MotoGP 2013

[Drew]

Simple fact of the matter is...any one of the multiple crashes they've ALL had could've resulted in diff outcomes. That's kinda my point. Don't get to be a world champ at GP level unless you're more than a bit special. And Bautista has done that. That's good enough for me.

I just like the guy, because he got the Suzuki some coverage time. I'm a total Suzuki whore!

[Crasherfromwayback]

I just like the guy, because he got the Suzuki some coverage time. I'm a total Suzuki whore!

Fair enough reason!

[HenryDorsetCase]

I reckon. He's one very interesting and clever cookie eh!

if you havent read his books (they are collected from CYCLE and CYCLE WORLD columns and articles) both are excellent.

Plus there is the MotoGP book he wrote which I assume we all have. As well as Neil Spaulding's ones.

Getting back to Laguna, I reckon the most picturesque sight in MotoGP is that slow mo shot in the first lap where they all come over the top of the corkscrew turning left then flick it hard right going downhill fast. It looks like one of those time lapse photos except its video and all the bikes and leathers and helmets are different.

I am pleased to see my pick for 2013 (Mighty Midget Mark Marquez) looks to be on. Hope he gets it in his first year.

http://www.bookdepository.com/Classi.../9781844259946

It turns out KC has a new book out. totally buying it.

[Tony.OK]

I just like the guy, because he got some coverage time. I'm a total whore!

Never a truer word written by you

[tail_end_charlie]

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Now Bautista. Lets see. Spanish 125 Champ. World 125cc Champ. Rookie of the year 1st year in 250's in a fully packed grid. Runner up in 250cc champs twice, once behind the all conquering Lorenzo, then behind Aoyama. Now what's Bradley Smith won again mate? How many world titles sorry? Runner up in the world series how many times sorry? Yep. Bautista's a real bunny.

And there are a long list of winners from the lower categorizes that never really got it together for the big boys class. And vis versa, riders that didn't show much in the lower classes, but were great in MotoGP.

[tail_end_charlie]

Dorna is a bunch of fucking wankers

I like the comment about the rulebook reading like 'War and Peace'. (That's a book written by a Russian author that's incredibly long and dry for those of you uncivilized pig farmers who don't know.)

They are getting the rules so twisted, with layers and layers of exceptions and allowances, that I don't think it's worth even arguing about how to fix it. Someone needs to come in, wipe the slate clean and say two wheels, one rider, make it around the track.....................

[eelracing]

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Someone needs to come in, wipe the slate clean and say two wheels, one rider, make it around the track.....................

They did...it was called Grand Prix 500.

[GD66]

And vis versa, riders that didn't show much in the lower classes, but were great in MotoGP.

Really ? Such as ?

[GD66]

http://www.bookdepository.com/Classi.../9781844259946

It turns out KC has a new book out. totally buying it.

It's a ripper, and as usual for him, isn't written in technogeekspeak, so that humans can understand it. He has some interesting observations about crankshaft behaviour in various engine configurations and covers a vast variety of race machinery from the 1930s onward. Recommended reading for anyone who wonders why the history of racebike development went the way it did.

[tail_end_charlie]

Really ? Such as ?

Well, maybe not great, but at least won some races and podiumed. Where as in the lower classes they didn't win much/anything.

Sete
Checa
KR Jr
McCoy
Barros

[GD66]

Hmmm...yep, fair enough. All have had their share of moments in the sun in the main game.
Good call, mate.

[Crasherfromwayback]

It's a ripper, and as usual for him, isn't written in technogeekspeak, so that humans can understand it. He has some interesting observations about crankshaft behaviour in various engine configurations and covers a vast variety of race machinery from the 1930s onward. Recommended reading for anyone who wonders why the history of racebike development went the way it did.

Glad to hear it mate. I've been eyeing it up.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Well, maybe not great, but at least won some races and podiumed. Where as in the lower classes they didn't win much/anything.

Sete
Checa
KR Jr
McCoy
Barros

KR jr was World Champ! That counts for something....

[HenryDorsetCase]

Glad to hear it mate. I've been eyeing it up.

I thought "Fuck it, lifes too short", and hit the buy now straight after posting that link. I love bookdepository. I hate bookdepository.

What the fuck do I do with all these books now I've gottem?

[Crasherfromwayback]

They did...it was called Grand Prix 500.

Cept they limited it to four cyls, 6 gears and kept fucking with the weight limit. Remember when it was max weight of only 118kg's I think from memory!? Then what...123?...then 136? Something like that anyway...if they'd left it at 118...and got to the 200hp they managed later in life.....PHWOAR!!!!