MotoGP 2014

[pritch]

Think he's got pretty much an M1 engine and frame and swingarm? Think it was said on NZmoto on FB.

Yeah, I saw another report this morning that was compleyely different to the first one. Maybe Motomatters will give us the answer.

[Dave-]

Oh yeah, I just remembered.

There is an article in the latest Race Engine Technology magazine (fuck that's a solid mag) anyway it reads as if honda gave the RCV1000R 23 Litres because that's all they feel it needed.

[Shaun Harris]

Think he's got pretty much an M1 engine and frame and swingarm? Think it was said on NZmoto on FB.

correct, with Factory supplied Ohlin's

[carbonhed]

Crutchlow on Aleix E

“The bike he's got there [FTR-M1] is my bike from last year with more fuel and a soft tyre. All credit to Aleix, he's riding well, If you put him on the bike Pol's [Espargaro] on [Monster Yamaha Tech 3] he'd be just as fast."

[Crasherfromwayback]

Crutchlow on Aleix E

“The bike he's got there [FTR-M1] is my bike from last year with more fuel and a soft tyre. All credit to Aleix, he's riding well, If you put him on the bike Pol's [Espargaro] on [Monster Yamaha Tech 3] he'd be just as fast."

Bring on the racing!!!!!!!!!!

[roogazza]

Honda's Marquez Remains Fastest At Sepang MotoGP Test. Rossi Second-Fastest
by staff
Thursday, February 06, 2014
Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Marc Marquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 1:59.533
2 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 1:59.727
3 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 1:59.866
4 Aleix Espargaro NGM Mobile Forward Racingr Yamaha 1:59.998
5 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda Honda 2:00.112
6 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 2:00.223
7 Andrea Iannone Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 2:00.370
8 Pol Esparago Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 2:00.655
9 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 2:00.725
10 Alvaro Bautista Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 2:00.788
11 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 2:00.896
12 Cal Crutchlow Ducati Team Ducati 2:01.057
13 Nicky Hayden Drive M7 Aspar Honda 2:01.514
14 Colin Edwards NNGM Mobile Forward Racing YAMAHA 2:01.731
15 Michele Pirro Ignite Pramac Racing Ducati 2:01.782
16 Hiroshi Aoyama Drive M7 Aspar Honda 2:02.383
17 Randy De Puniet Suzuki Suzuki 2:02.486
18 Yonny Hernandez Pramac Ducati 2:02.556
19 Kosuke Akiyoshi Honda Team Honda 2:02.619
20 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha Factory Test Yamaha 2:02.

[Drew]

Dovi three spots higher than Cal.

An early indicator that the mongrel in Cal, wasn't enough?

[roogazza]

Dovi three spots higher than Cal.

An early indicator that the mongrel in Cal, wasn't enough?

Mmmmm yeah, I've always thought Andrea ahead of him, despite the hype Cal puts out there.
He'll be on his face is he tries that stuff on the Ducati ???
(from my armchair)

[BMWST?]

Hmmm 5 thru 11 might give us some good racing this year,i think the actual personell will be different,i see nicky is getting faster too

[ecko_nzed]

Dovi three spots higher than Cal.

An early indicator that the mongrel in Cal, wasn't enough?

I dunno, crazy Joe is ahead of Dovi and I've always considered him to be a bit of a mongrel like Cal. Maybe more time on the bike is all that is required?

[Drew]

I dunno, crazy Joe is ahead of Dovi and I've always considered him to be a bit of a mongrel like Cal. Maybe more time on the bike is all that is required?

At these guys level, three days would be enough to feel the limits I expect.

More time on the bike would be more set up than rider development.

[Shaun Harris]

At these guys level, three days would be enough to feel the limits I expect.

More time on the bike would be more set up than rider development.

CC will rock mate. It will depend on if he or Dovi end up getting classified as the new class hot rod bike? I think Ducati will make one of them full factory and the other the ginny pig for the future, and based on CC history of being prepared to crash, he would be my choice as the development rider of the 2.

[pritch]

I dunno, crazy Joe is ahead of Dovi and I've always considered him to be a bit of a mongrel like Cal. Maybe more time on the bike is all that is required?

Reportedly the fast times were set earlyish morning before the track got hot and times got slower. Some of the riders were testing something early which precluded an especially fast time. The journos who attend these things warn repeatedly that it is testing, and the times don't necessarily mean much. We do get a rough idea though, we could safely assume that MM, AE and VR are happy, and that Jorge and Edwards are not.

Bring on the next test. Regardless of the journos' warnings, it is still interesting.

[Shaun Harris]

Pedrosa and one other rider having break problems in the test session so far, how can this possibly happen with HRC staff and Brembo product?

[BMWST?]

Pedrosa and one other rider having break problems in the test session so far, how can this possibly happen with HRC staff and Brembo product?

Cos they at the envelope