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European Superstock 1000 Championship
The European Superstock 1000 Championship, formerly FIM Superstock 1000 Cup or Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, was a supporting class to the Superbike World Championship. Overview The series was introduced in 1999 as a European championship and in October 2004 became the ''Superstock 1000 FIM Cup''. It was classified as a ''FIM Prize''. For 2017, the FIM CEV European Superbike Championship was discontinued and the FIM Cup was renamed ''European Superstock 1000 Championship'', with its status changed back to European championship. The series was closed at the end of the 2018 season. The championship was organized and promoted as its parent series by FGSport (renamed Infront Motor Sports in 2008) until 2012, and by Dorna since 2013 season to its closure. Regulations Technical regulations Much the same as the Superbike World Championship but all the bikes were much closer stock to spec and there was an age restriction on riders. FIM Superstock 1000 motorcycles were allowed modifications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Motorcycle Sport
Motorcycle sport is a group of competitive sporting events that involve motorcycles, where riders participate in various disciplines such as racing, stunt riding, trials, and endurance contests. These sports test speed, skill, endurance, and control over different types of motorcycles and terrains. History Motorcycle sport began in the early 20th century, shortly after the invention of the motorcycle. The first recorded motorcycle race took place in 1901 in England. Since then, the sport has evolved to include numerous disciplines, ranging from track racing to off-road trials, attracting a global following. Disciplines Motorcycle racing Motorcycle racing (also known as moto racing and motorbike racing) is a motorcycle sport involving racing motorcycles. Motorcycle racing can be divided into two categories, tarmac-based road disciplines and off-road. Track racing Track racing is a motorcycle sport where teams or individuals race opponents around an oval track. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Didier Van Keymeulen
__NOTOC__ Didier is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. It comes from the Ancient Roman name Didius. During the 5th century AD, with the Christianisation of ancient pagan names, it became associated with the name ''Desiderius'', related to Latin ''desiderium'' – which can be translated as "ardent desire" or "the longed-for". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Didier Ahadsi (born 1970), Togolese self-taught artist and sculptor * Didier Agathe (born 1975), French footballer * Didier André (born 1974), French race car driver * Didier Boulaud (born 1950), French senate member * Didier Burkhalter (born 1960), Swiss politician * Didier of Cahors (c. 580–655), Desiderius or (saint) Didier, French saint * Didier Couécou (born 1944), French footballer * Didier Daeninckx (born 1949), French crime writer and politician * Didier Delsalle (born 1957), French helicopter pilot * Didier Deschamps (born 1968), French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Althea Racing
Althea Racing is a motorcycle racing team based in Civita Castellana, Italy. For 2023, the team operates within the Supersport World Championship, as Ducati Althea Racing Team, using one rider only, Federico Caricasulo. In 2020, the race season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic after the first round in March hosted in Australia; on resumption in August Jordi Torres was replaced by Lorenzo Gabellini for three rounds until Althea's Italian management split from Moriwaki. Althea previously competed the defunct FIM Superstock 1000 Championship, European Superstock 1000 Championship, winning in 2016 with rider Raffaele De Rosa. WorldSBK.com, 26 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2019
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Davide Giugliano
Davide Giugliano (born 28 October 1989) is a motorcycle racer from Italy, winner of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2011. Career In 2005 he made his debut in Superstock 600 and in 2007 he moved to Supersport riding a Kawasaki ZX-6R. From 2008 to 2011 he had competed in FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, winning the championship in 2011 season with Ducati 1098R. From 2012 to 2016 he has been a regular rider in the Superbike World Championship. For 2017, he started the season in the British Superbike Championship, riding a BMW S1000RR for Tyco BMW Motorrad Racing; he and the team split after an injury sustained in the second round. Career statistics 2005 - NC, European Superstock 600 Championship, Honda CBR600RR 2006 - 3rd, European Superstock 600 Championship, Kawasaki ZX-6R 2008 - 7th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Suzuki 2009 - 10th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, MV Agusta, Suzuki, Yamaha YZF-R1 2010 - 5th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Suzuki 2011 The year marked the start of a Ara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
BMW S1000RR
BMW S1000RR is a race orientated sport bike initially made by BMW Motorrad to compete in the 2009 Superbike World Championship, that is now in commercial production. It was introduced in Munich in April 2008, and is powered by a Inline-four engine, transverse inline four-cylinder engine redlined at 14,200 rpm. BMW made 1,000 S1000RRs in 2009 to satisfy World Superbike Homologation (motorsport), homologation requirements, but expanded production for commercial sale of the bike in 2010. It has a standard anti-lock braking system, with an optional electronic Traction control system, traction control. As of 2016, it has a Wet weight (motorcycle), wet weight of , and produces at 13,500 rpm. With to the rear wheel, it was the most powerful motorcycle in the class on the dynamometer, dyno. S1000RR is currently the second fastest road legal bike, surpassing the Kawasaki Ninja H2 in most scenarios. It goes upto 310kmph in the latest generation and accelerates to 300kmph in ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ayrton Badovini
