Out there putting in the ground work under them blue skies! Positive day and step by step getting the feeling! #vamos
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Out there putting in the ground work under them blue skies! Positive day and step by step getting the feeling! #vamos
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Finally getting round to a little anniversary date night in good old San Francisco with wifey. #mylove
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Weekends like Donington do not come along very often but I enjoyed it and now we are going to Laguna, which is another great track with great support. I cannot wait, and the people love Superbike there. It is a very iconic track, with The Corkscrew and Turn One as well. I had a really good weekend there last year and I enjoyed it. You get to ride your motorbike in the sun, so it is pretty cool. It is very important to stay healthy and arrive there in good shape because there is a long summer break after. We have to make it count. http://jonathan-rea.com/news/laguna’s-hillsides-await-rea-and-kawasaki-racing-team
Fresh from his sensational first career triple race win at Donington Park last weekend, Jonathan Rea heads immediately to Laguna Seca in
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The Monday blues haven’t set in yet. This video explains why! What a weekend WorldSBK #GBRWorldSBK #worldsbk
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Happy anniversary Tarshy and for 7 years of incredible memories and adventures together. So much love for this one!
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Trying to string it out early doors! Thanks for all the support out there especially to all the travelling fans from Northern Ireland! Seen all the flags in every corner. Really amazing and it really means the world to me! we did it 1-1-1 📸 @geebeeimages
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This morning in the sprint race with Tom Sykes, who is one of the best riders in this circuit, I was able to analyze where he was strong and make my move. Unfortunately the race was red flagged before the end. But to win the second race this afternoon was really special – the best of the weekend. Another nice fight with Toprak, who was really strong in some areas of the track and I was able to be strong in others. A positive weekend and I am looking forward now to the next few races, because I feel like there are some good tracks coming for us now. I seriously did not expect these kind of results this weekend.
Jonathan Rea completed a near perfect WorldSBK race weekend at his home round in Donington Park by winning both of today’s races, adding
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#GBRWorldSBK🇬🇧 🏁Donnington Park
🗓Sunday 7th July 📋 Race 2
⌚ 14.00 local time 📺 Live Eurosport UK 2
🌤 18*C
🏍 23 laps
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Kawasaki has applied for a patent for a hybrid motorcycle which is like a two-wheeled version of the hybrid Toyota Prius and Chevrolet Volt.
The Kawasaki patent application was originally filed with Japan’s patent office in December 2017 and again a year later in the US Patent Office.
Details have only now come to light that describe a motorcycle equipped with an electric motor and internal combustion engine.
The Japanese manufacturer is not alone with plans for hybrid technology as a step toward a full-electric future.
Honda has a hybrid PCX 125cc scooter that gets an electric boost from the ACG starter motor powered by a new 48V high-output lithium ion battery.
Other hybrid examples are the TVS Zeppelin hybrid concept and the American Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency’s stealth off-road motorcycle powered by a petrol engine and an electric motor.
Kawasaki’s hybrid system is a mixture of the Toyota and Chevrolet car hybrid systems.
The Toyota Prius uses the electric motor and internal combustion engine to drive the wheels together and separately.
Chevy’s Volt electric motor provides all the driving power while the gas engine simply acts as a range extender by charging the battery.
The Kawasaki hybrid system works both ways.
While cars can accommodate an engine and motors, it is more difficult in motorcycles because they are much smaller.
Kawasaki’s patent shows a compact single unit that houses the AC electric motor, combustion as well as the transmission.
The battery is above the engine like the fuel tank on a conventional motorcycle, while the tank can be mounted on the side of the seat or outside the frame beside the battery.
In both cases it sits on the left side of the motorcycle and is balanced by a coolant tank on the right side.
Source: MotorbikeWriter.com