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In un'edizione da record dell'Eicma di Milano, Suzuki ha svelato in anteprima nazionale la GSX-R1000R, la supersportiva di ritorno in Europa con tre livree celebrative per festeggiare i primi quarant'anni dal debutto sul mercato. Un modello particolarmente importante che la casa di Hamamatsu ha voluto omaggiare con la presenza di Kevin Schwantz, il campione del mondo 1993 nella classe 500 in sella a una Rgv Γ 500. In questa intervista rilasciata ai microfoni di Gazzetta Motori, il pilota americano ha ricordato i suoi grandi rivali, da Michael Doohan a Wayne Rainey, gli idoli che aveva sin da adolescente (Barry Sheene su tutti) e i campioni più recenti, da Valentino Rossi, con cui ha condiviso una giornata al Ranch di Tavullia in occasione del 53esimo compleanno (oltre a un ride tour al Mugello in occasione dell'Italian Legendary Tour 2010 organizzato da Dainese) a Pecco Bagnaia, reduce da una stagione negativa e condizionata anche dalla presenza di Marc Marquez nel box del Ducati Lenovo Team.

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00:00EICMA 2025 stand Suzuki siamo a fianco ad una GSXR da gara ma soprattutto abbiamo con noi
00:09Kevin Svans una leggenda un mito del moto mondiale a tanti anni ancora dal suo ritiro abbiamo tantissimi
00:15appassionati. Hi Kevin, we are here in Milan EICMA you are on a GSXR this year here in EICMA
00:22there is the new GSXR the new model come back GSXR after four years there was not the model what's your
00:31approach on the GSXR what you think about the new superbike you know the nice thing about the GSXR is
00:38it just hasn't been here in this market it's been in America we've been racing it in America
00:43cert has been endurance racing it all over the world the carbon neutral challenge doing the
00:48Suzuki 8 hour next year gonna expand so the bike hasn't just not been in existence it's just not
00:54been in this marketplace and you know they've done some new aerodynamic modifications to it I think
00:59the bike looks great and it's the same old really really strong good handling GSXR you test a lot
01:07this bike you know very well GSXR I remember in Rio you test with us a GSXR 750 more more than 50
01:15years ago then you was with the Mugello with GSXR 1000 and you race more than 10 years ago in
01:22eight eight hour of Suzuki with the GSXR you made first position it was amazing so your story and
01:30your feeling with this GSXR is is a long story yeah I mean like it shows on the side 40th anniversary I
01:38started riding for Suzuki in 1985 we didn't get to race the GSXR because we didn't have it in them in
01:45America until 1986 but I've been with Suzuki as long as the GSXR has and I've seen it through
01:52its evolution from 750 to 1100 back to thousands the 600 the 750s the GSXR line of motorcycles is
02:02unbelievably competitive bikes and you know the new GSXR 1000 in the engine is definitely a strong suit
02:11and not only superbike you made a race also with the car in off-road you have some mistakes some
02:19weeks ago and then you test also the enduro with the DR4Z but yeah I have a DR4S back in my house
02:27and ridden it some off-road have knobby tires on it put some moose tubes in it did some fun really fun
02:35riding in my house in Idaho and you know it's it's an updated BRZ 400 engine similar injected now
02:44so that it meets all the emissions the suspension is much more updated than the old bike and I really
02:50like my new DR4 you test a lot also in America sometimes you know for the with the Suzuki yeah
02:56yeah that's that's where I've ridden the DR4 the most if we look to the race GP today there was a the
03:04last crash of markets there is a problem and how do you think about this new crash this new injuries
03:13you have a lot of crash and injuries another one of a racing the racer like markets can have some
03:23problem because it's just one more injuries you know and upper upper body is really difficult you
03:31have to be so strong to be able to finesse these motorcycles around it's going to take some time
03:37for him to get fit it's going to take some time for him to get back on a bike and get back up to speed
03:42it should I think I read somewhere that Gigi Delania thinks it's going to delay their testing
03:47Magnus still a little bit uncertain in the direction he wants to go so yeah an injury like that so simple as
03:58as it might be can sometimes really really cost you as far as testing and bike development goes if
04:05you look to the racer of your time there is some name that you remember that was a rider very impressive
04:14for you that you look and they say this three riders for me was very different and very fast or the
04:22something that impressed you some name I don't know Lawson I don't someone that I raced again yeah I
04:28mean Wayne Rainey was my biggest rival yeah I imagine but there is someone else that you look this could
04:33be was good yet when he started I don't look at the Laura Lawson you know okay you mentioned
04:40cattle Laura so we'll talk about it Luca on some days was faster than anybody you couldn't figure out
04:46how he was going so fast but not every weekend very clean very clean very clean and happy for me
04:53wasn't every weekend so you know and Lawson just really really consistent Gardner fast fast fast
05:00sometimes but inconsistent a little bit like me Dylan once Dylan found his form and got back healthy
