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INSIDER The official Yamaha racing magazine Summer 2006 Issue five Valentino Rossi Keeping an eye on... Antonio Cairoli Digging Deep Knowledge is power Set-up In WSB Michele Rinaldi A man in full Behind closed doors Inside a World Supersport workshop THE ART OF ENGINEERING INSIDER INSIDER Welcome to the fifth edition of Insider, Yamaha’s official racing magazine. Publisher Yamaha Racing Communications by Dear Insider, As I write this we're just about over the halfway point of the season. As you're Editors probably aware, we did'nt have an easy start to the year in MotoGP but with hard Dennis Sol - work and a reversal of the bad luck that dogged us in the opening races, Yamaha and Leon Oosterhof - Yamaha Motor Europe NV Valentino Rossi are once again at the top of the podium. The middle of the racing season is always a bit odd. On one hand we find ourselves fighting as hard as we can Design/production to win world titles while on the other, preparing ourselves for next season. Peter Henneman This is perhaps even more apparent this year. The news that Valentino will remain with Yamaha Contributors Paul Taylor, Isabella Marcis, Milagro, for 2007 means we can go full steam ahead with the development of our new bike for the era of Massimo Zanzani, Graeme Brown, Gary 800cc MotoGP racing. In motocross as well, 2006 marks the end of an era. Stefan Everts has Freeman, Filip Decoster, Tom Jacobs, Enrico announced his retirement from the sport at the end of the season. Our nine-times world champ Borghi, Matteo Cavadini, Natascha Kayser, continues to amaze and win almost everything in sight. We hope that Stefan goes out on top Tom Borst, Ad Kievit, Henk Verschuren, with a 10th world title, therewith leaving Yamaha facing the challenge to replace the greatest Peter van den Bosch motocross rider of all time. Printing Our beautiful new R6 is selling like hot cakes and the limited edition R1-SP units are already sold Habo DaCosta BV, Vianen, The Netherlands out. We have big plans for our R-series racing programme in 2007. It's a little early to confirm Lithography our activities at this stage, but so far things are shaping up to be very interesting for sure. We've MontBlanc Creative Assistance Group, The Netherlands already announced our new range of off-road machines and I am confident that the new alu- minium-framed WR models will provide a good base for next year's Enduro World Championship. Insider is produced on behalf of Yamaha Motor Europe by Yamaha Racing Commu- Our new racing website is about to go live at www.yamaha-racing.com - bringing you even more nications, a service of p’ZAZ, Hoogte Kadijk interesting information in a more visually attractive format with easy to use navigation. I could 61hs, 1018 BE Amsterdam, The Netherlands. tell you more but, well, it’s probably easier for you to check it out yourself. Telephone +31 20 62 56 539. For now I wish you all the best for the rest of the season and hope you enjoy reading this Reproduction of any text, photograph or magazine - again filled with lots of typical Yamaha insider information about our riders, bikes and illustration in this magazine is prohibited racing preparations. Have fun. without permission from the publisher. While care is taken to ensure that the content of Insider is accurate, the publisher can not accept any liability for errors or omissions. The change is subtle... © 2006 Yamaha Motor Europe NV Laurens Klein Koerkamp, Racing Division Introducing the new Yamaha FJR1300AS with Yamaha Chip Controlled Shift (YCC-S), Department Manager - Yamaha Motor Europe NV On the cover: a new concept in sports touring. A close-up image of the YZR-M1 engine. This revolutionary shift system – the first ever on a motorcycle – does away with rider clutch operation, so you can get on with really enjoying your journey. How does it work? It’s simple. Watch the online video at www.yamaha-motor-europe.com/FJR1300AS for your easy guide to YCC-S technology. the difference is immense FJR1300AS www.yamaha-motor-europe.com/FJR1300AS INSIDER INSIDE... Pitlane All the latest Digging Deep Current Knowledge is power Michele Rinaldi - 12 news from the world 16 MX2 world cham- 44 Bike set-up makes the 50 a man in full Yamaha of Yamaha pion Antonio Cairoli difference between a Motocross Team boss talks about his past win or a lose. Follow a is not a man to do and present life as a race weekend of bike things by halves. This champ ‘tweaking’ with Haga is the story of his life and get your technical devoted to motocross vocabulary up-to-date The art of engineering Behind closed doors Yamaha engineers Supersport contender 63 Database Overview of all create masterpieces of Kevin Curtain