(Above left) Jeff
Matlasevlch's Kawasaki
SR2S0, the first " real"
works bike Chicken has
ever raced. Though the
bike doesn't look
radically different from
a produc:tlon KX, It Is.
(Above right) Works
Kayaba upside-down
forks grace the front of
Matlasevich's machine.
Last year, the factory
Kawasakls used
conventional forks, bu1
they have been
abandoned for '95.
(Above) Like the U.S.
Suzuki team
supercross machines,
TIchenor's bike boasts
Showa's massive
Sl mm conventional
forks.
(Right) The RH2SO has
a piston reed-valved
engine with an all-new
power valve and a lowboy exhaust pipe.
(Above) The SR2S0 engine is completely differenL The SR
r&portedly has two different Ignition liming settings· one for
low end , one for top end - which are controlled by a
handlebar-mounted toggle switch.
(Above) Ron TIchenor's
Suzuki RH2S0 is
reportedly a preproduction '96 RM. This
indeed appears to be the
case, as many of the parts
on the machine are cast,
The plastic body parts and
front fork lowers are
amongst the cast pieces
that are ready for mass
production.
(Above) Perhaps the trlckest
works bike In the pits is Tatsuyukl
Motokl's Honda RC2S0. Though
the perimeter-frame des ign is
used in mass production by
Kawasaki, Honda execs indicated
that the design will not find Its
way Into the CR production line. ' .
(Far left) Conventional Kayaba
forks are affixed to the front of the
RC2S0. Check out the trick
carbon-fiber guards.
(Left) The Kelhln PJ carburetor
has a pumping device on Its float
chamber, perhaps similar to the
power-jet systems being used by
the American Honda supercross
team.
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