Why Honda never take the easy road

Interesting read from Mat Oxley over on Motorsport Magazine.

Why Honda never take the easy road - MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine

JPSLotus said:

Interesting read from Mat Oxley over on Motorsport Magazine.

Why Honda never take the easy road - MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine

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Good read, thanks!

You have to feel for them when they can't use there technology but you have to feel for everyone else when they do.

Great article. Amazing to look again at photos of the failures which despite not being competitive were truly works of engineering art. Just beautiful. the NR and the upside down triple were really deadly looking.

I find Nakamoto's comment about the unified software interesting. Dylan Gray interviewed MotoGP's technical director, and he said the maximum potential with the unified ECU is much lower, but there's a lot of possibilities with the mapping. I thought he got caught out in the open on that. But reading Nakamoto's quote makes more sense now.

I suppose the ECU then should allow for less computer aids?

But anyway, the Honda bikes that were failures are quite interesting to look at. I always like seeing the failed machines as there's always elements in them that are ahead of their time. They just can't get them to work at that given time, but revisiting down the road can change that.

yakamoto san said:

You have to feel for them when they can't use there technology but you have to feel for everyone else when they do.

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Well said

:thumbs:

Soichiro Honda was quite incredible...I think he'd be aghast at what MotoGP and F1's technical regulations have turned into in terms of stringency.

Still one of my favorite pictures. Ayrton Senna, Gerard Ducarouge, and Soichiro Honda.

TTT