I bet this new bike has a ton of snort!!!!  Too bad we won't get to ride it in the USA because of lame emissions laws.

THIS is Kawasaki's new Ninja 150RR and yes, it's a two stroke.

Set to be officially launched next month, it's aimed at the Asian market, and is an update on an existing model that's already sold in that part of the world.

Just as the Ninja 250R is based on the age-old GPZ250, the latest mini-Ninja is pretty ancient under the skin, but its powervalve (KIPS – remember that from the old KR-1S days?) two-stroke puts out 30bhp from just 148cc.

The steel frame is also carried over from the previous model, but that bike's ZX-7R-inspired styling has been replaced with something more in keeping with Kawasaki's current line-up.

Obviously, the Ninja 150RR isn't ever going to be sold in Europe, or any country where there are strict emissions limits.

Lottsa fun here for stunters!

Make sure you watch until the very end....
 

Apparently the rider is just fine, not a single broken bone.

A Friend That Rides sent this to me today, so here it is in the FTR blogs....

This is how you Ollie a superbike going over 100mph.

Yamaha and Honda Test 2012 Bikes at Brno

Managing Editor

Monday, August 15, 2011

Jorge Lorenzo got his first taste of the 1000cc 2012 Yamaha during a one-day test following the Czech Grand Prix.

The post-race Brno test has provided Grand Prix with its clearest picture yet of the 1000cc MotoGP future. Yamaha debuted its 2012 prototype at the Brno test, joining Honda and Marc VDS Racing in the liter-sized testing ranks at the Czech circuit. Ducati, which has tested its 1000cc earlier this season, did not utilize the 2012 machine at the Brno test.

Factory riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies had their first taste of the 1000cc Yamaha prototype on Monday, the duo turning the second and third-fastest laps at the one-day test. Only Brno race-winner Casey Stoner outpaced the Factory Yamahas, with the Australian spending the entire day on Honda’s 2012 RC213V. Stoner’s Respsol teammate, Dani Pedrosa, was fourth-fastest in his debut on the 2012 Honda.

Lorenzo and Spies split the day on the 2012 machine and their 800cc M1. Defending champion Lorenzo, still in the 2011 title hunt despite losing ground to Stoner on Sunday, made 58 laps on the 800 – working on a new engine spec to close the gap on the dominating Honda. The Spaniard then jumped onto the 1000cc 2012 bike, where he turned 28 laps, his fastest (1’56.253) only 0.085 off Stoner’s leading pace.

Casey Stoner was fastest in the post race test at Brno, the Australian utilizing the 2012 Honda (top).

Spies opted for a less strenuous routine, with 15 laps on the 800 and 14 on the 1000. The American is still recovering from a nerve issue that hindered his fifth-place result on Sunday. An encouraging start for the Yamaha 1000cc project, both factory riders were faster on the 2012 and well within striking distance of the leading Honda.

The Repsol Honda duo of Stoner and Pedrosa were the only Honda men to make use of the RC213V. Repsol’s third rider, Andrea Dovizioso, did not participate in the test and was passed over during an earlier opportunity to test the 2012 machine when Pedrosa was injured following the Le Mans GP. Toni Elias was the other Honda man at the test, ninth-fastest on the LCR Honda .

Another 1000cc bike on the testing grid was the BMW-powered Marc VDS Racing entry. One of the controversial Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) of the upcoming 1000cc era, the Marc VDS project utilizes a Suter chassis and is powered by a production-based BMW S1000RR Inline Four. Former Pramac Racing MotoGP rider and current Marc VDS Moto2 competitor Mika Kallio piloted the machine to 81 laps and 13th on the timesheet, nearly four seconds behind Stoner’s pace.

Ducati opted not to test its 1000cc machine at Brno. Instead, Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden worked on the 800cc bike, placing a respective 10th and seventh on the timesheet. Rossi worked both the GP11 and the GP11.1. Following the seven-time premier class champ was Pramac Racing’s Loris Capirossi, the only satellite Ducati to participate in the test.

The Tech 3 Yamaha duo of Cal Crutchlow and Colin Edwards did not sample the 2012 bike, pacing their 2011 M1 to eighth and 12th on the timesheet.

