Go Dan River.com has a great article about helmets and racing. From the article:

The helmet is considered to be a potential billboard for many product sponsors, but riders frequently have their gear custom painted.

The great majority of helmet graphics worn at VIR this weekend are painted at any one of about a dozen high-end studios located across...

Read Jason Wolf's full article in The Reidsville Review at godanriver.com

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DUCATI's Troy Bayliss survived scorching heat on what he called one of the hardest days of his career to increase his lead in the World Superbike championship today.

Bayliss claimed two third placings in the San Marino round of the championship as on-track temperatures soared to 52 degrees at Italy's Misano circuit.

German Suzuki rider Max Neukirchner won the first race, half a second clear of Troy Corser's Yamaha with fellow...

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In what turned out to be a dream week, the Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing team ended the 2008 Isle of Man TT races victorious in virtually every solo category last week, taking Superbike, Supersport and Superstock wins on their Suzuki GSX-R race machines.

Starting with a perfect result on the first race day (Saturday 31st May), Australian Cameron Donald took his GSX-R1000 to victory in the coveted ...

Read Tasha Cook's full article about the TT races at London Bikers.com

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Les Shand had an excellent day of racing at the Isle of Man on Monday, finishing 11th in the Superstock TT and 16th in the first Supersport race to earn himself two more silver replicas. The Superstock result was his best ever finish at the Isle of Man and he put in a total of 4 120mph+ laps during the two races to continue his great week.

In the morning's Superstock race, Les was aboard the Leeds Parcel Company R1 Yamaha and an opening lap of 120.915mph saw him lie in 18th place. However, an excellent second lap enabled him to jump up the order and, with a superb pit stop, and a final lap of 123.920mph, Les completed the four lap race in a brilliant 11th for his highest finish at the TT.

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The blowback from the effort to transform the AMA Superbike series has begun in earnest. In a nutshell, two of the AMA series' stalwart riders have made their opinions known-- Honda rider Josh Hayes (who actually doesn't have a Superbike ride) in his hometown newspaper and Suzuki's Mat Mladin from the podium at Infineon a weekend ago. Both strongly condemned the Daytona Motorsports Group(DMG)approach in apocalyptic terms...

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And, ultimately, that's why DMG's disfiguration of AMA Superbike racing will eventually fail, if it is not critically...

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Monster Kawasaki’s Jamie Hacking admitted he was surprised to be the fastest Superbike rider in the first session at Miller Motorsports Park and he also expects that the dominant Rockstar Makita Suzukis won’t take it lightly.

Hacking became the first non-Suzuki rider to lead a Superbike session, practice, qualifying, or warm-up, when he topped the first...

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SAN FRANCISCO -- As is the case at nearly every stop on the AMA Superbike circuit, the Suzuki motorcycles ridden by Mat Mladin and Ben Spies are favored to be the first ones crossing the finish line in both of this weekend's races at Infineon Raceway.

Next year, though, things figure to be a little more wide open.

The Daytona Motorsports Group, which bought the AMA's promotional and management rights in March, is proposing radical changes to the circuit in an effort to create greater parity and a more entertaining product that appeals to a wider audience...

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From the ground up, he created his ideal machine. After giving up motorcycle racing two years ago, Sgt. 1st Class Larry Brewton began creating. He has spent $35,000 on customizing.

Brewton, an Army Reserve recruiter at Greenwood Recruiting Station since 2006, takes his bike throughout the Southeast to 17 bike shows a year at his own expense. Now known as...

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Brea-based Suzuki team brings 10-race win streak into weekend doubleheader at Fontana.

FONTANA -- There aren't many sure things in the world of motor sports, except when the AMA Superbike Series heads to Auto Club Raceway.

The Suzuki factory team brings a 10-race winning streak into this weekend's motorcycle racing doubleheader here, and on Friday, Ben Spies showed that his GSX-R1000 has the power to make that 12 in a row for the Brea-based operation.

Spies, riding a Suzuki GSX-R1000, sped to the top of qualifying, covering the speedway's 21-turn, 2.36-mile road course, at an average of...

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Karl Harris was left looking 'like he'd been boxing Joe Calzaghe' after being hit in the face by a flying Suzuki during race two at Thruxton on Sunday.

The Rob Mac Racing Yamaha rider was hit by the 170kg Superbike - travelling in excess of 120mph - after Rizla's Tom Sykes fell in front him following contact with Leon Haslam.

The race was stopped immediately to care for Harris who remarkably escaped serious injury.

"I don't feel too bad apart from...

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