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Brent Harran<br />
Pics: Neil Philipson<br />
PROJECT BIKE:<br />
2016 KAWASAKI<br />
ZX-10R<br />
Up till now our 2016 Kawasaki ZX-10R Project bike has<br />
only been raced in the SA SuperGP championship with rider<br />
Brent Harran. Our bike got its first taste of Endurance racing<br />
at the 8 Hour race held at RedStar Raceway on Saturday the<br />
9th of July.<br />
Our bike had been fitted with the new fairings and carbon<br />
fibre frame and swingarm guards, supplied by Omega<br />
Fibreglass. One of our readers, Aldo Rollandi from Maldino<br />
Customs offered to be part of the project by spraying the<br />
fairing kit for us, and as you can see by the pics, he did an<br />
amazing job!<br />
Other after-market products include a Puig race screen,<br />
locally manufactured ACC Billet rear-sets and brake lever<br />
guard, Bitubo front and rear suspension as well as a Marosso<br />
Performance pipe.<br />
Dunlop SA came onboard as the main sponsor for our<br />
Endurance team this year, and for the 8 Hour we were given a<br />
D212 front and D211 Endurance compound for the rear.<br />
Brent took the lead of the race early on and was setting<br />
really impressive times, dipping into the 1,54’s. We led for<br />
most of the race, with all four of our riders setting really<br />
impressive times. Both Shaun Portman and Ricky Morais<br />
managing 2,01’s, with our editor, Rob Portman, managing to<br />
break into the 1,59 bracket.<br />
Our 2016 Kawasaki ZX-10R was showing tremendous<br />
speed, and never skipped a beat throughout the entire race.<br />
However, we would run into big rear tyre issues, as due<br />
to the cold track conditions, the rear tyre started to shred<br />
after the 2 hour mark. We were then forced to do a rear tyre<br />
change on the 3 hour mark, and then again on the 6 hour<br />
mark, costing us massive amounts of time. A front tyre and<br />
two front brake pad changes pretty much put an end to our<br />
challenge for the win.<br />
We did still manage to pick up 2nd overall in the Endurance<br />
Class A championship, behind winners RSR Stars. We still<br />
lead the overall standing heading into the 12 Hour race taking<br />
place on the 8th of October.<br />
Big thanks to Dynamic Express Services for coming<br />
onboard as a sub sponsor for the rest of the season.<br />
Rob Portman<br />
Shaun Portman<br />
Ricky Morais<br />
RIDEFAST MAGAZINE AUGUST 2016 45
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