| For what it's worth,
I don't care much for the theory offered on this by anyone, even the experts... here's what REALLY happend:
I had a direct comparison in both races between my bog standard (+pipes) m620, Andy's bog standard (+pipes) 583 and Phil's 674.
I was gaining about 3 bike lengths down the straight on andy, and (so I was told by a spectator) about 3 bike lengths on Phil.
To quote Ali: "To give you an idea that has the equivalent effect on power/weight as removing 22kg from the bike!"
I'll bet I'm at least 30kg's lighter than both Andy and Phil, so does this mean my 620 is actually slower and my advantage was in body weight rather than engine power?
I'll bet that if you put 2 of any supposedly identical bikes in a drag race, one will out-class the other in a straight line. The rules on this capacity issue are as fair as they could hope to be, but it might be prudent to look into what advantage a bored 620 might ACTUALLY give - when things are as close as they are, I think it's more a case of how the power is delivered rather than what the biggest number on the dyno says.
If the rules were to change to addres this single issue, then what disadvantage shall we discuss next? Shall I eat more pies??
Was it Phil's pukka Ohlins shock that made him quicker through Halls than my standard setup? If so, shall we make Phil chuck his shock in the bin because I can't afford one??
I was able to outbrake Andy into turn one while approacing it with more speed, but this was because I'd spent a few quid getting a pukke brake setup and my braking point was at least 5m further than his. So would anyone like me to revert back to single disc, standard m/c and lever?
(Phil... I don't know what rear shock you've got, I'm just throwing the idea in as an example)
My opinion is leave it alone. |