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Kenneth Leroy Roberts Jr. (born July 25, 1973, in Mountain View, California) is an American former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who won the 500cc Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Championship in 2000, after finishing runner-up in 1999. [1] Roberts Jr. is an 8-time Premier Class race winner.
Roberts' son, Kenny Roberts Jr., won the 2000 500 cc World Championship, making them the only father and son duo to have won the title. Ironically, Roberts has stated that he considers himself a dirt tracker at heart and only took up road racing because it was necessary to do so if a rider was going to compete for the Grand National ...
Kurtis Roberts, (born 17 November 1978 in Turlock, California) is an American motorcycle road racer. He is the youngest son of three-time 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts , and the younger brother of 2000 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Ridden by famed Kenny Roberts and Kenny Roberts Jr in competition, the bike offered through RMD Motors is priced at $400,000. Father and Son Motorcycle Champs Both Rode This 1996 Yamaha. Now It ...
Kenny Roberts Jr. fulfilled the promise of his 2nd place in 1999 by winning the championship for 2000 with 2 races to spare. The season also saw the premier class-debut of Valentino Rossi, who began the year with crashes in the first two rounds and also had a third at Valencia; nonetheless, he came in second as a rookie in the class with 2 wins and 8 podiums.
The KR212V is a racing motorcycle developed by Kenny Roberts' MotoGP team, Team Roberts, and uses the customer 800 cc V4 engine from the Honda RC212V bike. It replaces the KR211V from 2006 to compete in the 2007 MotoGP series and was to be piloted by Kenny Roberts, Jr., who effectively retired halfway through that season.
Team Roberts KR211V was a racing motorcycle developed by Kenny Roberts' MotoGP team, Team Roberts, and uses the 990cc V5 engine from the Honda RC211V bike. It was created to compete in the 2006 MotoGP series and was piloted by Kenny Roberts, Jr., eldest son of Kenny Roberts.
The race was won by Kenny Roberts Jr., after he had already qualified for pole position on Saturday. [2] At the start, Kenny Roberts Jr. lost ground to the Yamaha's of Carlos Checa and Norick Abe, with Loris Capirossi also making up ground to go up into third place, with Valentino Rossi right behind in 4th place. Kenny Roberts Jr. dropped down ...