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After an intense day of testing the Kawasaki Racing Team Suzuka 8 Hours riders ended the second block of track sessions with a combined time 2m 07.614s, which placed them second overall for the afternoon. The day consisted of 5 separate blocks of track time, split into a morning and an afternoon session. Jonathan Rea, #LeonHaslam and Toprak Razgatlıoglu each had a significant amount of track time throughout the day to work on the setup of their Suzuka 8 Hour specification Ninja ZX-10RR ahead of the weekend’s race. The team will be back at the circuit tomorrow to complete the technical inspections of the race machines and each rider’s kit before two more free practice sessions in the afternoon. #KRTSuzuka8Hours #rideology #ninjaspirit
Source: Jonathan Rea On Facebook

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Tom Cruise revives GPZ900R in Top Gun 2

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The Kawasaki GPZ900R made famous in Tom Cruise’s 1986 Top Gun has a cameo revival in the the long-awaited Top Gun sequel.

This official trailer for Top Gun: Maverick shows Tom’s character Maverick pulling an old tarp off a dusty old GPZ900R.

However, when he reprises the famous scene where he races a jet, he’s now riding Kawasaki’s supercharged H2R Carbon.

Work on Top Gun: Maverick started in 2010 with Tom joined by his original Top Gun co-star Val Kilmer.

The release of the official trailer indicates the movie will hit our screens soon, although it says “2020”.

Bike fan

The motorcycle fan recently rode a BMW R  nineT Scrambler in the Mission Impossible: Fallout movie and is known to request a motorcycle scene in most of his movies.

Tom began riding at the age of 10 and owns several motorcycles including a Vyrus 987 C3 4V worth more than $100,000.

His first movie role with a motorcycle was Top Gun where he rode the Kawasaki Ninja GPZ900R.

Tom and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun
Tom, GPZ900R and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun

Since then he has ridden in many movies including Oblivion, Knight and Day, and Edge of Tomorrow.

Kawasaki power

But the GPZ900R is a long way from the H2R he rides in Top Gun 2.

The GPZ900R was made from 1984 to 1996 and had a 908cc transverse four-cylinder engine capable of 86kW of power and 85Nm of torque for a top speed of 254km/h top speed.

By comparison, the street-legal Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon (about $A44,000 sprint away) has 147.2kW (200ps/197hp) of power at 11,000rpm and 133.5Nm of torque at 10,5000rpm, but the supercharger boosts that to 154.5kW (210ps/207hp) and 140.4Nm.

However, Tom is riding the powerful track-only Ninja H2R which has 228kW (310ps/305hp) at 14,000rpm and 165Nm of torque at 12,500rpm. With maximum ram air, power literally blows out to 240kW (326ps/321hp).

Top speed on the H2R is 400km/h which was claimed by four-time World Supersport champion Kenan Sofuoglu on the closed Osman Gazi suspension bridge, about 50km southeast of Istanbul in July 2016.

From the Top Gun: Maverick video it doesn’t look like Tom reaches anything near Kenan’s speed, but don’t discount some computer generate images to make him look a whole lot faster!

Source: MotorbikeWriter.com

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I’ve loved having @tatiarea all to myself for a few days, and enjoy finishing hot cups of coffee,…

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I’ve loved having @tatiarea all to myself for a few days, and enjoy finishing hot cups of coffee, leisurely dinners with adult conversation and getting out for a few drinks last night. But, I’m so ready to embrace these two little bundles of fun again and get back to the normal crazy chaos and I wouldn’t have it any other way! Just a 10hr flight standing in the way!


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Rea Extends Championship Lead With Win And Second

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I would never have believed you if you told me I would come here and set a new lap record, win two races and take the overall, so it has been a great weekend. We made a very small change to the bike between the Superpole race and Race Two. My feeling was completely different, which we did not expect. There was a lot of front movement, whereas all weekend before that we had been strong with the front. I had a few small warnings, just enough for me to roll it back a bit, think about finishing and we got it done. I am just super-satisfied with this weekend and I did the best I could in race two. I am looking forward to the summer break now.


Jonathan Rea took victory in today’s 10-lap Tissot-Superpole race at Laguna Seca and followed it up with a second place in the afternoon’
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