Ayrton Badovini (born 31 May 1986) is an Italian motorcycle racer. He has competed in the Italian Superbike Championship, the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, where he was champion in , the Superbike World Championship and the Supersport World Championship. Biography Career statistics Ayrton Badovini began his motorcycle racing career in the early 2000s, participating in various national and international competitions. He worked his way up through the ranks of Italian racing. Career by year * 2004 - 18th, Superstock European Championship, Ducati 999S * 2005 - 12th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, MV Agusta * 2006 - 4th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, MV Agusta * 2007 - 9th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, MV Agusta * 2009 - NC, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Aprilia * 2010 - 1st, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, trading as BMW Group (commonly abbreviated to BMW (), sometimes anglicised as Bavarian Motor Works), is a German multinational manufacturer of vehicles and motorcycles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Xavier Siméon
Xavier Siméon (born 31 August 1989) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Belgium, competing in the MotoE World Cup. He is the winner of the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship and the 2006 European Superstock 600 Championship and the winner of the 2021 24 Hours Moto of Le Mans endurance race on Suzuki together with Sylvain Guintoli and Gregg Black. At the 2013 French Grand Prix, Siméon became the first Belgian rider since Didier de Radiguès in to take a podium finish, when he finished third behind Marc VDS Racing Team riders Scott Redding and Mika Kallio. Later in the season, Siméon took pole position for the German Grand Prix, the first such result for a Belgian since de Radiguès in . Two years later, Siméon achieved his first victory at the 2015 German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring. In doing so, he became only the third Belgian rider to win a motorcycle Grand Prix, after de Radiguès and Julien Vanzeebroeck. Siméon won the 2019–20 FIM Endurance World Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ducati
Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A () is an Italian motorcycle manufacturing company headquartered in Bologna, Italy. History Barely a month after the official liberation of Italy in 1944, SIATA announced its intention to sell this engine, called the Ducati Cucciolo, "Cucciolo" (Italian for "puppy," in reference to the distinctive exhaust sound) to the public. The first Cucciolos were available alone, to be mounted on standard bicycles, by the buyer; however, businessmen soon bought the little engines in quantity, and offered complete motorized-bicycle units for sale. In 1950, after more than 200,000 Cucciolos had been sold, in collaboration with SIATA, the Ducati firm offered its own Cucciolo-based motorcycle. This first Ducati motorcycle was a 48 Cubic centimetre, cc bike weighing , with a top speed of , and had a giving just under . Ducati soon dropped the Cucciolo name in favor of "55M" and "65TL". When the market moved toward larger motorcycles, Ducati manageme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Brendan Roberts
Brendan may refer to: People * Saint Brendan the Navigator (c. 484–c. 577), Irish monastic saint. * Saint Brendan of Birr (died 573), Abbot of Birr, County Offaly * Brendan (given name), a masculine given name in the English language Other uses * ''Brendan and the Secret of Kells'', an animated feature film * Brendan Airways, parent company of USA3000 Airlines * Storm Brendan (other) Storm Brendan may refer to: * Typhoon Brendan (1991), developed in the Pacific, struck China * Tropical Storm Brendan (1994), developed in the Philippine Sea, struck Japan and Korea * Storm Brendan in the 2019–20 European windstorm season ..., various storms See also * St. Brendan's (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Brendan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ducati Corse
Ducati Corse () is the racing division of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., Ducati Motor Holding. Organization The company is split into four departments with 100+ employees working for the Ducati Corse, almost 10% of the Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. workforce. Ownership Between 1998 and 2004 the racing division existed as a subsidiary company named ''Ducati Corse S.r.l.'', fully owned by Ducati Motor Holding. Technical research and development Technical research and development is composed of two teams responsible for the design and development of the motorcycles that compete in the MotoGP and Superbike championships. Sporting activities The sporting activities department is responsible for the factory teams that take part in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing#MotoGP era, MotoGP class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, the Superbike World Championship, Superbike and Supersport World Championship, Supersport, MotoE World Championship, MotoE world championships, together with nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ducati 1098
The Ducati 1098 is a sport bike made by Ducati from 2007 to 2009, in three versions, the 1098, 1098S, and 1098R. The 1098 was succeeded by the 1198 in 2009, though the 1098R remained in production that year. The 1098 shares more design elements with the older 998 than with its predecessor the 999, such as horizontally placed headlights and a non-integrated exhaust system. Another carryover from its 916/998 heritage is the single-sided swingarm. The 1098 was designed by Ducati designer, Giandrea Fabbro. Performance The 1098/1098 S makes a manufacturer claimed , rear wheel, torque, rear wheel, and weighs . The 0-60 mph time is less than 3.0 seconds and 1/4 mile at 10.015 seconds at and top speed of . The 1098 R, with its larger displacement 1198 cc engine, makes a manufacturer claimed , torque. At the time of its release, these figures gave the 1098 the highest torque-to-weight ratio of any production sport bike ever made. Racing With the release of the 1098, Duca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Niccolò Canepa
Niccolò Canepa (born 14 May 1988 in Genoa) is a former Italian professional motorcycle road racer contracted from 2022 to RNF Racing in the MotoE World Cup aboard an Energica Ego Corsa. Canepa won the 2007 European Superstock 1000 Championship on a Ducati, and spent 2008 as a tester of their MotoGP and World Superbike machines. Career Canepa at the 2009 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, 2009 Italian Grand Prix Canepa previously competed in the Italian Superstock Championship, the Italian Supersport Championship, and the Superstock 600 UEM European Championship, where he finished runner-up in 2006. He was given three World Superbike wild card (sports), wild card rides in the second half of the season, qualifying on the second row for his debut at Brno, on his first experience of the one-shot "Superpole" system. He raced in MotoGP full-time for Pramac Ducati in 2009 with little success, and made an uncompetitive start in Moto2. He moved back to the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
