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From: pablo on 5 Feb 2010 09:48 Not that it uncovers any major trends though, and conditions weren't optimal to boot.
From: Julian Bond on 5 Feb 2010 12:48 pablo <pablo(a)simplyhombre.net> Fri, 5 Feb 2010 06:48:21 >Not that it uncovers any major trends though, and conditions weren't >optimal to boot. Well Honda (or at least Pedrosa) has effectively a brand new bike. New frame, swingarm, engine, ohlins, fairing. Hard to draw any conclusions as it was stupidly hot and they lost half a day to rain. And of course, it's only testing. Doe the engines used in these tests (and the one day ones later in the season) count towards their 6? -- Julian Bond E&MSN: julian_bond at voidstar.com M: +44 (0)77 5907 2173 Webmaster: http://www.ecademy.com/ T: +44 (0)192 0412 433 Personal WebLog: http://www.voidstar.com/ skype:julian.bond?chat Rinse, Lather, Repeat
From: Andrew on 5 Feb 2010 14:32 "Julian Bond" <julian_bond(a)voidstar.com> wrote in message news:zHMgDmeFoFbLFAov(a)jblaptop.voidstar.com... > pablo <pablo(a)simplyhombre.net> Fri, 5 Feb 2010 06:48:21 >>Not that it uncovers any major trends though, and conditions weren't >>optimal to boot. > > Well Honda (or at least Pedrosa) has effectively a brand new bike. New > frame, swingarm, engine, ohlins, fairing. > > Hard to draw any conclusions as it was stupidly hot and they lost half a > day to rain. And of course, it's only testing. > > Doe the engines used in these tests (and the one day ones later in the > season) count towards their 6? > How about Edwards running in 3rd and saying the M1 has a lot more grunt down low? That is interesting as hell. Vale says it is quite fast, as well. What did they do to move the power down lower and still keep the bike fast? I wonder how many races the engine will do. -- Andrew 00 Daytona 00 Speed Triple 05 Squiddo
From: Julian Bond on 5 Feb 2010 15:31 Andrew <yogig.nospamm.no.spam(a)hotmail.com> Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:32:39 >I wonder how many races the engine will do. There's a bunch of bets, or maybe a drinking game - Which of the factories will have an engine blow up first on a factory bike? - How many race before Suzuki elect to start from the back of the grid in order to get a fresh engine? - Which Rookie will have a huge high side first? (already won by Marco Simoncelli) -- Julian Bond E&MSN: julian_bond at voidstar.com M: +44 (0)77 5907 2173 Webmaster: http://www.ecademy.com/ T: +44 (0)192 0412 433 Personal WebLog: http://www.voidstar.com/ skype:julian.bond?chat Rinse, Lather, Repeat
From: Champ on 6 Feb 2010 06:51
On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:01:15 -0800, Mark N <menusbaumNYETSPAM(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > - Stoner's bike remains far ahead of the other Ducati riders' machines. Why do you think it's the bike? Stoner been the only person who can ever go quick on that thing, and I neither see nor hear any suggestion that his machine is in anyway significantly different to his team-mates. Or the Pramac bikes, for that matter. -- Champ neal at champ dot org dot uk |