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Originally Posted by azoomm

I think there will always be some crack in the rules that someone will try to eek through But, I don't think development will change any.

I just recall an article that Jordan was quoted stating he can spend millions and still not get the parts Mladin and Spies have because Suzuki doesn't make the parts available.... so, it really isn't about money, it's all about machine.

That is exactly right, currently Suzuki is only required to offer the parts for sale, so when a privateer tries to buy them, they are on backorder or out of stock for an indeterminate amount of time. It used to be that other tuner companies could keep up with engine development, but now the only company that seems even remotely capable is KWS. (I literally laughed my ass off when the KWS prepped bikes WALKED Mladin on the banking two years ago at Daytona, and laughed even harder when he bitched about it)

Hopefully with these new rules it wont be about the bike, or the money, or the tires, it will be about the RIDER! (Which unfortunately may blow Mladin's already astronomical ego to unheard of Biaggi-like proportions!)