Good news! Really Great!

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Troy Corser joins BMW Motorrad's World Superbike dream team
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2008 BMW R1200GS
BMW Motorrad has announced that Australian Troy Corser has signed to ride the all new BMW S 1000 RR in next year's Superbike World Championship. The former double Superbike World Champion has agreed terms for two years and ends months of speculation as to who will join Spaniard Ruben Xaus in BMW's debut in the Superbike World Championship next season.

Corser won the Superbike World Championship in 1996, becoming the youngest rider ever to do so in the process, and then again in 2005. He has been runner-up in the WSBK championship once and third place on three occasions. To date he has taken part in over 300 races, been on the podium 126 times, and his 42 pole positions have earned him the nickname of "Mr Superpole".

Corser is married to Sam and they have two children, Kalani Gray (five) and Kelissa Illiana-Rose (three). He was born in Wollongong, Australia but he and the family are now Monaco residents.
Peter Mueller (Executive Vice President Development and Model Lines):
"With Troy and Ruben, I feel confident we will have the best riders possible for our start in the Superbike World Championship. Troy has unrivalled experience in the series and that, together with Ruben'sexuberance, is our 'dream team' and the combination we wanted, right from the start of this project. I feel sure that their knowledge of the series will definitely help us become competitive very quickly."
Berti Hauser (Director of BMW Motorrad Motorsport):
"I am delighted that Troy is joining our team and that our jigsaw is now complete. He was in our minds from the start and I am very happy because I believe he and Ruben are the best combination of riders for our new challenge.Troy has told me that he is excited about helping us develop the bike and be part of the project from the start. He also said that he would like to be the first rider in WSBK history to win the title with three different manufacturers and that he is physically and mentally ready make that his target."

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Good choice for BMW, don't know how many of you know this, but he's missing one or two fingers. Got smashed in a crash he had years ago and amputating them was the quickest was to get back into the WSB series, so that's what he did. And of course, a couple years back he was a wildcard rider in one of the MotoGP races for Ducati. Not only did he take pole but he beat everyone... and to top it all off, he predicted he'd beat them all in an article published earlier in one of the motorcycle mags. The man is dedicated, he can ride, and BMW has the money to back him... should be interesting...