All CBR600RRs disqaulified from WSS

[White trash]

Just reading that all the Hondas that raced last night in World Supersport in Germany, were disqualified after the race for non comlying rear axles.

Race results went

1. Muggeridge
2. Parkes
3. Charpentier
4. Chambon
5. Neukirchner
6. Fujiwara
7. Vd Goorbergh
8. Kellner
9. Corradi
10. Lanzi
11. Veneman
12. Andersen
13. Sacchetti
14. Daemen
15. Le Grelle
16. Lagrive
17. Baiocco
18. Tortoroglio
19. Ellison

Ammended after the controversy.

1 S. Chambon Suzuki FRA 42' 58.502
2 K. Fujiwara Suzuki JPN +0.467
3 J. van den Goorbergh Yamaha NED +8.583
4 C. Kellner Yamaha GER +8.712
5 L. Lanzi Ducati ITA +14.988
6 B. Veneman Suzuki NED +19.747
7 K. Andersen Kawasaki NOR +20.395
8 W. Daemen Honda BEL +26.247
9 S. Le Grelle Honda BEL +26.887
10 M. Lagrive Suzuki FRA +42.245
11 M. Baiocco Yamaha ITA +58.649
12 W. Tortoroglio Suzuki ITA +58.903
13 D. Ellison Honda GBR +1' 5.573

[FROSTY]

you have to be kidding--what was wrong with the axle??

[riffer]

Morning WT.

At the risk of sounding stupid, how would an axle not comply with regulations?

Does it have to be a certain diameter?

btw my forks feel excellent. Even the hailstorm on the way to work could not remove the grin from my face Cheers :headbang:

[White trash]

It's different from the axle homologated at the beginning of the season.

"Go the Gixxers!"

Celticno6, glad the forks feel sorted. I forgot to tell you, they're only garunteed to get you to the end of the driveway. After that you're on your own!

Hope it went well with the kiddies yesterday.

[merv]

They were probably non-standard and not homologated, but then you wouldn't think they would be so hi-tech as to require changing - wonder what Honda was up to really.

[svs]

"...the post-race inspection deemed their bikes to have rear axles that
did not match the homologation papers for those parts."

I guess that's supersport for you. Must suck tho :kick: - I can't really see how a slightly out of spec rear axel would make the bikes go faster or handle any differently.

[Coldkiwi]

true, but rules is rules. Silly Honda boys.
I say again, Go the Gixxers! (even if it is piloted by a frog)

[Motu]

"...the post-race inspection deemed their bikes to have rear axles that
did not match the homologation papers for those parts."

I guess that's supersport for you. Must suck tho :kick: - I can't really see how a slightly out of spec rear axel would make the bikes go faster or handle any differently.

Why did they change them then?

[White trash]

Why did they change them then?

Dunno, but the whole field except the dead last guy got pinged for it!

[James Deuce]

Must've saved 30gms of unsprung weight.

[merv]

Riders get their points back ... read it here http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2004/Jun/040608e.htm

[sAsLEX]

Must've saved 30gms of unsprung weight.

"(the real weight is 560 grams, instead of 600)."

[merv]

Some nice gentleman back at Honda HQ who weighed the part and submitted homologation information is probably now applying the sword in honour to make up for the lost points in the manufacturers championship.

[James Deuce]

"(the real weight is 560 grams, instead of 600)."Damn! :eek5: Pretty good guess! lol

[k14]

I read on another site that it is 1.6 grams underweight. So not sure which to believe. But it seems a bit stupid to me.

[Deano]

I read on another site that it is 1.6 grams underweight. So not sure which to believe. But it seems a bit stupid to me.

Hey, they have to come up with something to keep the Honda's down or it just wouldn't be fair on the others...... :bleh:

[merv]

Yeah well the story said the error was in the homologation weight being wrong at 600g whereas all the stock parts were only 560g in the first place. The 1.6g could well be that someone measured their race bike part versus a stock bike and a difference as small as that is all you'd expect between two similarly machined parts so that probably left everyone confused until the error in homolgation was discovered.