Kwak OUT?!?!

[Dave]

tis a true shame. i was really hoping they would bring back the screamer and be the only company selling what they raced. well, thats not true. yami's new R1 fits that bill. now honda and zuk need to step up with v4 litrebikes

[Porkchop]

Wow this sucks. I mean other than rooting for Nickey and Vale... i tend to root for tiny little Kawasaki, being that it is my favorite manufacturer.... tis a sad day for the sport.

[marko138]

Go Ducati.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by marko138

Go Ducati.

heh you're right. let me make that afforably sell what they race

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Dave

heh you're right. let me make that afforably sell what they race

I have no idea what the fuck you're talking about.

[Dave]

honda and suzuki race layouts that have jack diddely shit to do with their production lines. to my mind that means that any technology or lessons learned are either NOT being passed down or are passed less efficiently to production bikes. yami' is aping their prototype with a crossplane crank, ducati has the desmo and kawi was at least testing a screamer crank.

dont take this as me bashing the cbr1000rr or gsxr 1000 i think they are both excellent machines, but couldnt an rvf or gsv-r 1000 be better?

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Dave

honda and suzuki race layouts that have jack diddely shit to do with their production lines. to my mind that means that any technology or lessons learned are either NOT being passed down or are passed less efficiently to production bikes. yami' is aping their prototype with a crossplane crank, ducati has the desmo and kawi was at least testing a screamer crank.

dont take this as me bashing the cbr1000rr or gsxr 1000 i think they are both excellent machines, but couldnt an rvf or gsv-r 1000 be better?

Mmmmm...not necessarily.

[Dave]

yeah yeah i know all those guys with "GIXXXER" tattoos would be extra upset

[Mr Lefty]

Kawasaki testing 2009 MotoGP bike in Australia!

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sp...?&R=EPI-105485

Kawasaki might have withdrawn from the MotoGP world championship, but bizarrely test rider Olivier Jacque is poised to evaluate the new ZX-RR in a test double-header in Australia.

Kawasaki confirmed last Friday that it was to withdraw from the premier class with immediate effect because of the global economic crisis.

* Private Kawasaki team to run in MotoGP?

Yet French rider Jacque is at the Eastern Creek circuit near Sydney for a test on the 2009 ZX-RR that John Hopkins and Marco Melandri had expected to test in Sepang on February 5.

He is due to begin evaluating an all-new in-line four-cylinder motor and revised chassis at the Eastern Creek test, which is due to start on Saturday.

The test team will then move down to the Phillip Island for further testing.
News of the test gives fresh hope to rumours of a rescue package for Kawasaki, which quit MotoGP having informed team personnel in between Christmas and New Year.

Team boss Michael Bartholemy has been strongly linked with a rescue package, though he has yet to make any official comment on future plans or Kawasaki’s withdrawal.

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another nail in the coffin

http://eurosport.yahoo.com/21012009/...ki-rescue.html