That's one to email JU about and see if he can do a back to back comparison - you won't get real answers from anyone racing them in a class like this.
I don’t know hp on the ktm. The r3’s are around 42 built. Spears ran a 400 on his dyno and said it was 43 stock. Expected to see 50+ under the rules pretty easy.
Granted JU and crew would do a more through job for the racing aspect but there are the dyno numbers. Not sure on the new KTM though
WSS300 sure looked like it did. Some of the championship rivals from last year were way off the pace on their R3s.
This is pretty cool: "Quarterley Racing on Track Development Rider Jamie Astudillo Makes History Places 3rd in second race of the Liqui Moli Junior Cup making her the first female to obtain a MotoAmerica podium." http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/motoamerica-more-from-the-races-at-road-atlanta/
What is even cooler is that young lady had a few things to study and learn from her Saturday race.... She implemented those very things on Sunday.... Made the podium....
I'm assuming it was a 4th in the dry and a 3rd in the wet. Pretty impressive all around. I just looked it up and I guess she was brought to roadracing by Melissa Paris. http://www.roadracingworld.com/news...ng-debut-this-coming-weekend-at-road-atlanta/
Good stuff. Ana Carrassco with the win last year in WSS300 and now Jamie on a MotoAmerica podium are steps to broadening the appeal of Motorcycle Roadracing to a whole new group of enthusiasts.
Nothing at all on Sunday. I watched the jr’s from a few different spots throughout the weekend. Yates can get off a corner like a mad man, same with Dumas but even the people on r3’s who could get a great drive could hardly if ever stay in their draft. Yates isn’t exactly tiny either. This is a tough one for this class and won’t be easy to solve for the masses as to me it seems like 2 of the best riders at this point are on also the best two bikes.
The announcer said it best..... "This young man reminds me so much of his dad.... He makes lines and things work that no one else can......" He will go faster... while HP and RPMs continue to be taken.......
He He looks just like his dad on the bike, kind of creepy how similar they look style wise. He will find a way to go fast regardless of the bike, I agree. Now just need to work on his interview skills