Luca Colombo’s motocross bike is a Honda CRF 450R equipped with nautical skates and a rear wheel with special blades to provide thrust hydrodynamics necessary to make the over 205 kg of weight at full load glide over the water. To succeed in the enterprise Luca will have to complete the crossing without ever dropping below the critical speed of 30 knots (55.6 km / h), a decisive factor in being able to “fly” on the surface of the water without sinking.

The “route” chosen by Luca includes the departure from Torre Faro (Messina) with arrival in the locality of Cannitello (Villa San Giovanni) for a distance of 3.2 km starting from Sicily towards Calabria. To face the undertaking with wind, sea and contrary current would be unnecessarily dangerous, Luca will choose onefavorable weather window between 17 and 23 May to attempt the enterprise.

For his safety, Luca chose to wear Kingii Wearable, the smallest personal device in the world while the eventual recovery of the motorcycle is entrusted to a self-inflating device that will activate automatically in case of loss of power. During the crossing Luca Colombo will be joined by the rescue waterbikes of the K38 Rescue Team Italia of Fabio Annigoni, national champion of jet skis and course instructor professionalism dedicated to patented lifeguards and rescue jet ski drivers.

What lies ahead for Cole Seely as he explains what the future holds.

“Hey guys, so a freak accident happened yesterday whilst i was out training and we had something break in the engine at the top of a jump upramp and locked up, by the time i let go of the handlebars i was already lawn darting into the ground ?, my team pulled apart the engine asap and what we found was a freak accident and what part broke we normally run for 100 hours and this part only had 3 hrs on it! So it wasn’t my teams fault we are digging to the bottom of it to prevent this happening again, thankyou to my team for supporting me in times like this and everyone else who rides this rollercoaster of a sport with me, as of now we are unsure of the time frame i am out for but getting checked up today, most likely surgery is required, so sorry guys i’m speechless, good luck to my team mates this weekend, put those red rockets out front ??”

“Just wanted to let everyone know I won’t be racing the next few rounds until I am back healthy. I have been deteriorating so fast and we made the decision to focus on getting healthy. It’s not only affecting me physically but mentally to go out and try to ride and struggle knowing that I am not even close to my fullest potential. Thanks for the support you guys have been great. “

After serious injuries to both Clement Desalle and Julien Lieber, Tommy has been drafted into the factory team.

Tommy will continue to race the remainder of the British Championship on his BOS Kawasaki KX450, heading to Desertmartin for this weekend’s races.

Tommy Searle: “I’m obviously very happy to have this opportunity to ride for the Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team and I want to thank everyone involved for their support. I will work hard with them in the coming weeks to be ready and prepared for the Czech GP, and will also do my best in the British series to claimed this title for Kawasaki and BOS who gave me this opportunity this season.”

The official information from Kawasaki says: Tommy Searle will join the Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team for the remainder of the FIM MXGP Motocross World Championship in the wake of injuries to both factory riders.
 
Motocross is a tough sport and never in the past have the Kawasaki teams been so unfortunate with a dramatic series of injuries to Clément Desalle, Evgeny Bobryshev, Alessandro Lupino and, last weekend, to Julien Lieber who crashed hard whilst putting in his best-ever performance in the premier MXGP class. In a common effort to give the brand its best chances during the second part of the season, BOS GP has agreed to let Tommy Searle move from their team to the Factory rig for the upcoming GPs, starting with the Czech Republic at the end of July.
 
Tommy Searle: “I’m obviously very happy to have this opportunity to ride for the Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team and I want to thank everyone involved for their support. I will work hard with them in the coming weeks to be ready and prepared for the Czech GP, and will also do my best in the British series to claimed this title for Kawasaki and BOS who gave me this opportunity this season.”
 
