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rossis m1 break leavers have a hole in at the end, how long has that been there? was it in spain or did he have it at mugello?
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i heard a rumour it was because the force of the gravity was forcing the brake leaver in which was puting the brake on and slowing him down a touch, they said they had feedback through the computers, ive checked sum of last years races and it was there and not for the first few races this year..
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when u watch the next race watch out when they do a close up of rossi, it was either the brake or clutch leaver..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rossi 46 winner @ Jun 14 2005, 03:42 PM)<div class='quotemain'>i heard a rumour it was because the force of the gravity was forcing the brake leaver in which was puting the brake on and slowing him down a touch, they said they had feedback through the computers, ive checked sum of last years races and it was there and not for the first few races this year..
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I noticed that too. Makes a good point that he would do that to make the bike go that much faster. Seems to be working.
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I noticed that too. Makes a good point that he would do that to make the bike go that much faster. Seems to be working.
Obviously none of you watched Catalunya on BBC then?
On the warm up lap Steve Parrish commented on the lever because they were doing a right-hand close up of Valentino.
The hole is not for weight reduction cos those levers prob weigh Fxxx all anyway.
During testing the Yam team found that at top speeds the airflow was forcing the lever back causing the front brake to come on, so the hole is to stop that.
On the warm up lap Steve Parrish commented on the lever because they were doing a right-hand close up of Valentino.
The hole is not for weight reduction cos those levers prob weigh Fxxx all anyway.
During testing the Yam team found that at top speeds the airflow was forcing the lever back causing the front brake to come on, so the hole is to stop that.
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ron was it used at catalunya 1st then? thought id seen it at mugello but now im not to sure
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It's possible that the other teams may not have that problem, if you were to make the lever aerodynamic I would assume the air would flow around it without putting enough pressure directly on it to engage it. My guess is that other teams have already remedied that problem. Another possibility is that Yamaha has some other purpose for it that they don't want revealed, you can never know what is true and what is not when the information is released from a team.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (arryace @ Jun 15 2005, 12:26 PM)<div class='quotemain'>guarenteed if thats the story yamaha put out its completely false
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My thoughts exactly arryace.
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My thoughts exactly arryace.
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