Former World Superbike front runner Ben Bostrom looks set to join the LCR Honda MotoGP squad from the Laguna Seca round onwards after doing a deal to ride Toni Elias's spare bike.
The deal is apparently very popular with team sponsor Rizoma, who are a parts company with a new outlet in Beverly Hills, which ties in nicely with the fact that Bostrom is a Californian.
Bostrom currently rides for Michael Jordan's team in AMA Superbike which field Suzukis and another problem is what happens if it rains and neither man is left with a bike to change to. But those are merely details, as is what the hell Bostrom will make of the Bridgestones...
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