YOSHIMURA SUZUKI FACTORY RACER ROGER HAYDEN
P96
INTERVIEW
Hayden leading
good friend Jake
Lewis at Utah.
Note how Lewis is
wearing a Nicky
Hayden replica
Arai helmet.
ROGER'S FAVORITE RIDES
2004 Kawasaki ZX-6R
"I just loved that bike," Hayden says. "When they [Kawasaki]
came out with the new model, I never had the same feeling. I
don't know if it was because that '04 was my first factory bike. I
was just like, 'Oh my god, this thing…! Wait, you'll make the foot
pegs around me?
You'll make the han-
dlebars, too?' So,
I don't know if that
had a lot to do with
it, but I just loved
the way it rode. I
guess I started winning races on it, so maybe that's got something
to do with it. That was probably my favorite bike.
2018 Suzuki GSX-R1000
"It's a tie between that 2004 Kawasaki and this year's or last year's
superbike. Finally, I had the best superbike on the grid last year and
this year. It's a tossup between those two. But probably the Suzuki
just because I like the power."
