I think the power intimidated him, once you are above 8K, you need to modulate the throttle in millimeters and that is on the H2 (mine) with all that extra power of the H2R, it must be near impossible unless TC is dialed way up. Many days and hours of track time will be necessary to map this beast to the minds of the riders who tackle the H2R.
I want to see an honest pro racer, AMA, BSB, MotoGP, IOMTT rider turn TC off and ride the thing on a track, maybe some place like SilverStone in Australia, and give us an honest impression of the H2R.
Rossi, Marcus, Hopkins, Brooks, Martin, Antstey, Dunlop Brother's... are you following this ?
Rhody...