Team Suzuki
Josh Waters
Team Suzuki Superbike Rider
2012 Competition Details
Rider Number | 21 (Australian Championship) 12 (World Championship) |
Motorcycle | Suzuki GSX-R1000 |
Competing in | Australian Superbike Championship |
Personal Details
Date of birth | 24/1/87 |
Resides | Mildura, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Height | 171cm |
Weight | 69kg |
Motivation | Winning |
Goals for 2012 | Help Team Suzuki win a Championship |
Career goals | World Championship |
Race preparation | Getting focused and thinking about the race |
Hours training per week | 10hrs |
Hours riding per week | 5hrs |
Favourite circuit | Phillip Island and Symmons Plains |
Racing hero | Troy Bayliss |
Superstitions | Left glove on first |
Best part of being a pro rider | Knowing everyone around you is putting in as hard as you are |
Worst part of being a pro rider | My own expectations |
Greatest racing moment | Australian Superbike Championship in my rookie season |
First job | Worked at a motorcycle shop |
First Suzuki | QuadRunner 50 |
Interests | Motorsport, squash, hanging out with mates |
Pets | Two dogs |
Favourite music | Mainstream radio |
Favourite movie | Days of Thunder |
Favourite book | Lance Armstrong - It's Not About the Bike |
Would most like to meet | Lance Armstrong |
If you weren't a pro rider you'd be... | A builder |
Career Highlights
2012 | 1st- Australian Superbike Championship |
2012 | Selected for Suzuka 8 Hour with Yoshimura Suzuki |
2011 | 1st- Australian Endurance Championship |
2011 | 2nd- Suzuka 8 Hour with Yoshimura Suzuki |
2011 | Given selected rides by Yoshimura Suzuki at World Superbike Championship |
2010 | Tested with Rockstar Makita Suzuki (AMA Superbike) |
2009 | 1st- Australian Superbike Championship |
1993 - 2006 | 24 Australian Dirt Track and Long Track Championships (Junior & Senior levels) |
1993 - 2006 | Over 60 State Dirt Track and Long Track titles (Junior & Senior levels) |