sportbike News
RUSH HD NOW TITLE SPONSOR OF BMW SUPERBIKE TEAM
Rush HD signed as title sponsor of the Rush HD/BMW Motorrad Canada Superbike Team- Whitby, ON. BMW Motorrad Canada, confirming that it will be fielding a two rider factory
- superbike team in the Parts Canada Superbike Championship in 2010, is also pleased to
- announce a collaboration with Rush HD as the title sponsor of the
- Rush HD/BMW Motorrad Canada Superbike Team.
- Chris Duff, Manager, Motorrad Marketing, stated, “We are thrilled to have Rush HD onboard as we prepare and race the most exciting new entry in the 2010 Canadian Superbike season”.
- Both riders from BMW’s 2009 team, Francis Martin and Michael Ferreira, will once again be the riders in the hot seat, tasked with bringing a superbike victory to BMW Motorrad Canada in 2010.
- Francis Martin is no stranger to racing in the Superbike Class having won two Canadian Superbike Championships in 1999 and 2005 respectively along with another litre bike title in 2002, the Pro Open Sportbike Championship. “I'm very exited about the next season and have been waiting for this moment for a long time” says Francis Martin. “Now we have the bike to win and the tuner with whom I won my last championship”.
- Michael Ferreira will be making his Superbike Class debut in 2010 and continues his streak as the longest serving rider on the team after racing the BMW boxer twins in Canadian Thunder and Pro Sportbike classes since 2007. Ferreira, the winner of the 2006 RACE Pro 600 Sportbike Championship, will not have any trouble transferring his skills back onto an in-line four race bike from the twins he recently has competed on.
- Joining the Rush HD / BMW Motorrad Superbike Team this season is famed Canadian superbike tuner Patrice Goyette of Mobile PG. Patrice recently was the main crew chief behind Clint McBain of Acceleration Racing the past two years and has a previous relationship with Francis Martin from when they won the 2005 Canadian Superbike Championship.
canadA safety council
- Canada Safety Council
- Why should you encourage a new rider to take a motorcycle training course? So that he or she will be able to ride with you for a very long time!
- I’m not sure how many other courses are out there, but I can vouch for the Canada Safety Council’s Gearing Up motorcycle rider training program, having been an instructor myself. Offered since 1974, more than 325,000 people have gone through this course. It’s the only national course of its’ kind, and has a great reputation for taking new riders from basic skills like braking techniques, clutching, to controlling a bike at slow speeds. By the end of the weekend course, the new rider will have learned defensive driving, from obstacle avoidance, to emergency braking and counter steering techniques.
- Motorcycles are supplied at each location, so a novice just has to show up with the proper riding gear, which can usually pulled together with the help of friends. Plus… most insurance companies offer a discount to riders who have graduated from this course.
- Prices seem to vary widely from province to province – about $400 in Belleville, Ontario, to about $700 in Kelowna, BC - and you do have to pre-register, usually quite early on as these courses fill up quickly.You get all the details by e-mailing the Canadian Safety Council at:
- csc@safety-council.org
