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Final attractions confirmed for 28 June World of Kawasaki event

World of Kawasaki event: Rockingham, 28th June

Building on the successes of visits to both Silverstone and Donington Park, the annual World of Kawasaki event bases itself at Northamptonshire’s Rockingham Speedway on Sunday 28 June and the final list of attractions is considerable.

With an emphasis on try-out sessions and creating an event that delivers an array of fun for the whole family, the most obvious attraction is a chance - for a small fee and subject to conditions - to ride on the famous Rockingham track on hire machines from Kawasaki activity partner, Focused Events or the motorcycle that the visitor turned up on themselves. Added to that Kawasaki off-road bike and Utility Vehicle try-outs are also planned.  

Local roads will play host to demo ride outs taking advantage of some of the best biking roads in the midlands and offering the chance to ride machines such as the Z family of naked bikes, the Versys range and others such as the new Z300 and Ninja 250SL.

Kawasaki H2R can be seen at the World of Kawasaki event

On track during the day an amazing Ninja H2 and Ninja H2R owner’s session will see perhaps the largest gathering of these very rare Supercharged machines in 2015. Led by James Ellison, the parade will also feature Chris Walker who will ride the Ninja H2R display machine that usually sits proudly in the window of this his new dealership.

A sight for the family to marvel at, Lee Bowers will be performing his stunt show during the day while round three of the UK stunt championship will include Freestyle and Challenge events as well as a search for the UK’s longest “stoppie”.

Kids can get their first taste of two wheels with the Minimoto attraction. Also the Maxxis drift car will be on hand for some serious tyre torturing action as well as the chance to examine the awesome Maxxis monster truck. Other family activities include a bungee trampoline plus the ever popular bouncy castle.

For serious race fans who are looking for something a little bit special, World of Kawasaki will be the next stop for two unique Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R machines after their historic parade lap of the TT course in the hands of Kawasaki World Superbike riders, Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea. The machines are road going replicas of the KRT Superbikes currently being raced to such acclaim by the two British riders. These unique machines will be offered for a closed bid auction at World of Kawasaki so two lucky fans could secure a little piece of Kawasaki history on the day.

Ninja ZX-10R TT Rea - Sykes replicas

Fans of classic Kawasaki machinery should make an attempt to attend as Dickies UK Worker of the Year will be scouring the event for the oldest machine in attendance as well as offering prizes for other cherished classic machines that turn up.

Ensuring the day runs smoothly will be the presenting duo of Suzy Taylor and Jack Burnicle who - among other duties – will be interviewing James Ellison, Chris Walker, Danny Buchan, Glenn Irwin, Ben Wilson, Luke Mossey and Howie Mainwaring

“Each year we try to do something different and fresh at World of Kawasaki”, commented Marketing Section Head for Kawasaki, Gill Jockel. “It is always a great day and a chance to see and experience bikes from the Kawasaki range. We see it as a great opportunity for confirmed Kawasaki fans and those new to the brand to meet us and discover more in a relaxed atmosphere”.

Note: To register for the event go to www.worldofkawasaki.co.uk

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