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2011 Superbike Smackdown VIII Track Photo Gallery

2011 Superbike Smackdown VIII Track

Celebrity guest test rider Steve Rapp (right) and MotorcycleUSA’s Adam Waheed (left) confer before going out for Superpole.

Go behind the scenes as MotorcycleUSA conducts its annual industry-leading liter-class sportbike shootout at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway. Find out what motorcycle came out on top in the 2011 Superbike Smackdown VIII Track comparison.

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Honda’s CBR1000RR once again set the fastest laps in Superpole.

2011 Superbike Smackdown VIII Track was held at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway.

The Michelin Power One treaded race tire was the Official Tire of Superbike Smackdown this year.

Data acquisition was handled by Kinelogix.

Steve Rapp puts in a flyer during our timed Superpole session.

Waheed prepares to hit the track on KTM’s RC8R. Notice the matching leathers… Coincidence? We think not.

Rapp couldn’t stop talking about how fun Yamaha’s R1 was to ride at Chuckwalla.

MotorcycleUSA Superbike Smackdown VIII at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway.

Celebrity guest test rider Steve Rapp (left) and MotorcycleUSA’s Adam Waheed (right) display their Superpole times.

Steve Rapp aboard the Kawasaki ZX-10R.

Waheed follows Rapp onto the track during Superbike Smackdown VIII.

2011 Superbike Smackdown VIII Track

Steve Rapp at the controls of the KTM RC8R during Superpole.

The KTM RC8R and Yamaha YZF-R1 are two of the seven bikes competing in this year’s Superbike Smackdown Track.

Southern California’s Chuckwalla Valley Raceway was the site of the track edition of Superbike Smackdown 2011.

Monster Energy supported Superbike Smackdown making sure everyone had fuel in them to pound out laps on the Superbikes.

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