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Riding Mat Mladin's Gixxer

It's Journo Day in the Yoshimura Suzuki Camp. Several highly regarded journalists...and Dave Williams, were invited to take part and ride 7 time AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin's latest rendition of a 'superbike'. We also speak with Roadracing World guest test rider Steve Rapp about his ride on the freshly retired steed Mat called 'The Brick'.

Comments

Chrisyboy

|Registered |2010-01-09 13:19:52

Hay respectable lap times on unfamiliar track. Looked like a lot of fun!

UrBiggestFan

|Registered |2010-01-09 13:29:17

Holy shoot... that must of been AWESOME!!! You lucky sons of a gun. ;]

redheadrider

|Registered |2010-01-10 10:50:15

poor David, people making fun of him for not opening the throttle enough ;). im
sure that was alot of fun no matter what speed you went, great job David!!!!!

dwilliams

|SAdministrator |2010-01-10 16:51:37

If I had the money I would have bought the bike. Lots of leg room cuz Mladin is
tall. Bike was tall, was on my tippy toes when I came to a stop in the pits. But
that's a teeny tiny inconvenience for all the extra leg room, particularly at my
seasoned age.

I thought with the bike so tall I would feel like was swinging
back and forth on a telephone pole when dipping to the turns. But not so. Never
noticed a thing.

Obviously I would have needed to soften up the springs more
because I can't put the forces into the bike Mladin could, but otherwise, it was
the best bike(s) I've ever ridden.

In reality it's a Superstock bike. Gives
me pee shudders to think how off world his 08 Superbike must have been

bruckgirma - it didn't matter

|Registered |2010-01-12 15:26:50

Even with the new DMG rules and "superstock" bike, the man claimed his
7th Suiperbike championship with one whole round remaining even after missing a
whole race weekend.... ;)

JLUnlimited - The Same

|Registered |2010-01-17 23:50:57

I think me and Steve would have the same problem, the leverage and I haven't
street shifted in years. That would have thrown me for a loop. . .

Why is
that wall following me ! !LOL

See you in Daytona Mr. Williams

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