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Riding scared – The Rizla GSX-R 1000.

John Reynolds at Donington. (Courtesy of Turn One)
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Riding scared – The Rizla GSX-R 1000.

Thursday, 28th October 2004

During the 2004 season Crash.net took a trip down to Verwood in Dorset to Crescent Suzuki, the home of the Rizla British Superbike racing team. Somehow our intrepid reporter Adam Arnold blagged himself a ride on the Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 road bike, where he managed to scare himself and all those witnessing...

And then when the pace quickens it’s easy to ride this bike to the roads full potential due to the almost limitless drivability of the engine.

However, this machine is a race bike and is therefore designed to deal with the track- not the road. As a result the ride is quite hard to maximise tyre traction, resulting in a less than comfortable road experience. Unfortunately you can’t ask a bike to handle well and deliver a soft ride, therefore a certain amount of comfort has to be sacrificed to allow such superb handing.

But that’s to be expected and adds to the thrill, we don’t buy race replicas because they make good road bikes, we buy them because they make good track bikes, and as a track bike this is one of the best.

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The Rizla Suzuki GSX-R 1000 was the winning machine in the British Superbikes this season, which is itself the fastest Superbike racing series in the world.

Draw from that what you will, but it is easy to see the Rizla Suzuki GSX-R 1000 is an awesome bike on track, and a worthy substitute for your hard earned wages on the road.
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John Reynolds at Donington. (Courtesy of Turn One)
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14. Atsushi Watanabe Rizla Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8
66. Tom Sykes Rizla Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8
66. Tom Sykes Rizla Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8
66. Tom Sykes Rizla Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8
66. Tom Sykes Rizla Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8
66. Tom Sykes Rizla Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000 K8
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