Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra World Superbike rider Yukio Kagayama has made a very good impression at his new team so far in his first full year of WSBK.
In his first column for Crash.net he tells us about the third round of the championship at Valencia, and his intercontinental move to be nearer the Alstare HQ...
Wow! Am I lucky man! So many near crashes at Valencia over all weekend but lucky Yuki-san hold on tight to stay aboard my Alstare Suzuki!
But first I want to say some hellos - Welcome all to my
Crash.net column, hello to my fans everywhere, especially my British fans who I was sad to say goodbye as I now live in Belgium to be near Alstare workshop.
My family and I move only two weeks ago, we pack up all our things from our home in Southern England near old team Rizla Suzuki – thank you very much old team, but now you see Yuki-san on big screen in World Superbikes giving full gas! – our new home makes life easy with Alstare team. I live near workshop, like I did with Rizla and it helps with talking and discussion with my mechanics.
It was a relaxing move, I get to see my family we spend a long time on the road, having fun playing around. Belgium is good, everybody is nice guy and want to help, I think I have good home here now.
But sad to say bye to British fans, I feel like I leave home country! Maybe at WSBK races at
Silverstone or
Brands Hatch I try a special colour, maybe Yuki-Union Jack special bike to say thank you!
Belgium is pretty country, when I train either by running or long distance cycling, I get to see nice country. I do not need to train more, I tried once many many years ago with lots of heavy weights but it was not good feeling! It takes big balls to ride Superbike fast, not always big muscles!
Valencia is a good circuit, tight and twisty, always fun with lots of Suzuki power! I enjoy myself when gas fully open out of corners and Valencia just like that!
