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P30 IN THE WIND of riding a later bike, the Suzuki RGV500 XR88 on which Kenny Roberts Jr. won four races and finished second in the 1999 500cc World Championship. "Lining up on the grid with all these champions around me, it felt like I was actually taking part in a 500cc GP race," said Redding. "Sat there on the bike in front of a huge crowd, surrounded by the likes of Wayne Gardner, Christian Sarron and Didier De Radigues, I got a real good feeling for what it must have been like for Kevin Schwantz when he lined up to race this bike back in '94." Event organizer DG Sport's CEO Christian Jupsin was thrilled by the show in the GP500 Parade, in which stars like Gardner, Sarron, multi-World Champion Giacomo Agostini on his threecylinder MV Agusta, Dutch ace Wil Hartog, and local hero Didier de Radiguès delivered. "We really focused on the Superbike and Sidecar parades for the first time, and the passion of the sidecar guys was something that was much appreciated by the spectators," he said. "People loved seeing champions - like Rolf Steinhausen and Werner Schwärzel - ride hard on the three-wheelers, and clearly the Sidecar Parade is here to stay." But for next year's edition of the Bikers' Classics, confirmed for July 4-6 2014, DG Sport aims to persuade more top-class Superbike riders to come to SpaFrancorchamps. This year's separate Superbike Parade saw a 60-strong grid of late-'80s and early-'90s machines such as the Honda RC30, Bimota YB4, Ducati 888, Yamaha OW-01 and Kawasaki ZXR750 in action, many ridden by noted former riders like Terry Rymer, Peter Rubatto, Pierluigi Bontempi and another local hero, Stephane Mertens. Alan Cathcart MOTUS… TWO YEARS LATER M otus, makers of American V-four sportbikes, revealed its 2014 Motus MST production motorcycles at the Red Bull United States Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca last weekend – two years after first showing prototypes at the racetrack in Monterey, California. This time they had production motorcycles and a growing list of dealers. "As street riders, we wanted the Motus to offer an unparalleled experience from 20-90 mph, where we do almost all our riding," said Brian Case, cofounder and director of design for Motus. "With a quick sprocket change, the MSTs are geared for 204 mph top speed, but the focus has been on making massive torque in a usable street range, from 2500 rpm to 7500 rpm. We also built in a sensible riding position, adjustable windscreen and controls, luggage, and other accommodations for longer rides." Motus currently has 16 dealers from Seattle, Washington, to Miami, Florida, according to the company.