05:09after his injury in 92 you know he was almost unstoppable yes was very different from today it was a much more
05:15person who could win you know a good a rider could could make up so much more on a 500 you know modern
05:23day bikes with all the electronics the tires so much grip your bike hat you really need to be on a
05:30bike that's almost the best if not the best because it's hard as a rider to make up those differences now
05:37not easy because also the crash was more not easy to drive something else now and physically the
05:45bike's bigger it's heavier you're breaking harder the grip of the tire is better from a human
05:51standpoint the the physical demand is a whole lot more to wrestle one of these bikes around then it
05:57was a 500 the 500 was a little bit more finesse and it was real easy for the 500 to sneak up and bite
06:06you and hurt you and about you see me that Catalora was very clean like Lawson and the Kozinski was
06:14very strange because he was crazy was crazy yeah luckily he was completely crazy because you know
06:20he was fast there were certain places in certain weekends that once he got his mindset on he was going
06:26to be the best he could do it but once again a little bit like Catalora and just not consistent
06:31it's funny I've seen him in the past couple of years and he's he seems to be a little bit more
06:50normal now that he's not racing motorcycles full time oh yeah yeah yes and just something you look
06:56there the race now there is a critic period of bagnaya some he win and then he was lost as very
07:04very strange the there is the bike or also the to have near markets in the head is buried it can change
07:15something only the presence you know I I think it's a combination of everything I think the field is so
07:22close to be at the front or to be at the back is just over one second so you don't have to be very
07:29far off and if you just let it get to your head a little bit that your teammates always in the top
07:36three or the top five it's easy easy to be distracted and not be able to focus on what what you need and
07:42what you want from the bike so I think Peko we know how good Peko can be we saw in Japan fastest in the
07:50sprint fastest qualifying wins the race wins the sprint you know he has that ability yeah
07:58Marquez maybe was racing for a championship at that point maybe not pushing 100 percent we're
08:03just trying to score enough points to win uh the world championship but you know Peko just needs to
08:09go back and focus on what he wants and what he needs it's going to be hard work you know you can't
08:15you can't say oh what's he using because he's going faster than I what he's got doesn't necessarily
08:22work for you so you've got to go through the process of testing it all yourself it seems like it's a long
08:29a long way to accomplish something but I think at that level it's the only way you can get it done
08:36very close the level so it's easy to go out from the first very easy and just one question there is
08:45some riders that you love when he was 15 when he was a young guys that looked the motorbike and there
08:51was a rider that you love him when he was young you know when I first I never really paid that much
08:58attention to road racing when I was a kid I started road racing when I was 20. And Barry Sheen I
09:07immediately met Barry Sheen and Barry Sheen was really really instrumental in getting me on a 500cc
09:13Grand Prix bike my friend in America John Ulrich was the one who got me the opportunity to try out
09:19for Yoshimura when I got the ride initially at Suzuki so you know Barry is a rider John did some riding
09:27racing himself so those two guys helped me by far the most of anyone in my career besides my parents
09:33of course but yeah Barry was my hero and one riders that you love and you look after I think in
09:42Valentino Rossi or Viaggi or someone else that you love in the last 10 years yeah I mean who doesn't love
09:50the 46 you know Valentino is a good friend of mine we have dinner sometimes when I'm in in
09:56Cattolica or Rimini or wherever I might be near his house also he loved him yeah and he was a fan of
10:04mine and I'm still a fan of his so we follow you one time on Mugello I remember when you started to
10:10made a demonstration and and he was behind you and he he don't want to overtake you even in
10:18demonstration I don't know I never will ever think they're never gonna pass yeah we got to do a Dianese ride and
10:23we ended up at the track together but uh yeah I mean Viaggi Caporossi all the Italians Franco and Chini Marco
10:32Lucanelli I still look up to and now that I've raced I look back at those guys careers more than more than I did when
10:39I was racing so uh hats off to anybody that's ever raced a Grand Prix bike I tapped this but anybody
10:46that's ever raced a Grand Prix motorcycle uh you never go on the ranch to Valentino to ride the 100
10:53this year we'll be there no not for the race I rode there when I was 50 so 10 years ago I got to test
11:00yeah just for fun just for fun amazing you are very lovely in Italy everyone you see they are for
11:08you I I see that this morning when you was there there was a lot of person and someone see you and
11:14crying you see this morning there was some guys that see you and they cry because they see it's a
11:20it's amazing the love of people uh in Italy uh Kevin is amazing thanks a lot thanks a lot to Kevin
11:28Kevin
11:30bye Kevin
11:32Kevin
11:32bye Kevin
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