168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kenny Roberts Jr returned to the track aboard his 2006 MotoGP machine, the KR211V, during the MotoAmerica round at Barber Motorsports 🍃Park.

The American delighted fans 𒁏by completing demonstra🌺tion laps on the Honda V5-powered bike that he rode to sixth overall in the World Championship.

“I remember my first time on the Honda,” said Roberts Jr, whose bike is now part of the of the permanent collection at the Barber 𝓰Vintage Motorsports🐠 Museum.

“It was difficult to tell which gear I wa♔s in; the engine was🏅 so linear.”

A 500cc world champion with Suzuki, Roberts returned to his father 'King' Kenny Roberts' team in 2006, turning he♈ads by taking the privateer machine to podiums in Catalunya and Estoril.

“If we had six months to find all the gremlins with the chassis we found in the last 25% of the season, we could have been fighting 🅠quite often for podiums.”

Roberts might even have won the famous Estoril race, where Valentino R🧸ossi regained the title lead after Dani Pedrosa took down team-mate Nicky Hayden, if he had not misunderstood the number of laps remaining.

Still, it marked the last time a bike built by aও privateer team led a MotoGP race or finished on the ro𓆉strum. A feat unlikely to be repeated in the foreseeable future.

The only machines classified ahead of the KR211V in the final 2006 championship sta🎃ndings were three Hondas, a Yamaha and a 🤪Ducati.

“It gave me a b✅etter perspective of what I rode, what I didn’t ride, and what we did with a lot less,"  Roberts Jr said.

Unfortunately for Roberts and Team KR, they weren't able to build upon the momentum from their debuܫt Honda-powered campaign.

Honda’s𒀰 new RC212V powerplant struggled at the start of th♕e 800cc era in 2007 and Roberts Jr bowed out after a best finish of 13th in six starts.

Meanwhile, with Liberty Media rumoured to be nearing complet👍ion of its MotoGP takeover - and keen to expand the sport in the US - Barber is among the venues that could be upgraded to potentially join COTA on the Grand Prix calendar.