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i mentioned this before for maybe just monza...? but after his somewhat poor valencia showing for a guy of his caliber (former world champion) on a bike of honda's caliber (the sp-2) i think they may have been a bit premature and "overzealous" in adopting the single system for EVERY round.
while that very well may work for nicky and miguel on our AMA tracks here in the states, the european circuits certainly favor the higher speeds. and given the HP increase ducati's achieved with the shorter stroke 999 spec motors, it makes me wonder if tuxworth may be asleep at the wheel...!?!?! come on neil, you gotta think about what your doing. remember, the first shakedown year of the mille with peter goddard...? the RSV was running a single pipe in '99, then whitveen later adopted the duals 'cause the bike wasn't competitive with the stock single system.
how is it that some poor "schlub" of a former engineer from new jersey (like myself) can do the math on this based solely on keen observation... and a guy of his clearly seasoned caliber seemingly doesn't...??? if they don't want to take the time to swap out systems, i suggest they keep a secondary bike fitted with duals at all times. just like they do with a bike sporting "rains". man, somebody needs to make me a crew chief...!!! LOL
for reference... i noticed, the display bikes of roberts and duhamel under the daytona tent for American honda, still retain the dual systems...
http://esport.sportbikes.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=Honda&Number=14892&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5
while that very well may work for nicky and miguel on our AMA tracks here in the states, the european circuits certainly favor the higher speeds. and given the HP increase ducati's achieved with the shorter stroke 999 spec motors, it makes me wonder if tuxworth may be asleep at the wheel...!?!?! come on neil, you gotta think about what your doing. remember, the first shakedown year of the mille with peter goddard...? the RSV was running a single pipe in '99, then whitveen later adopted the duals 'cause the bike wasn't competitive with the stock single system.
how is it that some poor "schlub" of a former engineer from new jersey (like myself) can do the math on this based solely on keen observation... and a guy of his clearly seasoned caliber seemingly doesn't...??? if they don't want to take the time to swap out systems, i suggest they keep a secondary bike fitted with duals at all times. just like they do with a bike sporting "rains". man, somebody needs to make me a crew chief...!!! LOL
for reference... i noticed, the display bikes of roberts and duhamel under the daytona tent for American honda, still retain the dual systems...
http://esport.sportbikes.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=Honda&Number=14892&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5