MotoGP 2013

[pritch]

Some stats for the last few seasons,

Not sure if the stats are valid. This year both Honda satellite bikes have factory support, that wasn't always the case.

Drew, IIRC only Bautista's bike has Showa/Nissin parts. The Gresini bike has the usual Ohlins/Brembo bits.

[DidJit]

I think you mean Bautista’s Gresini Honda has Showa/Nissin and Bradl’s LCR Honda has Öhlins/Brembo. In saying that, Bradl has been using Brembo since Assen (before that he was using Nissin as well).

[Crasherfromwayback]

I think you mean Bautista’s Gresini Honda has Showa/Nissin and Bradl’s LCR Honda has Öhlins/Brembo. In saying that, Bradl has been using Brembo since Assen (before that he was using Nissin as well).

And Bradl seemed to improve once armed with Brembo.

[GD66]

Well, kind of...his finishes before Assen were dnf, 5, dnf, 10, 4, 5, and since Assen (6th) he has finished 6, 4, 2, 7, 6, 6, 5, 5, so the second at Laguna stands out (bloody good ride) but he's back where he was pretty much.

[Bender]

Latest news: Aspar has decided to drop Aprilia and go with a proddy Honda ridden by Nicky Hayden.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Latest news: Aspar has decided to drop Aprilia and go with a proddy Honda ridden by Nicky Hayden.

Hope he goes well on it too!

[Trudes]

Latest news: Aspar has decided to drop Aprilia and go with a proddy Honda ridden by Nicky Hayden.

Yahhhh!!

[Mental Trousers]

... and here's a link

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/moto...a-motogp-2014/

The consequences of Gigi Dall'Igna leaving Aprillia are huge for Aprillia. It's highly likely that next year they won't have a single customer in the MotoGP paddock as at the moment it's only PBM that haven't said they're moving away from Aprillia.

Be great to see Nicky Hayden back on something that isn't a career/soul destroyer. Hopefully being on some decent equipment gets him amped to go really hard.

[Crasherfromwayback]

...Be great to see Nicky Hayden back on something that isn't a career/soul destroyer. Hopefully being on some decent equipment gets him amped to go really hard.

Yeah I think there's still life in the Old Dog.

Some time filler...

http://motomatters.com/press_release...osa_and_m.html

[Bender]

Hope he goes well on it too!

I'm sure he will. I like Nicky - he's won me over with his behaviour over the whole Ducati debacle. He's just jumped on the bike and ridden the ass off it every time, never complaining, just getting the best result he can. He can hold his head up.

BUT, it's still going to be a 7th/8th place bike. The first 4 places will go to the true prototypes. Anything from 4 to 6 places to the satellite teams. Then it will be the proddy bikes (Honda and those with the M1 engines) and Ducati. Nicky will be in that part of the grid fighting with those bikes (and maybe whatever Aprilia comes up with).

At least, that's how I see it in the near future.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I'm sure he will. I like Nicky - he's won me over with his behaviour over the whole Ducati debacle. He's just jumped on the bike and ridden the ass off it every time, never complaining, just getting the best result he can. He can hold his head up.

BUT, it's still going to be a 7th/8th place bike. The first 4 places will go to the true prototypes. Anything from 4 to 6 places to the satellite teams. Then it will be the proddy bikes (Honda and those with the M1 engines) and Ducati. Nicky will be in that part of the grid fighting with those bikes (and maybe whatever Aprilia comes up with).

At least, that's how I see it in the near future.

Be interesting to see how competitive it is. Stoner seems quite impressed with it so far.

[Mental Trousers]

It's sounding like the customer bike will be very competitive. The test riders have been impressed, including Stoner, and the specs are about 99% of the real deal. It's definitely going to lose out on top end power and gear shifting is fractionally slower but I reckon they should be mixing with the satellite bikes every race.

[Crasherfromwayback]

It's sounding like the customer bike will be very competitive. The test riders have been impressed, including Stoner, and the specs are about 99% of the real deal. It's definitely going to lose out on top end power and gear shifting is fractionally slower but I reckon they should be mixing with the satellite bikes every race.

Plus they're allowed to carry more fuel...

[Mental Trousers]

Plus they're allowed to carry more fuel...

Yep. They'll be able to run rich when braking to smooth out engine braking etc instead of relying on the electronics to do tricky shit. Once they're all tuned ready to race they probably won't even carry the full 24 litres as the customer bikes and factory bikes use pretty much the same amount of fuel on the throttle but the factory bikes make savings off the throttle.

[DidJit]

Tough buggers they are. Bradl’s gonna see if he can ride.
Casey’s on standby...