The Kawasaki name has, over the decades, been inextricably linked to a handful of riders. Dave Simmonds, who brought the marque its first world championship title in 1969 on a Kawasaki 125, and its first race win in the 500cc class at Jarama two years later, Mick Grant who brought Kawasaki their only 500cc win […]
Smaller, stronger, lighter, better! The 2016 Kawasaki KX450F is here! Kawasaki’s motocross bikes are renowned as being the closest things privateers can buy to full-blown works racebikes, and the all-new 2016 premier-class KX450F is the best so far. When the previous-generation model was launched in 2012, its revolutionary launch-control system, plug-and-play digital fuel injection and […]
After finishing fourth in the first WorldSBK race at Jerez de la Frontera in Spain Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) became the FIM Superbike World Champion for the first time in his career. Born in Northern Ireland in 1987, Jonathan only joined the Kawasaki Racing Team for the 2015 season, after taking part in his […]
Jonathan Rea (KRT) scored two fourth place finishes at Jerez today to take the FIM Superbike World Championship crown. After the second 20-lap race of the day Kawasaki was confirmed as Manufacturers’ Champion. Tom Sykes (KRT) won the first race of the day and finished fifth in race two. Jonathan Rea realised he only needed […]
Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) recorded his fifth FIM Supersport World Championship race win of the year as the three-time champion extended his championship lead at Jerez in Spain with a start-to-finish victory. After positive machine development work in the summer break from his team, and hard physical preparation from the rider himself, Sofuoglu was […]
Gregory Leblanc, Matthieu Lagrive and Fabien Foret took a fantastic Bol d’Or 24 Hour victory. The Team Kawasaki SRC was rewarded with a fourth consecutive Bol d’Or victory, as the race came back this year to the Paul Ricard racetrack at the Castellet. The Team Kawasaki SRC and one of its riders, Gregory Leblanc, took […]
Thomas Covington clinched a dramatic victory for the Monster Energy Kawasaki MX2 Racing Team in the penultimate round of the FIM World MX2 Motocross Championship at Leon in Mexico. The US teenager already showed impressive form during qualification as he charged to third place and he maintained his speed through varying conditions all weekend. The […]
