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A third in Brazil for Roberts was its only other podium and Suzuki trailed home a distant third in the constructors’ championship behind Honda and Yamaha.Īs mentioned, by the end of 2005 the pretty XRE3 had been given a nose-job to replace its pretty original face with a more brutal look which continued onto the 2006 XRE4. Second place for Akira Ryo in the season opener brought false hopes, and the XRE0 never ranked so high again. The frame was a straight development from the old RGV500 design, although not identical, and the bike’s styling and aerodynamics were also clearly following the same route as its two-stroke predecessor. With fuel injection (not as ubiquitous then as it is today – the old strokers had been carb-fed and Yamaha’s 2002 four-stroke stuck with carbs as well) – the engine was state of the art for the era.
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That engine was a 60-degree V, using the full 990cc capacity limit. Retaining the XRE0 codename of the prototype, it was given the official title GSV-R to tie it in with the GSX-R road bike series. The first-generation race bike, having been brought into action a year earlier than expected, was basically identical to the development machine from 2001.Īside from mild changes to the fairing, seat unit and exhaust, the bike’s tech was the same as the machine shown in November the previous year.