Sunday Afternoon Moto News - Kawasaki Announces Off-Road Team

Kawasaki has announced their 2010 US off-road motorcycle race team. Chad Reed and Ryan Villopoto will be riding the Kawasaki KX450F and in the 250c.c. Lites Class, they will run five riders total. Jake Weimer and Josh Hansen will ride in the Western series and Christophe Pourcel, Tyla Rattray, and Dean Wilson will tackle the East series championship. In the more hard core side of off-road racing, they will field Destry Abbott, Ricky Dietrich, and Justin Soule. This is just about all of the Kawasaki US contingent as they will not have a factory road race team due to the DMG / AMA Pro Racing issues we already know...

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Destry Abbott's Thoughts on Kawasaki's SCORE Baja 1000 Race

Kawasaki entered the SCORE Baja 1000 this year as a factory effort for the first time in recent years - they have been gone from the race for over 11 years until now. Abbott and the other riders, Robby Bell, Steve Hengeveld, Ryan Penhall and Conner Penhall, turned in a very respectable race at the annual desert race in Baja California. They only lost to Honda's team by three tiny little minutes - that's just 180 seconds. Next year, watch out Honda!

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2009 Portugal International Six Days Enduro Reports and Results

The 2009 Portugal ISDE has been flying under my radar for too long now. So, here is a link to a full update - Days 1 -3, rider stories, and more. It is going OK for team USA - currently sixth for the men's team and fourth for the women's team - but France is doing very well and is in the lead at the halfway point. Please have a read and get up-to-date on the happenings in the beautiful nation of Portugal. I know I will!

http://tinyurl.com/ylhyyp6