You saw the glowing rear rotors too-huh?

Pretty risky signing such a long term contract if those issues are on your mind.

Theres no rules preventing other factories supporting rallying. Can’t blame Subaru for that.

Whoa whoa whoa-wait one minute-have you ever been to Lime Rock? I’ve been to tracks where I have parked farther away from the track than to where this church is. And this is a track that was built in the middle of a small village-not the outskirts of a city. The “no racing on Sunday” was done voluntarily from day one.

You’ve never been there huh? Bet your ass you’d pay alot-the track is in the middle of a quait village-a New Yorkers dream getaway. No traffic lights-no visible businesses-just a quiet hamlet. If you didn’t know there was a track there, you’d drive right by it.

I think that is the actual part of the caliper where the piston rides. With cooling/strengthing ribs machined in.

Well he DID sneer while midair...

I had the same bike-in the same color. (Too bad-the red they also came in was beautiful.) I even put a 400F pipe on mine. If you never have ridden one of these, find someone who’ll let you take one for a spin. GREAT bike.

Great writing-captured the feeling really well.

Wait a second-that girl looks familiar.

I wonder in Rossi got the idea from Kenny Roberts.

To cool to need a Hans.

I was thinking along those same lines. Think like the Stuxnet virus screwing with centerfuges in Iran. Although I dunno if your average terrorist brings his truck back to the dealership for software updates...

Farkle-any crap you bolt to your bike that someone else deems un-need. (If they have they have the same item, its a needed/ worthy mod.)

And the coilovers + shocks+springs

You forgot to call him “Connecticuts own” Joey Logano. (Which Ct. residents find amusing since he moved away at age 8-and never raced past 1/4 midgets here...)

Like big ugly bumpers?

I raised an eyebrow when I saw that too.

There’s no greater compliment to the engineering staff than to be accused of cheating-when you’re not.

Good pick. I bet the stats show that he had the most races by far.