If ugly wins races those KTMs and Buells should both be unbeatable!!! All I can say is nobody can match the Italians when it comes to form and function. The 916 is still good looking and everyone has been playing catch up for the last 17 years.
:lol: Come on Monte the KTM is not that bad! This is an awesome looking bike! I will freely admit the Italians can bend the metal! This is one of the most beautiful bikes I have ever seen, I want on of these too!
Saying the KTM "doesn't look all that bad" is like saying "the Titanic had a small water seepage problem". It's ugly, styled with a T-Square. However with that said, I really liked the early models when I rode them and they have only gotten better.
About sums it up. I did just have a chance to ride a new one, Thanks Joe Lee, for the seven laps I rode it the thing that sticks in my head the most is the slipper, butter. Ok, back to the Buell.
"Rumor is another AMA Superbike team may have an EBR 1190RS for the New Jersey event...stay tuned...maybe we find out on the Craftsman show????" - EBR Fan Facebook page Craftsman show streams at 7p tonight. I'll be watching... :lol: http://livestream.com/craftsmanexperience UPDATE: "This just in - Taylor Knapp will be riding an EBR 1190 in AMA Pro Road Racing's American SuperBike class this weekend at NJMP! This comes in addition to his usual work with Vesrah Suzuki in Daytona SportBike. It's going to be a busy weekend for everyone at Team RidersDiscount.com!" - Riders Discount FB page
Just read this article from Road Racing world about Taylor riding the 1190rs. http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=45869
Woo Hoo Congratulation to EBR, Geoff May finished 6th and Taylor Knapp 7th in race 2 at New Jersey. Can't wait for next year!
[/quote] Yep... give me one big enough to put your head in and suffocate your Spam Ass...[/quote] Rofl
You can see bike #1 at Barber Motorsports Park museum. Mr Barber purchased the first 1190rs. Here is a link to Crotch Rocket TV where Rob Weaver gets a tour of the EBR factory and assemble of the 1190 and where he takes delivery of his own 1190rs which Shawn Higbee will be racing next year. http://crotchrocket.tv/Episodes.html
Shawn Higbee, and Michael Barnes had a great debut weekend on the 1190rs, Shawn finished first in F-1 at Willow Springs. Barnes also placed first in ASRA Superstock at Daytona. Looks like some privateers are getting on the EBR band wagon!
From: EBRacing Press release from our friends at pegasusraceteam.com: Harald Kitsch wins two European championships on the EBR 1190 After winning the Sound of Thunder V-Twin Championship in 2010 with the first EBR 1190, the Pegasusraceteam.com team started this year in the 2011 European Superbike open raceclass, which is an unlimited competition for literbikes and upwards. ... "Beside this European Superbike class, we also were competing to win the 2011 B.E.A.R.S Championship. So it was a hard year, and the competition with the Japanese inline 4´s, the BMW S 1000 RR´s, Aprilia RSV 4´s and Ducati 1198R´s was really tough. But the EBR was once again a benchmark for everyone this year. I really need to thank everybody, from the factory to the team, who put that package together." said rider Harald Kitsch, who claimed the championship with a final victory at the German Biketoberfest at the Oschersleben racetrack, and the fastest laptime of all at the event. Crewchief Jens Krüper adds: "It is not easy to compete against the inline fours with a V-Twin, especially when the competitors are armed with loads of electronics. But the EBR 1190 has an incredible chassis and brakes, and most of all, absolutely outstanding mechanical traction. That's the grip level our competitors try to generate with their gadgets. But traction control always means electronically closing the throttle, which most racers do not prefer if they can control themselves. The multiple wins with the EBR 1190RS show that if you have the right chassis, you don't need that. My thanks to Harald, Thomas, the entire Team and everybody who helped to make it happen to bring home these two 2011 titles." "We also had the honor at the event to present the new EBR 1190RS street bike for the press, using my own personal bike. It was amazing to hear their 100% positive comments after the ride. They were absolutely impressed, and the bike drew a lot of attention in the paddock from the race fans. Our team has had two years of great success on the track with EBR 1190 motorcycles. We have learned a lot and have won many races with Harald. Our growth as a team was shown this year with winning also the SBK open title against every brand of superbike this year. I am really happy, now we must look forward how it goes on with EBR and the sales of the 1190RS in Europe. I got to ride my new RS at Oschersleben, and it´s a real Superbike, extremely powerful and an unique piece of engineering and craftsmanship", said Pegasusraceteam owner Thomas Wanner. "Harald had a chance to ride both my street 1190RS and his race 1190 back to back and he could hardly believe how fast the street bike was and how close in every way to his multiple championship 1190."
Geoff May breaks lap record on EBR 1190rs en route to three ccs Florida race wins at Homestead speedway. http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=46811
HOT DAMN!!! Danny Eslick will ride the 1190rs for EBR racing. WOW Danny and Geoff, going to see some podiums for sure this year woo hoo!!! http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=47020