MotoGP on the tv

[Rick 52]

I see sky have screwed us again not have it live please give them a call the more of us that ring the better 0800skysky

[roy.nz]

Typical fucking kiwi owned company run by disks, they'l never let any rugy games go on delayed broadcast but our good old motorsport takes a overlooking ever time. I HATE SKY... :2guns:

[AllanB]

Sky suck smelly stuff from the rear end of aids-ridden monkeys.
I have nothing to do with them since they pulled Moto-GP off the free-to-view Prime.

Now they will not freeview prime so I have not watched that since getting my LCD and freeview.

[Slingshot]

More to the point....when are they going to start broadcasting Bucket Racing!

[kittytamer]

Already phoned to complain and sent a moany email. They are not even going to show the 125's and 250's either! One of the very few races we can watch live here and they bump it to the middle of the effeing night! Yeah, not happy, lets all get on their case and they might even start showing qualifying (yeah, right, but we can hope)

[Hitcher]

Some git on a Honda's on pole.

[Duke girl]

I was all set to sit down at 7 tonight and watch the 125, followed by the 250 and then the big boys only to switch the TV on and find out that it is a delayed coverage thats going to air at Midnight. Bloody typical of Sky who do it to us all the time. You never seem to see it happen if its the F1's. When will they ever get it right, and how much more of this crap are we going to have to put up with them televising it. Wake up Sky, we aren't paying you guys money to have you on our TV sets and then not being able to watch what we pay you to watch, delayed coverage.

[Muppet]

I have no idea why anyone watches Sky anyway, it's a waste of money, paying money to watch TV?? The aussies get MotoGP live and free for what's it's worth. Bah humbug!

[doozy]

Rang sky to register complaint ... motogp is pretty much the only reason I got sky sport. The girl said she had several complaints about it yesterday, good.

On a side note I was signing up for that mysky thing at the same time, so they give you the box for one off $49 and $15 a month, its an additional $10 a month if you actually want HD content ... way to shank people, oh well I don't even have a HD TV.

[gtr boy]

sent them an email,not holding my breath though.had my night all planned to watch sum racing then turn on tv and fn cricket on.:angry2:

[roogazza]

I see sky have screwed us again not have it live please give them a call the more of us that ring the better 0800skysky

I was on the phone at 11pm last night, pathetic response from staff as well !
I will send off an Email shortly and Sky will lose me from the day after the last round in Valencia. Gaz.

[gtr boy]

I was on the phone at 11pm last night, pathetic response from staff as well !
I will send off an Email shortly and Sky will lose me from the day after the last round in Valencia. Gaz.
im giving the shit the flick as well

[kittytamer]

Set the video to record at midnight and when I checked this morning it was not shown until 1.15am so I missed the end anyway. How much worse could this scheduling possibly get! At least they are repeating today bewteen 5.30 - 7.00 (unless theres more cricket!)

[Badjelly]

They are not even going to show the 125's and 250's either!

Check out Sky Sport 3, Tuesday 06:30. There's a 2-hour slot for the 125s and 250s, then a one-hour slot for the MotoGPs.

Personally, I don't greatly care if it's live, but I wish they'd stop changing the schedule. They originally said it would be live from 7 pm to 11 pm. That was never going to work, as the 125 and 250 races were both finished and the results posted by 7 pm NZDT. How could they get that so wrong?

[imdying]

Look, guys... it's not worth getting upset about. Sky suck balls, always have, always will... get it from the Racing Underground (http://www.racing-underground.com/index.ru?cls=32)... HD720p, only a couple of hours delay whilst someone encodes and ups it... better than Sky, better than getting it from motogp.com... better by far!

Whilst you're there, do yourself a favour, check out all the other cool bike racing they have too :yes:

[doozy]

Look, guys... it's not worth getting upset about. Sky suck balls, always have, always will... get it from the Racing Underground (http://www.racing-underground.com/index.ru?cls=32)... HD720p, only a couple of hours delay whilst someone encodes and ups it... better than Sky, better than getting it from motogp.com... better by far!

Whilst you're there, do yourself a favour, check out all the other cool bike racing they have too :yes:

Yeah I get races from there as well as I usually like to watch them 3 or 4 times, they also have heaps of old stuff, it took a while to get it but the 2003 p island race, rossi penalised 10 seconds then wins by 12 or 15 or whatever it was ... dam its a good watch :D

[TOTO]

I've been watching all MotoGP races this year and have a few questions about the things they do ....


