HOLLAND, Mich. (February 3, 2010) -- RidersDiscount.com has signed last year's top finishing AMA Pro American SuperBike privateer Taylor Knapp to ride this year's AMA Pro American SuperBike series under a full title sponsorship. Having scored several important finishes in AMA Pro Racing last year, Knapp is approaching a promising season with RidersDiscount.com. With Thom Godwin operating as Cr... more.

As anyone who has followed Hopkins' career for any length of time knows, #21 is John Hopkins' number. And M4 Suzuki is Team Hammer, the team run by Roadracing World Editor and Hopkins' former mentor, John Ulrich. The mere fact that the #21 has been entered does not mean that Hopper is signed, however. When contacted by MotoMatters.com, the team confirmed that they had reserved Hopkins' favo... more.

After their announcement last December regarding their plans to take part in several World Superbike races, Yoshimura Suzuki has now revealed their program for 2010. Yoshimura Suzuki has decided to take part in three rounds with two different riders. The first race will be at Assen, with former WSBK rider Yukio Kagayama, the second race will be at Imola (pending contract negotiations with the I... more.

This could be Andrew Stroud’s year. The Suzuki rider from Hamilton won the day at the opening round of this year’s Castrol Power 1 New Zealand Superbike Championships at Christchurch’s Ruapuna Park on Sunday, instantly signaling to his rivals that he means to take back the superbike crown he last held in 2006. For the past three seasons it has been Australian interloper Robbie Bugden ... more.

Loris Capirossi’s Rizla Suzuki GSV-R was recently present at the Silverstone circuit in England to celebrate the announcement that the Northamptonshire circuit has secured the long term future of the FIA Formula 1 British Grand Prix to sit alongside the return of MotoGP to the famous British circuit in 2010. Staff based at Silverstone’s Northamptonshire headquarters were celebrating the... more.

A test for some of the top teams in WSB racing got underway on Wednesday at Valencia, and was blessed by warm temperatures and dry track surfaces.Top of the list was Leon Haslam, taking his Suzuki Alstare machine to a 1'34.5 second lap. Next fastest proved to be Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) then double World Superbike Champion of yesteryear, James Toseland (Yamaha Sterilgarda). Toseland, like fourt... more.

One man whose arrival in World Superbike has been greeted with major interest is one half of Suzuki Alstare's all-new Anglo-French pairing for 2010, Sylvian Guintoli, who together with Leon Haslam, has the task of bringing back Francis Batta's team to the top slot once again after a difficult year. Before making his WSB debut at the final Portimao round this year, the 27-year-old from Montélim... more.

Álvaro Bautista’s graduation from 250cc to the premier class continued this week, with the Spanish rider undertaking his second test on the factory Suzuki prototype. Having experienced his first action on the 800cc machine during the Valencia test earlier in the month, Bautista travelled to Portugal with Aoki to get some valuable track time at the Estoril circuit as the Rizla Suzuki team col... more.

It was a good debut on the Suzuki GSV-R for Álvaro Bautista at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, as he made his first strides in MotoGP at the traditional Valencia test. Wednesday saw the Spaniard set his best lap on the third and final day with a 1.34.163, and Bautista will now travel to Estoril in Portugal with Rizla Suzuki team test rider Nobuatsu Aoki, as he continues his education on the machine... more.

Team Suzuki Press Office Loris Capirossi and Álvaro Bautista continued in a positive direction during the penultimate day of testing at Valencia, as the pair made use of the improved conditions in Spain today. Capirossi (1'33.211, 58 laps) produced his quickest ever lap on a Suzuki GSV-R around the 4,005m Ricardo Tormo circuit on race tyres as he resumed from where he left off yesterday... more.