Only one week to go to the Merseyside rounds of the British Supercross Championship, 23rd & 24th January, where the action will pick up where it left off at the opening round at Sheffield back in October.
Venhill will launch their full range of replacement braided steel brake lines for 2009 off-road machines at the 2008 Dirt Bike Show. Upgrades for brake, clutch and throttle are available to cover the key 2009 models from the major manufacturers, as well as or specialist marques like Beta, Gas Gas and Scorpa.
Yamaha De Carli's Antonio Cairoli saw his winning streak of five Grand Prix come to an end in Japan but the Sicilian - who announced a new three year agreement with Yamaha the same day - took a second moto win and second position overall behind arch-rival Christophe Pourcel in the sixth meeting of the MX2 campaign. Sugo was another capable circuit on which Cairoli could show off his speed and skills. The mud was hugely technical by virtue of the holes, dips and bumps that carved very quickly into the surface. The course demanded concentration but also allowed for individual expression thanks to the choice in racing lines and vast jumps.