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Bridgestone Launches BATTLAX SPORT TOURING T33 Premium Sport Touring Motorcycle Tires

Patrick Lambie — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:26:14 +0000

Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) today announced that the launch of the BATTLAX SPORT TOURING T33, a new sport touring radial motorcycle tire, is scheduled for January 2025. The BATTLAX SPORT TOURING T33 is a next-generation sport touring tire that maintains the touring performance of its predecessor, the BATTLAX SPORT TOURING T32, while improving its mileage by […]

Bridgestone BATTLAX Racing Tires Achieve Record Year in 2024 Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship Series Season

Patrick Lambie — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 15:13:38 +0000

Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) today announced a record-setting year of performance during the 2024 Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship Series (CSBK) season. During the 2024 season, 17 riders on Bridgestone BATTLAX racing tires set 31 total outright lap records, with new records established at every round. This marks the company’s second season as the exclusive tire provider […]

Bridgestone Announces Largest Racing Presence Ever at Daytona 200

Patrick Lambie — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:45:30 +0000

Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) today announced it will have its largest racing presence to date at the 82nd running of the Daytona 200 March 7-9, 2024, at Daytona International Speedway. Bridgestone will supply tires from its premium motorcycle tire line, BATTLAX, to 15 riders from seven different countries, including Marvin Fritz, Karel Hanika and Niccolo Canepa […]

Bridgestone at Daytona 200: Top Canadian Superbike Riders Ben Young and Trevor Daley Join Team BATTLAX

Patrick Lambie — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 02:26:42 +0000

Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) today announced it has teamed up with top Canadian Superbike Championship riders Ben Young and Trevor Daley to form Team BATTLAX, which will debut at the 82nd running of the Daytona 200 March 7-9, 2024, at Daytona International Speedway. Team BATTLAX will compete on a pair of identical custom Suzuki Canada GSX-R750 […]

Bridgestone Named Official Tire of FAST Riding School

Patrick Lambie — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:54:07 +0000

Bridgestone Canada Inc. (Bridgestone) today announced that Bridgestone will become the “Official Tire of FAST Riding School,” beginning Jan. 1, 2024. FAST Riding School, based at Shannonville Motorsports Park in Shannonville, Ontario, Canada, teaches all skill levels—everyday street riders to advanced track day riders and racers—how to improve their control of a motorcycle, enabling them […]

Bridgestone Launches its Next-Generation Sports Motorcycle Tire, the BATTLAX HYPERSPORT S23

Patrick Lambie — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:21:12 +0000

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 19, 2023) — Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) today announced the launch of the BATTLAX HYPERSPORT S23, a new sports radial motorcycle tire for street use that will be available in January 2024. The Bridgestone BATTLAX HYPERSPORT S23 is the latest product in Bridgestone’s BATTLAX range of premium motorcycle tires, which is celebrating its […]

Bridgestone Motorcycle Has Record First Year as Spec Tire for Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship Series

Patrick Lambie — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 20:53:03 +0000

Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) announced today a record-setting first year as the exclusive tire supplier for the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship Series (CSBK). This season saw the most lap records set since 2009, with Bridgestone breaking 12 existing lap records across the pro and amateur classes. This is especially impressive as only four tracks/configurations were raced […]

Bridgestone Expands Race Distribution Across Canada through Thibault’s New Network of Race Tire Retailers

Patrick Lambie — Tue, 23 May 2023 19:06:16 +0000

Bridgestone Canada Inc. (Bridgestone) today announced the expanded availability of Bridgestone BATTLAX motorcycle road race tires in Canada through its road race tire distributor Importations Thibault Ltee (Thibault). The following Race Tire Retailers (RTR’s) will be the exclusive sellers of Bridgestone road race tires in their respective provinces: Alberta: Vass Performance Cycle British Columbia: Moto […]

Young close to unofficial lap record in dry Bridgestone day two test at Grand Bend

Patrick Lambie — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 20:26:44 +0000

It may not be official, but Ben Young already smashed all expectations for the new Bridgestone national tires on Friday, approaching an unofficial lap record in a private test at the Grand Bend Motorplex, using the typical National 11-turn “Technical” layout. After the official Bridgestone CSBK test was hampered by rain on Thursday, Young and […]

Bridgestone Announced as new CSBK Title Sponsor and Exclusive Tire Supplier

Patrick Lambie — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 18:36:36 +0000

The Canadian Superbike Championship Series (CSBK) and Bridgestone Canada Inc. (Bridgestone) announced today that the series will be known as the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship Series, or Bridgestone CSBK, in a four-year partnership. Bridgestone will also serve as the exclusive tire supplier for the series through the 2026 season, furthering the brand’s storied history in […]

Trevitt’s Blog: Spec Tire Changes for MotoGP and CSBK

IM Admin — Fri, 09 May 2014 01:35:15 +0000

Last week, it was announced that Dunlop will replace Pirelli as the official spec tire of the Mopar Canadian Superbike Championship, ending an eight-year relationship. And just the week previously, Bridgestone announced that it will be stepping down as the tire supplier for MotoGP at the end of the 2015 season, also ending a long-running association.

Lorenzo tops Phillip Island test

John Hopkins — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:37:00 +0000

On his penultimate lap of the MotoGP Phillip Island tire safety test on Wednesday Jorge Lorenzo set the best time of the three-day visit with a late 1:29.068 best effort.

In the absence of injured World Champion Marc Marquez, recovering from a broken leg in Spain, Yamaha Factory Racing’s Lorenzo dominated the Australian test, posting the top time on all three days.