Eckl & Kawasaki go their own way

Rossi · Post by **Rossi** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:55 am

Kawasaki has taken its entire MotoGP racing operation in-house after splitting with long-time team manager Harald Eckl.
Eckl has run Kawasaki’s MotoGP programme, and before that the firm’s WSB effort, from his workshops in Germany since the late 90s.
The firm has yet to establish its own racing base, but it too is likely to be based in Europe.
The change will have no effect on the riders signed for 2007, Frenchmen Oliver Jacque and Randy De Puniet.

Nanna10r · Post by **Nanna10r** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:32 am

WOW good find Rossi any idea who'll be at the wheel now ?.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:22 pm

Pontikat wrote:WOW good find Rossi any idea who'll be at the wheel now ?.

cant be any worse..

i kno sum of u guys have HUGE respect for Harry...but lets face it..he hasnt done much good yet...no success in SBK..no success in GP...lets hope the new boss achieves more....

red_dave · Post by **red_dave** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:57 pm

Lets hope the factory can do a bit better than the last few years...

mfzx6r · Post by **mfzx6r** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 2:25 pm

That explains tis email

Dear Kawasaki MotoGP Club Member,

We will be closing our online shop at the end of this year, so we are having a massive stock clearance sale.

All items in the e-shop are now half price, and will remain so while stocks last.

You can grab a bargain in our e-shop by clicking here.

Thank you

The Kawasaki Racing Team

Nanna10r · Post by **Nanna10r** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:32 pm

Mario I'll go ya Halvies in Nakkers 990cc Motogp bike.
Should be in good Nick, He never rode it THAT hard anyway

You can keep it at Your place i'll fly down for the PI trackdays, No Frog ya cant borrow it

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:48 pm

hmm, get some good bargains there - I think this is the place where they had some lime-green kwaka shoes !!

you wouldn't get lost in a crowd wearing them.....

Barrabob · Post by **Barrabob** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:55 pm

Would have thought that was good news considering the results from the last few years, the kawasaki facory should have good resourses and didnt they buy their own track a while back all they would need is a good testrider a couple of good engineers and a blankish check and i am sure thats what mister honda supplies.

Maybe a couple of motivated riders that want to win rather than come in the top 10 too.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:28 pm

Gosling1 wrote: hmm, get some good bargains there - I think this is the place where they had some lime-green kwaka shoes !! you wouldn't get lost in a crowd wearing them.....

umm do u walk around with ur feet at head height??

or are u just that drunk that ur crawling along the ground looking at shoes???

hey Ponti- DONT buy De Pu's bike- its bound to be too much work to repair...

Zoidberg · Post by **Zoidberg** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:58 pm

I think opinions of Eckl may be a little harsh given that his results with Kawasaki have basically followed the rubbish results they have 'enjoyed' the world over in road racing except in AMA supersport. Incidentally, someone mentioned to me that the other Jap manufacturers consider Kwaks racing dept a bit of a joke because it is so small. Did you know that their racing dept is the same dept that designs their production sportsbikes?

Barrabob · Post by **Barrabob** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:20 pm

Well that was my point....surely they have someone there that designs frames and someone else that makes motors and all the suspension stuff is ohlins and the tyres are bridgestone.

Wouldnt think it would be that hard to make a dozen frames or so (go hard randy) getting the very best of of 800cc might be a bit harder and they can write it off against there road bike budget.

Cant say bad things about eccle but if he has been there a long time and results arent happening and suzuki is going past them real quick management has to step in.

Zoidberg · Post by **Zoidberg** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:40 pm

Barrabob wrote:Well that was my point....surely they have someone there that designs frames...

For a moment, I thought that said flames!

mfzx6r · Post by **mfzx6r** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:34 am

Pontikat wrote:Mario I'll go ya Halvies in Nakkers 990cc Motogp bike.
Should be in good Nick, He never rode it THAT hard anyway

You can keep it at Your place i'll fly down for the PI trackdays, No Frog ya cant borrow it

No problem Ponti and I know a great dirt road we can ride it on

Nanna10r · Post by **Nanna10r** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:53 am

mfzx6r wrote:
Pontikat wrote:Mario I'll go ya Halvies in Nakkers 990cc Motogp bike.
Should be in good Nick, He never rode it THAT hard anyway

You can keep it at Your place i'll fly down for the PI trackdays, No Frog ya cant borrow it
No problem Ponti and I know a great dirt road we can ride it on

We could Sign Scotty as our "WHITE DOGS TESTES ROAD DEVELOPMENT RIDER"

I reckon "Flamin' EccccccccKEL" has done a brilliant Job, I think this could be the beginning of the end

for the Big K's motogp effort.

mfzx6r · Post by **mfzx6r** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:00 am

Pontikat wrote:
mfzx6r wrote:
Pontikat wrote:Mario I'll go ya Halvies in Nakkers 990cc Motogp bike.
Should be in good Nick, He never rode it THAT hard anyway

You can keep it at Your place i'll fly down for the PI trackdays, No Frog ya cant borrow it
No problem Ponti and I know a great dirt road we can ride it on

We could Sign Scotty as our "WHITE DOGS TESTES ROAD DEVELOPMENT RIDER"

I reckon "Flamin' EccccccccKEL" has done a brilliant Job, I think this could be the beginning of the end for the Big K's motogp effort.

You could be right or its a sign that they're getting more serious in their efforts to win races.