PJ Jacobsen and the Honda WorldSSP Team have taken their maiden podium finish of the season at the end of an enthralling, 17-lap race at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand. With the second round of the season over, the 22-year-old American and Honda move up to second place in the riders’ and manufacturers’ standings, respectively.

Jacobsen got the perfect start off fourth place on the grid aboard his Honda CBR600RR as he dived with great confidence into turn one to take the lead. He then pushed hard to maintain his position, despite some fierce competition from Cluzel. In the closing stages of the race, Jacobsen did his utmost to stay at the front of the field, eventually running slightly wide at turn five on the penultimate lap. He then found himself in the middle of the factory Kawasaki duo of Sofuoglu and Krummenacher, exchanging positions with the reigning Champion much to the crowd’s delight.

The three riders crossed the line within four tenths of a second of each other, with Jacobsen claiming third place at the chequered flag.

The next round of the 2016 FIM Supersport World Championship takes place at MotorLand Aragón circuit in Spain on April 1-3.

We recently asked the member of our facebook group, which books have inspired you to ride, travel or even fix your beloved Motorbike...

Wondering if it was Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Jupiter's Travels, Race to Dakar (Charley Boorman), the very funny Bonjour! Is This Italy? or one of four great Adventure Motorcycle Travel Books by Sam Manicom? Or maybe even our own book from THE BIKER GUIDE! 

Here are the results 

Touching the World: A Blind Woman, Two Wheels and 25,000 Miles - Cathy Birchall and Bernard Smith (15 votes)     

Jupiter's Travels - Ted Simon (9 votes)

In Search of Greener Grass - Graham Field (5 votes)

Into Africa - Sam Manicom (5 votes)

Lois On The Loose - Loise Pryce (3 votes)

These Are The Days That Must Happen To You - Dan Walsh (3 votes)

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (3 votes)

and THE BIKER GUIDE book (3 votes) (we are honoured to be mentioned)

Other books mentioned were 

Old Man On A Bike - Simon Gandolfi 

The Long Ride Home - Nathan Millward

Notes from the Road Vol IV - Derek Mansfield

Running with the Moon - Jonny Bealby

Gone Riding - Dom Giles

Is That You Angus? - Fergus O'Connel

Without Let or Hindrance - Dick Powell

Race To Dakar - Charley Boorman

Bonjour! Is This Italy?: A Hapless Biker's Guide to Europe - Kevin Turner

Red Tape and White Knuckles - Lois Pryce

See our section for travel books 

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TENAX, a World leading brand in the production and commercialization of products for processing and treatment of stone materials, will support the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini also in the 2016 MotoGP World Championship. Tenax Group, which is celebrating this year its sixtieth anniversary, has in fact renewed its partnership agreement with Gresini Racing: a successful collaboration that started back in 2008 in the premier class of motorcycle racing.

The story of Tenax began in 1956 in the province of Verona from a small company called "Brothers Bombana Angelo and Guido", which was producing mastic for the local market. Since 1960 the company confirmed its presence on the market by introducing new products such as abrasives for marble and granite, cutting tools, diamond abrasives and epoxy resins.

In 1998, as well as focusing on the wide range of products offered, Tenax started to develop its international branches. Currently it has eleven branches in the World, with exports to over 100 Countries and a number of employees close to 300 units.

www.tenax.it

GINO BOMBANA (Tenax Group President)
“We are very pleased to renew the partnership with Team Gresini. Sharing the experience of MotoGP with Fausto and his team has already given us a lot of satisfactions in recent years, and I’m sure will continue in the future. The principles that join Tenax Group with Team Gresini, and generally with all the World of MotoGP, are the enthusiasm, the propensity for innovation, the attention to detail and the pursuit of higher technological value for the realization of our products. We are also proud to join our name with brands such as Aprilia and Gresini, which represent the excellence and quality of Made in Italy all over the World, another element that unites us. I wish to Fausto, to its riders and to the entire team a year of growth, full of successes and satisfactions, hoping that they can give us and all the motorcycling fans an exciting season”.


FAUSTO GRESINI
“It’s a great pleasure to be able to continue working with Tenax, being a valuable partner of our team for many years in MotoGP. 2016 is an important year for both: Tenax Group in fact is celebrating 60 years of activity, while for Gresini Racing this is the twentieth season in Grand Prix racing. Important milestones that demonstrate the great commitment at international level of two entities with a strong Italian tradition. I wish to thank the President Gino Bombana and all Tenax Group because they have always followed and follow us with great passion and enthusiasm”.

Cornwall’s Forest Dunn is to make TT Mountain Course debut at the 2016 Isle Of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy.

The Falmouth rider, who will ride for his own Forest Dunn Racing team, will compete in the RL360 Superstock, RST Superbike and PokerStars Senior TT Races on his Superstock Spec Kawasaki ZX10R with different livery for each race as he has backing from Infinity Security, BMA Carbon and Maen Carn Concrete products respectively for his TT 2016 campaign.

28 year old Forest started racing in 2012 and has won Hottrax Eundrance and ‘No Limits’ Racing Series. His career highlights include 20th placed finishes in Superbike and Superstock races at NW200 on his debut in 2015.

Forest will be spending a number of days on the Isle of Man in the run up to this year’s TT Races in preparation for his debut as part of the Newcomers programme, learning from the TT rider liaison officers as he prepares to fulfil his lifelong ambition.

On hearing the news that his race entry for the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races had been accepted he said:

“To say I am buzzing is an understatement, I always aimed to race at the TT before I was 30, and thanks to my hard work and the help of my loyal sponsors it’s happening this year! I can’t thank Paul Phillips and the TT organising team enough for the chance to show what I am capable of.”

He continued:

“I have had a few folk behind the scenes making this all happen - Craig at CMR Performance, Infinitus Security, Ward Groupage Newry, LaserMaster, Southwest Motorcycles, Bennetts Gardens Barry and Dolina Hughes and SR Electrical and BMA Carbon, all of whom have provided help over this winter to make both myself and the bike the best we can be, I will be spending several weekends over on the island between now and practice week soaking up the knowledge of rider liaison officers Milky Quayle and Johnny Barton.”

To all the amazing ladies that ride on International Womens Day

Especially as pictured Liz Foulis, Rachael Connell, Julia Hall, Karen Goddard, Lisa Morris (Two Wheeled Nomad), Rachel Lasham (Wander On A Honda) and the Curvy Riders Motorcycle Club...