Emma Franklin

It’s long, it’s fast and it’s designed to go very fast in a straight line, you can see why Suzuki’s Hayabusa earned itself the nickname of The Eurostar in my garage. The 1340cc inline four is a bewitching mix of muscularity and sports, combining turbine-like torque with a frisky, free-revving nature. It’s totally addictive. I chose to spend my year with Suzuki’s 185bhp, 245kg, aerodynamically sculpted continent crusher simply because it’s the polar opposite of the two other bikes in my garage. A…