[Heavy-Dee]

Hayden will now turn his attention to the V4 800cc Honda and hopes the forecast rain showers hold off long enough for him to evaluate the performance of the V4 as the test team prepare the machine for next test following the Grand Prix of Valencia in late October.

Soup :: Honda Debuts 800cc V-4 MotoGP Bike, Sept 2006

Did we know it was going to be a V4?

[SomeStrangeGuy]

I did.

[Heavy-Dee]

well, aren't *you* special...

[ND4SPD]

Nicky Hayden, Repsol Honda:1m 47.755

Kenny Roberts Jnr, KR211V: 1m 47.57s

[Heavy-Dee]

Prediction:

The 800cc bikes will be faster than this years 990cc bikes by the time the season starts.

Wasn't the point to slow the bikes down?

HD

[ND4SPD]

Top speeds will be lower, but cornerspeeds will be higher.

[Heavy-Dee]

Originally Posted by ND4SPD

Top speeds will be lower, but cornerspeeds will be higher.

That's worse.

[Purpdust]

V-4 hey, where are all those V-3 people now

[Heavy-Dee]

Some more times.

Leading Motegi test times – Monday

1. Colin Edwards USA Camel Team 1min 46.68 secs
2. Sete Gibernau SPA Ducati 800 1min 47.41 secs
3. Kenny Roberts Jr USA Team Roberts 1min 47.64 secs
4. Nicky hayden USA Repsol Team 1min 47.70 secs
5. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 47.89 secs
6. Kousuke Akiyoshi JPN Team Suzuki MotoGP 1min 47.89 secs
7. Dani Pedrosa SPA Honda 800 1min 48.21 secs
8. Tady Okada JPN Honda 800 1min 48.43 secs
9. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha 800 1min 48.58 secs
10. Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Team Suzuki MotoGP 1min 50.48 secs



2006 Japanese Grand Prix:
Pole position: Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro 1min 45.724secs

[BDA116]

Nicky's times were all on testing more new parts for his lab/race bike, though.
I really liked this quote from HRC:

However, testing during a race weekend is very rarely successful

That's pretty cool of them to understand now.

He'll get to ride the 800 next.

[Heavy-Dee]

Vizadog found this on the WERA board.

MOTOLIAM - My life as a MotoGP Mechanic:

[BDA116]

Love the new exhaust outlets.
http://www.motoliam.com/photos/ML1421.html
http://www.motoliam.com/photos/ML1417.html
From the looks of the HRC guy, it appears to be "loud".
Is that a Yoshimura decal on that photog's flash?

[Baketech]

That's dead sexy...

[Hammer]

What's the deal with the rotors, they don't look right.

[BDA116]

Whomever mounted the rear tire on Dani's bike wasn't much of a perfectionist.

[BDA116]

Originally Posted by Hammer

What's the deal with the rotors, they don't look right.

Are you talking about the difference between the rear rotors on the two bikes? That just shows riding styles.
Those front rotors look very, very right - depending on the size of your bank account.

[SomeStrangeGuy]

Is Chain doing the motoGP tails now too?

Yes that is a Yosh sticker on the flash...heh.

[Heavy-Dee]

Carbon rotors have problems getting/staying hot, and they don't work unless they are hot, so they aren't drilled like you are used to seeing.

HD

[WetShrub]

The Ducati has NO front rotors. Must have just slapped on some dummy front wheel while the fat Italian dude warmed up the engine?

[BDA116]

This image in interesting.
http://www.motoliam.com/photos/ML1423.html
Note the spectators.
And the sack pad.
And is the gas tank directly under the seat? Must be a pretty big airbox.

[Heavy-Dee]

Originally Posted by BDA116

This image in interesting.
http://www.motoliam.com/photos/ML1423.html
Note the spectators.
And the sack pad.
And is the gas tank directly under the seat? Must be a pretty big airbox.

Suzuki and Yam engineers.

[ND4SPD]

Is it just a really thick rear tire or is the rim 16"? It looks a little...off.