Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

With no Ducati Team Haga is looking for a ride and the rumour is he has contacted Kawasaki after seeing the new zx10r..

oh i wish it was to be true

I thought Haga was talking about retiring? He doesn't seem like he really wants to be there this year. I don't think Kawasaki need him.

ditto aardy, we need some properly talented youngsters on the bike, with a couple of good older guys to help em out...i think haga is too old personally...

someone like leon haslam would be good

I dunno, Haga can and does ride bloody hard when he has things working to his liking. He has been a consistent front runner in WSBK until his recent departure to Ducati. This gives me the impression that he perhaps never got on with the Ducati. That I can understand!! But, if he did go to Kawasaki, it would be great for Kawasaki. Haga can develop and set up a bike well. In addition he can still be a consistent front runner if the bike is competitive. I think one bad run on a Ducati, should not be indicative of a loss of ability.

I'd love to see Nori on a Kawasaki for Kawasakis sake, but not for Nori's sake, as it then suggests he is over it all, as that is the calibre of rider they attract!!!!

It would be great to see Nitro on a 10R ! I reckon he would be great for 1 or 2 years....but not much longer than that.

Im sorry nitro fans, but nori has never been the same since spies beat him, im afraid hes a dead duck !!

I think the Ducati's the dead Duck. Haga would be awesome on the 10R, he hasn't had many bad years, and would be great be for promo purposes as well

If the ducati is the problem, I hope I'm wrong but given recent history the zx10 is also gonna be the problem... I hope I'm wrong tho

any word on sykes & vermuelen for next yr? I think Tom has done a great job hauling the kwak nearer to the front than it had been used to

As far as Vermuelen is concerned he has another year to go on his contract. I think Tommy Sykes did himself a big favour by putting the ZX10 on the front row last night as well as two good results before he blagged his tyres.
I am a big fan of Nori chan but I don't think he is the man that Kawasaki need to win a WSBK championship, the commentators were talking up his prospects of riding for Aprilia last night.

Yep, looks like its Vermuelen and Lascorz and the possibility of Sykes on the superbike, and I reckon Parkes did enough in the last couple of races to get the supersport ride next year. I'd say Fujiwara will be out and a replacement sort..