The BLATA V6 premiere will not take place in Brno The presentation of the V6 cylinder from the BLATA factory is postponed. We are fully aware, that the motorcycle community has been anticipating any information about the development of our V6 cylinder racing motorcycle, for several months. Therefore, it is very uneasy for us to announce, that the premiere of this motorcycle from the BLATA factory will not participate in the Czech Grand Prix 2005 in Brno. On top of it all, we are forced to postpone the planned introduction of this prototype made for the team WCM and prestigious category MotoGP. Our first focus doesn’t change though. That is to be not only just a engine supplier, but also to create a motorcycle for the team WCM, with which they could stand on the starting grid of the MotoGP race. Pavel BLATA: “The motorcycle physically exists, it is standing on its own wheels. It isn’t complete though, and there is no sense in introducing something, that isn’t finished. “With this, I would like to react on the false information from some media about this entire project. We have completed the chassis, that is the frame and the rear swing arm and also many other components. The majority of the parts of the motor itself are almost all finished as well. We were slowed down during the development, but that is something you can’t avoid when you are working on something completely new. It has happened to us many times, that we have announced the date we will roll out with our project, and didn’t do so. Therefore, I will not set any further dates on when we will present this motorcycle. We are aware of the fact, that this incident may affect our great name in the design area, production and sales of small cubature motorcycles, and worldwide credit of BLATA, but this does not change our plan to finish our ongoing project. I believe that our internal decision will be understood. I am very sad from this whole situation, and I take it as a personal failure. On the other hand, it motivates my employees and myself to bring our intentions that we announced a year ago to the motorcycle world, to an end. During the year we were capable to accomplish a great amount of work. After a year we can say, that we dealt with many problems that we didn’t know of from the beginning, having to do with the development of the BLATA V6. We don’t want to say, that we don’t have any other worries, which are not completely connected to the whole development of this prototype, but in the end these worries showed effect. The BLATA factory isn’t as big, that it could care less about what is going on in the world with its products. We often and more than before, have to confront that our products are being copied. We don’t want to use this as an excuse for our delayed completion of our project, but it is a fact that we would like worldwide manufacturers to realize, because the same to could happen to them. We had to put out a lot of effort to avoid these problems. This of course, takes our attention away from work that should be our priority. Motorcycle business is tough, just like motorcycle sports, and every loss teaches you how to fight better.”