He fought the factory bikes on a satellite Yamaha and won. Simon Crafar on why CRTs are the future, the easy way to go faster on track and how he'd change Superbike racing for the better
Kawasaki's ZZR1400 isn't a motorcycle you'd associate with a lack of horsepower, however, owners of the earlier model did complain about a lack of bottom-end. Kawasaki have worked to address this issue and in doing so have created the world's most powerful production motorcycle engine.
In this lilly-livered, cotton-wool, namby-pamby world we live in, the bike racing hard-man of the last century is a dying breed. Where have all the heroes gone?