They're faster.

Dec 11, 2005, 08:58AM. By Bikeland Staff

Kawasaki Takes Vancouver Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP with ease. "Bubba" throws his autographed jersey to the crowd above.

Kawasaki's James "Bubba" Stewart walked away unchallenged and victorious with a first place finish in Vancouver's BC Place Stadium for the 2nd stop in the 17-round Amp'd Mobile World Supercross GP. After a poor start, Suzuki's Ricky Carmichael could only watch as Stewart, aboard the new Kawasaki KX450F pulled away from the Suzuki rider and disappeared into the pack, lapping almost all of the competition in the process. As Stewart's assault on the slower riders continued, Carmichael sat an easy 1/2 lap behind the race leader, unable to catch the faster Kawasaki machine. Carmichael managed to reduce Stewart's 12 second lead to 7.4 seconds by the end of the 20 lap race, but obviously it was not enough. Yamaha's Chad Reed followed in third.

Bikeland.org visited with Kawasaki's racing team, and had an exclusive tour of their facilities. The mood was calm and focused as designers and engineers from KMC Irvine and KHI Japan compared notes.

Kawasaki's John Ewert stressed that the lessons from the development of Stewart's KX450F are passed on to the consumer, and that the machines ridden in the series share much of their componentry with the stock KX450F's available from local dealers.



The Amp'd Mobile World Supercross Series' next stop is in Anaheim, California January 7, 2006. For more information visit http://supercross.cc.com.




Source & Photos: Bikeland.org