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Marc Marquez says is 'not sure' about Honda's new carbon fibre swingarm

Marc Marquez admits he is still “not sure” of Honda's new carbon fibre swingarm he and MotoGP team-mate Dani Pedrosa tested during the three days of running in Thailand. The reigning world champion spent all of Sunday at Buriram evaluating the new swingarm, which was first debuted at the Valencia test last November, and was used briefly again at Sepang last month. Marquez - who brushed off a small tumble at the final corner to end Sunday fourth fastest - felt the new swingarm offered more grip with a fresh tyre, but found the rear to be less stable towards the end of a long run. “Yeah, we tried the carbon swingarm, the one we've been using since Valencia; no one...
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