Mark

To the best of my knowledge we have one Kawasaki zx10r racing with the MMSA and You guys have I think 3 zx10r's racing with you, would that be right? I chose mine back in 2004 mainly because it was different from the other motors and it did report pretty good numbers. I don't know why other people chose them, perhaps because the wiring was so simple, maybe because they liked motors that belched oil instead of fire or maybe because they had always ran Kawasaki's and did not feel like changing . Heck I don't know why other people do what they do. You have a few guy's a thousand plus miles away from you that are developing different and new engines for the sport. That is not a bad thing. Had somebody not set an old motorcycle motor in a junk midget frame years ago we would all be watching the races from the grandstands.

Why didn't racing groups not try to ban the zx10r 10 years ago when it showed a 20+ horsepower advantage on the other bike motors? I would like to think that the reason was that they did not read as many magazines as us enlightened ones did and we snuck in. If these high powered motors for their time were so hot why do you see so many other motors racing and not Kawasaki's?

To the casual reader one might think that you are trying to protect your advantage from the newer and better developed motors. That is your perogative to do so. However there is one thing you should keep in mind. If you are racing to win that old Kawasaki is going meet it just rewards someday just as all racing motor do. So when it does are you going to go out and buy a low mile 08 motor again, but this time 12,000 to 15,000 is going to be what they call low miles.

We already have some groups that cling to old and outdated motors and because of that reason their motors and parts for them just keep getting more expensive every day. I am all for stock motors but if we want to keep racing motorcycle powered race cars the cars may have to adapt to work with these new motors. When you start penalizing people who want to develop new engines, maybe just because they like a challenge. Like I keep on saying,

"You are cutting off your nose to spite your face".

Honest Dad himself