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Suzuki GSX-R1000 Vermeulen Replica
13 February 2008
For the 2007 Australian MotoGP, Rizla Suzuki's Chris Vermeulen paid homage to his hero and mentor, the late great Barry Sheene, with a stunning one-off colour scheme on his GSV-R. Now thanks to this limited edition GSX-R1000 you can own the closest thing to it for the road.
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The 2008 Rizla Suzuki GSV-R MotoGP Contender
12 February 2008
Suzuki’s 2008 GSV-R is its second generation 800cc four-stroke prototype Grand Prix machine, and is the most complex and technically advanced racing motorcycle Suzuki has ever produced. Rizla Suzuki MotoGP is pleased to release the first images of the 2008 Suzuki GSV-R accompanied by a technical specification and interviews with the machine’s riders, Chris Vermeulen and Loris Capirossi.
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Vermeulen In Seventh Heaven
17 January 2008
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP’s Australian star Chris Vermeulen will run a new racing number on the front of his machine in 2008, using the number seven made famous by Suzuki’s double World Champion Barry Sheene. Vermeulen will have the iconic crossed seven on his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R from the start of the forthcoming season and will be hoping that the new number will spur him on to similar success as that enjoyed by his hero and mentor Sheene.
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Riding the Rizla Suzuki GSV-R
14 January 2008
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP invited a select band of respected journalists to ride its GSV-R800 straight after the last race of the 2007 season at Valencia in Spain. Alan Cathcart was one of those lucky enough to get the chance to ride one of both Vermeulen’s and Hopkins’s bikes around the 4.005km Spanish circuit.
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New Rizla Suzuki GSV-R800 Is Officially Unveiled
23 February 2007
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP has officially revealed its brand new GSV-R800 at Jerez in Spain this evening, in front of an captivated audience of journalists, photographers and selected guests. The all new 2007 GSV-R – codenamed XRG0 – features an original “retro“ inspired livery with Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racers John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen following the same theme on their racing suits.
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Andy Ibbott On Riding Hopkins’ Rizla Suzuki GSV-R
11 December 2006
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP was joined at Valencia by Andy Ibbott. Andy is one of the most respected motorcycling journalists in Britain. He has recently had published Performance Riding Techniques, a book dedicated to the skills required for track riding. He is also race coach to former 125cc World Champion Thomas Luthi and an active trainer and Director of the California Superbike School . Here is his opinion on riding the Rizla Suzuki GSV-R.
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Rizla Suzuki Relishing Final Test
27 November 2006
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP travels back to Europe for its final test of 2006, determined to continue with the promising start shown by the new Suzuki GSV-R800 at recent tests. The new 800cc has already produced promising performances at Valencia and Sepang, with John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen filling the top-two places at the Malaysian test just over a week ago. Suzuki has worked on the information gathered at those tests and will be bringing new engine control strategies and mapping information – developed on the dyno in Japan – to the test at Jerez in Spain on the 28th-29th-30th November.
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Rizla Suzuki Dominates At Sepang Test
19 November 2006
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racers John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen finished the Sepang test at the top of the timesheets for the second day in succession, as the new Suzuki GSV-R800 continued its impressive introduction into MotoGP. Hopkins recorded a time of 2’01.63 - half a second inside the current lap record held by Loris Capirossi on a Ducati 990 and almost a second quicker than the best lap-time that he recorded at this year’s Malaysian Grand Prix. Hopkins used his 48 laps today to test and refine engine mapping characteristics and to complete thorough evaluations of Bridgestone’s latest tyre developments. The Anglo-American’s quickest lap was set using one of Bridgestone’s new development race tyres during a 5 lap run.
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Rizla Suzuki Excited About Next 800 Test
13 November 2006
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP travels to Sepang in Malaysia for its second off-season test in preparation for next year’s assault on the MotoGP World Championship. Following the test at Valencia earlier this month – which gave promising results for the new engine – the whole team will be looking to see how the 800cc Suzuki GSV-R performs at such a different track to Valencia. The Sepang International Circuit will give the new engine a thorough test, as the 5.5km circuit features two long straights interlinked by a variety of turns including some very fast and testing sweeping bends and a mixture of slow corners.
