[Mylo]

This years BSB is going to be where the bike action is. Lots of team changes and the return of Shakey to British racing. And Michael Rutter racing for Stobart against the HRC factory team

[Mindcrime]

I really, really miss the BSB The Canadian equivalent is just too darned boring, only Pascale Piquotte wins races. And the AMA is usually good for the first 2 races and then Mladin makes them all look like fools. I wonder if Shakey will run away with the season? Does Smart stand a chance this season? He was doing excellent on the Kwakka before I came over here and looked like he could be a challenger.

[Mylo]

Smarty tried and failed to get on with the Rizla gixxer last season and was Crescents no1 whilst JR was being rebuilt, for some reason he couldnt make the bike competetive. Maybe having the biggest team in the championship behind him didn't allow him the freedom he was used to. Most riders leave the Suzuki factory settings as they come out of the box and find altering them can have a negative effect

Shakey is going to be interesting to watch, his early testing has resulted in a fair amount of tumbles, some including myself feel his championship win was more down to the Mob and the Ducati than his ability alone. He's a proven race winner on Suzuki's though as thats what he raced succesfully as a privateer. With James Hayden as his team mate there is certainly going to be some very fast and aggressive riding this season.

I am a very very biased Rutter fan though for good reason and can't wait to see him racing the Stobart bike against the british boys and his old team.

This year for sure Michael will be champion, hopefully

[Mylo]

new thread to avoid me hijacking the Moto GP one

[Soundwave]

Looking forward to it this year.

Do Sky still hold the rights for the Races??

I'm in trouble if they do...I'm moving out this month & wont have Sky for a few months while I count the cost of the move
So unless it's on BBC2 I'll be relegated to trying to get my parents to tape it for me

Should be an interesting season though, especially since Moto GP just seems to be going the same way as Forumula 1 did until recently (i.e. Rossi winning everything)

Stupid bit of Trivia Shakey has the same surname as me
No relation though

[Uridium]

Believe Sky only again

Although last year C4 did show it as well at stupid o'clock on the Sun night/mon morning (2-3am ish)

[Mylo]

Did I not mention, every race is live on terrestrial TV this year

BSB live on ITV1
British Superbikes has received what could be its biggest boost in popularity for years after securing coverage of all 13 rounds on ITV1.
The deal, which is still subject to contract, sees the terrestrial channel giving Sunday afternoons over to British Superbikes plus three Bank Holiday Mondays.
The format of the programme is still to be confirmed but Tony Partis, managing director of Dorna UK, the series owner, has said he expects the programs to be live.
Mark Sharman, ITV Controller of Sport, commented: "The British Superbike Championship provides genuine sports entertainment – high quality racing with plenty of thrills. We also have some exciting young riders coming through, so I’m delighted to bring this series to a wider audience.

[Soundwave]

While getting on terrestrial TV is indeed a bonus

Why oh Why did it have to be ITV????

What we will most likely get now is completley screwed up racing with hundreds of ad breaks ala F1

At least it wont be cut down & ruined cooverage like they did with WRC
I mean an hour programme for 3 days worth of rallying & lots & lots of adverts which basically meant we only really got 30 minutes of actual footage & lots of pointless talking

I seriously hope they sort this out this time & give us proper coverage
I know Sky ran lots of ads as well but they seemed to space them out pretty well so it didnt really affect too much of the action.
Lets hope ITV have learnt from their F1 mistakes.

Fingers crossed for an enjoyable season

Neil

[Uridium]

Dread to think which useless commentators ITV will get to present it as well. I can picture it now..........



.......welcome to round one of the British superbike championship here on ITV1 presented by Fern Britton and Paul O'Grady!

[SeaneyC]

Finally BSB on terrestrial, finally something decent to watch on a Sunday when i'm hungover!!

(Assuming i'm not at the races anyway)

Come on Shakey!!!

[Mylo]

I'll be expecting you to post a few more race piccys this year then sean
I should be at quite a few races as usual so will try an capture the action myself as well.
I'm normally too busy being a very noisy Rutter fan to take pics

[stevegreen]

Great news that it's on normal TV

I might even get to watch a few races this year. I'm so out of it now though, last time I watched with any vigor was in the Fogarty years.

[Uridium]

And I've just moved bang between Donington and Mallory 10 miles to both!!

That's 2 rounds I'll definitely being seeing without ITV

[stevegreen]

Originally Posted by uridium

I once hit 192 on the A1M (sorry officer)

You really shouldn't have been using a mobile to get directory enquiries whilst you were driving you know

[Mylo]

Mallory is great, walk up from the bus stop and you come to a brilliant pub just outside the gates

[Mylo]

Originally Posted by stevegreen

Quote:
Originally Posted by uridium
I once hit 192 on the A1M (sorry officer)
You really shouldn't have been using a mobile to get directory enquiries whilst you were driving you know

especially whilst riding a superbike

[Uridium]

Was a ZX9-R ....backwind,downhill, iffy speedo!

I still believe that sky`s version will still be a lot better even tho it will be delayed especially as they are now showing the superstocks ,but i only feel that it is because hrc are now putting a team in that they are now showing it ..with the likes of mcguiness in etc is gonna be as exciting as the main event..

Simon

[Mylo]

Heads up guys, action starts this Sunday at Brands Hatch. Coverage live on ITV1.



For any background info check out: http://www.britishsuperbike.com

My money is still on Mr Rutter

How can itv say its live when their scheduling starts at 3pm and the first superbike race is normally at 1.15 ,and how can itv give 1.5 hours for the whole thing which means you might not see all of both superbike races and adverts with in this time frame so do we miss the last few laps if there is a pace car or two part race because they have run out of time when sky gave 4 hours for all races or more if needed . So are itv going show r6 cup and supersport races at all..

I know not everybody has sky and its good for them but for the people who have and have enjoyed the 4 hours of live racing and commentry we are going to notice the difference

Simon

[Mylo]

Highlights of the first race and live coverage of the second not exactly what they promised.

Oh well, who cares, I'll be trackside unless the weather is terrible

have a goodun...


simon

[squirrely]

Imo the itv coverage was the worst i have ever seen on british tv, absolute crap in all departments.

ITV coverage what a joke..I know that there may be the odd new comer/watcher of this sport but pls ,whitham can do better than this and its shayne burne not shaun and since when did bsb become a one make series with all itvs computer generated bikes that appeared on screen that sort of like kind of matched there team colours but all looked like 2002 r1`s or was it just me


Simon

[Mylo]

Originally Posted by simo73

computer generated bikes that appeared on screen that sort of like kind of matched there team colours but all looked like 2002 r1`s or was it just me


Simon

sorry mate, but I think that was the R6 cup bikes

[Mylo]

ITv's coverage was really poor


I watched the first couple of races from one of the grandstands, it was bloody cold but very enjoyable action. After the first Superbike race we actually drove home to watch the second race on TV

[Mylo]

Hopefully decent coverage on Sky Sports Xtra now

[SeaneyC]

Was at Thruxton, got some decent snaps and everyone at work asking where i'd gone at the weekend for my birthday due to my lovely tan!

Oh yeh the racing was quite good too, shame the Ducati boys were so darn quick!

[Mylo]

We need pics please Sean

It looks like the underpowered Ducati is still an awesome racing machine on our UK circuits. Greg Lavilla looks on fantstic form once more.

[SeaneyC]

Pics are coming Mr Mylo i promise! Plus i managed to drag a mate along who i go to the touring cars with, and he's got the bug too now! So - Hopefully going to quite a few more meetings this year. Get in!

Still hoping my boy Ryu can catch up, although I have to admit that the Honda's just looked slow following after the Ducatis....