Stoner tests[RC213V]? at Jerez
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When CaliKid managed to get us all into the Dani Q and A session at Laguna last year I asked him afterwards about this. I commented on how quickly he adapted to the 990 and how comfortable he looked on it. Dani beamed from ear to ear. Asking him which was the more satisfying to ride, he said that the 800's were far more difficult and challenging due to their peaky power and precise lines, grinning again he then said that the 990's were much more fun.
I don't however expect next years 1 litre bikes to share many of the characteristics of thier 990 predecessors - and given the huge advances in technology since 2006 should be easier to manhandle. Let's just hope that the increased torque allows for an interesting spread of lines again - (despite the fact that 800's hardly seem to have restricted RDP and Simoncelli in this department-remember CS's comments about following Randy in the Mugello race two years ago? )
Very well said.
When the 800's came into being, I remember hearing about all of the changes and developments the factories and been intending to introduce, and were able to implement with one swoop in the 800 redesign.
Now, we're hearing that the new 1000's [so far] are almost the same as the 800's they're replacing, except for half a pee's worth of displacement.
But if the bike will work with a bigger spread of lines then it should improve the sport.
Joined Feb 2007
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Tennessee
Like i said before, you can call Moto GP = WSBK Plus
Or you can call WSBK= Moto GP Lite
They are quickly morphing into the same entity
When CaliKid managed to get us all into the Dani Q and A session at Laguna last year I asked him afterwards about this. I commented on how quickly he adapted to the 990 and how comfortable he looked on it. Dani beamed from ear to ear. Asking him which was the more satisfying to ride, he said that the 800's were far more difficult and challenging due to their peaky power and precise lines, grinning again he then said that the 990's were much more fun.
I don't however expect next years 1 litre bikes to share many of the characteristics of thier 990 predecessors - and given the huge advances in technology since 2006 should be easier to manhandle. Let's just hope that the increased torque allows for an interesting spread of lines again - (despite the fact that 800's hardly seem to have restricted RDP and Simoncelli in this department-remember CS's comments about following Randy in the Mugello race two years ago? )
I was one of those who thought that Dani Pedrosa was the golden boy of 800cc competition, but I will never forget what Alberto Puig said after Dani finally broke through for his first win of the season at Sachsenring in 2007. "When Dani ride the bike, he can do".
Puig's remark made it quite clear that Honda and Michelin believed they had built a championship winning bike, and that the shortcomings of their program were being blamed on Dani Pedrosa. My dislike for Pedrosa did not change at the time, but it became clear that Dani and Nicky were both being taken for a ride by HRC. Both of them seemed to blame the other for the problems at Honda b/c it seemed incomprehensible (at the time) that Honda could have screwed up so badly. As KRJR said, Honda were running 15% power reduction on the RCs during the 2006 season, and he would have bet money that Honda would been at the front in 2007.
I'm not surprised to learn that the 800s have been a traumatic era for Dani Pedrosa, but I do wonder if the return to 1000cc will change anything for him.
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Forget the V5, i want a V6
You should have been around when Mike The Bike was on the Honda payroll. He had one; a 250 (tho not a "V").
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Like i said before, you can call Moto GP = WSBK Plus
Or you can call WSBK= Moto GP Lite
They are quickly morphing into the same entity
Maybe MotoGP Heavy would be more appropriate.
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Tennessee
Maybe MotoGP Heavy would be more appropriate.
Or maybe Gp could be WSBK fat free
Well to be fair, this year alone he's had an altercation with Aoyama, Abraham, Hayden, and Rossi. The first three we were able to see, the last one, no one made a big deal about it because Rossi blew it off, imagine that. If it was during a race I would cheer for him but all of this happens in practice and testing. You can't ride in front of him or behind him apparently. I'll give him the benefit of doubt for his last dealing with Rossi because these two are playing together, but with the other riders there is no excuse for standing guys up or being all over them during practice. Hopefully the way he responded to RDP gives him a bit of a wake up call to calm down. He needs to remember that he's having these problems because he's so much better than everyone else, I'm not speaking of RDP here, that was terrible decision making and negligence on the part of RDP. I know it's important to his riding skill set to be able to go out and get the tires hot faster than anyone else but mistreating people during practice isn't a good solution, they all have to share the track and be safe. He hasn't had any major problems getting pole after pole or missing pole positions because of other riders so until that happens he should relax a little and realize that they all have to deal with traffic at times and he isn't being targeted or put at a major disadvantage because they all have to deal with it.
