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Hot laps on Mat Mladin's Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000

MAT MLADIN'S DEPARTURE FROM AMA Pro Racing could not have come soon enough for his competitors. There is no denying that the Australian and his Yoshimura Suzuki team, headed by crew chief Peter Doyle, were more often than not the class of the field. Over the course of his Superbike career, Mladin amassed an unprecedented seven titles and 82 wins, 78 of which came on GSX-Rs.

Late last year, I attended a post-season test at California Speedway, where I got a brief impression—five laps on each of Mladin’s American Superbikespec GSX-RlOOOs—of how Superbikes have changed since the Daytona Motorsports Group implemented new, stricter class rules.

Back in 2005,1 rode Miguel Duhamel’s AMA Superbike-spec Honda CBR1000RR. The French-Canadian’s factory-built machine was as intimidating and potent as anything I’ve ever ridden. That includes the works Honda RC211V of Dani The Turnaround | Cycle World | APRIL 2001.