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Originally Posted by bsess
Please read my post above. While Alan Cathcart is and has been one of the most respected motocycle journalists alive, he is not nor has he ever been a world class racer and this is an essential consideration when trying to make an objective appraisal of a bike's characteristics. Under the right conditions and with the right set up for those conditions, the RC45 was a tremendous, if not unbeatable bike. Unlike, the Ducati, however, the set-up parameters under which it would run to its potential were extremely narrow and often difficult and elusive to locate (just ask Colin Edwards, Aaron Slight, Carl Fogarty or Doug Polen whose career and reputation were largely destroyed by his inability to come to terms with the RC45.)
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I have a Colin Edwards quote and he sounds elated...
"I was at Yamaha so long I didn't know any different. I rode the RC45
at Suzuka in December. As I rode from pit lane I thought 'no wonder I
can't beat this...' It's super smooth, so much power and no big hit,
no jolt, just seething--the fastest thing I've ridden and totally
accommodating. You can carry corner speed or point and squirt--feels
like there are a number of ways to ride it"