A slightly lesser known form of Motorcycle racing aside from the MotoGP is the World Superbike Championship, or WSBK, and its supporting races World Supersport, Superstock 1000 and Superstock 600. These races are carried out over 13 rounds of famous international circuits starting in Australia’s Phillip Island and finishing in Qatar, with 2 races held at each circuit per class.
The WSBK format involves engine capacities of between 750cc and 1200cc depending on the number of cylinders. In this format, the bikes are tuned versions of production bikes, in contrast to the MotoGP in which they race purpose built, million dollar machines. These modifications are fairly limited, as the WSBK aims to remain relatively close to factory to promote manufacturers to develop better technologies for public motorbikes. Main modifications include exhaust work, ECU, suspension, brakes, and some engine parts such as conrods (must be same weight), and porting heads (no welding). The current bikes and manufacturers in the 2015 season are as follows; Kawasaki: ZX10R, Ducati: Panigale R 1199, Aprilia: RSV4 RF, Honda: CBR1000RR, Suzuki: GSXR1000, BMW: S1000RR, MV Agusta: 1000 F4, EBR: 1190RX, Yamaha: YZF-R1. The Superstock 1000 class consists of the same format, with no modifications, racing with stock, factory bikes.
The World Superbike Championship format has similar ruling to the WSBK, aside from engine capacities between 400cc to 750cc which classes the bike as a Supersport. Like with the 1000cc class races, the Superstock 600’s race stock factory bikes, with tires available to the public, and not slick racing tires. The current 2015 season bikes and manufacturers in this class include; Honda: CBR600RR, Kawasaki: ZX6R, MV Agusta: F3 675, Suzuki: GSXR600, Triumph: Daytona 675 and Yamaha: YZF-R6.
WSBK Bikes on turn 1.
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