Suzuki engineered the GSX-Rs™, Hayabusa, and the QuadSport Z400 for experienced riders. ATV riders can call the SVIA at 1-80 and we’ll even pay for the training. Off-road riders can enroll in the DirtBike SchoolSM by calling 1-87. For the MSF street course nearest you, call 1-80.
SPORTS MOTORBIKE MANUAL
Study your owner's manual and always inspect your Suzuki before riding. Never ride under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. I was amazed.For your safety, always wear a helmet, eye protection, and protective clothing when riding any motorcycle or ATV. Seriously, it was much much more civilized and road friendly than then my RGV250 Gamma of the same era.
One shocking thing to me about RC30 – I rode one back when it came out, and it’t incredibly easy to ride, even on the road. Red/blue/white of HRC, Kawasaki’s lime green, Yamaha’s red strobe, and Suzuki’s blue/white (or Yoshimura’s black/red). Of course that’s till the new generation of race-ready bikes came about.Įvery manufacture had a very distinctive color scheme back in the days. Eventually, health and safety kicked in, and there was some sort of zeitgeist?, that people stopped buying those machines, and race replicas in early part of the 90s. Every time I take out my 899 now, I’m amazed that I survived that. My god those were seriously good times in some respect, and stupid, too…Touge was our race track, we were stupid as hell, so reckless and so fucking dangerous, just simply dumb, many paid the price for the stupidity. Suzuki started the whole racer-for-road thing (sure there were truly racy bikes before, but RG/GSX-R really broke the mold of what the road bikes can be and to some degree, should be), and in some ways, it peaks with bikes like RC30, OW-01, Yoshimura Suzuki Tornado, and it really trickled down back then…likes of insane 2-stroke 250s and 4-stroke 400s (F3 class bike). It was an incredible bike back then, absolutely nothing like it ever. Upon first glance, this design gives the viewer clear clues that this was bike very different to the rest of the pack. Using a deep navy alongside a regal royal blue and rich red, finely held together by gold pinstripes of just the right weight, acted as a first indicator of just how special this bike was. The V4 motor sounded exotic, the performance chassis parts oozed class, but to me, all were shrouded by the depth and richness of its color palette. The red, light blue, and dark blue stripes graced with fine gold pinstripes over the crisp white bodywork manage a very rare feat in motorcycle graphics: one of elegance.Įverything about the RC30 screamed class and expense. Any livery has to be as iconic and legendary as the bike it dresses.
Even the period TT-winning bike of Carl Fogarty looked more like a Ducati road bike with a Honda decal in place of the Italian one.Īll this is negative, but goes to strengthen my case to illustrate just how well Honda designed the road-going version of this motorcycle. Freddie Spencer’s Two Brothers AMA Superbike doesn’t escape a telling-off either, as it managed to make the bike look as though the vinyl applier was using up scraps of red and blue off-cuts to create the livery. The purple and black monstrosity of Fred Merkel’s World Superbike RC30 is a perfect example of how purple can often ruin even the purest of form and design.
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