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Rizla Suzuki Takes Further Steps On Day Two
02 November 2006
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP concluded its first ever test on the new Suzuki 800cc MotoGP machine at Valencia in Spain, with yet more encouraging results. John Hopkins, Chris Vermeulen and Factory Test Rider Nobuatsu Aoki all took to the track to put the new engine through its paces. Hopkins and Aoki also trialled the first generation of a brand new prototype chassis that next year’s bike may feature. Both riders noticed a difference in performance from this year’s chassis and the Factory will now work on the data to make further enhancements.
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The Dawn Of A New Era For Rizla Suzuki
02 November 2006
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP began using its brand new 800cc MotoGP engine for the first time today and was quickly on the pace, as both racers posted times faster than their best from Sunday’s final 990cc race. John Hopkins led the way with a best of 1’33.14 from his 29 laps with team-mate Chris Vermeulen only fractionally behind, as the young Australian recorded a time of 1’33.17.
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Schwantz And Mamola Turn Back The Clock With Rizla Suzuki
02 November 2006
Suzuki World Champion Kevin Schwantz and Grand Prix legend Randy Mamola took to the track yesterday on a pair of Rizla Suzuki GSV-Rs, and the years rolled back as the two stars of yesterday completed some high-speed demonstration laps. Both riders showed that they had lost none of their racing hunger as Schwantz first followed Mamola around the 4km circuit and then Suzuki’s 1993 World Champion led the way for Mamola to follow him round.
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First Look at the new '07 800cc Suzuki GSV-R
08 October 2006
Rizla Suzuki made public their testing of the 2007 800cc GSV-R MotoGP bike at Sepang in Malaysia recently. As from next year Dorna, MotoGP organisers are changing the capacity of the bikes from 990cc to 800cc in a bid to slow the bikes down and quell fears that the bikes are becoming too fast and thus too dangerous. Of course, these bikes are lighter and so have a higher corner speed than the current 990's, meaning they're lapping only a second down so far on the current 990cc bikes.
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John Hopkins Says, 'Brands Hatch' Is Good Enough For MotoGP!
05 October 2006
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP’S John Hopkins completed more than 10-laps of Brands Hatch GP circuit last weekend while demonstrating his ear-splitting GSV-R990 at the final round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship – and reckons the circuit would make a great addition to the MotoGP calendar.
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Hopkins To Star At Brands Hatch BSB Finale
28 September 2006
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racer John Hopkins will be making a guest appearance at this weekend’s final British Superbike Championship round at Brands Hatch in England. Hopkins will demonstrate the awesome power and noise of his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R990 around the 4.18km famous GP circuit as a treat for all the BSB fans. The GSV-R will be the most powerful motorcycle ever to circulate this historic track and could easily set a new lap-record, but Hopkins will just be enjoying displaying the bike’s potential to the watching crowd.
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Hopper And Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Star At Brands Hatch
22 September 2006
The glamour, speed and awesome noise of a full Factory MotoGP bike will grace Brands Hatch for the first time during the 13th and final round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, when Rizla Suzuki star John Hopkins puts his GSV-R990 through its paces on the historic 2.60-mile GP circuit. Attending Brands Hatch to support Rizla Suzuki MotoGP’s sister Rizla Suzuki Superbike team, Hopper is looking forward to getting on track, knowing his GSV-R will be the fastest motorcycle ever to circulate Brands Hatch.
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Onward And Upward For Rizla Suzuki
14 July 2006
With a completely new and much-improved 2006 version of the GSV-R MotoGP machine, and with backing from Rizla showing on its flanks, the Suzuki MotoGP team had every reason to look forward to the current 17-round season. After some promising tests and points scoring rides for both John Hopkins and new recruit Chris Vermeulen at the opening race of the year in Jerez, things looked well on track for better results soon thereafter.
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Rizla To Be New Suzuki MotoGP Sponsor
01 March 2006
Suzuki has teamed up with Rizla – the world’s premier rolling papers brand – and agreed a two-year partnership for the title sponsorship of its premier motorcycle race team in the prestigious MotoGP World Championship. The title of the team will be Rizla Suzuki MotoGP. The all-new 2006 Suzuki GSV-R prototype race machines and riders John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen will roll out in ultra-distinctive ‘Rizla blue’ livery in the 17-race 2006 MotoGP series. The new-look team will be unveiled at the Official MotoGP Test at Catalunya on March 2nd - 4th, shortly before Rizla Suzuki MotoGP makes its race debut in Jerez on Sunday March 26th where Hopkins and Vermeulen will be aiming for glory.
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