Well the question is in the thread name. Will Honda have the RCV fully sorted for next year? Will they make a big leap forward during the off season or will they continue to make little improvements as they have been doing since the start of the year?
So, for all of those who are worshiping at the altar of Kropo and the rest, we can have a topic to document the claims that the RCV is a steaming pile of .....
I happened to see Mat Oxley's latest hit-and-run piece over on Motorsport Magazine.
I've quoted the relevant portions here since...
From crash.net
Looks pretty plain for £100K. A Kawasaki H2 is only £25 g's and if I was buying a bike like that, ...., A desmosedici would be no contest for me....
EDIT: Do you reckon they'll try and promote it as being only 0.3/lap seconds off the Repsol full factory race bike? ;)
Accd to M. Oxley Honda in reaction to the CRTs is planning to sell RCV replicas with spring valves - not pneumatic
ones. Can't write more now - just came from hand surgery and sore as hell.
According to Cycle News Nakano will be on a factory RCV for Brno and I assume the rest of the season.
He would definitely have been my first choice
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San Carlo Honda Gresini's Shinya Nakano will have the benefit of a factory Honda RC212V when the series rseumes after the summer break in...
I'm not sure if this has been covered or not, but I like it anyway. What is everyones favorite and least favorite colour schemes from the 990cc Honda?
the Repsol scheme in 06 was one for my favorites, but i really did not like the 02 scheme in any way (the West bike looking far better when it...