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Back in 1998, when Mick Doohan was in danger of boring the neutrals to death with his brilliance - that's where it all began. I remember the day very well. I was reminiscing about the on-track action while sitting in the star-studded environs of the Italian restaurant at Suzuka.

With 250cc legends eating pasta here and 500cc greats ordering tiramisu there, it was a gilded walk on the wildside of the safety barriers for a scruffy magazine staffer like me. Later on I also noticed that a solid knot of Euro-blazerati, Japanese bigwigs and sundry suits had come out of the adjacent private dining room, all with a mixture of grins, pensive looks and barely concealed wide-eyed amazement.

But, like you would if you were me at that point in time, I paid more attention to what kind of pasta Capirossi was having, and worrying about how I was going to get a whopping receipt smothered in Japanese symbols through the next round of expenses. Some time later I was told that this very meeting was the first that aired the heretical notion of the 500cc class returning to its four-stroke roots, and boosting things up to a whole litre in engine displacement.

Either way, most parties present at the first four-stroke meeting (whatever its venue and timing) gave it an immediate nod of approval, despite their fears of the unknown. That first agreement was the first step towards what has become modern MotoGP - the biggest business in two-wheeled history.

Despite the huge opposition the idea met with (initially) in most other quarters, it was obvious to see what would attract the big manufacturers. 500cc stroker technology was stagnant and emissions issues meant roadbike stinkwheels were well on their way to becoming legislatively obsolete. The engineers-cum-managers at the helm of the main factories loved the idea of having prototype four-strokes to play with. No more roadbike-into-racebike balance to be struck to meet national and global superbike regulations - this was Formula 1 for two wheels, lads! You could almost hear them phoning up suppliers for titanium cam followers and the latest valve lift software from a whole continent away.

The marketing people were particularly happy, because they could conjure up an endless PR attack from the four-stoke prototype racetrack glory, all the way to a record total of roadbike sales. And all thanks to the longest established class of all, which - very conveniently - already had over 50 years of global exposure.

For the promoters, Dorna, it was a way to kick-start the whole ailing yawn-fest, dominated mercilessly by Doohan and Honda's NSR for what seemed like forever. And they could even get the eager factories to pay for most of it, with specialist F1-style constructor teams joining in as well.

Post 2001, MotoGP has indeed been all those things, for most of those people. What it seemed to signal for us was the return of the real race replica - and this time maybe even closer to the design of the originals than before. The reasoning was simple.

With a 990cc limit you can do the development of your next generation of hypersports litre bikes largely in the MotoGP kitchen. Then water it down, swap spicy but pricey materials for more durable and affordable roadbike ingredients, and still whip out a most astounding streetbike, with huge performance potential. It made sense in theory; unified development from the top down, keeping as much or as little MotoGP influence as you could afford in the roadbikes. Which would eventually become World Superbikes someday, pre-developed for racing to an unprecedented degree.

We would surely, imminently, see high-performance Honda vee-somethings on the street, funny front ends that actually worked, engine management systems we could tune on the go and carbon chassis for the masses. Alas though, we haven't.

For starters there was an immediate two-year clause in the regulations that you could not produce a roadbike replica, and when you did you would have to ditch the race version. That stipulation is now no longer in the rulebook, according to the FIM regs and enquiries to the powers that be, but even after four years of MotoGP the closest we've got to a 'real' replica is the promise of the V4 Desmosedici RR.

According to Ducati sources, it should be unveiled as a finished article in spring 2006 (during World Ducati Week was the original desire), then on sale '07. Personally, I can't wait for it to show up, sooner the better, even if it'll cost upwards of 50,000 Euros.

Four-stroke MotoGP has certainly been as irresistible and technologically diverse as expected, at least at the start. Full marks to all for embracing their own new ideas and giving it extreme effort, even if most things didn't work as planned for the majority of each manufacturer's first prototypes. Except the Honda, which, as we could've predicted, really worked back then, and works every bit as well now.

So where, after four years of the RC211V, is our Honda V5 with lights and indicators? Where is the syncopating beat of the 16-valve roadgoing M1, for that matter? Where is the gorgeously tiny Kawasaki Ninja, the green version of the funny firing cycle? Where is the V4 Suzuki? Or the three-cylinder replacement for the Aprilia Mille twin? (Oh that's right, Aprilia went splat, partly through trying to keep up with the Japanese Joneses. And no wonder, when you consider the next point.)

