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Old 02-28-2012, 06:00 PM   #13
John18d
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Re: Yamaha YZR-M1 USA 2005

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Originally Posted by SandroSilva View Post
Thanks John, for the technical explanation of the chain of transmission, but as you said will stay cool for a diorama.
With respect to the fuel tank, took the book as a reference PIT WALK PHOTO COLLECTION 6 (Moto GP Racer's Archive 2005) which clearly shows in Carbon
Thanks Sandro - I haven't looked at my pitwalk book so thanks for the update. Here in the USA when carbon fuel tanks first came out some people got them because of the claimed weight savings, but almost every time a bike with a carbon tank crashed at the race track the tank would abrade though and it would catch the bike on fire when the leaking fuel made contact with the hot metal parts of the bike. I don't know of anyone here that runs a carbon tank anymore - maybe the MotoGP guys know something better - also Rossi never did crash much. With regards to your diorama - I can wait to see it - the tools and the metal tray look great, where did you get them? - John
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