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RIDE REVIEW I 2022 SUZUKI HAYABUSA
I
t's hard to think of another motorcycle as revered
to a company as the Hayabusa is to Suzuki. Not
just to Suzuki, the Hayabusa is one of those all-
time bikes, part of an ultra-small selection of two
wheelers to have transcended the industry and
captured the wider public's imagination.
When the Hayabusa shredded onto the scene
in 1999, the world was in the grips of the "World's
Fastest Motorcycle" phase. Honda had just stolen
the title from Kawasaki with the Super Blackbird,
and Suzuki wanted a piece of the action.
Naming the machine the "Hayabusa" was a
Suzuki middle finger to their arch rivals at Honda.
The Japanese Hayabusa, otherwise known as the
Peregrine Falcon, is capable of speeds up to an
astonishing 240 mph and feasts on the Blackbird,
so you can imagine how much fun the marketing
department had with that one.
DID
YOU
MISS ME?
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEVIN WING
Suzuki's most revered machine is back.
This is the 2022 Suzuki Hayabusa
