Casey Stoner book

[cowpoos]

Just like Labour party manifestos such a book would work well as a fire starter!!!!

while I agree with your analogy with burning labour manifestos. I think you would like casey as a client. even if the bike wasn't handling right he was a very very good chance of a win.

I mean just ask Biggles...he thinks he's as fast as Lorenzo...he just blames your suspension!

[_Shrek_]

Thanks to Pritch, I read it yesterday. I was really impressed with his lack of slagging others in it, a very healthy way to write your own book. 95% of it I was aware off due to living in Adelaide a couple of years ago and knowing people there that knew the family personally. I have always said he is an incredable talent which I still say, and as pritch said to me, his life style as a child ie, him mum dad and sister then home schooling and travelling europe as a kid would not have been a great way to teach you life/people skills, so I guess that does explain the way he comes accross a bit.

The thing that stood out to me the most was the conviction of his family and the way there methods grew him into a total believer in himself, some thing that is required to win races at the top of the game which he sure did.

To use him as a example of why we should NOT be just focusing on bikes with trick suspension parts and hot rod motors in the early years of starting, 1st you have too learn how to ride a bike 250 Production, NO MUCKING with suspension, just learn how to ride and deal with problems that may effect you.

Jason Mcewan is a prime example of this style, he could ride anything fast even with square wheels, and this is a very special skill to have as Casey has proven.

The main thing I have retained about his history, is the part about the Junior racing association NOT giving him clearance to race when he was at the legal age too do so, this is bloody typical of the shit that Motorcycling australia get up too, look at the demise of there OFFICUAL championship years later on, it is falling apart big time with bullshit management, I wonder how many more Aussies have lost out due to there miss management.







The Moral of the story to me is, go get any god dam motorbike, make it legally safe, and go and have
a go at being CS or MM or who ever, just give it a go and see where it leads you.






FATHERS PAY ATTENTION ( Edited) and team owner bike builders.

How you act and behave your self around the race scenes has a Major reflection back on your sons future re sponsors and attitude required to make it, there are some out here in NZ that really need to calm down before the damage is to great to repair.

while I agree with most of what you said M-D.... but the bold bit about his life style I'd say ....we brought up most of our kids on home school, as we moved around a lot following the work & they learnt how to interact with people of all ages & life styles & finished way ahead of their peers.....

[Shaun Harris]

while I agree with most of what you said M-D.... but the bold bit about his life style I'd say ....we brought up most of our kids on home school, as we moved around a lot following the work & they learnt how to interact with people of all ages & life styles & finished way ahead of their peers.....

Fair cool man an maness

[skippa1]

Fair cool man an maness

Wtf?????????

[Robert Taylor]

while I agree with your analogy with burning labour manifestos. I think you would like casey as a client. even if the bike wasn't handling right he was a very very good chance of a win.

I mean just ask Biggles...he thinks he's as fast as Lorenzo...he just blames your suspension!

He tried the other guy but got sick of waiting for him to appear after his covert F16 operations.

[cowpoos]

He tried the other guy but got sick of waiting for him to appear after his covert F16 operations.

heh...lol...how about cunliff

[pritch]

Yep,, writing your thoughts down on a notebook pretty much straight after coming in, In your own from of "engrish"

Or Spanish? I have read that #93 does this. He is reputedly a bright boy and quite quick for his age.

[pritch]

while I agree with most of what you said M-D.... but the bold bit about his life style I'd say .....

It may have worked for your kids, but it didn't work for Stoner. His whoie life revolved around his parents, his sister, and a motorbike. When he started high school he could not get on with other kids so his parents removed him.

In a recent Motopod interview, after commenting on this section of the book Wayne Gardener pointed out that his own kids have music lessons and and are encouraged to have interests other than motorcycles, so as to avoid the pitfall of too narrow an upbringing.

You really need to read the book to understand just how extreme was Stoner's isolation, and his raection to it.