I was just stoking the antique coal-fired bunkers in my brain getting ready to write something about foiling sailboats, when I got a query from a Red Bull flack asking if I could help get the word out about their Red Bull Foiling Generation competition. Which actually is a very cool program: they are inviting young racing sailors born between 1996-99 to apply for special training with Olympic gold medalists to learn how to sail and compete in foiling 18-foot Flying Phantom catamarans (see image up top) in two Red Bull events to be held in Newport from October 11-23. Individuals or teams of two have until July 15 to submit an application to participate. (Follow this link here to throw your hat in the ring.)

Think about that for a moment. This is a major commercial sponsor of top-flight sporting events around the world (including Formula One racing and MotoGP) spending precious coin not only to promote racing on foils, but more particularly to create a talent pool of foiling sailors here in the United States, a nation where sponsorship for any sort of sailing has historically been very hard to come by. This, as much as anything else, makes it clear how hydrofoiling technology is transforming sailboat racing.

Not that this is bad thing. Not in the least. Rather it is encouraging that sailing is getting so large that it can encompass wholly separate realms. But for some it may seem discouraging to see a sport they love transformed into something they cannot recognize.

The features in question include the newly-developed M-specific all-wheel drive M xDrive, which is being used in the BMW M5 for the first time. With precise handling and perfect traction, this guarantees optimised driving dynamics in all manner of situations. The heart of the BMW M5, the 4.4-litre V8 engine with M TwinPower Turbo technology, has been completely overhauled by the M engineers. It represents another significant increase in performance compared to previous models, with 441 kW/600 HP and maximum torque of 750 Nm in the production M5. The new BMW M5 only needs 3.4 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h. Transmission is provided by the new eight-speed M Steptronic gearbox with Drivelogic. The chassis contains M-specific kinematics and elastokinematics elements that contribute to optimised driving dynamics. The weight also plays an important role in performance. This has been reduced further through features such as the lightweight carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) roof.

The transformation of the BMW M5 to a MotoGP Safety Car was completed by the inclusion of special racing features and the necessary safety equipment. The front splitter is a prototype developed specifically for the BMW M5 MotoGP Safety Car. The bonnet latches are taken directly from racing. The bucket seats from the BMW M4 GTS guarantee a combination of comfort and maximum security for their occupants when being in action on the racetrack. The flat light bar on the roof uses modern LED technology. It is controlled via a specially-developed cockpit panel. Another important signalling system is provided by the flashing front lights, consisting of blue LED lamps in the front grills and flashing corona rings for the headlamps.

The design of the new BMW M5 MotoGP Safety Cars also makes a clear racing statement: it is inspired by the design of the new BMW M8 GTE race car, which will compete for BMW at the 24 Hours of Le Mans next year. Series developers from BMW M and the BMW Motorsport department worked hand in hand on development of the BMW M8 GTE. The design reflects this close cooperation.

The CBR600F launched in 1987 as a mid-size 600 cc super sports model, was popular with a wide spectrum of riders, mainly in the US and European markets. It also demonstrated its potential in production bike races.

In 2003, the newly developed CBR600RR adopted many new technologies introduced in the RC211V, the championship-winning racing bike in the FIM Road Racing World Championship MotoGP class, in order to achieve even higher performance on the track.

The newly developed liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, 4-valve, in-line 4-cylinder DOHC engine delivered powerful output characteristics from the low- to mid-range to the high revs. The chassis was a hollow aluminum die-cast frame, the same as the RC211V. Its rear suspension was also the same Unit Pro-Link system used in the RC211V.

This suspension system, unique to Honda, had a revolutionary structure in which the shock-absorber unit was not directly mounted on the main frame, effectively reducing the impact of shock transmitted from the suspension.

In Japan, also debuting in 2003, Yoshiteru Konishi rode his CBR600RR to championship victory in the ST600 class of the MFJ All Japan Road Race Championship. In the same class, a CBR600RR rider won the series for nine consecutive years from 2003 to 2011, demonstrating its overwhelming performance.

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