Joined Aug 2007
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Pomona NY
1, Clearly it did turn....well enough to win 10 races in that year. The ONLY thing that we can say is similar about the ducati then and now is that it isnt an easy ride. Like it or lump it if either rossi or hayden could choose to have the advantages of 20bhp/better tyres then they would, and it would most definitely benefit both riders.......A crap handling bike is still more likely to win with more power and grip, than without afterall.
2, Oh no because nobody ever tested for bhp on machinery before....its impossible!!!
The figure i mention is quoted for all to see on a popular site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducati_Desmosedici#GP7
Although even without documented reports, only an absolute stoner nuthugging extraordinaire would deny
the duc being absolutely the quikest bike that year.
3, Thats good....finally a fair 2010 comparison, no they havent changed really, but this is another debate. My point is really not wether rossi is quicker/slower than stoner on the duc in 2010....but rather that when we do compare the two, then it should be using that season as a main point of comparison, instead of a totally unfair and unrealistic 2007 comparison. The bike didnt have the speed or tyre factors of 2007 last year......so these kind of things are fair points. To actually aswer you last point, yes stoner was quick in parts last year but utterly average in others, and as we are only one race in so far this year who knows how it will pan out over the whole season.
1. The Duc turned like ..... That's why only Stoner whose bike had lower top speed than the sattelite Ducs was capable of being competitive on it.
Everyone else who rode the Duc was in the mid-pack to back. That's indisputable.
2. It was noted in Motosprint[citation needed] that as of the Le Mans Grand Prix the GP7 had a 20 hp (15 kW) advantage over Honda and Yamaha MotoGP bikes.
Above quote from Wikipedia
from Motosprint. Means nothing.