Kawasaki to run single bike in MotoGP

[Bob]

Kawasaki has reached an agreement with Dorna to run a single rider team in the 2009 MotoGP championship.

Marco Milandri will be the sole pilot in the series, leaving John Hopkins without a ride – through reportedly Hopkins had ruled himself out of taking a ride. Kawasaki had previously signalled their intention to pull out altogether to save costs, an action which brought the threat of legal action from organisers Dorna.

[hammerman]

real shame about Hopper... he's a great talent. He'll be back with another team I'm sure.

[pete376403]

They're going to race a KLR?? (It's the biggest single they make)

[NordieBoy]

They're going to race a KLR?? (It's the biggest single they make)

They'd need to run a big bore kit to make it competitive.
The costs start mounting.

[wbks]

fookin kawi. Why even bother with a bike even in the class? Stoner could be racing it and probably still never podium.

[Bob]

fookin kawi. Why even bother with a bike even in the class?

I think the threat of lawsuit by Dorna explains that neatly.

[Bob]

They're going to race a KLR?? (It's the biggest single they make)

Single BIKE, not single cylinder! The Devil is in the detail you know...

[Badjelly]

The Kawasaki team will be called the Hayate Racing Team

http://www.crash.net/MotoGP/comments...es_hayate.html

Presumably to reduce corporate embarrassment when they do as badly as they expect to.

[BMWST?]

fookin kawi. Why even bother with a bike even in the class? Stoner could be racing it and probably still never podium.

i wouldnt bet on that.Have you seen how fast the other ducs are?

[vifferman]

This is all repost stuff.
That there vifferman gazzumped the Bob, who seemingly spends all his time trawling the Interdweeb for bike news to post on other forums.

*chortle*

[AllanB]

I only have one bike and I'm happy

[NordieBoy]

This is all repost stuff.
That there vifferman gazzumped the Bob, who seemingly spends all his time trawling the Interdweeb for bike news to post on other forums.

*chortle*

But at least he posted it in the "News" section and not in some obsolete corner of the site.

[vifferman]

But at least he posted it in the "News" section and not in some obsolete corner of the site.

What, some obscure corner of the site like "Racing"?
I'm lazy - before starting a new thread, I looked around for something about Kawasaki's MotoGP team, and voila! (a small misspelt musical implement) - there was one already, so I tagged it on the end.
If Bob had been a day earlier, I woulda posted it in this thread instead.