Casey Stoner

[Surly]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-29/honda-takes-blame-for-stoner-crash/6657936

 

[gixxerjasen]

Interesting, I did see where he had said the throttle got stuck on him resulting in his injuries.

 

[LKLD]

Heard the same, and that there was an " investigation", from the team, into it. I really can't see Casey making this up, but who knows?

 

[Bugnatr]

Interesting...they said "throttle cable". I would have thought it would be fly by wire so some such PFM.

Bummer for Casey, heal well!

 

[Pterodactyl]

From MotoGP.com:

HRC confirm Stoner crash in the Suzuka 8 Hours was due to throttle mechanical issue.

Honda Racing Corporation has carried out a detailed analysis following the crash of Casey Stoner in last weekends Suzuka 8 Hour race.

Checking the throttle, which is a particular specification for Endurance HRC Factory bikes, and different from the standard throttle used on the Honda CBR1000RR road version, a malfunction was discovered related to the throttle cable.

This kind of problem hasnt arisen before, however, HRC will cease using this throttle specification and will design a new one to be used for Endurance races.

HRC would like to apologise to Casey Stoner and thank him for the effort he made in attending the Suzuka 8 Hour event.