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Kawasaki Unveil New MX Championship for 2009
21 November 2008
Kawasaki Motors UK has announced a new one make Championship for the 2009 motocross season offering competitive racing as well as an amazing prize pool including a 2010 Kawasaki KX250F for the overall winner.
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Alpinestars 2009 Collection: S-MX Bionic Vest, Stella S-MX 5 Boot
31 October 2008
The S-MX Bionic vest features the Bionic Back Protector integrated with a chest guard and side kidney plates to offer the rider a 1pc front and back protection system for the street and race track. The vest is intended to be worn under a jacket or suit giving frontal and back impact protection during a crash.
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Teka Suzuki Men Take 'MX of Nations' Podium
29 September 2008
The 2008 Motocross of Nations held at Donington Park in Great Britain proved to be quite successful for Teka Suzuki WMX1 riders Ken De Dycker and Steve Ramon as they both finished second overall in their respective classes - MX1 and Open - on their factory RM-Z450s as they headed Team Belgium to third overall in the final team classification. ?It was also a successful day for Italian team rider Alex Salvini who scored a very creditable fourth overall in the premier MX1 division and Cody Cooper who was fifth in the Open class for New Zealand.
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Ramon Aims to Retake MX1 series Lead at Lierop
07 September 2008
Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 rider Steve Ramon will enter the 14th round of the 2008 FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship held at Lierop in the Netherlands this weekend looking to retake the MX1 championship lead at the circuit where he claimed his first MX1 world title 12 months ago.
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Pourcel Debuts 2009 KX450F in Dublin
29 August 2008
Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing’s Sébastien Pourcel has been sensational in this year’s FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship as the 23–year-old Frenchman has taken more pole positions than any other rider, won the most heats – as well as two Grand Prix overall – and currently sits sixth in the series standings on his factory KX450F-SR still with a chance of taking the title. For the remaining three rounds of the MX1 championship Kawasaki will give Sébastien an even greater edge over his competition as he’ll debut the brand new fuel-injected 2009 KX450F in competition at the Grand Prix of Ireland in Fairyhouse, Dublin on August 31. Lighter, faster and stronger than ever before the 2009 KX450F is more than machine enough to push Pourcel back in to the winner’s circle.
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Teka Suzuki Dominate Balen International
25 August 2008
It was a busy weekend of race action for the Teka Suzuki WMX1 team as they took in National championship action in both Belgium and Germany. Friday's Balen International saw a display of dominance from the factory RM-Z450 mounted riders as Ken de Dycker won two motos while his team mate Steve Ramon won the other. Unfortunately crashes suffered by both riders meant that neither rider took the overall win.
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French MX2 Championship Title for Frossard
21 August 2008
Team CLS Kawasaki won French MX2 championship when Steven Frossard won the last round in Lacapelle Marival. Involved in the MX1 class, Gregory Aranda ended the series on the podium in third position. Coming to Lacapelle Marival with a strong lead after his successive wins in Villars sous Ecot and Gaillac Toulza, Steven arrived in Lacapelle with some pressure. Second of his qualifying group he was careful at the start of the opening race, coming fourth. He passed Boissière, his last rival for the title and came second behind Tarroux, and then took the lead of the race. He was leading pretty easily when he crashed in the eighth circulation, losing the lead and coming back in action second, his classification in this race.
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Live Webcast Red Bull X Fighters Wuppertal
17 August 2008
With only two stops left in the Red Bull X Fighters tour, we can feel the tension rising. This time it is going to Wuppertal, Germany an industrial setting with nothing but hard rocks and dust to battle it out.
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ARB Tuning Kawasaki Conquers Tough Hawkstone Weekend
15 August 2008
When ARB Tuning Kawasaki arrived at Hawkstone Park for the penultimate round of the British Masters Motocross championship last weekend, it had all the makings of yet another wet race. Drizzle throughout Saturday morning and rain throughout the afternoon made it look like it could be a repeat of the so ill-fated previous outing of the same series barely a few weeks ago, in which the team watched Sunday's racing get cancelled. On Sunday, mixed weather and blustery winds before lunch turned into sunshine later in the afternoon, turning the outing into something much more pleasant.
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Knight Wins '08 FunEnduro in Mexico
15 August 2008
From the World Enduro Championship's GP of Wales to the FunEnduro in Mexico. US GNCC series points leader David Knight continued to keep himself busy during his summer break by travelling to Vale De Bravo, Mexico to compete in the seventh running of the FunEnduro International - an enduro style race with an International Six Days Enduro format, which includes both time checks and timed special tests.
