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Old 11-10-2009, 12:53 PM   #1
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Old 11-10-2009, 12:54 PM   #2
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Notice the diff exhaust outlet? I wonder what made them change it?
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Old 11-10-2009, 01:24 PM   #3
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Notice the diff exhaust outlet? I wonder what made them change it?
I thought the Desmo exhaust was always that way.
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Old 11-10-2009, 01:37 PM   #4
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I thought the Desmo exhaust was always that way.
Underseat I thought.
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Old 11-10-2009, 01:38 PM   #5
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Underseat I thought.
It was.

Maybe it's both.
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Old 11-10-2009, 01:38 PM   #6
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Old 11-10-2009, 01:47 PM   #8
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Its both
The "race exhaust" is.

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Our test bike was fitted with the race exhaust that exits below the seat as well as under the right rearset.
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Old 11-10-2009, 01:53 PM   #9
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Hmm. Weird. All the local Desmo's exit through the top of the tail. Thats the first Ive seen like that. Cool
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Old 11-10-2009, 01:59 PM   #10
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IT's pretty much a moto gp 990cc bike. That's the way they were in GP.

Here's Gibernau's bike back in 06

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