as No Tickets and No Trouble other than an oil leak...
Maybe this year would be different as I rolled under the official Red
Honda tent... would I be greeted with a big welcome home??? nope not
a chance... first the security guard with no neck booted me out...
then Honda's cold corporate types looked down their noses and had no
love for Mr.RC45... after all he is not product... but you got to love
their confusion when the fans about knocked over their beloved product
just to get a better view of my bike regulated out of sight between
Honda's Big Rigs...
Breakfast Club where you can eat and keep an eye on your prize... Team
Yamaha tech guys look interested...
Good Gig... Martin CEO of the booth had no idea what he was getting
into... the response was above and beyond his expectations in fact he
wanted to know what was so special about the two bikes??? he also said
people were asking for me by name... yea I think they want to strangle
me...
I'm working with Ebay on the 2012 display... this will not only be my
dream come true but a first for the fans at Laguan Seca...
Mr.RC45...
Paul's RC30...
Marv's ZX7R...
Jason's NR750...
Pit Lane Spying
One of Honda's secret to longevity??? air filters... front air intake
duct feeds side air filtes...
I gather that Ducati's CF Framless design looked good on paper (even
to me) but the reality the riders discovered its not working at
extreme lean angles beyond 60º... Ducati's Frameless Design ask the
engineers to solve all the frame flex problems in only about 6 inches
whereas the aluminum parameter frame has the advantage of solving the
frame flex problems in 30 inches... All in all Ducati's very short
patent CF frameless idea is painfully under developed... 9 time World
Champion is waiting...
There's BLS... get him!!!
Yamahoe posing...
How simple our race bikes use to be...
MotoGp Mary my high school sweet heart... aka the War Dept / the Bank
of Mary...
Mr.RC45 takes a parade lap while I calm my nerves... mercy thats not
me in the saddle...
Turn 5 workers let us stand on their truck... Jorge's M1 leaves some
interesting black marks...
It was super neat to meet Lee from Motus we exchange seats and some V4
thoughts...
Fans at the track and down on Cannery Row...
Next Valentino??? Damn plastic front end has no feel...
Phil's Sacramento native born Daughter has that European look going
for her no???
Passionate riders and their native tongue sounded like a clacker bone
in a Goose's ass...
Parked in the red zone while the Fuzz poses... I think I'm safe...
Cory Call... I raced against him at the Donna Ski Ranch Pavement Hill
Climb (code name for their mini Isle of Man on a California
Highway)...
Cory's says his girl friend is Dovi's umbrella girl...
WOOF!!! nice of the girls to pose with Grandpa...
Sic'em Martin...
I finally meet and thank Brian Uchida... he's the guy that slipped us
RC45 owners HRC's secret 3 wire trick that drops the silly EPA map in
favor of the full power European map...
Jim from MotoMorphic is very creative vision... this is his blue two
wheel monster...
Al Ludinton reflects back to his days as Miguel Duhamel's Crew Chief:
"We had the RC45 up to 16,000 rpms 185 rear wheel horsepower and in
endurance race trim down to 302 pounds the weight limit was 300
pounds. At HRC the 2 stroke engineers on the NSR 500 got into a race
with the 4 stroke engineers on the RC45 as who could produce the most
horsepower. when the FIM changed the rules from leaded fuel to
unleaded the 2 stroke engineers lost about 5hp by which the 4 stroke
engineers claimed victory."
