[Ducati] Ducati] re: Jerez GP testing 800's

[Peter Bonner]

Interesting to note that Honda merely dropped one cylinder and was in
compliance for cc limit, plus it turns out that most of the same parts for
the 5 cylinder machine also work for the new 4 cylinder machine, thereby
increasing parts supply and easing the transition.

Peter



Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 16:35:57 -0000
From: "Jones, Brian A" <Brian.Jones at pilkington.com>
Subject: [Ducati] re: Jerez GP testing 800's
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There is a conspiracy theory in the UK about this. Consider the
following: what cc do you get if you lose 1 cylinder of a 990cc V5? Who
has been banging on for ages that V4 is optimum engine configuration for
a bike? If smaller/lighter rider gives an advantage with less bhp, who
has the smallest/lightest rider? If the 800s ride more like 250s, who
has top 250 rider on board? Whose 'favourite' rider comes from the same
country as motogp's decision makers?

DaVinci code has nothing on the world of gp.