2010 World Superbikes

Fireskull · 19 Nov 2009 at 18:08

Anyone else really looking forward to it already?

Cant wait, set up to be an awesome season, and a great british lineup too!

DevilsAdvocate · 19 Nov 2009 at 18:25

I am! Just need to get that second Factory Aprilla seat filled with a certain 2009 BSB Champion and it will be awesome. My money is Johnny Rea for the 2010 title though.

Fireskull · 19 Nov 2009 at 18:36

Me too, thought if JT is on form it will be close!

Defcon5 · 19 Nov 2009 at 18:38

Dont follow the bikes but I do like to watch them, nice way to spend an afternoon with a few beers!

Katoom · 19 Nov 2009 at 18:46

Should be an excellent season, especially with all the Brits in it.

Toesland's going to find it tough, first of all from his team mate.
Call was outstanding last year, would love to see him do the same.
Rea should be a serious contender, getting quicker all the time, put Carlos to shame.
Hope Shaky finally gets a good bike and show what he's capable of.
Can't wait to see Camier on the Aprilia, would love to see him beating Max

Just a long wait now till they start testing.

Memphis · 19 Nov 2009 at 20:06

DevilsAdvocate said:
I am! Just need to get that second Factory Aprilla seat filled with a certain 2009 BSB Champion and it will be awesome.

Agreed, though my initial feelings were he really didn't fit the bike too well. I'm sure they can make it work though.

This year was brilliant. Next year could be awesome.

LostPhil · 20 Nov 2009 at 12:40

Never really watched it - is it going to be shown on the mainstream/freeview channels or online for free anywhere?

Fireskull · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:29

Not sure about on mainstream tv, probably not unfortunately, shame really as we have over 5 awesome british riders in it, but you can watch it for free on the world superbikes website, streamed live.

fullspizz · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:45

Yep, usually on Eurosport and the WSB site for 7 days after the race

I wonder how Haslam will do this year switching to the Suzuki, he had a pretty good year on the Stiggy Honda last time out.
Should be another cracker, tricky to pick a winner overall.

Fireskull · 20 Nov 2009 at 17:10

I hope he does well on it, Max Neukirchner was looking good on it untill get got mangled

such a shame hope hes back on form next year with Ten Kate.

LostPhil · 20 Nov 2009 at 17:57

Fireskull said:
Not sure about on mainstream tv, probably not unfortunately, shame really as we have over 5 awesome british riders in it, but you can watch it for free on the world superbikes website, streamed live.

fullspizz said:
Yep, usually on Eurosport and the WSB site for 7 days after the race

Awesome, I'll have a look at the schedule and give it a go. Not much of a bike guy but I've seen small parts of races and it seems quite exciting.

DevilsAdvocate · 20 Nov 2009 at 22:26

Fireskull said:
I hope he does well on it, Max Neukirchner was looking good on it untill get got mangled such a shame hope hes back on form next year with Ten Kate.

I had high hopes for Max this year. I remember saying to my dad at the season opener that I'd put money on him to do well, and after almost winning the first race of the season (back end wobble over lukey heights gifting the victory to Nori) I thought I'd made a pretty sound prediction.

I notice that Monza is still on the calendar for 2010 though, despite the fact that three riders suffered injury in the first corner (Max - broken leg, Tamada - broken ankle and Brendan Roberts who suffered muscle damage), I'll never understand it, hopefully they sort it out for 2010.

This is the incident for any interested - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJvaajVUID0

I wonder if we will see Mr Hopkins returning to the grid for next year? I'd love to see John get a good, injury free year under his belt. I'm sure he has it in him to be a front runner, but he needs to get himself healed up first.

Draeger · 20 Nov 2009 at 22:37

Will be watching the Ape RSV4's with interest.

Camier and Biaggi could well be an interesting combo, especially considering the potency of the Ape's thus far.

Really looking forward to the 2010 season now. :cool:

DevilsAdvocate · 26 Nov 2009 at 16:57

Camier confirmed at Aprilia

Still rumours that Alex De Angelis could find his way to a second Aprilia team. I'd personally love to see that happen.

http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/154964/1/leon_camier_confirmed_at_aprilia.html

Draeger · 26 Nov 2009 at 20:36

Excellent news!.

2010 could well be a good season for Aprilia. :cool:

Fireskull · 26 Nov 2009 at 21:49

Was just going to post Camier got signed, got beaten

jon.bda · 2 Dec 2009 at 18:32

Rumours of sponsorship by Alitalia too?, what a paintjob that could turn out to be!.

Draeger · 3 Dec 2009 at 08:35

Well, there will be plenty of the old red, white and green - that's for sure.

Photochopped, but hey!!! -

Fireskull · 3 Dec 2009 at 10:31

That would look good, but with red or green rim tape, maybe a little less black on the tank

FatBoyObese · 11 Jan 2010 at 22:10

Can't wait for this season to get going either

I don't think JT is going to get going till mid part of the season as he's going to have to shake off a few motogp monkeys from his shoulder.
Rae is a good bet along with Biaggi but I'm looking at Nori Haga to get the title.....he's too often been the runner up, he needs to assert his talent and he has that by the truckload.
Camier on a 'Priller, now that should be interesting and it will certainly give Biaggi a thing to think about because when Camier's on form he's blinding.

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