Thursday, 11 November 2010
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Suomy Spec 1R Extreme Andrea Dovizioso Replica Helmet
Suomy helmets have always been adorned with well rendered, beautiful graphics and the Dovizioso replica helmet is no exception. With seven podium... -
Triumph Unveils Tiger 800 and Tiger 800XC in Milan (PICS)
Triumph today held the global unveiling of its eagerly awaited Tiger 800 and Tiger 800XC adventure touring models at the internationally renowned EICMA show in Milan, Italy. -
Cspeedphotos from Laguna Seca
MotoGPBlog has been following Dan Lo of CornerSpeedPhoto, (Twitter: @cspeedphoto) for a while now. He’s a talented photographer based in the States, and we’re honoured to feature some of his shots from this year’s Laguna Seca MotoGP round. In particular, the shot of Canepa at turn 2 is awesome. Thanks Dan! Dan used the following kit [...]Hans Georg Anscheidt Alessandro Antonello Haruchika Aoki Nobuatsu Aoki
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Vermeulen continues long road to recovery
Chris Vermeulen is on schedule to take part in his first test of the 2011 Kawasaki Racing Team Ninja ZX-10R at Sepang in January, but he still faces the prospect of a few more weeks on crutches before then.Having suffered extensive knee damage in a crash at Phillip Island, and then having an operation to repair cartilage and ligament damage midseason, Vermeulen has not ridden since Brno in July, and he remains on crutches at present. He had hoped to be off them last week, but his specialist has advised him to wait a while longer, as it will help with his ultimate recovery.
Said Vermeulen, who headed to the sun in Australia last weekend to continue his path back to full fitness, “Everything is good, but I am still on crutches, which is driving me nuts! The real safe time for this kind of recovery is five months, so I have about a month left to run. The Doctors know what they are doing with it and I asked them if I would still be OK to ride the bike in January. He is confident with that. It will not be easy, but I will not do any damage by riding the bike in January. After my last bit of physio in Barcelona this week we will be going to the UK to visit the team’s workshop, then we will go and see Toni’s parents and then we head off to Australia.”
Vermeulen was a more than interested visitor at the recent Aragon tests, watching Tom Sykes and Katsuaki Fujiwara put the new machine through its paces around the Spanish circuit. “The new bike looks good on track,” said Chris, “Tom and Katsuaki have completely different riding styles but they were both going well on the bike, so that is good news all round.”
Vermeulen will be part of a three rider official Kawasaki push in 2011, with Joan Lascorz joining Sykes and Vermeulen.
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