WSBK » Kawasaki, PSG-1 part ways

I wondered if Tamada will tell Bird to flock off at some stage....

What a waste of time! Kawasaki should pull the plug on all racing as they make no effort at all, to hire Broc Parkes in my opinion would also be a retrograde move, there are plenty of other riders around who have more desire to win than Broc!

Broc is a good rider and a tryer. Foret is a former champion and Broc has put him in the shade this year. West made Broc look ordinary when he filled in for Curtain last year though, West should have that seat ahead of Parkes then Kawasaki would have two vastly experienced former Kwak GP pilots to guide development.

IMO the ZX10R is a better bike than its been made to look by PSG 1. Beating the Yamahas and Hondas in AMA not solely down to the rider or Hacking would be a GP world champ by now!

Broc Parkes has had good bikes for a number of year's now, I am not saying he is not a good rider but he seems to lack that killer instinct that makes a good rider great, damo you said it all when you said West made him look ordinary! West would be a fool to have anything to do with Kawasaki after his experiences in moto gp this year! I am not saying the ZX10 is a bad bike but if you look at what Kawasaki have achieved in all forms of road racing over the last 4 years you could not help but question how much comitment they have, as a company (Kawasaki heavy industries) they are not lacking money just the will and passion to win!

Has anyone thought about the chance of Chas Davies coming to Paul Bird. He HAS done well in the States and on Kawasaki !

An after thought Ryan Farquar is EXCELENT on the ZX10 over in Ireland

Parkes and Tamada is a done deal. The was another rumour that Birdy was getting the Gil SS600 Kawas as well. I havent heard if Fujiwara is on a 2 year deal and thereis a vacant seat as Chris Martin was only guesting on the other bike.
However things seem to have settled down a bit in the USA so Davies may as well stick it out over there....

If you look again at the riders this year, that is also a large part of why Kwac never do anything, does anybody seriously think Broc or MT will be top 6-10 on a regular basis?, you need more than a good bike in WSBK you need top riders too... Kwack are moving back in the right direction in MOtogp, MM will surprise next year, but they might as well write WSBK off with those two, not saying they're bad but they're not top 6... Come on Kawasaki....!!!

Get Rob Muzzy on the case!

mike hunt, a new team made up of Fujiwara and Lascorz will run Kawasaki in the Supersports next year. Not sure if it means PBM won't expand to run Kwak's in WSS too, but the factory team will be called Provec Motocard.com and take over from Gil.