ROAD NEWS
Sloan ‘ Choppa ’ Frost , will be heading on to the race track this season on a 1300cc sportsbike , the Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
bike on a bit of a diet and help it lose some weight . With just a few very light modifications , he will be able to turn up at the track with what will basically be a GSX1300 ,” said Meade . “ It ’ s going to take a bit of muscle power to get the bike around the race tracks and so Sloan is off to the gym too ,” Meade laughed . “ It ’ s a great bike to ride , with a lot of electronic aids that will make the job easier , and it has a great motor . “ In addition to Suzuki New Zealand , Sloan will be assisted by Bridgestone tyres and KSS Suspension . We will also have a ‘ Mission Improbable Supporters Club ’, with more details to come about that via social media , on motorcycle web sites and the bike magazines too . “ In initial discussions with Sloan , he said he wanted to race a superbike , but I said to him ‘ why don ’ t you just go out and have some fun on a Hayabusa ?’ And before I could finish the word ‘ Hayabusa ’, he said ‘ yes !’ “ Pressure is on for any rider whenever he turns up to race and it can be an expensive exercise too , but he was keen to turn up with a street bike and just have some fun . It ’ s nice for us to be able to put a bit of extra spark into the sport .” As for the racer himself , Frost said he was “ extremely excited ” about getting the bike out onto the track . “ I was sort of at a point in my life where I was pulling back from the sport to devote time to my family and my young son Nixon ’ s racing aspirations . “ And I ’ ve been away from the sport for a couple of years with all the drama that ’ s been happening in the world , but I realised I really did want to be back on the race track . “ The opportunity to race a new Hayabusa was too good to turn down . It ’ s such an iconic motorcycle and I have some great memories of watching Kiwis greats like Johnny Hepburn and Brian Bernard when they raced the bike in the early 2000s . It will be a privilege and an honour to do the same .”
18 KIWI RIDER