I am pretty certain I can go back far enough in racing history to be able to say "X" factory effort sucks & support it with a particular time in racing history...

But I wont entertain it any longer because this was a thread for the real race fan & the lack of them here shows... sounds like most started watching racing in 2002...

I learned something though... I can have some fun with calling Honda Hyundais... now I've got to come up with as good a nick name for the Other Manufacturers...

Then I may get asked more racing questions...

For the Honda lovers... The best selling sport bike in the US likely is the CBR600, since its inception in the late 80's, no other sportbike has sold as many...

The damn thing never saw the light of day in the top class. None of the CBR's have anything in common with the successfull NSR's & RC's ever produced... Just goes to show you that the majority of the US sportbike consumer is very little in tune with MotoGP... and is the whole reason MotoGP just recently returned to the states... which I bet is when most here started watching...

Enjoy the pics... can't wait for next year to start already... Honda hasn't done as well since they lost Rossi... so make sure the skills match the bike or an experienced rider will likely show you how much riding skill the Honda got you with your purchase...