Jape,

Probable selling them at half price to liquidate their inventory. Seems like they often times won't (can't afford to) order newer models unless they've cleared their current inventory off the floors. Sounds like they're just getting ready for their next big push.

Regarding MotoGP racing, that could be anything from dropping some coin to get their logo on someone's bike to actually paying to run a bike in the series. Unless they have some tricks up their sleeves which we haven't heard about... I'd be more inclined to guess the former.

CC