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Old 07-16-2009, 11:58 PM   #26
Amber Lamps
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Originally Posted by shmike View Post
Three reason why that's a bad example:

1. Mat Mladin won the 2003 Title on a Suzuki.

2. There were two other factories using the same displacement advantage in 2002.

3. 2003 was the year the displacement advantage ended.

The 2002 rules were not written for Honda, they just built the best machine under the existing rules.
What? Honda won the Championship on a 1000 V-Twin vs 750 I4s, when that advantage was taken away, they never won again. In fact they've won very few races since then. I have no idea why...
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