1. Why is Qualifying tyre more sticky than a Race tyre and why do they use them since the race is on race tyres anyway...?

2. Why does a qualifying tyre last only two laps at most...?

3. why is the gearbox inverted compared to normal road bike - i.e push down to shift to higher gear ?

4. Whats the difference between a "works bike" and a "customer bike" - is customer bike same as we can buy in the shops (I doubt it) ?

Clear the mystery for me plese...

[Devil]

1. To get the best spot on the grid.

2. Cos it's sticky. Wears much faster

3. Ground clearance. So they can change up gears while leant right over. Means they dont have to try and get their foot under the lever when there's no room.

4. Works = modified, or factory modified. Go fast bits that the manufacturer has done from the factory. Instead of standard stock, off the shelf bike.

[TOTO]

1. To get the best spot on the grid.

2. Cos it's sticky. Wears much faster

3. Ground clearance. So they can change up gears while leant right over. Means they dont have to try and get their foot under the lever when there's no room.

4. Works = modified, or factory modified. Go fast bits that the manufacturer has done from the factory. Instead of standard stock, off the shelf bike.

thanks Devil.


What is a "customer bike" in that case ?

[Cajun]

note there will be no qualifying tyres next year, according to the new rules.

many bikes you can change to 'gp shift' patten in a space of a few mins, many people love it many don't.

pretty much factory team is that, factory sponser them, and they get all the best parts. Often the sattlite/customer teams, get the previous years bikes, or the parts they are given are 6 months behind the factory team.

Sometimes the customer bikes, are all engine work done by the factory, but some other teams do there own inhouse development on some parts to give them a bit of an edge

[Oscar]

1. To get the best spot on the grid.

2. Cos it's sticky. Wears much faster

3. Ground clearance. So they can change up gears while leant right over. Means they dont have to try and get their foot under the lever when there's no room.

4. Works = modified, or factory modified. Go fast bits that the manufacturer has done from the factory. Instead of standard stock, off the shelf bike.

I see some guys in the MotoGP field are using the standard shift pattern.

All bikes in MotoGP have to be "prototypes" - no production parts are allowed. Peter Clifford tried to run R1 based bikes a few years ago and got banned.

[Warr]

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All bikes in MotoGP have to be "prototypes" - no production parts are allowed. Peter Clifford tried to run R1 based bikes a few years ago and got banned.
Wow...... Didnt realise that :)

Will be interesting next year with there being no qualifying tyres.

Tis 12.20 Tuesday. I'm planted in front of TV to catch the SkySports1 MotoGP highlights. All at no cost as I have no TV just a tuner card in the PC which happens to have the 'correct' chip-set so I can decode Sky analogue channels.
So thanks Sky for running the highlights on an analogue channel :)
But no-thanks for stuffing the scheduling around so I couldnt watch it live up at TA's place !!

[Devil]

I see some guys in the MotoGP field are using the standard shift pattern.
.

Really? Are you sure? Cant say i've seen one still in standard shift...

[Oscar]

Really? Are you sure? Cant say i've seen one still in standard shift...

I coulda sworn I saw Chris Vermullen using a standard pattern on Sunday.

[Badjelly]

I coulda sworn I saw Chris Vermuelen using a standard pattern on Sunday.

That's very observant of you. Yes, I read somewhere that Chris uses a standard (which for MotoGP racing is very non-standard) shift pattern. I wonder where.

Edit:

http://sundaymorningrides.com/motorcycle-news/motogp-2008/suzuki-riding-the-gsv-r.shtml

[k14]

Really? Are you sure? Cant say i've seen one still in standard shift...
Yep if you watched the race the other day you would have seen a close up of Vermin using road pattern. There are others that use it (one of the front runners in WSBK but can't remember) largely it is personal preference.

I have used race pattern ever since starting racing and most of the time it is good. However on most NZ tracks it can sometimes be a hindrance. Going into a left hander where you want to change down on turn in but can't get your foot under the lever can cause some problems sometimes. The GP guys don't care though, they just throw it in and let the bike rev up to 15000rpm.

[Oscar]

That's very observant of you. Yes, I read somewhere that Chris uses a standard (which for MotoGP racing is very non-standard) shift pattern. I wonder where.

Edit:

http://sundaymorningrides.com/motorcycle-news/motogp-2008/suzuki-riding-the-gsv-r.shtml

Phew.
I was starting to doubt my own eyes...

I did get a close look at Loris' bike in Italy, but the girlies were distracting me...