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The 2010 Australian Motorcycle Expo is on this weekend at the Gold Coast Exhibition centre.

Honda have announced they will close the Honda Riders Club of Australia (HRCA).

The Australian Motorcycle Expo on the Gold Coast is back again February 19-20, 2010.

Australian Garry McCoy has been left stunned by his dismissal as Triumph's factory rider in the 2010 Supersport World Championship.
Less than two weeks after he was officially confirmed alongside Briton Chaz Davies in the 2010 line-up, the Australian’s place in the Italian-managed BE1 squad will now be taken by American Jason DiSalvo.....

Casey Stoner will miss the next 3 rounds of MotoGP, after taking medical advice to rest. More shortly.

According to US news sources, Mat Mladin has left the track, and will not compete in the AMA Superbike round in Topeka Kansas. Siting safety concerns with the track, Mladin, who has been vocal in his criticism of this year's series, has passed on the opportunity to clinch his 7th AMA Superbike championship this weekend.

Has the thrill of trading derivatives worn off? Or just sick of asking if the customer would like fries with that?

Ben Spies has taken his 8th pole for the 2009 season at Donington. Max Biaggi put the Aprila next to him on the grid in 2nd. The factory Ducati's of Fabrizio and Haga only managed 5th and 6th.

1. Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'29.846;
2. Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'30.080;
3. Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'30.535;
4. Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'30.671;
5. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'30.734;
6. Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'31.023;
7. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'31.342;
8. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'34.797;
9. Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'30.159;
10. Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'30.229;
11. Hopkins J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'30.272;
12. Rea J. (GBR)Honda CBR1000RR 1'30.387;
13. Lavilla G. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'30.612;
14. Ellison J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'30.816;
15. Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'30.916;
16. Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'31.12

2009 World Superbike Donington, England

1st Qualifying

1. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'30.775;
2. Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'31.191;
3. Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'31.294;
4. Lavilla G. (ESP) Ducati 1098R 1'31.401;
5. Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'31.436;
6. Camier L. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'31.454;
7. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'31.584;
8. Lanzi L. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'31.705;
9. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'31.736;
10. Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'31.760;
11. Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'31.838;
12. Ellison J. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'31.890;
13. Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1'31.913;
14. Hopkins J. (USA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'32.007;
15. Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'32.103;
16. Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'32.139

Haga struggling with setup, Hopkins not fully fit, and the BMW's not working as well in the dry, as they did in the wet. Lavilla showing the benefits of racing in BSB.  2nd spot to 17th spot covered by a one second gap.

 

Valentino Rossi has taken pole at Assen over Honda's Dani Pedrosa, and team mate and now rival, Jorge Lorenzo. Click read more for full results:

Randy De Puniet heads the time charts after FP1 at Assen. Rossi, Stoner and Lorenzo form an ominous queue behind him, with further practice, followed by qualifying scheduled for later today. The Assen race is the only one on the calendar that takes place on a Saturday. Full qualifying details, click "read more".

Chad Reed's custom "Red Dust" helmet is available at auction.

Ben Spies 2009 run of Superpoles has come to an end at Misano.

Click the read more button for results of the 2009 Catalunya MotoGP.

Final Qualifying order and Grid position for the 2009 Catalunyan MotoGP.

Lorenzo takes pole from Rossi, by a hundredth of a second, Stoner another half second adrift.

On 10 and OneHD tonight at 11.10EST, and the whole lot starting at 6.30pm on Fox Sports 1.

1  Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'41.974
2  Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'41.987
3  Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'42.426
4  Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'42.594
5  Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'43.139
6  Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'43.168
7 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'43.175
8  Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'43.207
9  James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'43.233
10  Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Ducati 1'43.336
11  Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'43.365
12  Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'43.411
13  Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'43.414
14  Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'43.422
15  Sete GIBERNAU SPA Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati 1'43.714
16  Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'43.777
17  Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1'43.792
18  Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'43.991
19  Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'45.833

 

John McGuinness has won his 15th Isle of Man TT when he took victory in front of 2 other Honda's, giving them a 1-2-3 in their 50th year celebration at the TT.

The HM Plant Honda rider finished 18 seconds in front of team mate Steve Plater, with Guy Martin completing the Honda trifecta in third. Last years winner Cameron Donald was injured in a practice accident and did not take part.

Valentino Rossi completed a lap of his own, however it was just a demonstration lap for his sponsors.

Mat Mladin didnt get to stretch his win streak to ten in Race 2 at Road America. The second AMA Superbike race of the round was won by Larry Pegram on a Ducati. Aaron Yates was 3rd on another Suzuki.

Mat Mladin has won his 81st -83rd if you disregard the cranks- AMA Superbike race at Road America on Saturday in damp conditions.

Second place was a surprise, going to Michael Laverty, brother of WSS Eugene, and himself an ex-British Supersport Champion. Ben Bostrom put the Yamaha on the podium for 3rd. Race Two still to come, with  Mladin starting to put a sizeable points lead together.

If you are a user of Brisbane's toll roads, the Gateway and Logan Motorways, changes are coming for motorcyclists. As of July 1st 2009, the toll booths are being phased out, replaced by an e tag system, or in the case of motorcycles, a "videotag."

Rather than carry an electronic tag device on your bike, or in your jacket, you sign up for an account, pay in some credit, and add the registation numbers of any vehicles you would liike on that account. The camera system on the tollways will bill you from a photo match up system. Car drivers will have to pay a 40 cent premium per toll booth to use this service, but according to Queensland Tollways, this will be waived for motorcycles.

On the positive side, traffic flow will speed up without the toll booth bottle neck, and no more fumbling for change with gloves on. On the other hand, remind me again why we are still paying tolls on roads which were built up to 20 years ago?

After setting the fastest ever lap at the Isle of Man TT race, and clocking the first ever 131mph average lap speed - a  131.457 effort on his Suzuki GSX-R1000 superbike - Cameron Donald has crashed in practice for the Superstock event, injuring his shoulder. Early reports suggest he may not take any further part in racing.

Mat Mladin has qualified on pole for the Road America round of the 2009 AMA Superbike series in Elkhart Lake Wisconsin. Mladin was over half a second clear of team mate Blake Young, and Yamaha's Josh Hayes in the Superpole.

This round is a double header, with a race on both Saturday and Sunday.

 

Click the read more button to see who won the Utah round of the World Superbike Championship

Superbike Race One on Sunday saw Honda rider Glen Allerton continue where he left off, another win, with Waters Suzuki again in second. Kevin Curtain got Kawasaki on the podium for third. Those who rode straight back to their pit, were the narrowly beaten Bugden in fourth, with team mate Giles in fifth.

Race Two in the afternoon was delayed by rain, and machine problems saw Allerton on his second bike. This time it was Maxwell's turn for a Honda win, the flying wing taking all four superbike wins this weekend. Josh Waters was bridesmaid again, for the fourth time in a row.

Curtain again put the Kawasaki up in third, in front of Giles and Allerton.

The deadline for applications for entry in the 2010 Moto2/250cc World Championship passed this weekend, with IRTA  receiving a reported 91 entry proposals from a total of 47 teams for the 2010 series.

89 of the applications are for the use of the Honda-powered 600cc Moto2 machines that will debut in next year, witht justr 2  from the existing 250cc class still permitted to run bikes next season.

A selection committee comprising FIM, Dorna and IRTA representatives will meet at the next round of the MotoGP World Championship in Catalunya to decide on the provisional entry list for the new category.

Results from the 2009 Italian MotoGP round held at Mugello on May 31st 2009