MONSTER ENERGY
Monster represents a lifestyle - aggressive, cool, sinister, dark, mysterious and fun. Monster is about action sports, punk rock music, partying, girls, and living life on the edge. The #2 energy drink brand nationally and quickly gaining on #1, Monster is poised to run it globally - focusing on Monster Energy/Kawasaki's John Hopkins and the 2008 MotoGP tour. The #1 brand in six of the top eight U.S. markets including Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Chicago, Houston, and Detroit, Monster is marketed through grassroots efforts such as athlete, event, and band sponsorships, street teams, online, and through collegiate programs.
www.monsterenergy.com
ELF
Elf is a major brand of the Total Group, the world's fourth largest international energy company operating in more than 130 countries worldwide. Elf has a long history of involvement in motorcycle racing at the highest level, both as a lubricants supplier, and as a constructor, having contested the 500cc World Championship with the distinctive Elf Grand Prix machines during the 1980's. This involvement has allowed Elf to enhance product performance of both fuels and lubricants under the extreme conditions of competition. Today the consumer benefits directly from this experience with innovative products designed to increase fuel economy and performance, while also reducing pollution and offering increased engine protection.
www.elf.com
www.elfmoto.com
BRIDGESTONE
The 2008 MotoGP World Championship marks the fifth consecutive year that Bridgestone supplies MotoGP tyres to the Kawasaki Racing Team, a continuation of an established technical partnership between both companies. Already successful in the Formula 1 World Championship, Bridgestone entered MotoGP back in 2002 and after several years of determination, development and gradually improving results, Bridgestone was able to mirror its four-wheeled triumph on two wheels in 2007 when a rider using its tyres took the championship title for the first time.
www.bridgestonemotorsport.com
AXIO
American brand AXIO creates sleek, race inspired and technology friendly hardpacks that can be found on the backs of some of the world's fastest racers, talented creative's and fashionistas. In its second year of technical support in MotoGP, AXIO is creating unique, brand exclusive bags and luggage for the race team and race fan alike. Drawing upon the grueling technical, functional and physical requirements of motorsport and meshing it with the demands of transporting technology, AXIO continues to push its patented hardshell concept with its aerodynamic shell, tech-specific storage systems and unmatched construction quality. Glance the paddock, stands or crowds and you'll see AXIO bags, purchased for their style, used for their function.
www.axio-usa.com
BETA TOOLS
Beta Utensili produces professional hand tools. Few words describe several generations' work, consistency and determination. Eighty years innovation, research and unfaltering dedication to create quality products fit for the toughest tests and the most demanding users. An intensely felt philosophy and the firm belief that every good idea, when thoroughly examined and developed, can be perfected into successful products. The technical partnership with Kawasaki in MotoGP returns the opportunity to grow together both from a technical standpoint - thanks to the support of engineers and mechanics involved in the races - and to combine the Beta Utensili brand with the professional enthusiasm of a team ready to face another thrilling agonistic season.
www.beta-tools.com
AKRAPOVIC
Developed and built with the most technologically advanced equipment available, Igor Akrapovic's exhaust systems further boost the performance of the Ninja ZX-RR.
www.akrapovic-ai.si
TOUCH4
Touch4 is a kiosk and touch screen brand specialising in providing solutions to the leisure, tourism and retail sectors supplying software and hardware solutions to businesses all over the World. Touch4 have been providing Internet solutions to the MotoGP team since 2003 providing web based, content managed systems for the team to update from the track.
www.touch4.com
AFAM
French motorcycle sprocket, handlebar and hub manufacturer AFAM specializes in making performance motorcycle parts allowing top factory teams to go for world championship titles, as much as in offering the highest possible quality of sprockets and chain to after market specifications. When it’s about winning, AFAM will be pleased to be your partner.
EK
Driven by a relentless commitment to quality and innovation, EK Chain is one of the world's three OEM motorcycle chain manufacturers and the inventor of the first O-ring sealed chain.
DC
DC motorcycle chains have only one reason for existence: to offer motorcyclists a choice for the better. Whether you want to go racing the world title, or want to go cruising, DC offers a chain that matches every mood. DC chains are made to after market needs and come as an improved version of the originally fitted chain.
FLEX
Flex was founded in 1990 by Fausto Luca, whose plan was to get Italians to queue. The company's first success was the elegant stand with retractable webbing for queue guidance in public areas. Since then Flex has always been innovative and flexible, offering customers all over Europe creative new solutions for visual communication, organisation of interiors and window displays.
www.flex.it
NGK
NGK spark plugs can be found in championship winning motorcycles in every discipline, and are specified as original equipment by almost every motorcycle manufacturer worldwide.
www.ngkntk.co.jp
F.C.C.
F.C.C. is based in Shizuoka in Japan, and is a leading supplier of clutch components to the worldwide motorcycle and automotive industry. F.C.C. also supplies the high performance clutch components used by the Kawasaki Racing Team on the Ninja ZX-RR MotoGP machine.
MRA
MRA supply the windshields used on the Ninja ZX-RR, each one tailored to suit the size and seating position of the individual rider.
www.mra.de
NICHIRIN
Nichirin group's main products are the manufacturing of hydraulic brake hoses, power steering hoses, and air conditioning hoses used for automotive & motorcycles applications. Nichirin Co., Ltd., the parent company, owns almost 100% market share in Japan, with hydraulic brake hoses for motorcycles.
3M
3M is a diversified technology company with a worldwide presence in the following markets: consumer and office; display and graphics; electro and communications; health care; industrial; safety, security and protection services; and transportation. 3M is a global enterprise characterised by substantial inter-company cooperation in research, manufacturing and marketing of products.
www.3m.com
2D
A pioneer in motorcycle data acquisition, 2D's sophisticated system monitors virtually every vital component on the Ninja ZX-RR.
www.2d-datarecording.com