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Cycle News 2015 Issue 23 June 9

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VOL. 52 ISSUE 23 JUNE 9, 2015 P105 previously had." So, yeah, it's taken a lot of time but I feel now that we're on the right road. We had a little bit of input during the winter testing which was outside of our control which perhaps wasn't what we needed. I could only put this down to experience and a learning curve. What was changed on the ZX-10R and did the changes to the motorcycle come as a result of the revised technical regulations for 2015? Without saying too much, because I can't obviously say too much, the technical regula- tions really changed the… Let's say changed the engine char- acter. We had to change a lot of things and finally the inertia of the engine was really increased and suddenly I wasn't able to do what I had been doing for three or four years. As soon as I left pitlane on day one of testing back in November at Aragon I knew that we had a lot of work to do. Like I said, it was a big shock to me and after some time I've provided some input from my riding and Marcel is the guy who puts in the input from the technical side and gives a bet- ter balance of bike to go racing with. Like I said, I feel like we're

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