MotoGP 2013

[roogazza]

Darryl Beattie is the other Aussie you are trying to remember.

Cheers merv, the old brain must've kicked just before you posted ?Your spelling of his name looks better than mine too.

& yes Crasher Doug Polen was another talent from that era in both WSB and GP. Was real good on the 888 Duc.

[speights_bud]

you can probably fill your bags of yzf m1 carbon fibre bits after a motogp weekend

I'd love a piece of repsol orange from 93!, but not at the riders expense of course. I'll be taking whatever I can get :-). If I can find something worthwhile it'll be getting glass case treatment :-)

Been kicking myself since COTA for not chucking 50 bucks on MM for the win

[Crasherfromwayback]

Magee suffered brain damage himself and retired,did he not ? I was living in Aust at that time and it was touch and go for him.

Darryl Beattie is the other Aussie you are trying to remember.

Is it Beattie you're thinking of re the head injury Roo? He bounced on his scone once too often.

[T.W.R]

Is it Beattie you're thinking of re the head injury Roo? He bounced on his scone once too often.

1990 Laguna Seca Magee crashed and received head injurys; wasn't the same after that Bubba Shobert nailed him in the warm down lap the previous year at the same met that finished Shobert's career

[GD66]

He received some pretty nasty head injuries in a pre-season testing crash in 1996 and was never the same : slowed down AND started crashing a lot. Career petered out from there.

Now working for Ten as a slow commentator.

[roogazza]

He received some pretty nasty head injuries in a pre-season testing crash in 1996 and was never the same : slowed down AND started crashing a lot. Career petered out from there.
Now working for Ten as a slow commentator.

Cheers Glen,Ok, didn't know that, only the toes, but he rode after losing them.
Have heard him doing commentaries.
Saw him get some good results on both Honda and Suzuki.
We don't hear a lot of the sacrifices/injuries of racers chasing dreams.

[GD66]

Yes, his win at Hockenheim was a ripper, also got the better of Mick at Suzuka one year. I think the ugly toes incident was also in a pre-season crash on the Marlboro Yam. Had a good ride at The Island in 1989, qualified well and finished 12th on a production Honda in the 250 race and his career was up and away.
Another one of those "what might have been if..." careers. But he was pretty quick for a while there.

[carbonhed]

How does Marquez keep escaping the inevitable consequences of riding a MotoGP bike so far over the ragged edge... just jaw dropping.

[Drew]

How does Marquez keep escaping the inevitable consequences of riding a MotoGP bike so far over the ragged edge... just jaw dropping.

He's a bloody freak aye. I was gobsmacked when I first saw how much hotter he can hit a turn and still get the bike stopped and not run wide.

[Crasherfromwayback]

How does Marquez keep escaping the inevitable consequences of riding a MotoGP bike so far over the ragged edge... just jaw dropping.

And in qual last night...seems like whatever he has to do to better Lorenzo's time he just pulls it out of his hat. Unreal. 1.3 secs under the lap record.


http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/...rydernotes.htm

[carbonhed]

And in qual last night...seems like whatever he has to do to better Lorenzo's time he just pulls it out of his hat. Unreal. 1.3 secs under the lap record.


http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/...rydernotes.htm

See Ryders talking about that slide at Woodcote. How often do you see something that big and that fast come back?

[Crasherfromwayback]

See Ryders talking about that slide at Woodcote. How often do you see something that big and that fast come back?

Yeah man. I watched qual live...and he was well fucking sideways everwhere! There's no doubt at all that the guy is a fucking freak. Pity there's not ten of them out there! Can you imagine it?

[carbonhed]

Yeah man. I watched qual live...and he was well fucking sideways everwhere! There's no doubt at all that the guy is a fucking freak. Pity there's not ten of them out there! Can you imagine it?

Moto2 at warp factor 9?

[tail_end_charlie]

I gonna be betting that ol' Cal has a good day at the race. He always seems to do the best when he's pissed and got something to fight against that can be seen as holding him back (battered at bruised from Saturday's crashes).

Oh yeah, and MM....................................fuck man. He's have a grand 'ol time of it, and has driven Lorenzo to his wits end. After the race at Brno, and after qual at Silverstone you could see it in Lorenzo's face, he's walking around going in disbelief at what MM is pulling off.

[BMWST?]

Sommet are replaying fp4 and qualifying right now

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