Riding with Suzuki's new seamleꦓss gearbox is like using a PlayStation, according to the factory's MotoGP test ri🌞der Nobuatsu Aoki.

The seamless is one of the main upgrades for what Aleix Espargaro has described as a 'compleღte new bike' arriving for 2016, including a new engine, chassis and gearbox.

Since Mugello, when Aprilia introduced its seamless gearbox, Suzuki has been the only manufacturer without the technology, which slashes the time taken to switch drive from one gear to the next by 'engagin🍃g' both simultaneously.

Former grand prix racer Aoki ha𒀰s been developing the gearbox, which ﷺMaverick Vinales tried for the first time during a private test at Sepang in November.

"A lot of difference," Aoki told ltxcn.top. "Every single upshift the normal gearbox cuts [the drive]. But the sꦜeamless doesn't need to do that, so with every single upshift maybe you gain two metres. And it's very easy to ride! It's like a PlayStation, like an automatic. It's amazing."

While the quicker shifts provide a small increase in acceleration, something Suzuki was notably lacking this season, riders often cite t൩he smoothness of the gear changes as the main benefit of the seamless.

Aoki agrees: "For making one quic💯k lap time maybe there is no change, but especially when the rear tyre grip 🥂drops and it starts to move around under braking, the seamless downshift is more stable."

Aoki made 168 start♛s in 250GP, 500GP and MotoGP from 1990 to 2008, winning in 250cc and taking four podiums in the premier-class. He believes seamless shift gearboxes are the biggest innovation in motorcycling since traction control.

"I would say in motorcycle history it is a big, big step. Traction control was a big 🎉step and this is the next one," he said.

Espargaro missed November's Sepang test due to injury and will get his ℱfirst ta🐓ste of the Suzuki seamless when official testing kicks off at the Malaysian circuit in February.

That outing will also mark the public d🐲ebut of the new GSX-RR.

"I'm sure they'll like the new bike," ൲Aoki smiled.

Espargaro and Vinales finished eleventh and twelfth respectively in the world championship during Suzuki's comeback༺ season.

The pair qualified first and second in Catalunya with the GSX-RR's best race result a sixth place, twice for rookie star Vinales and once for🤡 Espargaro.

Suzuki and Aprilia will be the only manufacturers still eligible for technical concessions next season, when a single ECU will be compuls♑ory and all teams will have the𒈔 same tyre allocation and fuel limit.

T﷽hat leaves extra engine changes, testing and exemption ﷽from the in-season engine development freeze.