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Reading between the lines.
1. They had to make a statement
2. The bike has always been flawed (look at Stoner -v- all other riders on it)
3. To me, the "riding around" issue is the telltale - (IMO and not "literally") Rossi is in the garage watching video's of Casey right now watching what he did to ride around it.
4. I would assume that Rossi has the same electronics package that Casey has, if not better... (okay that's facetious)
If you were Ducati or Rossi at the moment and you were in the hot seat right now what would you say. Place yourself as Rossi or JB or Ducati management and tell me what on earth that missing 80% is. Take free license and speculate.
Apropos the missing 80% (the bike actually)- what's the bet when Rossi gets up to speed he starts washing the front end out?
1. Yes you are right but there is no reason for them to lie and say the parts haven't been tried at all.
2. I agree once more.
3. Rossi is learning how to get the most out of the bike and learning from the one person who has excelled on it. That's what I'd like to see if the Ducati is inherently flawed and non-fixable. Rossi has to get up to speed and I remember hearing years ago that he used to have people videoing at tracks to understand what his rivals were doing and how he could improve. That says that he is human, knows when he doesn't know something/can't do something but also is dedicated enough to do something about it so that he can. That's why he got where he did - he is willing to be a student when he needs to.
When you say "telltale", what do you mean? He is trying to get the most out of the bike as it is. I don't think this is indicative of a last resort.
Incidentally, I haven't seen Rossi watching Casey videos in his garage - is this on a feed somewhere?
4. I would say the electronics package on the bike is improving as they did order some new anti-wheelie stuff and something else which I can't remember.