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Kenny Roberts Jr.
Kenneth Leroy Roberts Jr. (born July 25, 1973, in Mountain View, California) is an Americans, American former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing, road racer who won the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2000 FIM Road Racing World Championship, after finishing runner-up in . Roberts Jr. is an 8-time MotoGP, Premier Class race winner. He joins his father Kenny Roberts as the only father-son duo to have List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions, won 500cc World Championships. Roberts was inducted into the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, F.I.M. MotoGP Hall of Fame in 2017. Career Early years Roberts first raced in the 250cc class at Willow Springs in 1990, winning 5 races in his debut season in road racing. By 1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1993, he made his World 500cc debut at the Laguna Seca Raceway event, and was a full-time 250cc racer for 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1994 and 1995 Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzuki GSV-R
Suzuki GSV-R is the name of the series of four-stroke V4 prototype motorcycles developed by Suzuki to compete in the MotoGP World Championship. GSV-R replaced Suzuki's 500 cc two-stroke V4 RGV500 which was ridden by Kenny Roberts Jr. to win the 500cc World Championship in 2000. The GSV-R was introduced on 2002, one year earlier than the original plan, with codename XRE0. New regulations were promoting the growth of four-stroke engines, and the performance of the new engine during testing was strong according to Suzuki. Despite the use of a new engine, XRE0 was using the old RGV500 Gamma Chassis, which was later criticized as a big mistake by many MotoGP analysts. Using the chassis and fairings that were previously made for the two-stroke RGV500 engine, XRE0 was hampered by many stability issues. The use of RGV500 Tyre spec was another mistake. Despite all of that, XRE0 was able to taste its first podium (2nd place) on the opening round at Suzuka and got third place at Rio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
