Factory Yamaha's Ben Spies has completed a second day's testing on the 2012 1000cc YZR-M1, focusing on getting the electronics to work with the increased torque and horsepower at the twisty Misano circuit.

Spies says he put together some fast lap-times which culminated in a 1'34.4 which compares well his best lap from yesterday of a 1'34.518 while Jorge Lorenzo did a 1'33.7 on the 1000cc and a 1'33.906 in the race - but the track will have dirtied up and there were only two bikes going round.

“We rode the same bike as we did in Brno but we changed a bunch of things and started working on a lot of electronics. Misano is a much more physical track; it’s quite tight so there’s a lot of wheelies and rear spinning. It’s fun to ride but very physical compared to the 800," said the Texan.

"I enjoyed it a lot and we went quite fast on it, getting some pretty good lap times. We’ve got a lot of data now for the engineers to go away and work on the next step for our next test. I think next year is going to be really good and I’m looking forward to racing the thousand.”