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The Kookmeister Prognosticates

"...bikes will be more powerful and agile"

Wow! What an example of courageous, idiosyncratic, out of the box thinking!

I suggest a collection to buy the Squid some tools: Priest Robes, a HIGH podium, a short lectern & one bullhorn (for the deaf, of course).

Yup, that should suffice.

What would give me a good laugh: Squid gets a guest star role on NCIS as Gibbs' newest newbie. The entire NCIS group gets to slap him on the back of his head every time he dramatically discovers the obvious.

I report - YOU decide!

 

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I was so busy having a cheap laugh at Kook's expense that I almost - but not quite - forgot my actual point...



The usual suspects above are right. When I read this, my reflexive response was: "who cares? racing is now so esoteric and removed from the reality of day to day riding that it is just irrelevant except as entertainment".



But as usual, my initial reflexive response is wrong. Traction control! Powerband control!! Honda was way out in front with the mid-90s ST11 with ABS & TCS but who bought one? - 10 zillion cruiser riders didn't even bother to yawn. Now suddenly power characteristics can be selected (new 1000 Gixxer) and there was that cryptic blurb in MC Daily about the DTC on the new 1098 - Ducati traction control. Hmmmm...



Yes, the future will be very, very cool and racing will still be improving the breed.