John Hopkins (2:04.041) provided a stunning show to win pole as a wild card for the 2011 World Superbike round…
Take one Kawasaki H2 750 motor, recently decommisioned from drag strip duty we might add, throw in a plenty of bling parts, for measure include one deliciously white powdercoated frame, and you’ve got one seriously trick bike that is sure to go “kwikasfaki” (295lbs, 135rwhp, 9.3 down the ¼ mile if you’re a numbers person). Oddly enough, that’s exactly what one member on the Custom Fighters forum, named cabbie, did (full build thread here), and the result is Pamela-Anderson-in-a-wet-leotard-on-a-windy-day stunning.
Kawasaki is recalling 2,480 units of its 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R motorcycles for a faulty wiring harness. Affecting both the base and…
When the Czech Republic’s Karel Abraham climbed aboard a Ducati Desmosedici GP10 and started putting down impressive lap times, the 21-year-old law student got a proper roasting on his introduction to the premier class by english-speaking journalists (ourselves included), despite his performance. However over the course of the 2011 season, we’ve watched a young Ducati rider hold his own against the MotoGP field. Throughout the season, he’s shaken things up a number of times, and on several occasions been the fastest Ducati in a session. When you consider that all of this is occuring in the Czech rider’s first entry in the big show, Karel becomes an increasingly impressive rider. Our interview with him is after the jump.
Bajaj Auto has an insatiable appetite for KTM, and the Indian company has slowly been gobbling up KTM stock, and…
A&R got to eavesdrop in on a conversation between Roberts, Edwards, Spies, and Crutchlow, as the foursome exchanged notes on how GP racing has progressed, and what riding the M1 was like coming from different disciplines outside of the usual GP career track. Perhaps most interesting in that discussion was how precise riding a MotoGP motorcycle has become, as the tires, electronics, and suspension all demand a very particular riding style, racing line, and motorcycle setup to achieve maximum performance. Roberts lamented to the current GP riders because of the precision required, it was easy to run afoul of the M1. Transcript of his thoughts after the jump.