2005 Honda RC211V - MotoGP - Great Expectations
2005 Honda RC211V - MotoGP - Great Expectations
A little-known fact (except by rabid race fans and readers of this magazine) regarding the Repsol Honda MotoGP team: The RC211V racebikes that World Champion Nicky Hayden and teammate Dani Pedrosa rode during the ‘06 season were not the same. While Pedrosa was riding what was basically an ‘05 211V with minor chassis and engine updates (even though HRC termed it the ‘06 Original version), Hayden was pressured to ride the heavily revised New Generation model featuring a completely new engine and chassis that was the basis for the company’s latest RC212V 800cc MotoGP machine.
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Posted on October 8th, 2007 by Klaus Roe
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