and that you aren’t Rossi, Marquez, or even De Angelis.

Ha, fair enough!

But was it hate? That’s a strong word.

The speed should have little to do with this. If he was on the autobahn or even on certain highways in Texas it would have been legal.

Ha, I suppose so.

Not to be that guy, but it looks like he was riding a CBR1000RR, not the RC213V-S.

Yeah, that’s usually when I start to worry.

Is Winterkorn savvy enough to know that cheating is afoot?

Fair points. I have to concede that I am the last person to discuss the specific issues involving the Explorers and tire failures - I know less than nothing about it.

Right, because breaking a legal contract with a tire manufacturer due to their product resulting in DEATHS is more of a deterrent than the actual fallout of said DEATHS.

“Watch a car race a bike around a track - with a 10 second head start, and drifts”.

I can understand the desire to remove elements which are designed to give the vehicle an unfair competitive advantage, or provide unassisted driver aids, but this is neither of those.

Nice, thanks for checking that out! I see they offer the slip-on for the standard R1, at ~$1000USD (700GBP, advertised). Yikes.

So does the 2016 R1 come with that sexy Akra exhaust, stock? Or is it exclusive to this livery?

Jesus, man. Not even the other riders on the grid have that much of a hate hard-on for the kid.

Why is irrelevant. The reality is that a lot of people are really stupid about these types of things.

Okay, sure - different target audience. People do take their cars to shops for repairs and maintenance.

Take you car to the shop, rouge employees install wireless adapter. Could be for something as simple as a quiet, no-nonsense theft in the late hours of the night.

They work, and they work hella fast.

I see (read?) that now. Ma bad.