Is this rumour true?

I don't know if it was Repsol Honda he was going to, but Honda definitely promised him an RCV if he won WSBK, and then stitched him up.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (phleg @ Jun 13 2007, 10:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Good old Honda eh?

To be fair it looks like they made the right decision.

But Edwards did ride an RCV alongside Gibernau in the Movistar team with his usual results. So at least he got one eventually.

i always thought it was a bad career move for edwards to go to aprillia, that bike was just unrideable

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Jun 13 2007, 11:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>i always thought it was a bad career move for edwards to go to aprillia, that bike was just unrideable

But he needed to get out of superbikes asap, i think he would have taken any gp ride he could and i think he did the right thing.

I think Honda were risking losing Hayden to the Yamaha factory team in 2003, and Honda had to come up with a better offer. So Edwards could kiss his factory ride goodbye.

he still rode for movistar with Sete, and they were a good team. At least proved to be better than the factory team the 3 years 03 and 04 and 05 as well

Edwards sucks

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (vale4607 @ Jun 13 2007, 02:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Edwards sucks

That's for another thread!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (vale4607 @ Jun 13 2007, 02:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Edwards sucksI've read he's a great tyre/chassis tester which is the only reason Yamaha/Rossi would want him in the factory team but other than that he doesn't really produce come Sunday. Should be good craic if Lorenzo gets the 2nd Fiat Yam.

I also heard that they would'nt let him keep his partership with his chief engineer or something. But thats still no excuse for his lack of sucsess.

Edwards was promised an RC211V and it was assumed that given his success in WSB and Suzuka 8 Hours and his relationship with Rossi that it would be the second Repsol seat. Hayden wanted to make the move to MotoGP and HRC told him to win another SBK crown (rumors run a bit inconsistent as to whether they wanted another AMA title or whether they had planned on him replacing Edwards (Edwards told HRC before 2001/2002 the only man he felt deserving of a second factory Honda SBK ride was Hayden) in World Superbikes).

At this point, Hayden went to Yamaha who quickly got him to sign a letter of intent for a factory ride in 2003. Upon hearing this, Honda (with major funding from American Honda) offered Hayden the second Repsol ride. Hayden signed and eventually settled the legal battle with Yamaha.

Once this announcement was made, Edwards was told there would be no RC211V with his name on it for 2003. He then told Honda to get stuffed and signed for Ducati to race WSB in 2003. After this happened, Honda told Edwards that there would be an RC211V for him in 2003 after all. So he managed to free himself from the Ducati contract under the stipulations that he not ride WSB that season.

When the details of Edwards' Honda GP contract began to unfold, it was discovered that the ride he was offered was the Bridgestone shod Pramac bike that Tamada rode that season. Anyone who knows Edwards knows that he is a Michelin man through and through and at this point told Honda to get stuffed (again) and began his search for a GP ride and landed at Aprilia.

To my knowledge (based on heresay at Colin's forum, many of which personally know him and interviews with him) this is all true.

^^ very interesting mate. colin is the the type of man to mix is words,so can you imagine what he actually said to honda , me thinks it was a tad stronger than "get stuffed"

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Jun 19 2007, 07:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>^^ very interesting mate. colin is the the type of man to mix is words,so can you imagine what he actually said to honda , me thinks it was a tad stronger than "get stuffed"
Agreed. Although he probably did it using the same amount of words as 'get stuffed'.