The BKM Dark Dog Honda team have announced their withdrawal from the Supersport World Championship with immediate effect. The two-man team of Australian Broc Parkes and Frenchman Christophe Cogan will not race at the Dutch round of the series that takes place at Assen this coming weekend, September 5 - 7.

BKM team manager Michael Bartholemy cited budget problems for the teams demise. He said: "The missing payments of one of my sponsors makes it impossible to cover the ongoing costs. The respective sponsor has not fulfilled our agreement. For us it is a hard decision particularly with regard to the already signed two-year (2003 - 2004) contract with our main sponsor Dark Dog who has always given us the accorded support."