The much-anticipated 2021 WorldSBK season finale got underway at the all-new Mandalika in Indonesia on Friday 19 November, with KRT riders Jonathan Rea second and Alex Lowes seventh fastest after the opening two Free Practice sessions. The impressive layout of the all-new 4.3km circuit, close to the shore on the Island of Lombok, made an […]
The 2021 South African Cross Country Motorcycle Championship may have been Kawasaki’s comeback year, but few would have imagined that the green machines would dominate as they did as the season progressed. It started quietly and without much expectation earlier in the year, but come championship time, not only is Kawasaki hero Mike Pentecost the […]
Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) scored third and second places on the final day of race action at the Circuito San Juan Villicum which means that the final round in November will be the championship decider. Alex Lowes (KRT) was ninth in the Superpole Race and but opted to let his injured hand recover and […]
Kawasaki will start a Retrovolution in 2022 with the introduction of the new Z650RS. Augmenting its already hugely popular retro sport line, the Z650RS will open the mid-capacity class to a wide range of riders. Recognised as being at the forefront of the rapidly expanding retro sport scene, Kawasaki has the unique advantage of close […]
Six-time consecutive World Superbike Champion, Jonathan Rea, has achieved another of his personal goals by passing his UK motorcycle test. Winner of the world championship at his first attempt on Kawasaki machinery when he joined the Kawasaki Racing Team in 2015, the 34-year-old native of Northern Ireland repeated the feat by passing his Compulsory Basic […]
KRT will make the long trip right across Spain for the tenth round of the WorldSBK Championship, to compete at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto between 24-26 September. After taking the Superpole Race win at the previous round in Barcelona Catalunya to bring his 2021 victory total up to ten, Rea is now […]
Newly returned Kawasaki won again in its fourth race since its SA National Cross Country Motorcycle Championship comeback. Mike Pentecost’s Franchise Company CIT machine led Pepson Plastics Motul man d’Artagnan Lobjoit to a KX450X open class OR1 1-2 at Delmas on Saturday on a good day all round for Kawasaki. KX250 trio Franchise Co CIT […]
Jonathan Rea (KRT) was ultimately awarded the win in the Tissot-Superpole Race at Magny Cours and took second place in Race Two. Alex Lowes (KRT) was a strong third in the Superpole Race but an unlucky faller in Race Two. Fantastic entertainment on the final lap of the Tissot-Superpole race saw Rea pass Toprak Razgatlioglu […]
