The great Honda RCV topic

#22 said:

I didn't no, but thats interesting given he's on a 'dumbed down' RCV1000RR

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Yeah, I thought that. I think it's more symptomatic of the vast gulf between classes.

#22 said:

I just had a thought on this:

Alvaro Bautista threw the RCV into the scenery more often than not last yr. He's now on an Aprilia and only retired once this yr (Which was Marquez' fault).

Crutchlow, ok he crashes a lot but has been binning the Honda this year when pushing it. Redding has no confidence to push the bike and is running with the opens...so, maybe the RCV does have some issues

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I think it does as well, but then again they all have issues at times. Thing is do they have the resources to fix it quickly. Given the choice of a factory Honda, Yamaha or Ducati, I'd choose the Honda without a second thought. How about you?

I think it took Yamaha two years to match Honda's seamless gearbox, took Ducati forever to catch up just for a race or two, now they are left behind yet again. So I find it amusing the so called experts ranked the Honda behind even Ducati.

As for satelight riders, if it took Marquez a number of races and who knows how many chassis and electronic tweaks to get him comfortable, what hope do the satelight riders have to get they need? Pol also complains the Yamaha doesn't suit his style.