After suffering a heavy crash in the opening round of the Superbike World Championship a couple of weeks ago, BMW Reitwagen team rider Roland Resch went through an operation to repair his broken right collarbone.

He is currently making a steady recovery at the Dungl Medical-Vital Resort, just north of Vienna in his native Austria, keeping as physically fit as he can while the titanium plate and eight screws inserted during his surgery help his collarbone – broken in two places – knit back together again.

Resch’s doctor, Andrea Dungl-Zauner, currently doubts if he could race again as early as Portimao on March 28, but has not entirely ruled it out yet. She will make a final decision on his condition on 17 March.

Said Roland, “Of course it hurts to hear that the doctor thinks I won’t be on the bike in Portimao. But it doesn’t make sense either to force an early comeback if I am not 100% fit. The collarbone is broken twice, with a titanium plate and eight screws inserted. That is a quite big deal for my body. This year the grid is too competitive to start too early with a handicap. I want to fully recover before jumping on a bike again. Believe me, it’s not easy to pass on a race, but I am working hard to be back soon.”

 Roland Resch recovering from collarbone surgery

After suffering a heavy crash in the opening round of the Superbike World Championship a couple of weeks ago, BMW Reitwagen team rider Roland Resch went through an operation to repair his broken right collarbone.

He is currently making a steady recovery at the Dungl Medical-Vital Resort, just north of Vienna in his native Austria, keeping as physically fit as he can while the titanium plate and eight screws inserted during his surgery help his collarbone – broken in two places – knit back together again.

Resch’s doctor, Andrea Dungl-Zauner, currently doubts if he could race again as early as Portimao on March 28, but has not entirely ruled it out yet. She will make a final decision on his condition on 17 March.

Said Roland, “Of course it hurts to hear that the doctor thinks I won’t be on the bike in Portimao. But it doesn’t make sense either to force an early comeback if I am not 100% fit. The collarbone is broken twice, with a titanium plate and eight screws inserted. That is a quite big deal for my body. This year the grid is too competitive to start too early with a handicap. I want to fully recover before jumping on a bike again. Believe me, it’s not easy to pass on a race, but I am working hard to be back soon.”

The last MotoGP 2010 pre-season test will take place under the floodlights at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th March.

New 2010 Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycles will begin rolling out to dealer showrooms in most markets this month, with model availability expected to follow later this spring for pending dealers in California.

See the first pictures of the new 2010 Rizla Suzuki GSV-R after the MotoGP team revealed the Troy Lee Designs inspired livery.

The nine times World Champion was honoured yesterday by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the image he portrays of his country on an international level.

The sole tyre supplier for the new intermediate class explains the design processes and technology involved in the production of their compounds in a free video.

Another team has confirmed it will contest the clean emissions race at the 2010 Isle of Man TT. Team ManTTx Racing will compete in TT Zero. The Isle of Man-based team raced in 2009, recording an average lap speed of 70.677mph around the Mountain …

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