Will Jonathan Rea have the #1 plate again at the start of next year? Would you bet against it?
Scott Redding: Does the new boy spell trouble for the established order?
Where the suck starts in suck-squeeze-bang-blow
New bike, new colors, new challenge for Alvaro Bautista. Can he win on the RR-R?
From Moto3 to WorldSSP - Can Öncü is following in mentor Kenan Sofuoglu's footsteps
Working view: what the mechanics look at when they warm up the BMW S1000RR. This changes for the rider
Clutch, exhaust, brake pedal: a lot of bike crammed into a small space on the Ducati Panigale V4R
But it is all beautifully packaged
Face seems familiar? Oli Bayliss, son of Troy, is a wildcard in World Supersport this weekend
But it's hard to get used to the idea of a Bayliss on a Yamaha
Another change of outfit: Toprak Razgatlioglu is racing the Pata Yamaha this season. He's been quick throughout testing
Alex Lowes has joined Kawasaki, to try to take on Rea with the same tools
Eugene Laverty switches again, this time to the SMR BMW squad
The Jolly Blue Giant - Loris Baz and Ten Kate are both showing the field that it is dangerous to underestimate them
MV Agusta, racing in the intermediate class in both World Championship paddocks
Big, bad Brembos don't get much of a workout at Phillip Island
Saying no to wheelies: the wings on the Ducati Panigale V4R
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Comments
Thanks Andrew & David great pix
Thank you Andrew Gosling, great images. Loving those pix of the Ducati.
Thanks Motomatters, you got me through the off season again. The world championship starts Friday.
Loris Baz looking happy & riding well. Good luck to Ten Kate racing!
Cables!
I see on the picture of the velocity stacks (throttle bodies?) on the inline 4 the butterflies are operated by cables that I assume go to the twist grip. I thought everything was ride-by-wire these days? Or did I miss something?
Might be a Supersport
The ZX6R still runs a cable throttle.
If pride comes before a fall,
If pride comes before a fall, Rea's "JR#1" plate may count? I like him, appreciate the Kawi project success, AND am looking fwd to him being bested in fair fight. Several can.
Gorgeous Honda in every sense. The feeling I get about their SBK project is so very different from that for their GP one. You too?
Here comes Yamaha AND Ducati now? Followed by Honda mid season? Hoping.
Nice to see the Bayliss lad here. But not in a size too big "Macna" leathers, ICK. Just because it is free doesn't make it a good deal. In my mind there are two brands of helmet and two of the rest. Several maybes. Then crap. With my head shape, just one helmet. When offered the other stuff w/o contract exclusivity, grab some for supermoto or dirt. Side by side comparison doesn't lie, eh?