[roger albert]

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Originally Posted by flatbutt View Post
Stick to your guns Doc. Some people just cannot see the joy in anything.

And still others prefer reality and intelligent discussion, especially on a technical forum, over blind pom-pom waving fan-boy-ism. Especially when it devolves further into idiotic flag-waving, such as the ridiculous and wholly irrelevant part of the doc's response asking how many English bikes were involved (when of course non of we American's bikes were involved either). And then suggesting the poster, Chris, should perhaps go elsewhere. The Dr. is free to heed his own advice.

Being realistic is not necessarily not seeing joy.
A more adult version of joy involves understanding, and learning more, and rationale discussion.

So, if anything, I encourage Chris to stick to his guns.
Thanks for injecting some reality here.

And yes, I wonder which, if any of the manufs will blink, in the engine architecture wars. BMW's entry is interesting, in that it was very modern in some ways, but also a bit like the old saw about "generals always want to fight the last war" They introduced a very modern valvetrain and intake/exhaust path in general, but in a very old, perfected (almost) by the Japanese architecture. They also tried the latest (again, laudable) software, but showed that latest wasn't necessarily best) Their path has been a bit of a dichotomy.

Kawi seems to have done best in new software to manage the old architecture (tire wear wise) Pretty impressive.

Honda's tuners are impressive too, getting a LOT of power out of a (relatively) long-stroke, slow-revving motor.

Ironic that the only L4 motor, Yam, is the one no longer AT-ALL in the championship.

Will be interesting to see the season unfold.

BMW could theoretically do at least as well as Kawi in the software improvements, and mix it up with Honda and Kawi a LOT, and the Italians a little. I hope so. I may not put on the cheerleader skirts that Jim so likes, but I AM a fan and hope BMW continues to improve. And Haslam was impressive, given the wreck just before the race this week. Will be interesting to see how he and Melandri, with their VERY different backgrounds, compare.