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ride. But Benner responded, posting a 10.672 for
the win. Koester leads the series points with 136;
Sallstrom is second with 126.
The only E.T.s in Pro Sport were set by the first
two riders - Bleau and Nick Drummer, just a 10thsecond apart and those held up for the duration.
Bleau leads the series standings with 132 points,
followed by Devin Sweitzer at 115.
Jeff Whitehead
FIRST LOOK: 2014
KAWASAKI NINJA
1000 ABS
K
awasaki unveiled an updated
2014 Kawasaki Ninja 1000
ABS to its dealers and members
of the motorcycling media on
Friday at the San Diego Convention Center, the pseudo sporttouring bike getting traction
control, more useable power,
better brakes and a host of other
upgrades – including some that
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were elected as riders
representatives for the
Superbike Safety Commission: Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team),
Marco Melandri (BMW
Motorrad GoldBet SBK),
Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike), Carlos Checa (Team Ducati
Alstare) and Roberto
Rolfo (ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse).
Moto With Weinert
Motocross and Super-
will make it even more of a sporttourer.
Engineers went to work on the
new Ninja 1000 ABS with a goal
of making it more useable. In this
day and age, that means traction control and the bike gets the
KTRC Traction Control System
that uses three different modes
(combined with a two-mode
cross legend Jimmy
Weinert will host his
first-ever vintage motocross race at the Jimmy
Weinert Training Facility in
Maysville, North Carolina.
The vintage classes will
race on Saturday, October 26 with select modern classes based on the
amount of vintage entries;
Sunday, October 27 will
feature the last Coastal
Carolina MX (CCMX) race
of the season.
power selector system – full
power and 70 percent power) to
give the rider options based on
the conditions he/she is riding
in. The first two modes are for
maximum acceleration like the
ZX-10R's while the third mode
is set-up for low traction conditions, similar to that found on the
Concours 14's system. The rider
can turn off the KTRC
system and the settings
also all show up on the
LCD instrument display
so there's no confusing
what level of traction control you are using.
The
Kawasaki's
1043cc inline four has
also been uprated with
revised intake cams to
boost low-to-midrange
torque. There's also added air vents and cylinder
connecting passageways
to help with the rest of
the bike's performance
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