The two days of testing at Jerez should have been a good opportunity to catch the latest news on SBK, but the weather brought a wrench to work and no driver ventured out on the track. Instead of the standard motorcycles, MotoGP had the track to itself.
In fact, Honda took the opportunity to shake off the new RC213V with Stefan Bradl. Despite the conditions, which were not at all good, the German test driver drove a few more laps in the two days to check whether everything was working properly on the new motorcycle.
HERE we introduced the new features of the 2021 Honda. With the engine development freeze, Japanese technicians focused on the undercarriage part of the bike and other details. Some are very obvious: how A frame with a different design (and, as a result, different stiffnesses), a swingarm still made of carbon but different from the one used in 2020, and a longer exhaust under the seat.
These are all changes that suggest they are striving for a bike that is “easier” to ride, as riders have called for in the past.
As mentioned earlier, Bradl limited himself to just a few test laps without applying a lot of pressure, but there are many interesting details on the bike.
You can see them individually below.