{"id":1899632,"date":"2026-04-23T10:53:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1899632"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:53:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:53:54","slug":"honda-bsb-debut-to-be-about-survival-for-ryan-vickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1899632","title":{"rendered":"Honda BSB debut to be about \u201csurvival\u201d for Ryan Vickers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_15754.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article>\n<header id=\"lbs-article\" class=\"article header article-header section layout layout--article-header\">\n<div class=\"col headline\">\n<div>\n<h1>Honda BSB debut to be about \u201csurvival\u201d for Ryan Vickers<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Ryan Vickers says his first BSB round with Honda will be about \u201csurvival\u201d after encountering \u201ca lot of issues\u201d during testing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section two-column\">\n<div class=\"col article-info\">\n<div>\n<address> Alex Whitworth <\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><time datetime=\"2026-04-23T17:37:58+00:00\">Updated: 23 Apr 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col article-actions\">\n<div class=\"block block-better-social-sharing-buttons block-social-sharing-buttons-block\">\n<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons\"><span class=\"ssb-title\"> Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"lbs-content\" class=\"content wide-two-column-sticky section layout layout--wide-two-column-sticky\">\n<div class=\"col first-column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_15754.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_15754.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_15754.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_15754.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1500w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_15754.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1200w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_15754.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 900w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_15754.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_15754.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_15754.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Ryan Vickers, 2026 Oulton Park BSB Test. Credit: Ian Hopgood Photography.<\/div>\n<div class=\"source\"> \u00a9\u00a0Ian Hopgood Photography<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-preferred-source\">\n<div class=\"preferred-source-cta\">  Add as a preferred source <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Honda BSB rider Ryan Vickers is expecting the opening round of 2026 to be about \u201csurvival\u201d for him.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Vickers returns to the BSB paddock this year after a year in World Superbike, and has already races the Honda CBR1000RR-R in the world championship at the opening round in Australia where he took the wildcard spot initially intended for Tetsuta Nagashima before the Japanese was taken into the main factory team to replace Somkiat Chantra.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The nine-time BSB race winner had enjoyed positive tests in Spain before the first UK test at Donington on 3\u20134 April. There, too, he found that he could extract good performance from the Honda, but at the final test at Oulton Park on 21\u201322 April things were significantly different.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s completely different to Donington here at Oulton,\u201d Ryan Vickers said, speaking to Crash.net after the final session at Oulton Park on 22 April.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI was quite excited to come here to Oulton because we\u2019d had a pretty good testing history on the Honda at all of the circuits we\u2019ve been to so far, but the one sort of track that we hadn\u2019t come to was a track like Oulton: really undulating, very BSB-like, and unfortunately we\u2019re not close enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s not coming easy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019ve encountered quite a lot of issues and it\u2019s not just a setup thing either, I think it\u2019s a character of this bike.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-53ae46e714f9636693b35aa2aaf227cf346ebef979a7c069297eb66b590d51a1\">  BSB race winner returns from WorldSBK \u201ca better rider\u201d   Ryan Vickers makes \u201cbig steps\u201d after \u201ctough\u201d start to Donington BSB test <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe team did say to me, said \u2018We have always struggled here, it\u2019s not an easy track for our bike, so just take your time\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAs much as I wanted to take disbelief with that, they were right, and it\u2019s not easy around here, we\u2019ve got a few really strong bikes here, I\u2019ve ridden the Yamaha here and I know its strengths and that is definitely our weaknesses, for sure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, we\u2019ve got a lot of work to do, I don\u2019t know how much we\u2019re going to maybe improve it, I don\u2019t know, there\u2019s a lot of things that we\u2019ve got to try. But it\u2019s characteristics of the bike that isn\u2019t going to be 100 per cent fixable.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-b390bb18afb87722be72113fd7dae94e4b77bbb370b573a420bd67fec91e4438\">  Returning Honda BSB rider enjoys bike setup \u201cnovelty\u201d at Spanish test   FIRST LOOK: Ryan Vickers gets Honda debut ahead of BSB return <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As a result of his feelings during the test, Vickers is pessimistic about his chances when BSB returns to Oulton Park for the opening round on 2-4 May.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s not so much a test but it\u2019s just more of a survival sort of thing, and just being as close as we can,\u201d Vickers said when asked if the first round would act as an extra test for him and Honda.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI very much doubt that we\u2019ll fight for a win, might be able to fight for a top-five, maybe a podium if we really get some things right.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, let\u2019s see, let\u2019s do our best. We know the bike will become stronger at other tracks and we\u2019ll be able to fight, so we\u2019ll do our best and see if we can improve the package.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Explaining the issues he was experiencing at Oulton Park, Vickers said that he\u2019s struggling on corner exit.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cJust sort of trying to put the power to ground and not wheelie,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis bike likes to wheelie a lot. So, we\u2019ve got to try and figure that out, but without wings or without something it\u2019s not easy to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019ll keep working hard with the team, we\u2019ve got some ideas, and we\u2019re just going to have to do our best at this round and go home with as many points as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>In this article<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Ryan Vickers<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">British Superbikes<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-next-prev\">\n<div class=\"next-prev-pager contextual-region\">\n<div class=\"items\">\n<div class=\"item prev\">\n<h3>  Previous<\/h3>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\"> Ducati forcing Bradley Ray to find \u201cdifferent direction\u201d with Yamaha in BSB<\/div>\n<source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_17760.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_17760.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_17760.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_17760.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_17760.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_17760.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_17760.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_17760.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_17760.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-block block block-configurable-views-block\">\n<div class=\"author-view grid-view js-view-dom-id-dd009943c9767172624b635531b71801cd1cb6c3ea486ea66b764a9293fd6e18\">\n<div class=\"card user default\">\n<div class=\"image\"> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/picture-100393850-1649415070.jpg?height=270&amp;format=webp 270w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/picture-100393850-1649415070.jpg?height=180&amp;format=webp 180w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/picture-100393850-1649415070.jpg?height=90&amp;format=webp 90w\" sizes=\"100px\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"header\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"name\">Alex Whitworth<\/div>\n<div class=\"role\">Journalist<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p>Alex joined the Crash.net team in August of 2024 having covered consumer and racing motorcycle news at Visordown for two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-element-container block block-views-blockrelated-content-related-content-block\">\n<h3>More News<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-view grid-2 js-view-dom-id-ddc9223203fec02b189e848275b46a07681e5a35e86fea818bea9b1ea18bc217\">\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"links\">\n<div class=\"sections\"> British Superbikes  News <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ryan Vickers set for BSB return as Honda ends relationship with past winner<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-info\">\n<div class=\"time\" data-timestamp=\"1760515420\"> 15\/10\/25<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2025-10\/gng_1272286_hires.jpg?aspect_ratio=1:1\" alt=\"Ryan Vickers, 2025 Estoril WorldSBK, pit box. Credit: Gold and Goose.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Ryan Vickers says his first BSB round with Honda will be about \u201csurvival\u201d after encountering \u201ca lot of issues\u201d during testing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Honda BSB rider Ryan Vickers is expecting the opening round of 2026 to be about \u201csurvival\u201d for him.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Vickers returns to the BSB paddock this year after a year in World Superbike, and has already races the Honda CBR1000RR-R in the world championship at the opening round in Australia where he took the wildcard spot initially intended for Tetsuta Nagashima before the Japanese was taken into the main factory team to replace Somkiat Chantra.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The nine-time BSB race winner had enjoyed positive tests in Spain before the first UK test at Donington on 3\u20134 April. There, too, he found that he could extract good performance from the Honda, but at the final test at Oulton Park on 21\u201322 April things were significantly different.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s completely different to Donington here at Oulton,\u201d Ryan Vickers said, speaking to Crash.net after the final session at Oulton Park on 22 April.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI was quite excited to come here to Oulton because we\u2019d had a pretty good testing history on the Honda at all of the circuits we\u2019ve been to so far, but the one sort of track that we hadn\u2019t come to was a track like Oulton: really undulating, very BSB-like, and unfortunately we\u2019re not close enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s not coming easy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019ve encountered quite a lot of issues and it\u2019s not just a setup thing either, I think it\u2019s a character of this bike.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-53ae46e714f9636693b35aa2aaf227cf346ebef979a7c069297eb66b590d51a1\">  BSB race winner returns from WorldSBK \u201ca better rider\u201d   Ryan Vickers makes \u201cbig steps\u201d after \u201ctough\u201d start to Donington BSB test <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe team did say to me, said \u2018We have always struggled here, it\u2019s not an easy track for our bike, so just take your time\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAs much as I wanted to take disbelief with that, they were right, and it\u2019s not easy around here, we\u2019ve got a few really strong bikes here, I\u2019ve ridden the Yamaha here and I know its strengths and that is definitely our weaknesses, for sure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, we\u2019ve got a lot of work to do, I don\u2019t know how much we\u2019re going to maybe improve it, I don\u2019t know, there\u2019s a lot of things that we\u2019ve got to try. But it\u2019s characteristics of the bike that isn\u2019t going to be 100 per cent fixable.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-b390bb18afb87722be72113fd7dae94e4b77bbb370b573a420bd67fec91e4438\">  Returning Honda BSB rider enjoys bike setup \u201cnovelty\u201d at Spanish test   FIRST LOOK: Ryan Vickers gets Honda debut ahead of BSB return <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As a result of his feelings during the test, Vickers is pessimistic about his chances when BSB returns to Oulton Park for the opening round on 2-4 May.