The Tornada blows up a desert storm

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tom @ Feb 17 2007, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I think no other rider could have beaten rossi on that yamaha, rossi had one of the greatest years of his career so far. But i don't think the overall performance of most of the top riders would not have been that different if they were using yamahas (if you hypothetically rule out the fact that they would have to adapt to new machinary and maybe tires).

But then again, hypothetically lest take Rossi out of the picture for a moment… In ’05 and ’06 with those Hondas, Yamahas and all, I would ask the same question: Which rider, from anyone on the grid (remember we got hypothetically Rossi out) could have taken the title on a Yamaha in those ’05 or ‘06?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ogunski @ Feb 18 2007, 03:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>The Honda on the otherhand and the clutch issues was only complained about ironically by their championship winner, Nicky Hayden.

The clutch was set deeper into the engine casing of Haydens evo honda with its shorter engine. This coupled with Haydens riding style caused problems with heat warping the plates or major clutch slip.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (VHMP01 @ Feb 18 2007, 03:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>But then again, hypothetically lest take Rossi out of the picture for a moment… In ’05 and ’06 with those Hondas, Yamahas and all, I would ask the same question: Which rider, from anyone on the grid (remember we got hypothetically Rossi out) could have taken the title on a Yamaha in those ’05 or ‘06?


Like i said, i don't think there would have been a significant difference in the top riders performances over the season. I said that because even without Rossi, the next best rider along was Melandri. But i think Given the Yamaha Marco would still have come home second, Hayden 4th and Biaggi fith.

In fact, look at the final table for 2005, and in your mind replace every honda for a yamaha, and put the yamaha guys on hondas. Given the same state of development that actually happened in real life, i would expect the table to look almost the same.