Comments on: BREAKING: Kawasaki Quits AMA Pro Racing

By: Alec Sharp

Alec Sharp — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:16:10 +0000

RT @Asphalt_Rubber: BREAKING: Kawasaki Quits AMA Pro Racing – http://bit.ly/552rPI #motorcycle

By: johnrdupree

johnrdupree — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:05:16 +0000

This may be what DMG wants. If they can get rid of all the factory teams they can create a series based around private teams. They can pay start money instead of prize money to build grids, dick with the rules to create parity, use homologated parts lists so everyone has equal access, and hopefully end up with close racing. I don’t think it will work, mind you, but they can try.
If they had live coverage with a reliable TV partner showing (artificially) close racing, DMG and the teams might have a better chance to attract sponsors, or DMG could twist some Grand Am arms to help out. Ideally, the result would be a show every Sunday afternoon with a bunch of pretty bikes (who care who makes them or how big the motors are?) running in tight formation with lots of passing. This is a show that is easier to sell to non-motorcyclist race fans. You don’t need to be a fan of a particular manufacturer or engine configuration to enjoy the shiny two-wheelers banging fairings on the back straight at Road Atlanta.
And that is what DMG has been chasing since they took over from the AMA, the non-motorcyclist race fan. They don’t give a shit if all of us moto-geeks watch anymore, hence the delayed Saturday time slot night boondoggle and trying to create classes based on performance instead of engine size. There aren’t enough of us for them to make real money and they’d probably be happy if we all shut up and went away. Then they could create their equalized class to sell to the masses. The big manufacturers won’t be on board with that because it doesn’t guarantee them the exposure they want, so from DMG’s point of view losing the factory Kawasaki and Honda teams is actually a step in the right direction.

By: Asphalt_Rubber

Asphalt_Rubber — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:06:59 +0000

BREAKING: Kawasaki Quits AMA Pro Racing – http://bit.ly/552rPI #motorcycle

By: Steve-o Hancock

Steve-o Hancock — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:43:14 +0000

RT @Asphalt_Rubber BREAKING: Kawasaki Quits AMA Pro Racing – http://bit.ly/552rPI #motorcycle

By: Michael Davies

Michael Davies — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:22:30 +0000

BREAKING: Kawasaki Quits AMA Pro Racing: Harley-Davidson is issuing a recall on its 2009 & 2010 touring lin.. http://bit.ly/4TgwFe

By: Clarke Johnston

Clarke Johnston — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:01:49 +0000

The Daytona race has been in a downward spiral for several years, with spotty TV broadcasting, and then this years race with wacky rules and strange classes. Even the advertising in Cycle World was bad, it was hard to find the channel and time slots; which should’ve been in bold letters at the top. Duh. Pity that Kawasaki is leaving. They’ve been an excellent host at Sears Point (Infineon), and clearly spent a lot of money in so doing. All the rules changes (800cc or 1,000cc?….Twin or Four?) have left the casual watcher confused and with the sport ill-defined. Compound this with confusion between World Superbike and F1, and you’ve got a situation not unlike when Indy Car split into the IRL and the Champ Series. Both parts lost, Champ Car disappeared, and not IRL drivers are bailing for NASCAR, with Danica being the latest. These motorsports need to condense a bit. Too diverse for the viewing public.

By: race news

race news — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:22:41 +0000

BREAKING: Kawasaki Quits AMA Pro Racing http://bit.ly/8JbaF8

By: Jenny Gun

Jenny Gun — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:20:39 +0000

Joseph Schumpeter had a similar theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destruction)

By: Collyer

Collyer — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:18:23 +0000

In nature, when the forest becomes too lush, too dense, and overgrown with too much growth & deviation, something amazing happens: lightning strikes, causing fire & destruction, which cleanses all the overgrowth & weak growth. This leaves a nearly clean slate for the strongest of flora to return to it’s vigor, and let the strongest survive & thrive. This is what is happening to the AMA, to our economy, and eventually, to mankind. I just hope the AMA can shed this diseased bark (DMG) before it dies from it. Then EVERYTHING will be privateer/amateur racing (which isn’t necessarily a bad thing). Mankind has a little ways to go yet.

By: Joseph A. Gaudé

Joseph A. Gaudé — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:09:08 +0000

RT @Asphalt_Rubber: BREAKING: Kawasaki Quits AMA Pro Racing – http://bit.ly/552rPI #motorcycle <– This is not good. First Honda, now Kawi.