Tank Slap - Motorcycle Forum

Kawasaki HAVE to do this as a race rep next year.

Is he using a booster seat next season

That's some wedge of foam.

Would love some feedback of what rea and Sykes think of the new bike

Blade wrote:Is he using a booster seat next season

That's some wedge of foam.

Saving his bum from bruising...seems a clever move to me!! Love the scheme

Perkles wrote:Would love some feedback of what rea and Sykes think of the new bike

I don't think they've had a go on the race bikes yet.

What's with the massive screen?

The riders asked for improved wind protection, that's why they've changed the front fairing

Kwacky wrote:

Perkles wrote:Would love some feedback of what rea and Sykes think of the new bike

I don't think they've had a go on the race bikes yet.

They have been testing them at Aragon this week

Ah right. No feedback yet on twitter, neither of them have mentioned it apart from a photo each of the 2016 bike.

Chaz Davies has been testing the Panigale too and that also has a big screen.

he won't win any races on one wheel

I believe the development has been led by Sykes and the changes made to areas like lightening thr crank were his request.

Expect Sykes to be close to JR in 2016.

I would love to be in Sykes position..

"This year's bike flexed too much over curbs in third gear so if you could make the chassis a little stiffer but keep it's suppleness that would be appreciated".

"I found the seat a little uncomfortable - please sort this out"

What an incredible job !!

It sounds like Kawasaki essentially let them build a road bike they could use to win races.

Lucky bastards.

Yeah pretty much. Lets not forget, we have BMW to thank for this for them bringing the S1000RR which caught the Japanese sleeping

I know for a fact the current zx10r was built to win wsb not for the road

Perkles wrote:I know for a fact the current zx10r was built to win wsb not for the road

I whole-heartedly agree with you.

All they would have done is fitted soft-damping suspension to make it comfortable for the road. It makes sense for manufactures to do this though, the less changes they have to make to a road bike to make a race bike, the more time they can spend fine tuning rather than experiementing !!

Wsbk rules now make it difficult to build a road bike that can go racing. Much easier to build a race bike you can make road legal. And if you want to win races it's the only way to go.