2009 World Superbikes Preview
Regular readers will know I’ve been going on a bit about the 2009 WSBK season - I think it’s with good reason! Entirely new teams from BMW and Aprilia, a new Yamaha R1 with a wacky crossplane crankshaft, a power vacuum since Bayliss departed, and a bunch of new superstars like Shakey Byrne, Ben Spies, Tom Sykes, Leon Haslam and Jonny Rea to do battle with SBK veterans like Haga, Biaggi, Corser and Kagayama, most of whom have changed rides for 2009.
SBK’s mix of technology, personalities, skills, egos, close racing and hard fighting is set to explode in a big way. Our full 2009 World Superbike preview, including teams, early test results, bike reviews, new rules and season predictions is hosted over at Gizmag. One thing seems certain: the racing’s gonna be better than it is in MotoGP.
There’s a bunch of photos after the jump, showing early test results and a peek under the tank of Troy Corser’s brand-spankers BMW S1000RR, with mysterious new valve technology we’re all wondering about.
