I'm sure a lot of you reading this are ’90s kids like myself. And if you grew up in the arcade era, you probably remember the sound of buttons getting mashed to death while someone tried to pull off a perfect combo in Street Fighter II. It was loud, chaotic, and incredibly fun. Fast forward a few decades, and a lot of those same kids now have jobs, disposable income, and a garage that might contain something like a Suzuki Hayabusa.
Which brings us to a very real truth about motorcycling. A lot of riders are really just kids with grown-up money. And Suzuki just built the perfect machine to prove it.
Suzuki has revealed a one-off show bike called the Hayabusa Tuned by Juri, created to celebrate Street Fighter 6 and its global esports tournament, Capcom Cup 12. The bike is inspired by the game’s chaotic villainess Juri Han, and it’s exactly the kind of crossover that happens when the worlds of gaming and motorcycles collide. In other words, it’s a hypersport tribute to the idea that growing up doesn’t mean you have to stop liking the stuff you loved as a kid.
