Kawasaki & Suzuki are the 2 smallest factory teams.

Kawasaki is funding the team out of their pockets & next year will be the 1st year they start out with a top dollar rider (Hopkins). Next year we'll really see just how good the Kwaker is...

Suzuki had what I considered a dream team with Hopkins & Vermuelen, but clearly the 1st year of the 800's wasn't as good as Ducati's. But they are having a decent year nonetheless considering where they have been the past 6 years.