Marc VDS rider Mika Kallio tested the Suter chassis and BMW-powered

2011 MotoGP Brno Post-Race Test Results:

1. Casey Stoner (Honda 1000cc) 1’56.168 (57 laps)

2. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha 1000cc) 1’56.253 (28 laps)

3. Ben Spies (Yamaha 1000cc) 1’56.306 (24 laps)

4. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 1’56.727 (58 laps)

5. Ben Spies (Yamaha) 1’57.184 (15 laps)

6. Dani Pedrosa (Honda 1000cc) 1’57.264 (37 laps)

7. Nicky Hayden (Ducati) 1’57.533 (78 laps)

8. Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha) 1’57.591 (74 laps)

9. Toni Elias (Honda) 1’57.903 (56 laps)

10. Valentino Rossi (Ducati)1’58.266 (74 laps)

11. Loris Capirossi (Ducati)1’58.387 (66 laps)

12. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) 1’58.492 (44 laps)

13. Mika Kallio (Marc VDS 1000cc) 2’00.144 (81 laps)

Source:  http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/791/10814/Motorcycle-Article/Yamaha-and-Honda-Test-2012-Bikes-at-Brno.aspx

The Thrill of the Sports Bike

What is the bike of choice for these outlaws? A sport bike. But in the motorcycle community they are called 'crotch rockets' and almost everyone has seen them. These motorcycles are going sometimes twice the speed limit, weaving in and out of traffic, many times passing in between cars and trucks going more than 100 miles an hour.

"I think they shouldn't knock it 'til they try it," said one biker. "I consider it scary fun! Yeah you are scared to a certain extent, but the fun outweighs the scariness."

That fun is frightening for the average commuter. They seem to come out of no where, weaving in between cars, riding the center line, and zooming past so fast, it's like getting buzzed by a fighter jet.

Charles Beard has gotten his money's worth more than once. "Yeah, I've had a few speeding tickets," he laughed.

Daredevils Giving Bikers a Bad Reputation

But when we asked him about the nuisance riders, the daredevils who terrorize traffic all over Memphis, he backed off the bravado. He said the risk-takers are giving his sport a bad name. "You shouldn't criticize or put negative perspective on all bike riders just for the few that never should have, in the first place, gotten on a bike."

Timothy Scott doesn't like the reputation crotch rockets get either. "Most of those guys going through and weaving, they are young riders."

Those young riders aren't as invincible as they feel. "There's two types of riders: those who have been down and those who are going down," he said.

Paying the Ultimate Price

Since 2004, each year more and more bikers are going down. The crash rate overall is up 42 percent in Tennessee, with the number of deadly accidents rising by more than 45 percent in 5 years. In the last 10 years, the number of motorcycle crashes in Tennessee has risen an alarming 145 percent.

Obviously not all of those accidents were speed-related, and TDOT makes no distinction as to what kinds of bikes are involved in each crash. But law enforcement is concerned about those wrecks, especially the ones that are due to speed and reckless driving.

Long Arm of the Law

What no law enforcement official would tell you is there's little that can be done about it. Remember how fast these bikes go?

Scott said, "The fastest I have been is about 160."

Officers, deputies, patrolmen, they can't catch them. They can turn on the blue lights if they see a biker speeding by, but there is no way to chase them down and bikers know it.

The Memphis Police Department issued this statement regarding all motorcyclists:

"They are expected to adhere to traffic laws as are other motorists. Although motorcycles can travel at a high rate of speed, officers work together in coordinating efforts to conduct a traffic stop (i.e., use of police radio)."

"If they chase, they are putting my life in danger, your life in danger, and whoever else is around life in danger," Scott said. "If you are going at that rate of speed, you know you are going to jail so you might as well put it all on the line. That's what most of these young guys are thinking."

Or, are they thinking at all.

Bikers face stiff penalties if they are ever caught weaving through traffic at more than 20 miles per hour over the speed limit. They can even lose their bikes, but that doesn't seem to stop them.

Law enforcement says every section of interstate surrounding Memphis sees its fair share of 'crotch rocketry,' but the Memphis Police Department has keyed in on several hot spots:

-Riverport and Rivergate
-President's Island
-Swinnea between Winchester and Shelby Drive

While law enforcement might have an unwritten 'no chase policy,' they don't call it the long arm of the law for nothing. Both the MPD'S and Shelby County Sheriff's Department's traffic details use coordinated patrols to catch the law breakers. Even at 160 miles an hour, you can't always outrun a police radio.