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Originally Posted by EZ-RIDER

True

I think it was done awhile back, because if I recall Dona came out with a statement and said Rossi would be on a completive bike next year !

Totally agree with your POV, this was done loooong ago and Valle was at Yamaha to have the bike measured on him and select livery for next season. As someone else mentioned on the thread riders don't deal direct. Their managers are the ones that handle all the dirty business and also the ones that make up the stories and later call them rumors.