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"Great!" say.s Gary Nixon as he climbs off
his bike, the winner of the Kawasaki Superbike International at Laguna Seca. Nixon
and Cliff Carr, riding Kawasaki 750 H-2Rs,
took 1-2 money from a field of the fastest,
toughest, most competitive bikes and riders
in the world - on a challenging road circuit. Kawasaki racers dominated the event
from end tei end.
Gary Nixon is very happy, because the
Kawasaki 750 has changed his luck for the
better. The Kawasaki Superbike International was Nixon's second AMA national
win in a row (remember he won Loudon),
and he's now third in points for the '73 title.
Cliff Carr in second place is happy out of his
mind. He goes "Wheeeeee!" and sprays
champagne all over everybody. Bless his
heart.
Is Kawasaki happy? Sure. But Team Kawasaki was not there just for the ego boost.
They went to laguna Seca (and Loudon,
and anywhere else there's competition) to
find out what a bike is really made of.
See how it feels totake a hardened race bike
around the incredibly demanding Laguna
Seca road course. This is a real road, now:
bumpy, curving, twisting, with very real
hazards like the road you ride on. But here
the speeds are higher: 40 or 50 is your minimum here, top 140 on the straightaway, and
the pounding is awful. It's rocket propulsion
and white-knuckle braking. Miss a downshift and you're in the weeds like a bullet.
Twist it too tight and the guts of your motor
will come out the back of the bike. Be rough
with it and the gearbox won't live, or the
chain will go through the cases.
Not every bike can take that pounding. At
Laguna Seca, not every bike did. But Kawasaki knows for sure what works. Every
Kawasaki is a race-tested combination of
good ideas. Strong frames and forks. Engines with durability for sure. Brakes that
last.
So, Kawasaki rider, you won at Laguna
Seca, and "at Loudon, and wherever you
ride.
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You come out
aheadona
Kawasaki.
