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    Quote Originally Posted by Geeen View Post
    Has there been any confirmation as to what happened to Laverty's bike?? Was it a top end failure or something else??
    ......electrical fault......



    Or at least that's probably the only answer you'll hear from anyone. So unless you know someone personally at Yoshimura, you ain't gonna find out.
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    Ben Spies to Eugene Laverty: way to show the old bosses. Looked effortless! #classact

    Laverty to Spies: Thanks Ben, thoroughly enjoyed that one!

    The attachment will (hopefully) show Laverty's varied day. He was dropped by Aprilia last year and they can't have imagined that first resut. If that's not a "Fuck you!" photo I dunno what is.

    Oh, and a bit much smoke for an electrical fault, but that may not stop the PR people. That eight engine limit might be a bit tight some teams used over twenty five engines last year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    Oh, and a bit much smoke for an electrical fault,
    He means the rod went through the alternator...

    Old, very old.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ocean1 View Post
    He means the rod went through the alternator...

    Old, very old.
    Suzuki speak,as far back as the gs 1000

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    One for MD - MV Agusta win Supersport at Phillip Island

    One for MD - MV Agusta win Supersport at Phillip Island: http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2014/Feb/140224mv.htm
    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWST? View Post
    Suzuki speak,as far back as the gs 1000
    Soup call it Death Smoke http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2014/...0224goboom.htm
    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWST? View Post
    Suzuki speak,as far back as the gs 1000
    I first heard it from one of Colin Chapman's mechanics, well before that.
    Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon

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    Good interview with Philip Marron, Eugene Laverty's crew chief, talking about Eugene, Suzuki and how things are going. He was reasuring about the engine failure that Eugene had stateing:
    In the second race we had an engine failure, we've analysed it with Yoshimura and it's not a problem we're going to have in the future.
    So they must have figured out what caused that electrical fault and fixed it...........
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    The drought is about to break: round two from Aragon next weekend. (And MotoGP from CoTA) Lots to watch...
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    The drought is about to break: round two from Aragon next weekend. (And MotoGP from CoTA) Lots to watch...





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    8pm tonight Sommet show Speedweek: Swann Insurance Australasian Superbike Championship returns to Wakefield Park for Round 1 of the 2014 Championship.Will Superbikes reigning champs be able to adapt to the a new racing format.
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    Quote Originally Posted by denill View Post
    8pm tonight Sommet show Speedweek: Swann Insurance Australasian Superbike Championship returns to Wakefield Park for Round 1 of the 2014 Championship.Will Superbikes reigning champs be able to adapt to the a new racing format.
    Cheers, I might just flick over for a peek
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    Team Pedercini Kawasaki Superstock 1000 - Simone Grotzkjy-Giorgi #15

    My mate Simone is starting the Superstock 1000 season with Pedercini this year.
    I don't know what his 1000cc experience is. He was 2005 CIV 125GP champion, has raced MotoGP125, Moto3, MotoGP250, European 600 and I guess some Superbike in Italy. This is a bit of a comeback for him.
    Hope he goes well.
    Keep an eye out for him.
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    Enjoyed the Supersport race altho Race 2 was sorta interesting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steveyb View Post
    My mate Simone is starting the Superstock 1000 season with Pedercini this year.
    I don't know what his 1000cc experience is. He was 2005 CIV 125GP champion, has raced MotoGP125, Moto3, MotoGP250, European 600 and I guess some Superbike in Italy. This is a bit of a comeback for him.
    Hope he goes well. Keep an eye out for him.
    With a name like Grotzkjy-Giorgi, how could you not cheer for him? Is that Russian-Italian?

    Just checking, Simone is a bloke, not a sheila, right?

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