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The new Katana is expected to offer the right performance for the current market, delivering a claimed 150 hp at 10,000 rpm, and 79.6 pound-feet of torque at 9,500 rpm. The 999cc liquid-cooled inline-four is derived from the unit that powered the 2005–2008 GSX-R1000 superbike models, one of the most beloved in-line fours of recent decades and an absolute gorilla of a powerplant. This unit features a 73.4 x 59.0mm bore and stroke, less oversquare than the present GSX-R1000/GSX-R1000R mill, which features a 76 x 55.1mm bore and stroke. The longer stroke measurement was selected to obtain a torquier engine capable of smooth throttle response from low rpm.

For beginners, there’s launch control and automatic rev-matching, both of which can be activated or put to sleep with a simple on-off switch. In N drive mode, the ESC gets disengaged as well.

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SPRINGS ARE BACKIf any one feature has been rejected by the public in recent years, it’s the air fork. The Showa Triple Air fork that came on the 2018 KX450F could be made to work well, but you almost had to stumble on the right combination of air pressure and damping settings by accident. You could make the fork softer by adding air pressure, but despite all the phone apps and calculators that were supposed to aid in the process, riders were generally confused. The only exception to the air-fork rejection was the WP AER 48 on recent KTMs, but it was received well simply because it was simple and its coil-spring predecessor was so universally disliked. Now it’s safe to say that coil-spring forks are back, at least on Japan’s offerings. It turns out that while they were gone, they got better. The 49mm Showa that comes on the KX uses what they call A-kit technology. You have to understand that this is not an A-kit fork, which sells for almost $6000. The fork on the production KX does have some features that were originally introduced on works bikes, such as the titanium nitride coating on the inner tubes, the Kashima coating on internal parts and an oversized piston. Kawasaki also gave parts of this fork what it calls a “Dimplish” finish, which is a texture that retains oil. Even if the fork isn’t like what Tomac uses, it’s still very good and has very little stiction. This isn’t a step backwards to the 2014 spring fork. This is where that fork would be if it had received all the same engineering attention that was lavished on the air fork. Most riders loved it from the word go. It’s plush without too much dive. If you ride hard on a track that has big jumps, the stock settings are probably too soft. That’s easily fixed with a few clicks of compression damping. Big, fast riders might need stiffer springs, but that’s okay with us. We would rather have it that way than have it start off with Supercross settings. One drawback is that springs cost money while air is free. In the rear, the Kawasaki is good, just like always. Set the preload to 102mm or so and ride. We aren’t big fans of the new preload adjuster, which is made of plastic with a set screw. We change preload much more often than the average person, because test riders come in all sizes, and the plastic collar is already showing wear.

Now it’s time to look at the field as a whole, starting with the left side of the traditional bracket (East and Midwest), followed by the right (West and South). I’ve eliminated team nicknames from the projection, mostly to help speed things up over the final week of the season. As is my tradition, the names of actual auto bid winners appear in ALL CAPS. (You’ll have to ignore the teams represented by acronyms only, LSU and VCU, for now.)

There is one area, however, where the modern world does share a thread with the past. Debt today, as in 2,500BC, has a nasty habit of expanding faster than the pace of economic growth, particularly when money is not anchored by anything that is tangible and limited in size (such as gold). Indeed, if you look at the economic history of the past century, it is a story of ever-expanding global debt: so much so that as a proportion of GDP, debt now stands at a record high of 217 per cent, up from 117 per cent in 2008.

Bosch makes some pretty big claims about their bits. But Bosch has a solid reputation in the concrete industry for good reason. When they make a claim, they usually back it up on the job site. A design that allows for longer runtimes and more precision in applications that tend toward the destructive end of things, well, that sounds pretty good to us.

Evans, D’Amato and Rowley – all juniors – are all closing in on 100 career victories. Burke, a sophomore, has 57 victories in two varsity seasons.

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Senior guard Christian Ings is ranked the 14th-best player in the state by 247sports.com. He is averaging 18.5 points and will play at Rider University next season. Neumann-Goretti has a pair of 6-foot-5 juniors who contribute — Jordan Hall (10.2 ppg) and Cameron Young (9.6). Junior Hakim Byrd is a perimeter player who adds 12.8 per game.

A twin-spar aluminum frame has a massively triangulated section that bolts to bosses on the cylinder block, while rear mounts pick up the back of the engine lower. A 57.5-inch wheelbase works with solid, sporting steering geometry of 25-degree rake and 3.9 inches of trail. Claimed curb weight is 474 pounds. The new Katana rolls on Dunlop Roadsport radials in 120/70-17 front and 190/50-17 rear sizes.

That’s where the CX-9 sets itself apart. It’s the Karl Lagerfeld of a mom-jeans segment. Redone from bumper to bumper, the CX-9 borrows some cues from the CX-5 but also seemingly cribs a few styling flourishes from the Infiniti QX70. The CX-9 looks fantastic, especially on the optional 20-inch wheels. Covered in the eerie glow of Machine Gray paint, it looks expensive enough to wear a luxury-brand badge. Infiniti’s three-row QX60 and Acura’s MDX look plain by comparison.