10 MINUTES WITH…
Mar 30, 2020
5 minutes
FB: How did the idea for a middleweight prototype come up, and why now?
SH: I think it’s because things have just trickled slightly too far in one direction in production bikes. We knew from data that comes from the MCIA (Motorcycle Industry Association) that the 600cc market wasn’t doing amazing as road bikes – even though as a track bike and race bike they’re amazing, and produce great racing globally.
We went to the manufactures to talk about the future and their plans for imports, and they tell us what they know – or maybe just what they want to tell us! In the end, it came to a point where a lot of the bikes were disappearing – no more CBR600RR, Daytona 675, GSX-R600
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