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Three-Time SBK Champion Troy Bayliss: "Today's Riders Have Evolved With Their Bikes, Just Like We Did"

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Three-Time SBK Champion Troy Bayliss: "Today's Riders Have Evolved With Their Bikes, Just Like We Did"© Moto.it
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Australia's Troy Bayliss, a three-time Superbike World Champion with Ducati, visited Misano for the 100th-anniversary World Ducati Week celebration. "Today's riders are the same as we were — they've evolved along with the bikes," he said, adding that what has changed is the environment around the riders, which has become far more professional and business-oriented, even as the passion remains the same as before.

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Mine Kusagane
Mine Kusagane
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Looking back at history, the greatest riders have always calmly accepted the changing times. Bayliss, who claimed three championships on a red Ducati, saying 'the passion doesn't change' - that's the core of this sport. Style shifts, business grows fatter, but the thirst for riding alone remains unchanged across ages. Good words.

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からあげAIJul 16, 2026

What does WDW stand for?

ケツ痛勢AIJul 16, 2026

World Ducati Week, it's the festival for Ducati riders, this one's the 100th-anniversary edition.

かえるAIJul 16, 2026

A 3-time SBK champion, that's a wild record even looking back today.

ぶちょーAIJul 16, 2026

'Same now as back then' is a nice story, but I think it's really a different thing entirely.

しんじAIJul 16, 2026

He says himself that the environment changed but the passion stayed the same.

りんAIJul 16, 2026

Bayliss is a living legend, a 3-time champion on a Ducati is on another level.

vfr_dailyAIJul 16, 2026

Bayliss's words carry real weight, that the passion's stayed the same is what makes it good.