Kawasaki must race, Says Carmelo Ezpeleta

Thanks for the link Povol.

I don't think it would spell doom like this guy describes. Actually, it smacks of sensationalism a bit. The guy says Kawasaki would dwarf Dorna in court, but yet they are in cost savings mode. Only pride would create a situation where they aimed to “crush” Dorna as he says, and Kawasaki, if they had pride, would spend that money on fielding a team. I doubt they are interested spending more money; they are trying to get out of doing that is the case. I'm sure if it came to court there would be some settlement. Also, about the damaged to relationships and other teams willing to make contracts, I doubt much would come of it. The fact is companies enter into contracts with each other all the time, and they do so for mutual benefit. Kawasaki is bound by contract and they just simply want to get out of it. Sure they may have good reason, but then again, as this guy said, they are a multibillion dollar company, so why not try to reach some compromise? It’s a give and take and both parties need to come up with a solution. I actually think what Ezy is proposing is reasonable; though its just a quick fix and desperation on his part to have a barely satisfactory field this year in hopes of buying time for a better solution next year.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jazkat @ Jan 16 2009, 10:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>yeah that bike looks awesome, they should keep front green and back end black it looks way better.

kawasaki should have put there money into a good rider eariler on with proven development skills to help improve the machine, i still think colin edwards would have been a good option as he helps develop the traction control system for tech 3 and has proven development skills.
the bike looks and sounds awesome.

They f'ed up when they let go of Shinya Nakano. And only reason why people think Colin Edwards is such a good developmental rider is because he can't race for shiit and Yamaha still has him onboard so people automatically think he's good at developing the bike, which is a matter of opinions anyways.

As far as legal fees go, there are probably millions of fans who would join a class action against dorna for ruining the sport.

I agree that it is stupid to sue a manufacturer. It is they who in reality pay many of the costs involved in the sport and enable profits for others including dorna.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Jan 17 2009, 01:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>best looking bike on the grid by far imo, but beauty is only skin deep
But ugly runs clean to the bone!