Steve Guttridge (Kawasaki Europe Racing Manager): “We started the season with six super-competitive riders on Kawasaki machinery in the MXGP class but unfortunately after Germany we have only one still able to participate. It’s a tough sport! The BOS team changed to Kawasaki machinery only this season and have been working very hard to deliver results at the races. Tommy has been able to provide good feedback regards developing their race bike and particularly on the BOS suspension, which is the main goal for the team to compete at the highest level. Proof that he is comfortable on the bike is his current championship lead in the British series. However with the requirement from KHI that our factory team continue to provide feedback from the MXGP races to help develop the KX450 production bike of the future, and with both Clement and Julien now missing through injury, we concluded that Tommy should move to KRT for the remainder of this season. But not immediately, as we feel he needs to be allowed the chance to first get used to the factory bike’s characteristics before lining up at the GP again. So the target is for KRT and Tommy to be partnered up from the Czech MXGP. I would like to sincerely thank Olivier Bossard and Jean Jacques Luisetti for their cooperation in this area and wish the BOS team the very best with their next team riders coming into the team structure soon“
 
François Lemariey (Monster Energy KRT Team manager): “It’s great to see that all the parties involved made this possible, as we need to line up our Factory bike behind the gate as soon as possible again after the injuries to Clément and Julien. Julien underwent successful surgery last Monday to his arm; he is now recovering as well as Clément but we know that both will need time before getting back to racing. Tommy did most of his GP career with Kawasaki and we are pleased to welcome him in the team; several testing sessions are already planned so we can prepare together in good shape at the MXGP of Czech Republic. It was impossible to fly to Indonesia as the crates had to be delivered earlier his week, and we want Tommy to test the bike thoroughly before racing the GPs with us.”

7th MXGP Championship, 206-points

“I’m just looking forward to any racing that is coming my way at the moment. I am just happy to be riding and I have this unreal feeling on the bike at the moment, so it is great. Latvia, I like the track. I have had some good races there; the track is really nice to ride. I am going there to give everything I have, and just enjoy the racing.”

Conrad Mewse sent this out to his fans on IG. “I am doing everything I physically can to get back on my bike as soon as possible! Huge thanks to my fantastic team @hitachiktmfuelledbymilwaukee
for all of their continued support – I will be back soon guys!! ?”

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I am doing everything I physically can to get back on my bike as soon as possible! Huge thanks to my fantastic team @hitachiktmfuelledbymilwaukee for all of their continued support – I will be back soon guys!! ? . . . . #oxygen #ktm #recovery #motivation #workinghard #mx #motocross #mxlife #mxgp #mx2 #myktm #hitachiktmuk #426

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Eli Tomac: “I’m thrilled to continue the relationship with Kawasaki,” said Tomac. “I feel we have an outstanding team in place, an excellent KX450 motorcycle and a common goal of winning races and championships. I’m looking forward to starting off this Pro Motocross season with the crew on a high note. Let the good times roll!”

Tomac and the Monster Energy Kawasaki team are ready to take on the great outdoors and defend the back-to-back AMA 450MX titles when the season kicks off on Saturday, May 18th at the Hangtown Motocross Classic.

Seems like the best way to let their fans know news quickly, riders are posting on their social media accounts, Plessinger explains why he’s out.

“Hey guys! Didn’t really want to have to make this post but due to my heel taking it’s sweet time to close up I will unfortunately not be lining up this weekend.. I’ll keep you guys posted when I get back to riding. Thanks everyone for the support and good luck to everyone racing hangtown this weekend! PC: not sure”

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Hey guys! Didn’t really want to have to make this post but due to my heel taking it’s sweet time to close up I will unfortunately not be lining up this weekend.. I’ll keep you guys posted when I get back to riding. Thanks everyone for the support and good luck to everyone racing hangtown this weekend! PC: not sure

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UPDATE, Finally received official sentencing from CDI panel and FIM. Bummed I won’t be railing some corners this summer @promotocross?I’ll be back ?? 2/10/2020 ?? Check our @swapmotolive for full interview and plans for the time being ?

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UPDATE, Finally received official sentencing from CDI panel and FIM. Bummed I won’t be railing some corners this summer @promotocross ?I’ll be back ?? 2/10/2020 ?? Check our @swapmotolive for full interview and plans for the time being ?

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