"I can't believe how fast Eric (Bostrom)'s bike is. I mean, full Superbike spec against essentially production bikes. That's just not right, is it? I tell you, if I had a bike that fast, imagine how fast I could be," Suzuki's Mat Mladin said from the Yoshimura garage after Daytona qualifying. "They've won every World Championship there is to win over the last 20 years, racing (here) against bloody street bikes. What's up with that?"

Mat's comments where clearly a dig at provisional polesitter Bostrom, who last year claimed Mladin had an unfair advantage on the Suzuki GSX-R1000 when he rode on the Kawasaki ZX-7.

As far as his day went on Wednesday, Mat said he concentrated on shaking down the GSX-R1000, getting it ready for the famous Daytona 200 mile race he has won twice. "It's going okay, no worries." Mladin's best time was a 1:49.203, good for sixth.

Mat said setting up the bike for one quick circuit is a waste of time. "One lap in 200 miles is not gonna help," said the four-time AMA Superbike champion.

He did have his team fit a qualifying tire late in the session, though. "We tried one but I didn't do a very good job of it. I haven't used one for a long time, we didn't have them last year ... I like to know what I've got (grip-wise)"," Mat said.