Joan Lascorz and Katsuaki Fujiwara were both on target for a superb double podium finish at Phillip Island, but only Joan was to take home some silverware, finishing second overall.

Chris Vermeulen ended up only 1.220 seconds from the fastest rider after an official two-day test at Phillip Island, the last shakedowns before the 2010 season starts for real next weekend. Tom Sykes was just a little behind his team-mate in testing, setting a 1’33.202 second lap compared to Vermeulen’s 1’32.870, as both riders made valuable set-up improvements in readiness for the Phillip Island SBK races.

The highly competitive nature of World Superbike in 2010 was demonstrated by the fact that Chris was only 1.220 seconds from the lead, yet was ranked 16th, with Sykes 18th.

Joan Lascorz posted a 1’34.374 lap in official testing at Phillip Island and in doing so became the fastest rider over two busy days of track action.  Only a strong and changeable wind in the afternoon session prevented Lascorz from going even faster, but even so he was only a sliver away from the outright best Supersport lap of 1’34.320.

Kawasaki Motors UK has just launched a major presence in the social networking arena with sites on both Facebook and Twitter.

SIX months, a hundred and fifty entries, and five winners, each taking home a R1000 Kawasaki voucher. The 2009 Kawasaki Photographic Competition that kicked off in July last year attracted loads of interest, with each monthly winner earning a R1000 Kawasaki voucher and a chance in the finals. Howard Stafford claimed the first month’s prize, followed by Steve Wicks who did so in August and then repeated his success in September. The next three winners were Wayne Matthews, Francois Steyn and Carl Verster, with Francois also taking overall honours (and a new Arai Tour-X helmet) for his mood photo captured on the Verneukpan. 

Renowned stunt rider and multiple world record holder, Craig Jones, has announced that he is to switch to Kawasaki machinery for his displays and motorcycle control skills academy for 2010.
 

Chris Vermeulen and Tom Sykes had a chance to ride their Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R machines alongside many of their rivals during the first official tests of 2010, at Portimao, between 22 and 24 January.

Joan Lascorz ended up second in the rankings after three days of testing at Portimao in Portugal,with the weather playing its part in disrupting some of his plans.

New Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team rider Tom Sykes starts his second full time SBK season full of enthusiasm and a commitment to make another positive step in his career.

Jake Weimer stood on the top step of the podium for the second consecutive year as he dominated the lites class at the season opener for Kawasaki.