Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

Benno wrote:Until Kawasaki come out and say "It's over" then I'll just sit here and expect them to be racing next year.

Lol! I can just see you standing there Ben stomping your feet and cracking a tanty!

Nothing like good old 'denial' to stop it happening huh!

The full public announcement is expect on Monday, January 5th 2009

http://www.motogpmatters.com/news/2008/ ... otogp.html

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Ben - you should fix up your url linky thing.
You need the url between the [ url] and [\ url], rather than a pair at the beginning and a pair at the end.
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I have 2 questions if this is true....1.WTF do i do with all my monster energy kawasaki gear? 2.Will it affect resale value of my bike to some boyracer?....

Naked Twin wrote:And we are surprised, seriously they couldn't string any consistent finishes except for last and second last.

Dunno anyone is surprised, more dissappointed I suggest if the rumour turnns out to be true, and how friggin consistent do you want em? First and second every race, albeit at the wrong end...

as of Dec 19 the Kawasaki's are still listed as entries for '09 (from www.motogp.com).

Anyone got a link to a press release or somthing from Kawasaki, or are we just jumping at rumours?

Mitch wrote:Anyone got a link to a press release or somthing from Kawasaki, or are we just jumping at rumours?

No press release. But given the enormity of this, no statement of denial is damning also imho.

Also......

Superbikeplanet.com wrote:According to sources close to Italian Marco Melandri, he is in possession of a letter from Kawasaki Motorsports President Yoshio Kawamura informing him of Kawasaki's decision to pull out MotoGP effective immediately.

Melandri spent a hard season with the Ducati MotoGP team in 2008 and his salvation was that he was allowed out of his contract in order to join the Kawasaki team.

Presumably American John Hopkins will also be informed that Kawasaki has pulled the plug on their MotoGP team.

And..

superbikeplanet.com wrote:Especially in light of MotoGP's rival world championship—World Superbike. The WSBK series features production-based motorcycles and dramatically lower costs. How much lower? It's estimated that Kawasaki could race an entire half-season of WSBK—with a well run team—solely on John Hopkins' MotoGP salary.

triway wrote:

superbikeplanet.com wrote:Especially in light of MotoGP's rival world championship—World Superbike. The WSBK series features production-based motorcycles and dramatically lower costs. How much lower? It's estimated that Kawasaki could race an entire half-season of WSBK—with a well run team—solely on John Hopkins' MotoGP salary.

As I stated previously, both Hoppa and Melandri will have contracts now so regardless whether Kwaka pulls the pin on Moto GP or not they will still pay both their salaries, so that's not going to be a cost saving IMO.

You can be pretty certain that they'll have a clause that allows them to not pay Hopper and Marco their full contracted salary in this sort of situation

I have to be honest here, I enjoy watching MotoGP but before I moved to Aus from NZ I never watched MotoGP, I followed world superbikes... You get 2 races instead of 1, you have a HUGE field of bikes including wildcards.... its way more fun... Plus the support class (Supersport) is just as wicked to watch... But TV coverage of it seems to be missing over here... in NZ you could watch WSBK "realtime" and then they would cover it again on a Sat during a show.... so you wouldnt miss it... they didnt really focus on MotoGP but they showed highlights during the same show...

Black Magic wrote:

Benno wrote:Until Kawasaki come out and say "It's over" then I'll just sit here and expect them to be racing next year.

Lol! I can just see you standing there Ben stomping your feet and cracking a tanty!

Nothing like good old 'denial' to stop it happening huh!

I'll be standing next to you my friend !!!!

Stereo wrote:I in NZ you could watch WSBK "realtime"...

Foxtel is your friend

Wonder why this story exists then...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72307

I mean why would the boss tell them they need to do better next year if there isnt one...

"Wednesday, December 3rd 2008, 13:32 GMT: The factory Kawasaki team must deliver much improved results in MotoGP next season, according to racing director Ichiro Yoda."

Stereo wrote:Wonder why this story exists then...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72307

I mean why would the boss tell them they need to do better next year if there isnt one...

"Wednesday, December 3rd 2008, 13:32 GMT: The factory Kawasaki team must deliver much improved results in MotoGP next season, according to racing director Ichiro Yoda."

Look at the date! Damn near a month ago!

alright i have the balls to say it, they are shit and the more i think about it im happy, as i dont have to be a loser anymore !

Top ten is not a win and it never was ok, lets face it !!