Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

Disneyland for KSRC members!!

Phil,

You are bringing back some good memories!!

Derek

First Day of testing and Randy is 7th fastest. A lot higher then where I thought they would be but I wouldn't read too much into it as I'm sure most of the other factory teams are just concentrating on basic set up and testing new parts.

It will be interesting to see if the Suzukis still have the ...

It looks great to me, including the retro pipes. I wonder how much my Superduke will get on a trade in....

I want the z14. Preferably in green but orange looks good too. yum yum

Phil wrote:i didnt want a new bike....UNTILL I SAW THAT Z1400...............

Phil,

Looks like there may be two of us getting new bikes in 2008!

Derek

Preview of the results here:

http://www.kawasaki.ch/fileadmin/pdf/ne ... ike_05.pdf

I was one of the fortunate few who got to see the race live. My voice, as Phil can testify, was pretty hoarse by the end from my cheering. An excellent performance from Jacque, Kawasaki and Bridgestone.

The bike is still down on top end speed - I think that is what makes it difficult for Nakano ...

They may have gone into overkill with some of the infastructure....I wonder if you can go over and do a trackday.

Not really. Big bore bike - anything over 150cc are not available to the average punter. This will change over the next few years. Hopefully hosting a motogp round will change ...

Firstly learn to do it at the track. The consequences of getting it wrong on the road are too serious - is it worth your life?

At the track, just concentrate on corner speed and the right line and getting comfortable with hanging off. You'll find it comes naturally. Better still, if you have a ...

Imagine how hot it would be with a normal exhaust

That is one sexy bike.

It's doesn't make sense does it- career criminal gets ten years for killing motorcyclist during police chase.

Career criminal gang rapes girl during home invasion and gets 40 years with minimum 30 years before eligible for parole. Don't get me wrong, I think justice was definitely served in this ...

Green is the best colour

I think it's the lack of racing that hurts them the most in the sportsbike category. Unfortunately, as the smallest bike manufacturer, it cost Kawasaki more $$ per bike sold to go racing, even though their budget is a fraction of Honda's. The other problem is that motorcycles is a small part of KHI ...

Jason,

Great review. Much better than most reviews I've read on the K1200S. I agree with you that, properly implemented, ABS has a lot to offer (especially for the average street rider) and I wish bike journos would recognise that.

Derek