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• 2012 Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 WSBK Racer Revealed The Crescent Suzuki race team unveiled its 2012 GSX-R1000 race bike for the upcoming World Superbike Championship season. The team revealed the livery for the Superbike which will be ridden by American John Hopkins and Englishman Leon Camier for the 2012 campaign. The 2012 Suzuki GSX-R1000 racebikes are prepped by tuning company Yoshimura. “The team [...] more
• Suzuki Forms Joint Venture for Developing Fuel Cell Technology Suzuki announced it is partnering with U.K.-based Intelligent Energy Holdings to form a joint venture for developing fuel cell systems. The new joint venture, SMILE FC System Corporation, will work on developing fuel cell systems for both motorcycles and automobiles. Intelligent Energy, with its fuel cell expertise and Suzuki, with its mass production capabilities, will [...] more
• Suzuki Reports Q3 2011-2012 Results Suzuki motorcycle business back to operating at a loss despite being making it profit over the first six months. In November, Suzuki reported its second consecutive profitable quarter from its motorcycle segment, with a net profit of 300 million yen over the six months ended Sept. 30, 2011. Flooding in Thailand and a surging Japanese [...] more
• Suzuki Developing 1000cc Prototype MotoGP Return in 2014 Still Possible The first MotoGP pre-season test at Mayalsia’s Sepang circuit is complete, with Ducati, Honda and Yamaha‘s factory and satellite teams, as well as a handful of CRT entries, collecting data for the next stage of their race prototypes’ development. Absent from testing was Suzuki which announced last November it was leaving MotoGP racing. Suzuki cited [...] more
• Provisional 2012 World Superbike Championship Entry List Released The International Motorcycling Federation has released a preliminary entry list for the 2012 World Superbike Championship. The preliminary list includes 24 entries representing six manufacturers: Aprilia, BMW, Ducati, Honda, Kawasaki and Suzuki. Noticeably absent is Yamaha which announced last summer it would pull out of WSBK racing. Also noticeably absent is Noriyuki Haga, a veteran [...] more
• John Hopkins Loses Fingertip [Warning: Graphic Image May be a Shocker] Following numerous procedures and some complications, American racer John Hopkins has undergone surgery to remove the tip of his right ring finger. The Crescent Suzuki racer initially injured the finger in a crash while competing as a MotoGP wild card entry for Rizla Suzuki in the Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno in August. Since [...] more
• 2012 Suzuki GSR750 Gets ABS; Still Not Coming Stateside Suzuki announced the 2012 edition of its GSR750 naked middleweight will get ABS as an optional add-on. What it still doesn’t have? U.S. homologation. Introduced to Europe in 2011, the Suzuki GSR750 is the naked GSX-R750, using the 2010 edition of the Gixxer’s inline-Four engine re-tuned for low- and mid-range power. According to Suzuki, the [...] more
• New Delhi Auto Expo 2012 Motorcycle Manufacturers Draw Battle Lines for Worlds Second Largest Market In past years, the biennial Auto Expo in India slipped under the radar while the industry was focused more on shows such as EICMA in Italy and Intermot in Germany. But with India’s middle class starting to flex its financial muscle while other markets continue to struggle, the New Delhi show is becoming much more [...] more
• Suzuki Announces $4.2 Million Contingency for 2012 American Suzuki is posting $4.2 million in race contingency for the 2012 U.S. road racing and motocross season. The contingency program is open to amateur and professional racers riding 2011 or 2012 Suzuki GSX-R600, GSX-R750 or GSX-R1000 sportbikes and RM85/85L, RM-Z250 or RM-Z450 motocross racers. “Suzuki is proud to continue carrying on this long and [...] more
• Suzuki Giving Away a Motorcycle in Thanksgiving Weekend Promotion Looking for something to be thankful for? How does a new Suzuki motorcycle sound? American Suzuki is giving away a brand new motorcycle as part of a Thanksgiving weekend promotion. All you have to do to enter is go to a Suzuki dealership from Nov. 25-27 and take a picture of yourself with the motorcycle [...] more