Chuck Graves on Building Championship Winning ZX 6R Part 2

Chuck Graves of Graves Motorsports talks Sam Fleming through his build of Richie Escalante's Championship winning Kawasaki and also the details of the build for the ZX-6R campaigned by Stefano Mesa and Kayla Yaakov in 2023. He also offers his thoughts on performance indexing in Next Generation Supersport.
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[@billmcmillan7735]

Supersport was much better when all of the bikes were 600cc!

[@Fehr270]

I had no idea they were doing a combined rider and bike weight. Without Hayes I’ve lost all interest in Sportbike racing.

[@848evo4]

he raced pretty much the full season this year

[@robertsole9970]

Supersport back in the good ole days was not equal, you could see DuHamels Smoking Joe Honda just abuse the non factory bikes down the straights. Then the whole claim rule, which’s supposedly allowed you to claim a factory part of a winning bike, that somehow got damaged when it was removed, so damaged in fact it was destroyed. Oh and the factories allowing private teams to buy kit parts (per AMA Rules), that were always back ordered.

[@ArashAryana]

Very interesting on the nuances of penalizing riders on weight vs size.

[@sephkateno1037]

Did zero gravity make a windshield for this?

[@armyofdarknessmotorcyclesb2883]

Chuck Graves says "yes."

[@Scott-sb1xi]

I like the new rules, just for the fact it does bring in more brands. Where is Triumph? I figured there would be quite a few 765s on the grid.

[@edwardauguis2553]

The Graves Link where to purchased should be posted..

[@armyofdarknessmotorcyclesb2883]

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