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Testing starts tomorrow

SuperShinya56
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There are only 2 teams that are able to get a championship, not EVEN that, just a win.  Mind as well just have factory motorcycles racing around and let go of the 'little' folks with dreams.


 


Wait, that's HONDA right?  You think they will ever let their satellite production bikes win over HRC?  NO.  So they purposely make customer bikes not up to spec.......... I can understand in a way but, that is not fair at all.  In an interview I've read on Redding's manager on Crash, Redding had a choice of the Yamaha ride that Pol had?  And that the manager kind of regretted going to Honda, and that the only reason why the deal was sign because Honda promised factory support in Redding's second year?  Yamaha at least is willing to sacrafice and share to a point, to get whatever they can get, show's that Yamaha is behind the 8 ball if you will, when it comes to fighting with the mighty Honda..... whereas Honda will rather let their customers suffer then even get a fighting chance at their own factory outfit.  Meaning Honda DOES have alot of clout.
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Of course Honda has clout, just like Ferrari has clout in F1. They have earned it by being mainstays in the series, but its a stretch to say that Yamaha votes against their best interest because they are afraid of some kind of Honda retribution. All is fair in love and war, and im sure Honda has tried every trick in the book to bury Yamaha in the business world and the racing world, yet there they stand. Yamaha respects Honda for what they are, an entity that wants to win at any cost. It makes their .... hard just thinking about beating them.
 
povol
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Of course Honda has clout, just like Ferrari has clout in F1. They have earned it by being mainstays in the series, but its a stretch to say that Yamaha votes against their best interest because they are afraid of some kind of Honda retribution. All is fair in love and war, and im sure Honda has tried every trick in the book to bury Yamaha in the business world and the racing world, yet there they stand. Yamaha respects Honda for what they are, an entity that wants to win at any cost. It makes their .... hard just thinking about beating them.
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Yes.  Honda's root is DEEP..... if you know Soichiro Honda, the root is "RACING".  That is why I love Honda.  Pure racing blood.  So I suppose they live in that name...... the name is strong, way stronger then Ferrari by a long shot.


 


Yamaha. NO.  So I see.  That is why Senna and Honda is hand in hand!  Rossi though, he a clown, that is WHY Honda dropped his azz...... in case you guys didn't know.  Rossi think he's too good..... he is, for his own good. 


 


RIght?
 
the kid don't really do careful, Lorenzo rubbing hands together for a bit of a headstart
 
povol
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I dont think it has anything to do with being outsmarted.<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0); Yamaha drug their feet on how they were going to approach the proddy, and Honda went straight to work building a bike to compete against the CRT's. By being non committal, the advantage fell into Yamaha's lap when Dorna decided to shitcan the CRT's, blowing Honda's program all to hell and tying their hands at the same time. Or Dorna, to punish Honda, gave Yamaha a little wink and  nudge and told them to hold up on making a decision on your proddy, we have something brewing that will .... Honda, and give you a huge leg up in performance.
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);Very much plausible! If I were Honda I'd .... them both back to be on the safe side with this. Lease last years Repsol to Aspar & pass along the RCV1000 to PATA Honda in WSBK. New Homologation rules would make this very easy for Honda. http://superbikeplanet.com/2014/Feb/140222a.htm


 
<ul>[]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);    The minimum number of units to start the homologation procedure will be 125.


 


 

[]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);    At the end of the first year of participation, manufacturers will have to reach

250 units.


 


 

[]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);    At the end of the second year of participation, manufacturers will have to reach 1000 units.
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RCV1000Vs in WSBK is absolute bull. Not only must Honda produce about 120 bikes within the shortest amount of time, these bikes had to be road homoogated - and offered - as well. So forget about it.

But they should provide the 'pneumatic' upgrade to all teams for no cost and give each an extra technician or two in order to make sure they know how to make use of what they got - and kick Yam's .... Just for Honda honors, that would be..
 
sewarion
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RCV1000Vs in WSBK is absolute bull. <span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);Not only must Honda produce about 120 bikes within the shortest amount of time, these bikes had to be road homoogated - and offered - as well. So forget about it. But they should provide the 'pneumatic' upgrade to all teams for no cost and give each an extra technician or two in order to make sure they know how to make use of what they got - and kick Yam's .... Just for Honda honors, that would be..
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You think they cant?? We are talking about Honda here..........
 
they have a V4 sportsbike in the pipeline for a while which has been postponed again as they are even struggling to sell enough CBR1000R SP units. which come at a reasonable price. just consider the effort not only to build 125, respectively 1000 races prototypes, to make them road legal and have the homologated - there is no effing way they could do this.

it would be much easier - and cheaper - to upgrade the proddy bike they already have with parts that already exist for little to no cost for the sake of kicking their competitors butts - and that's what I expect them to do, for the sake of watching better racing and, dammit, because they are HRC.
 
sewarion
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RCV1000Vs in WSBK is absolute bull. Not only must Honda produce about 120 bikes within the shortest amount of time, these bikes had to be road homoogated - and offered - as well. So forget about it. But they should provide the 'pneumatic' upgrade to all teams for no cost and give each an extra technician or two in order to make sure they know how to make use of what they got - and kick Yam's .... Just for Honda honors, that would be..
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I agree.  With Honda putting the V4 bike on hold again, I don't see the RCV1K going anywhere else.  The bike needs to be upgraded.  Either HRC can upgrade the machine or they can deal with the bad press that will certainly  come when their bike circulates in 14th place every week.  Nicky was always kind in the press when he was at Ducati.  If this RCV does not improve, I think we'll hear more pointed remarks about the bike's poor performance.  
 
Honda's eggs are in one basket, HRC protoype in MotoGP.  That is all that matters to them, nothing else.  Not BSB, AMA, or even WSBK..... do you guys not understand this?  MotoGP is their series, and that's it...... not only that, they only support their 'real' team, HRC, the rest can have scraps just as Redding is now.


 


Honda never really supported their satellite customers like Yamaha does, only because Yamaha are desperate to get whatever they can get, whereas Honda would lose face if their satellite customers ever beat them..... which is why Honda customers never receive true factory type'ish support.


 


RESPECT the mighty Honda!  Racing blood.
 
xx CURVE xx
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All of them
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xx CURVE xx.... HONDA dropped your 'boy' because he thought he was too good for Honda.  Look at his destiny now, he's trying to make it up by trying to represent Yamama.  But he's getting his ... killed.............. you're little boy is cocky as hell. 


 


Rossi.  His legacy will live on with Honda, not with Yamaha, and he knows this. 


 


He's trying to prove a point, the 'old man'. 
 
rezonator636
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How many riders does this make who have gotten injured in the off-season training on an off-road bike?
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Off the top of my head: Marquez, Rossi, DePuniet, Bautista, Bradl and Iannone have all ...... themselves while riding off road. I'm amazed the teams allow it. Top level football/soccer players are precluded from just about all leisure activities but playing golf and banging groupies by their contracts.
 

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