2008 Coca Cola Zero Suzuka 8 hour: Honda takes it from Suzuki!

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2008 Champs: Ten Kate World Superbike teammates Ryuichi Kiyonari & Carlos Checa riding the #11 Dream Honda 2008 CBR1000RRW

Race Start
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxbZLUmgBeg&NR=1

Race Highlights and incredible Endurance pit stop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1gsLsRkpZg

Podium Ceramony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7deVu...eature=related
















Past Champs....
1978: Wes Cooley, USA - Mike Baldwin, USA Suzuki GS1000 194 laps
1979: Tony Hatton, AUS - Michael Cole, AUS Honda CB900 197
1980: Wes Cooley, USA - Graeme Crosby, NZ Suzuki GS1000 200
1981: Mike Baldwin, USA - Dave Aldana, USA Honda RS1000 199
1982: Shigeo Iijima, J - Shinji Hagiwara, J Honda CB900F 120
1983: Herve Moineau, B - Richard Hubin, B Suzuki GS1000R 190
1984: Mike Baldwin, USA - Fred Merkel, USA Honda RS750R 192
1985: Wayne Gardner, AUS - Masaki Tokano, J Honda RVF750 195
1986: Wayne Gardner, AUS - Dominique Sarron, F Honda RVF750 197
1987: Martin Wimmer, D - Kevin MaGee, AUS Yamaha YZF750 200
1988: Kevin MaGee, AUS - Wayne Rainey, USA Yamaha YZF750 202
1989: Dominique Sarron, F - Alex Vieira, Por Honda RVF750 202
1990: Tadahiko Taira, J - Eddie Lawson, USA Yamaha YZF750 205
1991: Wayne Gardner, AUS - Mick Doohan, AUS Honda RVF750 192
1992: Wayne Gardner, AUS - Daryl Beattie, AUS Honda RVF750 208
1993: Scott Russell, USA - Aaron Slight, NZ Kawasaki ZXR - 7 207
1994: Doug Polen, USA - Aaron Slight, NZ Honda RVF/RC45 183
1995: Aaron Slight, NZ - Tadayuki Okada, J Honda RVF/RC45 212
1996: Colin Edwards, USA - Noriyuki Haga, J Yamaha YZF750 214
1997: Shinichi Ito, J - Tohru Ukawa, J Honda RVF/RC45 186
1998: Shinichi Ito, J - Tohru Ukawa, J Honda RVF/RC45 212
1999: Tadayuki Okada, J - Alex Barros, Bra Honda RVF/RC45 213
2000: Tohru Ukawa, J - Daijiro Kato, J Honda VTR1000SPW 215
2001: Valentino Rossi, I - Colin Edwards, USA Honda VTR1000SPW 217
2002: Daijiro Kato, J - Colin Edwards, USA Honda VTR1000SPW 219
2003: Yukio Nukumi, J - Manubu Kamada, J Honda VTR1000SPW 212
2004: Tohru Ukawa, J - Hitoyasu Izutsu, J Honda CBR1000RRW 210
2005: Ryuichi Kiyonari, J - Tohru Ukawa, J Honda CBR1000RRW 204
2006: Shinichi Ito, J - Takeshi Tsujimura, J Honda CBR1000RR 214
2007: Yuki Kagayama, J - Kosuki Akiyoshi, J Yoshimura Suzuki S-GSX-R1000 216

My personal favorite era was the 80's to early 90's when the Superbike was yet to be invented so it was down to prototypes like the Honda RVF750 to change the way a sport bike looked like. But post 93 it was WSBK rules.


Oh and Polyphony Digital's Tourist Trophy has some of these machines in the game.