Rockstar Suzuki

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​Glenn Coldenhoff and his Rockstar Suzuki were pitted under the RCH rig for the USGP. Glenn's rookie season has been fairly successful, including a MXGP win. For 2016 however, he'll be moving to the Factory Red Bull De Carli KTM team, alongside Antonio Cairoli.

Coldenhoff's bike wins the award for gnarliest seat cover...

Another look at the pleated seat cover.

Cut out plastic sprocket guard, check. Drilled clutch actuation arm with all titanium hard ware, double check. This puppy is lightweight.

As with many of the MXGP teams, this bike featured a CRM carbon fuel tank, GET diagnostic software, and carbon fiber guards to protect not only the forks, but also the lower triple clamps.

Check out the carbon fiber front brake line and banjo bolt guard. You can never be too safe when it comes to a mechanical DNF.

Now this isn't a sight you see everyday on modern bikes, a one piece triple clamp and bar mount combo. Made from machined billet aluminum none-the-less!

Coldenhoff's bike featured carbon fiber front engine mounts. While seeing the top hangars on Factroy bikes happen occasionally, you don't typically see them utilize it on the front mount.

These trick KYB billet lugs are mated up to a surprisingly stock Nissin caliper from the 2016 RM-Z250.

While an Akrapovic exhaust in the US is more of a rarity, they have quite the strangle hold on the MXGP field.

Seeing teams running a throttle body with an underside mounted injector is becoming more common these days. While the KTM and Husqvarnas use this layout stock, the Japanese brands typically mount theirs in the top.

Credit
Michael Lindsay
Pit Bits: 2015 Glen Helen USGP
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