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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