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MAN IN A VAN WITH A PLAN RACE WATCH

“You know, 100 percent doesn’t make the grid.”

It’s a saying offered by Technical Editor Kevin Cameron, who’s spent his share of time as a tuner and crew chief riding in a van with a motorcycle, tools, and all needed possessions going from race to race in search of victory on the national roadracing circuit.

It’s a good thing to remember—that perfection can be strived for, but the reality is nothing is ever perfect and you’ve got to show up and race, no matter what.

And so it was with our Man in a Van with a Plan, Hayden Gillim, and his crew on the Cycle World Suzuki GSX-R1000.

How so? There was no luxury of preseason testing, with piles of race parts at the ready and plenty of time to methodically explore the performance potential and experiment with