gives us Yamaha’s official riders ‘tech art’. M1 and R1 a tour of his Yamaha and bikes special parts put under Motor Germany a different spotlight team’s workshop 22 58 Keeping an eye on... 28 Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards give us the lowdown on the capabilities of some of their MotoGP rivals Feel small alone in 32 the desert A bunch of eccentric and inex- perienced adventurers set out to ride the Dakar Supermoto Face-off 38 Haga and Rossi’s play- things go head-to- head to decide who's got the world’s trickiest Yamaha supermotard INSIDER INSIDER Over the limit Vale is experiencing one of his toughest seasons yet. He’s got to dig a whole lot deeper to keep the championship in check, demanding more of his bike, team and body than ever before. Can Valentino extend the limits of his abilities and that of his YZR-M1 even further? He might have to. PICTURE: MILAGRO 6 INSIDER INSIDER Getting there In its second year of WSB competition the YZF-R1 has been developed into a razor sharp tool, enabling wild child Noriyuki Haga to be one of the main men. After his teammate Andrew Pitt won a race at Misano, we expect Nori chan to reciprocate soon. PICTURE: MATTEO CAVADINI INSIDER INSIDER Big ten Stefan Everts could have been forgiven for taking things easy on his last farewell tour. But he hasn’t been cruising around, winning all GP’s in 2006. With nine world titles and 96 GP wins to date (as at 2nd of July 2006) Everts could round up thing nicely with ten world titles and a century of GP wins… or more. PICTURE: GARY FREEMAN 0 INSIDER INSIDER Pitlane Quick New flashing site news Yamaha introduces LAST YEAR’S FIM Superstock 1000 Cup Yamaha-racing.com champion Didier van Keymeulen has switched his attentions to the German racy new scoots IDM superbike championship for 2006. Yamaha has introduced a new racing website at www.yamaha- The Belgian started out the year riding a racing.com with new improved navigation and more information YZF-R6 in the Supersport World Cham- Two MotoGP-liveried versions of the ever-popular Aerox R pionship but split with the privately- than ever on your favourite Yamaha stars. In addition to the new entered squad after two rounds. Didier are now available. The Aerox R Special Version pays tribute look, star riders Colin Edwards, Stefan Everts, Noriyuki Haga and wasn’t out of work for long though, and to Yamaha’s rich racing heritage, featuring the yellow, white has signed with his team manager from Valentino Rossi will all be contributing regular columns to the site. All and black colour scheme made famous by Kenny Roberts in last year, Michael Gallinski, to race his the old favourites remain, including full race reports and the ability R1 in the competitive national series. the Seventies and reintroduced to such acclaim at last year’s to download high-resolution photos from each race. Check it out for At the time of writing, Van Keymeulen’s American MotoGP round best result is eighth in Lausitz. COLIN yourself at www.yamaha-racing.com Edwards recently attended the glam- THE AEROX R Race Replica is another MotoGP liveried JogRR - an exact replica ourous premiere of the new MotoGP new-for-2006 model, featuring a design of those used by MotoGP staff at race movie The Doctor, The Tornado and the based on the Yamaha factory team’s YZR- meetings. Kentucky Kid in Los Angeles. Made by M1s. It’s also the model chosen by riders All three scooters are available now the same team behind the critically ac- claimed movie Faster, the new film is a Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi as their from Yamaha’s European dealer network. feature-length documentary charting the paddock bike for the season, making it not Alternatively visit the microsite at www. 2005 American MotoGP race in Laguna so much a replica but the real thing. yamaha-motor-europe.com/replica for Seca. Edwards made his entrance to the Another Yamaha that can be seen scooting further information. premiere by riding a YZF-R6 up Holly- around the MotoGP paddock is the JogRR wood Boulevard, much to the delight of MotoGP, which celebrates the continuation the large, and celebrity-studded, crowd. Visit you local dealer or of Yamaha’s partnership with MotoGP VALENTINO ROSSI HAS set yet another www.yamaha-motor-europe.com/replica Yamaha Superbike team become ‘famoso’ promoters Dorna. Yamaha is once again the record. With his 55th MotoGP/ 500 cc for more information official scooter supplier to Dorna, with the YAMAHA PULLED OFF a PR coup earlier this year race victory in Mugello Italy, he is the when pictures of Noriyuki Haga riding his YZF-R1 new leader in the ranking of ultimate were plastered along the side of buses in Milan and race winners in MotoGP/ 500 cc races.