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Old 04-30-2008, 06:03 PM   #39
Big Kahuna
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MotoGP classes are strictly race prototypes only. You won't be finding any of those bikes in production. Heck, Honda was using a V5 engine during the 990 phase, something you will never find in production.

All other classes use production models as their base. The R7 was intruduced as a very low production product (only 500 produced) to meet the race requirements. Poor thing never really took of and soon became a thing of the past when the 1000cc in-lines were allowed.

Don't get all racing confused with MotoGP, as it's vastly different.

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Originally Posted by JK View Post
they wanted to slow the bikes down but now they more than make up for it by being peaky and quicker in the corners... so they may change something again.
Yeah, I love when Nicky was commenting on the new 800cc rules, he stated that they were trying to slow things down, but the lighter bikes made for higher corner speeds. He said something about speed in the corners being more dangerous as most people don't crash in the straights.

WTF? The admins have some mod that appends you last post rather than creating a new one? That's fucked up!
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