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Cycle News Issue 41 October 16

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JEREMY TOYE NINJA400R.COM KAWASAKI NINJA 400 RACER TEST P106 The company Toye speaks of is designed purely on getting more bums on racing seats across America by essentially becoming a one-stop race shop for Kawasaki's Ninja 400. He's only had the business up and running for under a year, but in that time he's al- ready seen club and national racing success with his main protagonist, Ashton Yates, finishing fourth in the 2018 MotoAmerica Junior Cup with race wins at Laguna Seca (the round Jeremy started working with Ashton) and Sonoma. Toye specializes in three different versions of the Nin- ja 400—a base track-day ma- chine for $8895 that will be good for any punter to get out there and circulate the racetrack, an Expert Club spec (the one we raced at Sonoma) for $11,520, and the MotoAmerica/FIM Cup spec Ninja 400 that Yates rode in the final half of the 2018 season for $12,779. "Entry-level one is the ab- solute basic for what it takes to get on the track safely and get around, which is very few parts," Toye says. "The Ex- pert Club level has the least restrictions because of the rules specific to each club. The weight is the lightest out of the three bikes and it will make the most horsepower out of the three bikes to fit the rule package. The cockpit of the Expert Club-spec Ninja400r.com racer. Time to go into battle with some kids! Toye prefers to use GP Suspension for the Expert Club kit, although you can opt for Ohlins or K-Tech if you want.

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