Two-time World Superbike champion Colin Edwards II wore a different face for his appearance on Speed's Wind Tunnel television program last Tuesday night. Judging from comments made on the show, Edwards appeared to be embittered about his relationship with Honda and where he currently sits in the HRC picking order.

Edwards appeared tuesday night on the nationally televised Wind Tunnel program, hosted by Dave Despain.

The live interview started off with Despain asking Edwards what level his HRC RC211V is in comparison with the factory Honda machines. Edwards answered that he wasn't exactly sure, because there seem to be so many different levels of machines now, but that he was "not on the right level". Edwards qualified that by saying he isn't on the factory team and that's simply life as he knows it.

Edwards said that before he signed his current Honda contract, he was assured that all of the Hondas would be the same, but after pre-season testing that does not seem to be the case. "In a sense, Honda gets to dictate who wins the championship," Edwards said about the situation.

While the HRC press releases seemed to indicate that Edwards' recent problem with the RC211V are coming from a change in front wheel/tire sizes, Edwards statements on Despain's Wind Tunnel program indicate that his problem is one of clutch chatter on deceleration. "Problems with the slipper clutch" Edwards said of what has slowed him down this pre-season, further commenting that he doesn't have a problem with the power of his RC211V.

Despain asked Edwards if he held a grudge against Nicky Hayden for getting the Repsol Honda ride when Edwards rode his heart out to win the '02 World Superbike title. Edwards said that he didn't, and that it was simply a matter of him mis-judging who had the power to get him the Repsol ride. Edwards said he was "sucking up" to the Japanese Honda execs when in fact it was American Honda execs who delivered Hayden the GP ride.

Despain seemed caught off-guard by Edwards' biting comments directed at HRC and laughingly asked him if he thought there would be any fall-out from his comments made that evening. Edwards said that he hoped that his comments did get back to HRC, and that his team can only make do with the parts Honda gives them. "I don't care" Edwards said if HRC found out what he'd said.

Edwards closed the interview by saying he doesn't think anyone but Honda will win the title in the near future, ("It'll never happen,") and then saying that at some tracks the other manufacturer bikes may go well, "but on every track Honda goes well".