Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Yuzuru Ishikawa, large project leader

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We spoke to the large project leader, Yuzuru Ishikawa, about the design of the CB125R. Ishikawa-san worked on the CBR1100XX Super Blackbird, various iterations of the CBR1000RR Fireblade, and the original V5 MotoGP bike, the RC211V.

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