***MOTOGP 2007 800cc Machines***

owdamer · Post by **owdamer** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:01 pm

Copperslip Cowboy wrote:I'll accept that bet.
The loser buys the first round as well.

I'm feeling really confident now. Hayden only Fifth and Rossi, Pedrosa and Melandri aren't even there....

MotoGP: Sepang Test Times
1 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 800cc 2:03.56
2 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R 2:03.95
3 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R 2:04.06
4 Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR 2:04.08
5 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda RC212V 2:04.60
6 Toni Elias Gresini Honda Honda RC212V 2:05.02
7 Makoto Tamada Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 2:05.11
8 Tadayuki Okada Honda Test Team Honda RC212V 2:05.90
9 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Test Team Suzuki GSV-R 2:06.50
10 Carlos Checa LCR Honda Honda RC212V 2:10.88

Post by **Hooligan** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:41 pm

good to see tamada back on the pace after a bad year.

how long has okada been the honda tester?

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:45 pm

owdamer wrote:MotoGP: Sepang Test Times
1 Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha Team Yamaha 800cc 2:03.56

Yeah ... go Colin !!

Don

owdamer · Post by **owdamer** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:07 am

Hooligan wrote:how long has okada been the honda tester?

Since he retired from wsb at the end of 2001 I think.

Post by **Hooligan** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:11 pm

really? damn, i'm out of it. last i read he was injured in 98 or 99 so he sat out of some of the gp's cause honda wanted to save him for the suzuka 8 hours. didn't know he even ran in the WSB...

owdamer · Post by **owdamer** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:23 pm

You didn't miss much. He finished the 2001 season in 8th place with 3 podiums over the year. Best finish was a 2nd at Philip island.

orionburn · Post by **orionburn** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:33 am

Hooligan wrote:they look great up until the ass end. my crystal ball tells me all new sportbikes for the public market will also have this "missing rear-end" look and the marketing behind it will be "gp inspired weight reduction and aerodynamics for better mass centralization".

If they did go that route, I think it would be an option. The market is too filled with guys riding around in wife beaters and flip-flops who's biggest concern is picking up chicks to tag along on the back of the bike. Maybe those models can marketed as "free 3 in. chicken strips included with purchase."

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MOTOGP 2007 800cc Machines

I feel a pound richer already.