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I don't particularly care for Honda, but watching them drink troll tears will be somewhat gratifying. The new RC will fly.
If you put Stoner in the saddle, and you mount a set of WSBK-spec Pirellis, I bet the sport version of the RC could run with race-spec superbikes. Probably 3-4 seconds clear of stock bikes on the same tires.
Maybe Honda will treat us with some lap times one day.
If you put Stoner in the saddle, and you mount a set of WSBK-spec Pirellis, I bet the sport version of the RC could run with race-spec superbikes. Probably 3-4 seconds clear of stock bikes on the same tires.
Maybe Honda will treat us with some lap times one day.
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What, drinking troll tears like when they sold the RCV1000RR as 0.3s a lap off the Factory bike?
Again Lex you are missing the point. I've n doubt to to average person who is going to buy it, it will 'fly' But not enough to justify the price tag.
My brother's 125 'flies', but you put Casey Stoner on it and he'd find it as slow as a slug.
Again Lex you are missing the point. I've n doubt to to average person who is going to buy it, it will 'fly' But not enough to justify the price tag.
My brother's 125 'flies', but you put Casey Stoner on it and he'd find it as slow as a slug.
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I don't get it...he was supposed to fall. Why didn't he FALL!!!???
The MotoGP spec of this bike costs $1M. No Brembo carbon brakes on the road-version, and it makes less horsepower because amateurs can't afford the maintenance bills for a MotoGP bike.
This thing seems like a bargain from that point of view.
If you want the real deal, put up another $750,000 and you can have what Hayden is riding, supposing you can actually convince Honda to sell you one.
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"I was going to fill in for Dani. I was approached, I was considered, and then unfortunately they decided against it. It would have been a lot of fun to ride a new track that I haven’t been on with Austin."
Thanks HRC, you just ...... millions of GP fans. JPLotus, you recently asked about the greatest blunder in the history of motorcycle grand prix; well this has got to be in the top 5. Another thought that came to mind when reading Stoner's quote was that he must have plenty of confidence he wouldn't have embarrassed himself. Big balls to volunteer to ride in such an event, especially considering that his teammates at the venue was the on side favorite to win on the same bike Casey would have ridden.
Thanks HRC, you just ...... millions of GP fans. JPLotus, you recently asked about the greatest blunder in the history of motorcycle grand prix; well this has got to be in the top 5. Another thought that came to mind when reading Stoner's quote was that he must have plenty of confidence he wouldn't have embarrassed himself. Big balls to volunteer to ride in such an event, especially considering that his teammates at the venue was the on side favorite to win on the same bike Casey would have ridden.
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I can't help feeling that it was MM himself who didn't want Stoner.
HRC management of course had to ask him first if it was all right or not.
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Stoner wanting coming back to COTA in spite of being at a disadvantage, said he had the mental toughness to do it, and that he would have been battling for the podium quite easily.
Too bad the environment in MotoGP is such that it can be ...... up in one swift stroke.
Also tells you about how much confidence MM really has about running against Casey though. I was told on another forum, MM would easily beat Casey, but if MM really was that sure he wouldn't have minded running against Casey.
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You surely remember Marquez' comment at the Austin press conference, when asked what he thought about Honda rejecting Stoner's offer to replace Pedrosa.
He pretended that he didn't know about it and that he just heard the news from one of his mechanics... and of course that he respected "Honda's decision".
I still wonder who could possibly believe that, but maybe I've just found one.
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It doesn't have carbon brakes for the road because they'd be next to useless. And regarding maintenance bills? Lets look at two rich Americans who are almost certain to buy one of these: Tom Cruise and Jay Leno.
Jay Leno has a net worth for $350 million and has a regular annual income of $15 million. Tom cruise has a net worth of around $450 million and has an annual income of $50-$75 million.
If you look online you can see that the top two teams in MotoGP spend about $50 million a year, that's for 2 bikes, 2 riders, and all the personnel and shipping that goes with it.
So, Tom Cruise could single handedly almost run a MotoGP team for a season, are you now going to tell me that these 'amateurs' can't afford the servicing/maintenance bills on 1 GP replica bike?
I thought that too, but haven't found a source that says otherwise. Plus, most of the articles made a point of being surprised at the 'sedate' figures being brandished by Honda.
