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You’ve gotta love a new factory MotoGP prototype… exciting stuff!
So what’s it gonna be? Well of course no details yet, but Kevin Cameron over at Cycle World makes a good case for an inline-four. There’s also an excellent discussion (as always) over at MotoMatters.com.
It seems like Suzuki will be entering this bike as a factory effort (rather than playing at tricky games to enter it as a CRT bike), Suzuki have said they will return in 2014, but a return in 2013 has not been ruled out either.
The other possibly exciting thought is that Suzuki could be developing their new MotoGP project with a view to also use it as a base for the next GSX-R1000 model. Finally a new bike from the Big Four that will be able to trump the S1000RR and Panigale? Perhaps… As Kev Cameron says, “we shall have the pleasure of anticipation”.
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Guy Martin makes his 2012 road racing debut this weekend in the new Tyco Suzuki colours. Cookstown 100 this weekend. North West 200 next month, then IoM TT in June. The moto racing season is well underway!
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Riders POV. #igaustralia #instralia #statigram #instamotogallery #motorcycle #motorbike #suzuki #gsxr #gixxer #pointofview #pov #toycamera #wideangleslim #film #analogue #sierra #australia #sportbike (Taken with instagram)
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Black and White GSXR.
By Gunnar Orn Arnason on Flickr.
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My Japanese Motorcycling Adventure
I thought it’s about time that I wrote this up before I start forgetting things. Not that it would be very likely that I would forget my first overseas motorcycling experience…!
It was January 26, some mates & I had been in Japan for nearly a couple of weeks, mainly for snowboarding - but I have taken onboard the idea that there’s no point in going to another country unless I can ride a motorbike there. Right? So that’s what we had planned for, just a one day (24 hours) motorcycle hire. The guys had done QRide back in November/December and got their international licenses sorted just in time before we left.
I had a fair idea of what to expect riding in Japan in winter - one year when I rode to the Phillip Island MotoGP we went over Threadbo. I had no idea what to expect then (riding over Threadbo that year was also the first time I had seen snow) and just kept my summer gloves on. I had to stop part way and put some winter gloves on, I’m not sure if taking the gloves off was worse than just leaving them (it sure felt like it), but after that I knew all about riding in the cold and came prepared. Thermals, winter gloves and rain gear to put over my jacket to cut out the wind. I kept asking the other guys if they had thermals, etc. “oh yeah, no worries - it’ll be fine, etc…” To some people it may seem a bit daft to plan a snowboarding and motorcycling trip both in the same country and at the same time of year, but to me the excitement of riding in a foreign country on some famous roads far outweighed the fact that I’d be a bit cold.
(Pardon this photo, it was actually a quick iPhone snap after we’d returned the bikes and were very relieved that the adventure had been completed successfully.)
Most shops don’t open until 10am around Japan, so there was no point in rushing. We made our way to Motorcycle SCS (the rental shop) and by the time we’d all done the paperwork it was close to 11am and we were ready to get on our way. I had an FZ1, the other guys had an ER-4n and a Gladius 400. They were swapping around because the ER-6n and Gladius are two bikes they’re interested in - they figured the Japanese 400cc versions would at least give them an idea of what their Australian counterparts would be like. One of the rental conditions was that at least one person in the group must be able to understand spoken and written Japanese. You’d think that it would be pretty easy to get around if you have Google Maps, but it wasn’t quite so straightforward. -
I’m not sure that this actually Ghost Rider, the guy looks a bit too small… but it’s still a good pic. Resting at sunset after riding some good mountain roads, or maybe preparing at dawn for the Uppsala Run!
Ghost rider.
(Source: sportbikedm, via sportbike)
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Photo a day challenge #6, ‘makes you happy’. #statigram #janphotoaday #photochallenge #motorbike #motorcycle #Gixxer #GSXR #GSXR1000 #suzuki (Taken with instagram)
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Of course now it’s official - Suzuki will not be racing MotoGP in 2012. Just when Rizla Blue was starting to become my favourite colour…
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Keep your ears open, don’t wait for it - yes that is an awesome sounding Hayabusa!
Alot of people commenting on that vid to express their surprise that a Busa can be ridden like that. If only people would stop worrying about wheelie control, traction control and launch control or other electronic aids and the extra 10 horsepower next years model will have and spend their time getting some proper training to learn how to ride like the guy in that vid…
But I guess some people will always love to ‘paper race’. To each their own. I just think it’s pretty difficult to ride a piece of paper…
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