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MotoAmerica 2017!

Discussion in 'General' started by mino6466, Apr 17, 2017.

  1. GrayGhost

    GrayGhost Well-Known Member

  2. The Great One

    The Great One Well-Known Member

    Word on the street is that Corti and the Aprilia/HSBK Squad will be running the Laguna Seca WSBK round as a wildcard. If they show up and put the Milwaukee boys to shame, there might be some serious issues...
     
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  3. TurboBlew

    TurboBlew Registers Abusers

    thats ALOT of power. Like GP bike territory on just NA air & gas. Maybe 210 @ the tire with ~90+ ft lbs...
    The super bikes arent really that "sooper". Stock motor parts except rods & cams.
     
  4. RM Racing

    RM Racing Tool user

    The ported head is 15 hp minimum. Often more than that.

    They are not 230.
     
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  5. I'm confused about the Latus/no Kawasaki support statement. Really?
     
  6. Pretty sure they buy everything. Not sure if they get anymore then the typical discount but seems they don't get any special help.
     
  7. The Great One

    The Great One Well-Known Member

    Bobby Fong always seems to be decked out in all Kawasaki gear, so I can't imagine that they aren't getting ANY help from Kawasaki. It doesn't have to be full on factory support, but I assume that there is something in it for his team.
     
  8. Black89

    Black89 Well-Known Member

    Unreal I raced for years on a 159hp 05 R1
     
  9. Perhaps he is hoping/trying to get support, and is decked out in that gear as a "look what I am already doing" sorta thing.

    I don't know. But they specifically said during the broadcast that the team didn't receive any help from Kawi (but were trying to get some).
     
  10. If I had to guess, I'd say the Superbikes are in the 210-220 range depending on the bike and dyno.

    Keep in mind they aren't running U4 or MR12. The Sunoco is good fuel, meaning the quality is good...but it doesn't make the HP the rocket fuels from VP make.
     
  11. ryoung57

    ryoung57 Off his meds

    That hat he was wearing after race one almost looked like "Kawasaki" was colored in with marker so it wouldn't show up.
     
  12. G 97

    G 97 Garth

    The team has Kawasaki across their shirts but Bobby himself has very little if any Kawasaki branding on his leathers. There is a Kawasaki across his outer thigh that when sitting on the bike runs parallel to the bike. Bit other than this it's really hard to see any Kawasaki branding on him or on the bike.
     
    Last edited: Apr 25, 2017
  13. The Great One

    The Great One Well-Known Member

    If I'm a title/supporting/personal sponsor that is stroking a fairly large check, and my rider is wearing this in an interview for absolutely nothing in return, I'm going to be pissed. Why would Kawasaki buy the cow if they're getting the milk for free? :D

    Who was it a few years ago that wasn't getting any support from Yamaha, so they just ran an all black livery on their R6 with absolutely no branding? P1A?

    [​IMG]
     
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  14. G 97

    G 97 Garth

    It really doesn't look like a team that is receiving sponsorship from Kawasaki LTD. Wearing an off the shelf Kawasaki and jacket and hat is one thing and I agree, if they are not getting any support, ditch the jacket and hat. Having minimal Kawasaki branding on the bike and on your leathers is a pretty good indication of the support, or lack of, the team is getting.

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  15. masshole

    masshole sixoneseven


    I honestly had no clue what fuel they use in MA currently.
     
  16. thrak410

    thrak410 My member is well known

    I just heard Roger Hayden on 100.5 her in Atlanta and he was funny as hell! Not sure if they have a replay on their site but everyone should check out out.

    Said he wanted to be a horse jockey when he was a kid but after his sister got thrown he thought they were to dangerous and decided to ride bikes like his brothers, and he couldn't stay under 100lbs lol
     
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  17. RM Racing

    RM Racing Tool user

    Yes. No Yamaha logos at all because Yamaha offered no help. There was some tension there and the obvious lack of logos was an FU.
     
  18. backcountryme

    backcountryme Word to your mother.

    Why run anyone's logo if they are not helping pay the bills? That is something I never understood about a lot of lower tier racers in cars too. You always see guys in street stock cars with monster logos and other stuff like that. They are not getting a dime for it (actually the decal cost them money) but they proudly run it.
     
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  19. Dave K

    Dave K DaveK über alles!

    One thing about Fong and the Kawasaki branding, just a bit of advice. Don't wear a black baseball hat with black Kawasaki stitching, it does not show up at all on TV.

    We were watching the podium for the 600s and Sam said "Hey, there's JU."
    "How would you know JU?"
    "The big ass hat, dumbass, I read the BBS." :D
     
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  20. Riders Discount

    Riders Discount 866-931-6644 ext 817

    Contingency

    https://www.kawasaki.com/content/pdfs/RRpay17-4.pdf
     
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