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Happened across this and thought some of you might enjoy.

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But did Carlos Checa ride a Suzuki?
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KungFooBob wrote: Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:47 pm But did Carlos Checa ride a Suzuki?
Chubby didn't but Bazza did, which is a weird choice for Suzuki, as he didn't ride for Suzuki Japan
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inewham wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:23 pm Why weird, he's the most famous bloke to ride a Suzuki (after Yorick :thumbup: ). Theyre just using him for a bit of advertising, most prospective customers have never heard of Heron.
Is he the most famous Suzuki rider world wide?
I'd have thought Kevin Schwantz was more popular, if you stuck a number 34 on it, you'd also pick up the Wes Cooley fans.
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:36 pm
inewham wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:23 pm Why weird, he's the most famous bloke to ride a Suzuki (after Yorick :thumbup: ). Theyre just using him for a bit of advertising, most prospective customers have never heard of Heron.
Is he the most famous Suzuki rider world wide?
I'd have thought Kevin Schwantz was more popular, if you stuck a number 34 on it, you'd also pick up the Wes Cooley fans.
Certainly Revin' Kevin would be more current in the minds of bikers,but no motorcyclist ever crossed into the public mainstream like Barry Sheene. In his era Sheene was a household name/celebrity in a way not even Valentino Rossi managed.

I quite like the Gixxer.
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As a child with no idea about motorcycles, I knew who Barry Shine was... or Barry Machine as I thought he was called.

He was a presenter on "Just Amazing".

One episode a man ate a bicycle.

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Skub wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:46 pm
Certainly Revin' Kevin would be more current in the minds of bikers,but no motorcyclist ever crossed into the public mainstream like Barry Sheene. In his era Sheene was a household name/celebrity in a way not even Valentino Rossi managed.

I quite like the Gixxer.
"in his era" sums it up, and was Barry a household name outside of the UK (I don't know the answer to this as my experience of the 1970s is the arse end of Suffolk)
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No one watched the video did they?

There's a whole range of Anniversary GSXRs....

https://www.visordown.com/news/new-bike ... F0mMaech84

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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:27 pm No one watched the video did they?
It's a video about gsxrs :) What do you think :D
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weeksy wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:40 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:27 pm No one watched the video did they?
It's a video about gsxrs :) What do you think :D
To be honest, I only flicked through the video after spotting all the other colours on Friendface, to see if they were shown on it, so I could come back here and chastise all the peoples saying there should be a Schwantz one for not watching the video.
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and I much prefer the "1981 - MARCO LUCCHINELLI" out of all of them, but I've no idea who he is.

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inewham wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:47 pm I remember him but they've somehow made that look more like a Rothmans Honda than his bike
I guess it's supposed to look like this...

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But it could be this :)

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yeah saw them !!! lovely !! might temp back on to the gixxxah ! when r they due out
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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:42 pm
weeksy wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:40 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:27 pm No one watched the video did they?
It's a video about gsxrs :) What do you think :D
To be honest, I only flicked through the video after spotting all the other colours on Friendface, to see if they were shown on it, so I could come back here and chastise all the peoples saying there should be a Schwantz one for not watching the video.
I consider myself chastised, I'm at work so can't get away with watching motorbike videos, can you post some screen shots of the other schemes.
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:33 pm I consider myself chastised, I'm at work so can't get away with watching motorbike videos, can you post some screen shots of the other schemes.
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Not keen on any of those, Lucky Strike is the best one

The bike outline reminds me of the GSX600 Teapot, should've done a Durex scheme
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Skub wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:46 pm

Certainly Revin' Kevin would be more current in the minds of bikers,but no motorcyclist ever crossed into the public mainstream like Barry Sheene. In his era Sheene was a household name/celebrity in a way not even Valentino Rossi managed.

I quite like the Gixxer.
Mostly because he fell off a lot, looked the part and did adverts for Brut.....😋😋😋
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Bigjawa wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:52 pm
Mostly because he fell off a lot
Didn't work for me. :(
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