2009 WSBK R1 Testing!!

[Bogie]

Check out the pics and click on the link for a sound clip of the 09 R1 with Akrapovics on!! :yahoo:

https://superbikeplanet.com/sound/newr1superbike.mp3

Click on this link and scroll down to hear Ben Spies and the 09 R1 rolling by under full throttle then downshifting into a corner. Sounds like an M1 to me!! :dribble:

https://www.motogpmatters.com/news/2008/11/...and_sounds.html

Ben Spies and Tom Sykes testing the 09 R1 then running some laps on the the 08 then back on the 09.

Really can hear the difference in the bikes!!

https://link.brightcove.com/services/link/b...bctid1904707279

[SIZE=14pt]08 R1 parked next to 09 R1!![/SIZE]

 

[Warchild]

Oh, my.... check out this photo a bit closer. Look at the intensity of this kid, eyes scanning the corner exit area, riding on the edge yet in total and complete control of this machine.... wow....

 

[Randy]

Maybe it's the homer in me, but, it will be the 1st time in a while that I have this much interest in WSBK now that Ben is running there

 

[Stephen]

Kinda looks like me running around downtown Monroe and Highway 2.

Not!

 

[2WheelTiger]

Check out the underseat fuel tank.

 

[Bogie]

WSBK and BSB have twice the racing quality as AMA. B)

 

[Bogie]

Ben Spies and Tom Sykes testing the 09 R1 then running some laps on the the 08 then back on the 09.

Really can hear the difference in the bikes!!

https://link.brightcove.com/services/link/b...bctid1904707279

 

[snikr]

SWEEETTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :grin:

 

[MotorToad]

Oh, my.... check out this photo a bit closer. Look at the intensity of this kid, eyes scanning the corner exit area, riding on the edge yet in total and complete control of this machine.... wow....

Yeah, this kid might just amount to something!

 

[Bogie]

Oh, my.... check out this photo a bit closer. Look at the intensity of this kid, eyes scanning the corner exit area, riding on the edge yet in total and complete control of this machine.... wow....

Yeah, this kid might just amount to something!

When given the 08 R1 from this years racing team, Spies was clicking off times .4 seconds off the last race pace set by Corser and Haga. Keeping in mind it was only his first day on the bike, not dialed in for his style yet and a track he has never ridden before!! :dribble:

The boy is an amazing rider!! :yahoo: