168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Kenny Roberts Jr returned to the track aboard his 2006 MotoGP mach﷽ine, the KR211V, during the MotoAmerica round at Barber Motorsports Park.

The American delighted fans by completing demonstration 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 permanen💦t collection at the Barber Vintag💙e Motorsports Museum.

“It was diffi꧋cult to tell whichꦏ gear I was in; the engine was so linear.”

A 500cc world champion with Suzuki, Rob🎉erts returned to his father 'King' Kenny Roberts' team in 2006, turning heads by ꦉtaking the privateer machine to podiums in Catalunya and Estoril.

“If we had six months to find all the grꦏemlins 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 V𒈔alentino Rossi 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 a privateer team led a MotoGP race or finished on the rostrum. A feat unlikel🐷y to be repeated in the foreseeable future𓆉.

The only machines classified ahead of the KR211V in the final 2006 championship standings were three Hondas, a🍰 Yamaha and a Ducati.

“It gave me a better perspective of what I rode𒁏, what I didn’t ride, and what we did🐟 with a lot less,"  Roberts Jr said.

Unfortunately for Rober🐈ts and Team KR, they weren't able to build upon the mꦗomentum from their debut Honda-powered campaign.

Honda’s new RC212V powerplant struggled at the start of the 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 completion of its MotoGP takeover - and keen to expand the sport in the US - Barber is among the venཧues that could be upgraded to p🃏otentially join COTA on the Grand Prix calendar.