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Fan’s of Kawasaki’s Team Green can meet their World Superbike racing idols at this year’s Motorcycle Live show (28 November – 6 December) as both 2016 World Superbike Champion, Jonathan Rea and 2013 Champion, Tom Sykes will be attending the show.

Fresh off the back of winning his first World Superbike Championship, Jonathan Rea will be heading to Motorcycle Live on Saturday 28 November and will be officially unveiling the brand new Ninja ZX-10R on the main Kawasaki stand (Hall 4 Stand 4B20) at 10:30am. He’ll also be interviewed on the Kawasaki stage at 2:30pm by Bike Channel presenter, Suzy Taylor. Fans have the chance to have their questions included in the interview by uploading them to the Kawasaki UK facebook page.

“I love going to the Motorcycle Live show at the NEC. It’s great to meet those who have supported me throughout the season and also see all the new machines from manufacturers. I’m excited to officially unveil the ZX-10R in the UK, I was at the worldwide launch and have had chance to ride the new machine during winter testing too. I can’t wait to get the race season started again!”  said Northern-Irish lad, Jonathan.

Tom Sykes will be heading to the Birmingham NEC on Saturday 5 December for the final Saturday of the show. At 11:30am, there’s the chance to ‘Get Closer’ to Tom as he’s interviewed on the Kawasaki stand. One lucky winner will have an exclusive meet-and-greet too. Log-on to the Kawasaki Facebook and tell them why you should get the chance to meet Tom, win a pair of tickets to the show and a Kawasaki goody bag. He’ll be signing autographs too at 2:30pm on the Kawasaki Race Team stand that afternoon.

“I’m a regular at Motorcycle Live – it always comes round so quickly! We’ve had a fantastic season and secured Kawasaki as the World Manufacturers Champion – it will be great to chat with fans on the stand and see what they think to the new Ninja ZX-10R, a bike myself and my Crew Chief, Marcel, have helped to develop through testing and racing.”, said Tom.

The full range of 2016 machines will be on show on the main stand – including the brand new ZX-10R – and there will be some classics on display, the Kawasaki stand promises visitors a real treat. Throughout the week, there will be exclusive interviews with on-road and off-road Team Green racers and new team announcements for the 2016 season.

In the dedicated arena area, Kawasaki sponsored Stunt Rider extraordinaire, Lee Bowers, will be performing each day – showcasing his range of skilful tricks on on-road and off-road machines. Show times are: Friday – Sunday: 11:45am, 1:30pm and 4:15pm and Monday – Thursday: 12:45pm and 2:45pm.

After a successful year racing – winning the World Superbike Championship, World and British Superstock Championships and maintaining their hold on the British Superbike Championship Manufacturers Championship for the fourth year in a row – Kawasaki Motors UK will be re-launching ‘Team Green’ to cover both their on-road and off-road racing teams on Sunday 6 December on their dedicated Kawasaki Racing Team stand, adjacent to the main stand.

For more information on the show or to buy tickets, visit: www.motorcyclelive.co.uk

For more information on Kawasaki, visit: www.kawasaki.co.uk

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NEC, Birmingham and run at full revs for nine days until Sunday 6th December, with four halls jam-packed with features that will see modern motorcycling come to life.

There's still time to buy your discounted tickets for both Motorcycle Live and our brand new Freestyle show FMX Live - presented by Arenacross.

Motorists are now more worried about the dangers of distraction posed by technology and social media than drink-driving, according to the Institute of Advanced Motorist’s (IAM) first major survey into safety culture.

The Safety Culture Index report was launched today by the IAM, and is a study of more than 2,000 UK motorists’ attitudes to driving safety and behaviour on our roads.
This report will form a definitive baseline to track changes over time, providing the opportunity to examine how attitudes change over the years.

The report has found that while technology will form a fundamental part of improving road safety, it also poses some risks, in particular driver distraction – 77% of people say it is now a bigger problem than three years ago. This compares to just 23% of people feeling drink driving is a bigger threat than three years ago.

Those surveyed said text messaging and social media are the two biggest factors threatening their personal safety, with 93% and 92% respectively claiming these to be a ‘very or somewhat serious’ threat.

The next two factors they say are threats to their personal safety are drink and drug driving, at 90% and 89% respectively.

And while most people feel talking on a hand-held mobile phone is unacceptable in their own locality (just 15% said they found it acceptable), some 64% say talking on a hands-free mobile phone is acceptable.

Motorists are also much more worried about speeding in residential streets than they are about speeding on motorways - 86% believing this to be a very or somewhat serious threat; 24% higher than motorways.

This is borne out by the fact 61% feel it’s acceptable to drive 10mph over the speed limit on the motorway, just 27% feel it’s acceptable to drive 5mph over the limit on a residential street.

The IAM believes the report highlights the key areas of road safety and police enforcement priority that will command the highest levels of public support.

IAM President and 1992 Formula 1 World Champion Nigel Mansell CBE said: “The good news is that the vast majority of drivers do value safety and they want to feel even safer on the road in the future. They take speeding and drink-driving very seriously and are happy to support even stronger legislation even if it may stop them doing things they admit to doing themselves. We do feel we can offer real world solutions to those drivers who through over, or under, confidence feel stressed on our busy roads.”

Sarah Sillars, IAM chief executive officer, said: “This report is a crucial barometer of what drivers are really thinking. It is all about seeing what issues and factors the public see as important in their lives, and using that information to influence their behaviour. Understanding the issues drivers see as important when it comes to road safety is essential for establishing how best to communicate with them and so in turn to achieve behaviour change, on both a local and national level. It is up to all of us now, armed with this information, to do something about it.”