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Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations Approaching
12 August 2008
The 62nd edition of the Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations is coming up as the event will take place on September 28th at Donington Park, in Great Britain. After last year´s success at the Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations in the US (Budds Creek) Red Bull decided to be present at this spectacular event again. What is more, together with Youthstream Red Bull tries to upgrade this performance in 2008 at Donington Park.
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Coppins 7th Through Tough Belgian Sand
07 August 2008
The Yamaha Monster Motocross Team endured one of their hardest and most dramatic days of the 2008 FIM MX1-GP world championship as Josh Coppins finished 7th and David Philippaerts 10th through the notoriously heavy and difficult sand of the Lommel circuit for the Grand Prix of Belgium and the eleventh round of fifteen in the current campaign. Arguably one of the toughest tests for man and machine on the GP calendar, the rough and absorbing sand in central Belgium was suitably demanding, and the racing conditions were not helped by occasional light showers. 27,000 spectators saw two action-packed MX1 motos in which constant position changes took place thanks to varying race speed across the bumps and crashes and mistakes due to fatigue and miscalculation.
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FIM MX & Supermoto to be Broadcast Live on Freecaster.tv
05 August 2008
The FIM Motocross World Championship promoter Youthstream and the online broadcaster Freecaster.tv have reached an important agreement to broadcast the series for free live and delayed on www.freecaster.tv from 2009. This new partnership will bring important benefits to the sport, courtesy of the Internet streaming free of charge, Motocross and SuperMoto will become a lot more accessible to accommodate all the current fans and to attract new audiences.
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Motocross : Grand Prix of Belgium
01 August 2008
An extremely exciting finale to the 2008 season will get underway in the five remaining Grand Prix’s, starting with the Belgian round in Lommel this weekend. David Philippaerts holds the MX1 red plate but he is closely followed by 2007 World Champion Steve Ramon and Joshua Coppins.
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Molson Kawasaki Team to Disband at Season End
01 August 2008
After spending more than 10 fruitful years deeply involved in the sport, the MXGP world’s favourite family team has regrettably decided to cease all racing activities from the end of the 2008 season. After lengthy discussions Kawasaki Motors Europe and the collective Church family – who both own and operate the Molson Kawasaki Racing Team – have mutually agreed to amicably part ways after many beneficial years spent working together.
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Impressive Comeback For Kevin Strijbos
01 August 2008
After sitting out a large portion of the season due to a serious thumb injury GPKR’s Kevin Strijbos makes a strong comeback at Nismes. As Kevin Strijbos’ GP comeback at Lommel looms, the likeable 22-year-old made a long awaited return to race action at the third round of the Belgian national United Telecom Trophy series at Nismes for the Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing team.
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Manuel Priem Podiums in Nismes
01 August 2008
Getting better and better as the season progresses Kawasaki Racing Team’s Manuel Priem takes an impressive third place on the podium at the third round of the Belgian National Championship. With a handful of serious MX1 GP contenders in attendance the third round of the United Telecom Trophy held at Nismes was always going to be an exciting race and the fans who attended the Belgian championship race weren’t disappointed by the exciting on track action.
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Anderson Back on the Podium at Foxhill
01 August 2008
Team Suzuki Swift rider, Brad Anderson, was back to podium form at the weekend as the Maxxis British Motocross Championship returned to the famous Foxhill circuit near Swindon in Wiltshire.
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Stephen Sword's Slick in Swindon
01 August 2008
Molson Kawasaki’s Stephen Sword takes a big step toward winning the 2008 British MX2 title with a double win in Foxhill. After losing a lot of points at round five in Desertmartin due to a shoulder injury a rejuvenated Stephen Sword bounced back at round six of the series to take a double win and gain valuable points on the current series leader Shaun Simpson.
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Gautier Paulin’s Pain Prolonged
01 August 2008
Just one week away from his Grand Prix comeback, Molson Kawasaki’s Gautier Paulin injures his left leg and looks set to miss the remainder of the season. Molson Kawasaki’s Gautier Paulin suffered more bad luck and a further setback to his fledgling career as he prepared to make his long awaited GP comeback after breaking his collarbone at the French GP in June. During a Molson team testing and training session at Loon Plage in Northern France the enigmatic Frenchman broke his left tibia in a high speed crash and it’s initially thought he’ll miss the rest of the 2008 GP season.
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