robains

It's called traction control and/or anti-wheelie and it doesn't limit horsepower in the first 4 gears ... it operates entire on traction and rider maps used in the ECU. A motoGP bike can easily lift the front wheel or spin the wheel in the gears beyond 4th.

It's a combination of power and traction, but even when Ducati didn't have corner exit traction a few years back they were still posting the highest top speeds on the straights, so yes it is very much about Power.

Funny how some of you confuse "balls" with "stupidity" ... and the old "Well Rossi did it" BS ... grow up like you would know what Rossi did since you obviously hate him. Did Rossi have aggressive moves in his long history, sure he did. Did he resort to aggressive moves every race, no ... why, because he didn't need to resort to stupid aggressive moves to win 9 championship. That's the difference between Rossi with Talent and Marquez with Aggression.

Segfault

Traction control and anti-wheelie do not manipulate horsepower.

I see.

No comments.

Edit: I know, education is something you do not miss if you don't have it. Nevertheless, I suggest you look up the definition of horsepower.

michaelm

The personal tally for Rossi and MM taking each other out is 2:1 to Rossi, at least one as a result of a deliberate illegal move, and some have argued the other was deliberate as well. I don’t, and think MM was stupid to try to stay with Rossi who had caught up 4 seconds and easily passed him in that first Argentinian incident, but the same applies to Rossi in the Argentinian incident this year.

How many premier class titles has MM won as a result of stupid aggressive moves?. Only one, the first one, imo given his eventual points margin was less than the points he gained from the Jerez last corner torpedo pass in 2013, in direct emulation of a fairly identical pass by a certain someone at Jerez 2005.

On the other hand much more dangerous and aggressive riding at Laguna Seca than anything MM has perpetrated in the premier class was influential in Rossi’s 2008 title win, he beat his major rival at Jerez 2005 on the way to the title that year as a result of what should have been judged an illegal move and could be regarded as just a tad aggressive, he took out MM at Sepang 2015 by means of an illegal move in pursuit of a title, and did his best to derail Stoner’s title bid in 2011 by a stupid aggressive move, far more egregiously stupid than anything MM has ever done in the premier class.
(EDIT Perhaps I could just have posted “That’s racing”).

BarryMachine

Its pretty clear rossi has nowhere near the talent needed to run up front these days. It may hsve worked back in the day of Gibernau and Capi. But riders like Stoner, Lorenzo and now Marquez have talent far in excess of rossi .... even at his prime.

Last time a talented rider was on the Yamaha he ran rings around rossi ..... to the point looked ..... just like he does now.

Are you seriously suggesting rossi we ould be running up the front with say a Honda? Or a Duc.? You like all boppers are a fruitcake.

povol

Did he resort to aggressive moves every race, no ... why, because he didn't need to resort to stupid aggressive moves to win 9 championship. That's the difference between Rossi with Talent and Marquez with Aggression.[/QUOTE]


You’re right,he didn’t need to, his competition was nothing like it is today where both machines and riders are superior to what he faced early in his career .With records broke on a regular basis for closeness of finish, you have to be somewhat bullish to get where you want to go these days, you can’t just cruise around for 80% of the race , then pull away for easy victories. Bottom line is, had Rossi been faced with a competitor like Marquez his entire career, we would be comparing him with other riders who have 1 or 2 titles

AJV80

So engine ‘maps’ effecting the traction / anti wheelie settings that cut ingnition to the engines cylinders and/or close down intake butterflies do so without effecting the engines power output in any way??? Do tell me more.

Keshav

[QUOTE=RCV600RR;457728]So your argument is now becoming "Furusawa said Rossi is a development genius, but he was exaggerating because he likes Rossi." Listen to yourself.

Dude, if there were an Olympic category for conclusion jumping, you would get the, no-medal-at-all. I didn't say it was because they were friends, I said their relationship didn't preclude employing hyperbole, something company men, who even "retired", maintain close, loyal connections over a lifetime, are won't to do. Anyone with a modicum of insight into Japanese corporate culture can tell you, excessive flattery to those high up the company food chain is a pronounced trait in the land of lifetime salarymen

Furusawa also said that "if Filippo (Preziosi) had listened more to Valentino, in 2012 the Desmosedici would have gone better".

Furusawa spent no more time in the Yamaha garage than Krap Magnet, so is of course merely speculating.


This argument is pretty funny. You're arguing that Yamaha's weak M1 is due to them intentionally ignoring Rossi's feedback, rather than being too slow and too conservative in implementing that feedback (as Krops and a whole variety of other commentators have explained). Occam's razor slices through this argument.

No, never said they floundered because they ignored Rossi. I clearly indicated their depleted lack of regard for his precious "development skills", as evidenced by their decision to ignore them.

Even if your (false) premise were correct, you've found yourself in a logical trap: First, you're saying Rossi's poor feedback is the cause of Yamaha's woes. Then, you're saying that Rossi's feedback isn't being followed. If Rossi's feedback isn't being followed, and the bike is rubbish, then it seems that the engineers are wrong...not Rossi.

See retort #2

Another absurd argument. You're essentially arguing that the only reason Yamaha have not come out and said that Rossi is bad at development is because they don't want to alienate their 'marketing tool'.

Also amply covered by retort #2

Actually, the more credible explanation is that he is not bad at development (again, he is a development "genius" according to Furukawa).
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Also covered by retort #1/QUOTE]



You make enough left turns, you end up going in circles.

synn

Kurryfart sure spends a lot of words saying absolutely nothing.