[Joe_Momma]

Honda Politics. They want the V5 to look unstoppable and make it look like their development of the bike is going great by making Katoh's bike a little slower. Just my opinion anyway. They wouldn't let the old 2 stroke beat their new baby, now would they? Even if this is not true, sometimes riders are just slower. It's a phenomenon in racing. Look at Ben Bostrom last year. In the Valencia test, Ben was so much faster than everyone else, but when the race practice/qualifying came, he could not figure why he wasn't near as fast as he was in preseason testing. I think Troy Corser won both of those races.

 

[Joe_Momma]

Re: Paranoia...

Ahem, read again. Says some days riders are just slower on some days. I think a bike will 230+ Horses with a smoother delivery against a bike with 190 horses with a more violent delivery, the larger bike would seriously outdo the other. How about someone understanding when someone is kidding. Next when someone says Mat Mladin is putting water in the fuel tanks of all the other riders in the AMA field to win races, you will call that paranoia too, right?

 

[Joe_Momma]

Re: excellent point, Evil

Harsh words about Roberts. While I may agree that the XREO just doesn't look as good as the RCV, Roberts seems to be all smiles. There was a release from MCN that said Roberts was running as slow as 7 seconds off the pace [of the Rcv]at Sepang, which I find really hard to believe since it's basically a RGV with a four stroke engine with no other real mods but a slipper clutch.

 

[Joe_Momma]

Re: Paranoia...

The RCV is not showing up at the Test. Honda is again hiding the real "speed" of this Demon. I find it hard to believe that this bike is so much faster as it seems that with the skill of today's top riders, it's really the tires that limit the lap times and distance. 3 seconds faster at Sepang than last years bike I can understand, but they are on this years tires and Katoh is only 1.4 seconds behind.