Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Motorcycle racer Michael Leon and the Royal Distributing / MBP Team will be featured in two upcoming episodes of Biker TV. The shows will air this upcoming weekend Jan 22/23 and next weekend Jan 29/30. Each show will have a 15 minute segment following the team members as they attempt to wrap up two championships at Round 6, the final event of the 2010 RACE Superseries held at Shannonville Motorsports Park.
Biker TV is aired Saturdays at 11:30 AM on ACCESS in Alberta, on Sundays at 10:30 AM on The “A” Channel Network Ottawa, Halifax, London, Victoria and on Sundays at 11:00 AM on The “A” Channel Network GTA/Barrie. This national broadcast reach now exceeds 20 million Canadians!
The whole Royal Distributing Team invites everyone to tune in and then let us know what you think.
The Royal Distributing / MBP Superbike Team would like to thank Royal Distributing, Martin Brickwood Performance, Dunlop, Pro 6 Cycle, Double Dog Moto, Nexo Sports, Camo Customs, Eurocorsa, Speedymoto, MRA Windscreeens, Bell Helmets, Armour Bodies, Accelerated Technologies and CVR Motors.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Royal Distributing / MBP rider Michael Leon was presented with the Tony Marchese Memorial Award at the season ending RACE Awards banquet this past weekend, held in Trenton, Ontario.
Michael attended the banquet with his wife Jennifer; MBP owners Guy Martin and Janet Brickwood, Mechanic and longtime friend Carlos and his girlfriend Sonia, and friends Dave Smith and Louise Markuzitch.
st Place overall Championship plaques for the Heavyweight Sportsman and Liquid Cooled Thunder classes were also presented to Michael during the evening’s activities. Read more…
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
It was a fantastic finale for Royal Distributing / MBP rider Michael Leon at Round 6 of the RACE Superseries, held September 24-26 at Shannonville Motorsport Park, the final race of the season. Michael won both the Liquid Cooled Thunder and the Heavyweight Thunder Races. The victory in Heavy weight secured the Championship by 22 points over rival Jim Proulx, who was forced to compete with an injured shoulder. Michael had already secured the Thunder Championship at the previous round. Read more…
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Royal Distributing / MBP rider Michael Leon secured the Liquid Cooled Thunder Championship and extended his points lead in Heavyweight Sportsman after winning in both classes at Round 5 of the RACE Superseries, held September 3-5 at Shannonville.
The team arrived at Shannonville on Friday morning with a freshly built motor in the Guy Martin tuned Ducati 1198S, excited to see how a new engine configuration would run on the racetrack. The team worked with John Sharrard of Accelerated Technologies to try and adjust the motorcycle setup to deal with the additional power of the new engine. Read more…
The plan of attack for the Royal Distributing / MBP Superbike for Round 4 of the RACE Superseries, held July 16-18 at the Shannonville Long Track, was to regain confidence from the spectacular highside that rider Michael Leon suffered at the previous event. Off his usual form, and running 2 seconds off of the pace that he set at their last visit to the Long Track, Michael finished second in the Liquid Thunder and third in the Heavyweight Sportsman classes. With two rounds remaining, he maintains his lead in both championships.
Head tuner, Guy Martin of Martin Brickwood Performance, had worked extremely hard, right up to the last minute to return the team’s Ducati 1198S to working order. The damage from the round 3 crash had been extensive. The final parts were only received the morning before practice began. With hard work, Guy and MBP Mechanic “Curly”, had the bike ready to go at the track Friday morning. Read more…
The above photos were taken by S. Komes. The Ducati gets some air time as it follows Michael, tumbling through the grass at the exit of turn 4. MJ Boucher looses the front after running onto the grass.
The asphalt in Shannonville’s Fabi track turn four is still as hard and unforgiving as ever. Royal Distributing / MBP Superbike rider Michael Leon was reminded of this during a spectacular highside crash on the opening lap of the Round 3 Superbike final held on Sunday June 20th. Read more…
The Bad
Team Royal Distributing/MBP Superbike Team attended the 2nd round of the Race Superseries, held at Shannonville May 14-16. Friday practice and Saturday qualifying were difficult as the team’s Ducati 1198S began to expose an evil handling personality on Shannonville’s Long Track. In the faster sections of the track, the bike was unpredictable and would often go into a high speed wobble after setting the front wheel back down from small acceleration wheelies
These symptoms had not been as severe on the lower speed Nelson Track at Rd1, two weeks prior. Tuners Guy Martin and Carlos Carrascosa, along with rider Michael Leon, worked closely with John Sharrard of Accelerated Technologies and Sandy Noce of Pro6Cycle/Dunlop to cure the problems. The bike’s steering damper broke during Saturday practice, indicating that there was a bigger problem than the simple suspension setup issues. Read more…
Michael Leon won both the Liquid Thunder and Heavyweight Sportsman races riding the Royal Distributing / MBP Superbike at the opening round of the RACE Superseries, held May 2nd. In the feature Superbike event, he rode to a 4th place finish. The 2009 Ducati 1198S motorcycle arrived from a California salvage yard just 8 days earlier and was transformed into a race bike by Guy Martin of MBP. The Ducati was equipped with Dunlop tires from Pro 6 Cycle. The team plans to compete in the remaining rounds of the series, with the main focus being the Superbike class. Read more…
Saturday, February 27, 2010
The Royal Distributing / Michael Lanni MotorRacing / MBP Ducati Superbike was proudly displayed by Guy Martin and Janet Brickwood at the Montreal show on Feb 26, 27 and 28. MBP specializes in parts for, and preparation of Ducati motorcycles and is responsible for the race prep and maintenance of the team’s 1198S.
The team is in the midst of finalizing plans to continue their program and compete in the RACE Superseries with the same Ducati 1189S for 2010. Read more…
Friday, December 18, 2009
Royal Distributing / Michael Lanni Motorsport / MBP Superbike rider Michael Leon and tuner Guy Martin attended the Toronto Motorcycle Show this past weekend. The team’s Ducati 1198S race bike was on display in the Eurocorsa booth, one of the team’s sponsors. Last season Eurocorsa, a distributor specializing in European products, provided support by supplying Speedymoto “framesavers” as well as MRA windscreens. Michael took in the show on Saturday, while Guy attended all three days. Read more…
