesday 30.12.08, 11:47am
A story that surfaced just before Christmas suggesting that Valentino Rossi and Troy Baylisscould face each other in the second round of the World Superbike series at Qatar has so far not been confirmed or denied by either rider.
The story has gathered some momentum over the last few days with speculation over whether the two [...]
Tags: moto GP
Bayliss predicts three way fight for WSB 2009
Joy Ryder - Monday 29.12.08, 19:26pm
Three times World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss expects his replacement rider at Xerox Ducati, ‘Nitro’ Noriyuki Haga, to be among the contenders for the 2009 WSB crown but is equally sure that young riders Michel Fabrizio and Ben Spies will not make it easy for Haga.
Haga tested the Ducati in South Africa at the beginning of December [...]
Tags: WSB World Superbike
Mackenzie and Whitham guest riders for Harley series
Joy Ryder - Monday 29.12.08, 18:44pm
Former BSB riders Niall Mackenzie and James Whitham will feature as guest riders in the all new Henderson Harley Davidson XR1200 Championship Trophy 2009, the series will run as an additional attraction at the British Superbike Championship rounds for 2009.
Several Harley dealers have already signed up for the series and more are expected to follow them into [...]
Tags: BSB British Superbike
Stuart Easton joins Hydrex Honda
John Williams - Monday 29.12.08, 16:25pm
Stuart Easton will partner Karl Harris at Hydrex Honda for the 2009 British Superbike Championship, having agreed a deal with Shaun Muir last week.
The former British Supersport champion had his best Superbike results when he won this years infamous Macua Grand Prix road race working with the Hydrex Honda team, in Doosan colours, and from that experience [...]
Tags: BSB British Superbike







