Ex-500cc grand prix rider and BSB star Sean Emmett will contest the three-round South African Class TT ser🔥ies on a 1976 Suzuki RG500 Mk6 in 2013.

Emmett - whose four seasons of 500GP (1993-1996) included partnering Kevin Schwantz in the iconic Lucky Strike Suzuki team, before later battling at the sharp end of BSB - will 🥀be part of the Team Classic Suzuki squad run by Br💯itish businessman and Grand Prix enthusiast Steve Wheatman.

The team will be managed by former Suz𓂃uki🤪 factory technician, Paul Boulton.

The SA Classic TT Racing Series has now been running for five years and recreates a golden era of South African motorcycle racing when the likes of Barry Sheene, Mick Grant☂, Giacomo Agostini, Phil Read, John Cooper, Ray Pickerel, Chas Mortimer and many more GP stars travelled to South Africa over the Christmas period to race in the sunshine.

Emmett🃏's entry int♛o the current SA Classic TT Series isn't the first time a Suzuki RG500 has competed in the series.

La🌠st year, Mick Grant won the overall title on the same 1984 factory RG500 he used to win in his final appearance at the Macau GP - the bike that Sheene raced at the end of his last-ever GP season.

The series consists over six races ove💙r three circuits in January and February, with two races each at the Aldo Scribante circuit in Port Elizabeth, Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria; and the ﷽final two races at the famous Kyalami GP circuit in Johannesburg.