Josh Brookes has continued his 2025 preseason preparation ‘down beneath’, racing once more at Sydney Motorsports Park on a self-built Honda CBR1000RR-R.
Brookes raced final weekend at Sydney, previously Japanese Creek, within the St George Bike Membership’s Summer season Evening Sequence, which he additionally contested in December, alongside some Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) regulars.
“So good to get again on observe and go racing once more this weekend,” Brookes wrote in an Instagram put up.
“Some sturdy competitors from the ASBK guys pushed me to go nearer to the boundaries of the bundle and meant there have been some nice on observe battles.
“I spent a while refining the electronics additional & and by the ultimate race I used to be feeling much more comfy on the restrict and actually having fun with the bike.”
Brookes’ winter racing programme on his personal Honda is there partly to maintain himself race-sharp in the midst of an enormous six-month BSB low season, but additionally to adapt to the Honda CBR1000RR-R which he’s racing for the primary time this yr as he switches to the DAO Racing squad for 2025.
The Honda was virtually a title-winning bike in 2024, as Tommy Bridewell missed out on the title by simply 4 factors to Yamaha’s Kyle Ryde, that means the Fireblade has been runner-up in BSB in two of the previous 4 seasons after Glenn Irwin was second general in 2022.
Two-times champion Brookes, alternatively, is and not using a BSB win since 2023, and – regardless of ending on the rostrum within the Senior TT final yr – didn’t rating a podium in any of BSB’s 32 races in 2024.