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s not so much a test but it\u2019s just more of a survival sort of thing, and just being as close as we can,\u201d Vickers said when asked if the first round would act as an extra test for him and Honda.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI very much doubt that we\u2019ll fight for a win, might be able to fight for a top-five, maybe a podium if we really get some things right.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, let\u2019s see, let\u2019s do our best. We know the bike will become stronger at other tracks and we\u2019ll be able to fight, so we\u2019ll do our best and see if we can improve the package.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Explaining the issues he was experiencing at Oulton Park, Vickers said that he\u2019s struggling on corner exit.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cJust sort of trying to put the power to ground and not wheelie,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis bike likes to wheelie a lot. So, we\u2019ve got to try and figure that out, but without wings or without something it\u2019s not easy to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019ll keep working hard with the team, we\u2019ve got some ideas, and we\u2019re just going to have to do our best at this round and go home with as many points as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Honda BSB rider Ryan Vickers is expecting the opening round of 2026 to be about \u201csurvival\u201d for him.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Vickers returns to the BSB paddock this year after a year in World Superbike, and has already races the Honda CBR1000RR-R in the world championship at the opening round in Australia where he took the wildcard spot initially intended for Tetsuta Nagashima before the Japanese was taken into the main factory team to replace Somkiat Chantra.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The nine-time BSB race winner had enjoyed positive tests in Spain before the first UK test at Donington on 3\u20134 April. There, too, he found that he could extract good performance from the Honda, but at the final test at Oulton Park on 21\u201322 April things were significantly different.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s completely different to Donington here at Oulton,\u201d Ryan Vickers said, speaking to Crash.net after the final session at Oulton Park on 22 April.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI was quite excited to come here to Oulton because we\u2019d had a pretty good testing history on the Honda at all of the circuits we\u2019ve been to so far, but the one sort of track that we hadn\u2019t come to was a track like Oulton: really undulating, very BSB-like, and unfortunately we\u2019re not close enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s not coming easy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019ve encountered quite a lot of issues and it\u2019s not just a setup thing either, I think it\u2019s a character of this bike.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-53ae46e714f9636693b35aa2aaf227cf346ebef979a7c069297eb66b590d51a1\">  BSB race winner returns from WorldSBK \u201ca better rider\u201d   Ryan Vickers makes \u201cbig steps\u201d after \u201ctough\u201d start to Donington BSB test <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe team did say to me, said \u2018We have always struggled here, it\u2019s not an easy track for our bike, so just take your time\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAs much as I wanted to take disbelief with that, they were right, and it\u2019s not easy around here, we\u2019ve got a few really strong bikes here, I\u2019ve ridden the Yamaha here and I know its strengths and that is definitely our weaknesses, for sure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, we\u2019ve got a lot of work to do, I don\u2019t know how much we\u2019re going to maybe improve it, I don\u2019t know, there\u2019s a lot of things that we\u2019ve got to try. But it\u2019s characteristics of the bike that isn\u2019t going to be 100 per cent fixable.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-b390bb18afb87722be72113fd7dae94e4b77bbb370b573a420bd67fec91e4438\">  Returning Honda BSB rider enjoys bike setup \u201cnovelty\u201d at Spanish test   FIRST LOOK: Ryan Vickers gets Honda debut ahead of BSB return <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As a result of his feelings during the test, Vickers is pessimistic about his chances when BSB returns to Oulton Park for the opening round on 2-4 May.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s not so much a test but it\u2019s just more of a survival sort of thing, and just being as close as we can,\u201d Vickers said when asked if the first round would act as an extra test for him and Honda.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI very much doubt that we\u2019ll fight for a win, might be able to fight for a top-five, maybe a podium if we really get some things right.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, let\u2019s see, let\u2019s do our best. We know the bike will become stronger at other tracks and we\u2019ll be able to fight, so we\u2019ll do our best and see if we can improve the package.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Explaining the issues he was experiencing at Oulton Park, Vickers said that he\u2019s struggling on corner exit.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cJust sort of trying to put the power to ground and not wheelie,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis bike likes to wheelie a lot. So, we\u2019ve got to try and figure that out, but without wings or without something it\u2019s not easy to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019ll keep working hard with the team, we\u2019ve got some ideas, and we\u2019re just going to have to do our best at this round and go home with as many points as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;http:\/\/crash.net\/bsb\/news\/1093311\/1\/honda-bsb-debut-be-about-survival-ryan-vickers&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_15754.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;] Honda BSB debut to be about \u201csurvival\u201d for Ryan Vickers Ryan Vickers says his first BSB round with Honda will be about \u201csurvival\u201d after encountering \u201ca lot of issues\u201d during testing. Alex Whitworth Updated: 23 Apr 2026 Share Ryan Vickers, 2026 Oulton Park BSB Test. 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