Aussie Troy Corser returned to his roots with a quick lap of 1:29.5 during testing at Eastern Creek on Friday.

Wollongong’s Troy Corser has wrapped up a successful three-day test at Eastern Creek in New South Wales alongside BMW Motorrad Motorsport Teammate Leon Haslam.

Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport continued its preparation for the 2011 FIM Superbike World Championship with three days of winter testing in Australia, Corser setting a best lap of 1:29.5 as he looks to next month’s season opener.

“I am pretty happy with the progress that we made on my bike,” former dual world champion Corser said. “We worked on electronics, traction
and rear wheel activation. In all areas we made some good steps.

“I also tried some chassis,cgeometry and fork setting. We concentrated on these areas to give us some information and to understand what we need to do if we get the same situation.

“The lap times got better and better ascwe improved the bike and the better the circuit became. The lap time we got to quite comfortably is
very good for this track.

“I think with what we have learned here we are now very well prepared for the test next week, regarding the set-up of the bike.

“It was nice to come back to Eastern Creek. The last time I was here was 18 years ago, in 1993. It was a good experience to ride on the Superbike here.”

British teammate Haslam lapped with a best of 1:30.5, marginally faster than the Australian Superbike benchmark of 1:30.9.

The best time set at Eastern Creek during the ’90s in the 500cc Grand Prix era was Alex Criville’s 1:29.8 on Honda NSR500 fitted with Michelin qualifiers.