Jonathan Rea (KRT) took his 100th career World SBK race win and his 85th victory for Kawasaki with a start-to-finish leading performance in the first race of the 2021 FIM Superbike World Championship season. Alex Lowes (KRT) shadowed his team-mate Rea in the early laps and showed great fighting qualities to finish second, starting the […]
Official Kawasaki WorldSBK riders Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes enjoyed a lone day of track testing on their latest Ninja ZX-10RR machines at Motorland Aragon on Wednesday April 21, after rains returned to cancel the scheduled second day. In a private test that also featured just a few or their 2021 rivals from Yamaha, KRT’s […]
Pepson Plastics Kawasaki Motul Racing made its presence felt with a first podium at the second SA Cross Country national at Modimolle on Saturday. While results remain provisional following a scoring conundrum, D’Artagnan Lobjoit ended a stunning third in OR1 on his KX450XC, Taki Bogiages rode his KX250XC home fifth in OR3, Peter Holl was […]
Kawasaki’s official WorldSBK team will continue its on-track preparations for the new season with Alex Lowes and Jonathan Rea riding the new Ninja ZX-10RR in a two-day test alongside all their main 2021 competitors. The action will take place at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona, between March 31 and April 1, and just a few hundred […]
Pepson Plastics Kawasaki South Africa racing with Motul enjoyed a great debut in the 2021 South African Cross Country Moto Championship opener at Jolivet in KwaZulu Natal on Saturday. Open rider D’artagnan Lobjoit rode his KX450XC to a splendid fifth in the competitive OR1 class, Taki Bogiages came home seventh in an even harder fought […]
The hills of Jolivet won’t be the only verdant green highlights when that KwaZulu Natal scenery comes alive to the sounds of the 2021 South African Cross Country Moto Championship opener Saturday 27 February. That’s because it’s also a huge day for Kawasaki, when those famous green XC machines return to the national level racing […]
Kawasaki South Africa returns to the South African National Cross Country Motorcycle Championship in 2021 following a lengthy sabbatical. Pepson Plastics Kawasaki Motul Racing will enter a full nine-machine team in this year’s championship. “We are proud to confirm that Kawasaki Motorcycles South Africa is returning to the National Cross Country Motorcycle Championship from 2021 […]
Article by Bjorn Moreira / ZA Bikers When the first Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R was released in 2004, it was the highest performance motorcycle ever available to the general public. In terms of performance, the ZX-10R did everything well and set new standards in its segment. With a short wheelbase, a high power-to-weight ratio and a […]
