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Marco Melandri to Sign with Hayate Team

22 April, 2020
It seems that the first part of the Kawaski/Dorna/Melandri/Hayate soap opera is ending on a positive note, because according to French website MotoCaradisiac and English website MCN are both reporting that Marco Melandri has decided to sign and continue riding…

Chris Vermeulen updates fans after his knee surgery (video)

21 April, 2020
Chris Vermeulen underwent reconstructive knee surgery at the end of July after further damaging his already injured knee during the Brno round and that finally made him decide pull out of the current World Superbike season to try to fix…

John Hopkins in WSBK? Maybe Not

20 April, 2020
With still no news about Kawasaki and the fate of riders John Hopkins and Marco Melandri and official MotoGP tests starting on Thursday, Hopkins is now being rumoured to be considering a move to the WSBK Championship to partner up…

WSBK – Chris Vermeulen talks about his test at Cartagena

18 April, 2020
After a brief acquaintance with Kawasaki ZX-10R at the Autopolis circuit in Japan, Chris Vermeulen has finally got some decent time on his new superbike during a two-day test at the Cartagena track, in Spain.Vermeulen stated that the test proved…

Roberto Rolfo to ride with Pedercini WSBK team

16 April, 2020
After spending half of 2009 riding a Moto2 in the Spanish CEV with Siemens Gigaset Laglisse team and taking part in the inaugural Moto2 championship with S.T.R, Italtrans team, Roberto Rolfo is returning to the big bikes and the World…

WSBK – Chris Vermeulen to test at Autopolis

15 April, 2020
Chris Vermeulen will finally get his first test on the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R. The three day test, organized directly by Kawasaki Racing, starts tomorrow and will take place at the Autopolis circuit in Japan which is owned by Kawasaki. The…

Update – Kawasaki pulling out of MotoGP

14 April, 2020
It started as a rumor on Tuttosport but now according to the usually well informed websites Gazzetta dello Sport, Autosport.com and motociclismo.es Kawasaki will formally announce its withdrawl from MotoGP on January 5th and has already sent letters informing the…

Marco Melandri: No one told me anything

13 April, 2020
As everyone knows by now Kawasaki is returning to MotoGP and Marco Melandri will be competing in their new one rider team, however there’s a brand new twist to this continuing soap opera.According to Italian website Sportmediaset who contacted Melandri…

Spanish Kawasaki Commercial

11 April, 2020
GripMoto, the exclusive Kawasaki dealer for the Spanish province of Pontevedra, has come up with this cute commercial. A grid line up with brolly girls, Monster Energy drinks and a run around the city to show off their bikes in…

Randy de Puniet heading to World Superbikes?

10 April, 2020
When Randy de Puniet climbed on board the Ducati Desmosedici for the first tests everyone was saying how well his loose riding style seemed suited for the beast from Borgo Panigale; which statistically has overwhelmed more riders than we can…

Everyone wants to be an official Kawasaki team in WSBK

8 April, 2020
Teams Pedercini and Supersonic are just two of the squads that have put forward requests to become the official Kawaski factory team next season in World Superbikes.Paul Bird Motorsports is the current factory team, however Kawasaki’s technical director, Ichiro Yoda…

WSBK: Team Pedercini to continue with Kawasaki in 2011

5 April, 2020
World Superbike and Superstock 1000FIM Cup Team Pedercini in a press release have confirmed that will continue their collaboration with Kawasaki in 2011 and will be using the new version of the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R that the we saw testing…

WSBK – Tom Sykes to Kawasaki with Vermeulen?

4 April, 2020
According to Bikesportnews, Tom Sykes maybe partnering MotoGP refugee Chris Vermeulen in the Paul Bird Kawasaki World Superbike team next season.Sykes performances in Yamaha have been completely overshadowed by the team mate Ben Spies, who will be fighting for the…

Chris Vermeulen Withdraws from Portimao Round (w/video)

3 April, 2020
Chris Vermeulen has decided to withdraw from the Portimao WSBK round after trying to take a couple of laps in today’s free practice. The Australian suffered torn ligaments, cartilage and muscle in his knee after the high-speed crash during race…

Kawasaki Pulling Out of MotoGP?

31 March, 2020
The Italian websites Gpone and Sportmediaset are both running the same story that appeared in the sports daily Tuttosport and if confirmed will leave the MotoGP racing world in shock. Kawasaki will be not be running their MotoGP team in…

Wayne Gardner tests Superbikes at Portimao

30 March, 2020
Wayne Gardner, the 1987 500cc World Champion and four time winner of the Suzuka 8 Hours and motorcycle icon of the ’80’s alongside the likes of Kevin Schwantz, Eddie Lawson and Wayne Rainey, got to try seven different Superbikes marques…

Tom Sykes to stay with Kawasaki in 2012

28 March, 2020
Kawasaki has announced that their rider line-up will not change in 2012, thus confirming Tom Sykes and Joan Lascorz for the upcoming World Superbike championship.While Lascorz was anticipated to remain with the Superbike team after Kawasaki decided to get more…

Chris Vermeulen Talks About Assen Superpole

27 March, 2020
Chris Vermeulen, despite suffering pain and lack of strength due to his recent right knee injury, made it into Superpole by qualifying 19th. A crash in the first Superpole session left him on the same position on tomorrow’s grid, but…

Anthony West Talks Kawasaki

27 March, 2020
In an article in Motorsprint’s weekly magazine, Anthony West who will be leaving Motogp for theSupersport series riding a Honda for Team Stiggy, had a few words about his 2008 season and team.I hope Melandri doesn’t come to Kawasaki too…

WSBK: Chris Vermeulen talks Phillip Island Crashes

26 March, 2020
Kawasaki’s Chris Vermeulen crashed out twice in round 1 Phillip Island with a very big and scary crash in Race 2 that left the rider with a very swollen leg.Here’s Vermeulen from his video blog describing his races what happened…

Melandri says yes to the "KAWORNA"

26 March, 2020
Less than a month ago Marco Melandri said he’d “rather sit out the 2009 season that take an uncompetitve ride for the sake of it, so I will continue to train hard and keep my options open for next season.”But…

Marco Melandri to test in Qatar

25 March, 2020
Marco Melandri has written on his Facebook profile that he will be present at the official night test this weekend in Qatar and will be joining the other Motogp riders after his appearance at the SpeedCar Series in Dubai, the…

Chris Vermeulen to WSBK in Kawasaki

25 March, 2020
Sunday will be Chris Vermeulen’s fourth to last race in MotoGP with Rizla Suzuki, because next year the Aussie rider will be heading to the World Superbike Championship with Paul Bird’s Motorsport Kawasaki Racing Team.Vermeulen has signed a two year…