WORDS: Zac Fuller
PHOTOS: Andy McGechan
LIVIN LA VIDA
LOCA GIXXXER
SUZUKI GIXXER CUP
Suzuki’s inaugural Gixxer Cup Series
was a hotbed of our future racing talent.
This is part one of the story of our season.
uzuki’s 2017/201818 Gixxer
Cup Series consisted of seven
rounds run alongside both
the Suzuki Series and NZSBK
Championship. I was given the
opportunity to race the series
by Kiwi Rider as a last minute replacement;
I’m a dirt bike rider and had never ridden
on tarseal, but I recognised it as a once in a
lifetime offer and snapped it up.
It was all very last minute and there was a
lot to do. There were only two weeks until
my first practice day, I had to have three
official MNZ events under my belt before
I could compete at the Wanganui Street
races, which were to be the third rounds
of both the Suzuki Series and Gixxer Cup
Series. During those two weeks we had
to get a bike, leathers, gloves, helmet and
boots. Vege assured me it’d all be sorted.
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