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John Hopkins and his agent, Doug Gonda, are heading to Sepang, Malaysia, where Hopkins will get his first ride on the Suzuki GSV-R MotoGP racebike.

Hopkins was scheduled to fly out of San Diego, California Friday night to LAX, where he was supposed to meet Gonda and board a Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur via Taipai. But Hopkins’ flight out of San Diego was cancelled due to weather and he was rebooked on a Saturday flight, which would put him into Kuala Lumpur on Monday morning local time.

The Suzuki MotoGP team is scheduled to test for three days at Sepang, starting on Tuesday.