2022 Suzuki Hayabusa First Ride Review. The Legend is Back! - Cycle News

It’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.
Since that much-lauded arrival at the turn of the century, the Hayabusa (formerly known as the GSX1300R Hayabusa), has only had one update before 2022. That came in 2008 with a new 1340cc motor and revamped styling, pushing the Hayabusa back to the forefront of speed freaks’ minds the world over.
But times have changed in the intervening years. The world has largely moved on from top speed accolades with much of the industry’s attention diverted to more sustainable, smaller capacity machines. So has Suzuki released a machine worthy of the legend, or is this a case of dad just trying to be cool with the young set?

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0:05: Tech and intro
3:00 First ride
12:10: Wrap up
18:04: Final thoughts