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BIRTHDAYS OF THE STARS
Feb. 1............... Gaston Rahier 1947
Feb. 2..................Matt Buyten 1980
Feb. 2................... Selvaraj Narayana
Feb. 3......... Guennady Moissev 1948
Feb. 3............................ Vito Ippolito
Feb. 4......................... Johnny Jump
Feb. 5...................... .Bryan Johnson
Feb. 5...................... Julien Bill 1983
Feb. 5.......................Emily Orr Blood
Feb. 6.............. Tony DiStefano 1957
Feb. 6............... Travis Preston 1978
Feb. 8....................Rich Taylor 1968
Feb. 8....................Dusty Klatt 1985
Feb. 10..................... Russell Bobbitt
Feb. 10................... Evan Laughridge
Feb. 10........ Jeremy Chaussee 1977
Feb. 10....................... Rodney Smith
Feb. 11............................. Geoff Fox
Feb. 11........ Sebastien Pourcel 1985
Feb. 11......... Kristin White Anderson
Feb. 12............. Mike LaRocco 1971
Feb. 12................. Lisa Akin Wagner
Feb. 13............... Gavin Gracyk 1984
Feb. 13.............. Jeromy Buehl 1973
Feb. 13............ Mickael Pichon 1976
Feb. 13..........Glenn Coldenhoff 1991
Feb. 13...................... Chris Wheeler
Feb. 15 .......... Davi Millsaps 1988
Feb. 16...............Josh Hansen 1984
Feb. 16...................Don Emde 1951
Feb. 16............Valentino Rossi 1979
Feb. 17.............. Fredric Bolley 1974
Feb. 17.................Heath Voss 1978
Feb. 17....................Stefy Bau 1977
Feb. 17.......... Jason Anderson 1993
Feb. 18................. Tyler Evans 1980
Feb. 19.............. Preston Petty 1941
Feb. 19............... Joey Savatgy 1994
Feb. 19................ Troy Adams 1983
Feb. 21.......... Marc De Reuver 1983
Feb. 24................. Jacki Short 1984
Feb. 24................. Guy Cooper 1962
Feb. 24................ Scott Sheak 1974
Feb. 25........... Craig Anderson 1978
Feb. 26............ Billy Laninovich 1983
Feb. 26...... Jean-Sebastian Roy 1974
Feb. 27............... Ryan Morais 1983
Feb. 28........... Kevin Windham 1978
Feb. 28.................. Ryan Clark 1978
Feb. 28............. Wayne Hinson 1949
Davi
Millsaps.
IS HONDA’S MOTOGP
3 BIKE USING AN
R&D GENIUS-SHAPED
THROTTLE BODY?
In the spy photo of Honda’s MotoGP 3 throttle body, mounted vertically on
Alex Marquez’s Honda 250 road racer, Honda appears to be using some kind of
revolving slide. Look at the TPS valve on the right and you can see that the
throttle-body casting to the left of it is round, which indicates the shape of the
valve. This is very similar to R&D Racing’s Genius throttle body, which the Geico
Honda team has used and Doug Dubach used to win two classes at the 2014
World Vet Championship.
This is the throttle body
that Honda used on Alex
Marquez’s Honda MotoGP 3
250 road racer.
This is Dean Dickenson’s
original Genius throttle body.
