MotoGP 2015

[J.A.W.]

Sure is. I used to love it.

Me too, its a confidence thing.. even when commuting to work..

Teaches feel.. & how far you can push.. if your reaction times are quick enough, & you are not too ham-fisted..

I used to have other bike riders tell me that 2Ts "Must be hell in the wet".. but they aint..
- that lack of inertia, that 4Ts need a slipper clutch to deal with, works positively - in dicey traction situations..

It was odd to see M-M do that weird electro-wriggle-highside last weekend, kinda emulating - what stupidly snappish 500s - used to do in the dry..

[Shaun Harris]

Sure is. I used to love it.

I remember getting poll in SBK at Pukekohe by 1.9 seconds and poll in the 600 by 2.1 seconds one year in the pooring rain. The same year I was winning a lot in the dry also, and the talkwas, ya get faster in the wet when your carreer is nealy over bahahaha fuk tards. Fact of matter is, Most riders shit them selves in it, making it easier for the ones that do not ride on the limit

[Crasherfromwayback]

Fact of matter is, Most riders shit them selves in it, making it easier for the ones that do not ride on the limit

I used to use a black visor. Never looked so bad then. Think it helped!

[J.A.W.]

Funny - I recently went for a ride with a bloke who has a nice Ducati collection, & from time-to-time, he 'll give 'em a bit of stick..

We were on a section of newly re-smoothed & surfaced - lovely sweeping ( 140-160km/h) bends which were slick wet,
although the rain had gone.. I was behind him, & he was clearly leaving a nice swept tyre line, & thought, jeeze -he's a bit bolder than usual..

But I figured, if he can do it, so can I.. later when I told him this.. he was a bit shaken.. he'd thought it was dry, but just glistening dark,
due to being new real smooth tar seal.. sure hey, its a confidence thing - no dramas..

[Shaun Harris]

I used to use a black visor. Never looked so bad then. Think it helped!

I have actually done the same on occasions for mental support lol

[J.A.W.]

I have actually done the same on occasions for mental support lol

& very considerate of you too.. sparing those poor bastards who'd otherwise be - exposed to the horror - of your face.. L.O.L...

[pritch]

I used to use a black visor. Never looked so bad then. Think it helped!

Rossi does that too and I have wondered why. Perhaps you have provided the answer?

[Laava]

& very considerate of you too.. sparing those poor bastards who'd otherwise be - exposed to the horror - of your face.. L.O.L...

Are you an alcoholic?
Only I can just imagine you slurring everything you say with drool running out the side of your mouth. It kind of explains your random use of the english language.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Rossi does that too and I have wondered why. Perhaps you have provided the answer?

Lol. Looks a lot scarier with a clear visor!

[J.A.W.]

Yeah, ol' Foggy the superbike guy.. he loved to do the 'mad-eyes' stare..

[J.A.W.]

Are you an alcoholic?
Only I can just imagine you slurring everything you say with drool running out the side of your mouth. It kind of explains your random use of the english language.

Hey Rat Scabies.. best you stop posting your strange fantasy notions about me.. & learn some vocabulary.. "random" don't fit..

[codgyoleracer]

Lol. Looks a lot scarier with a clear visor!

I used to stick with a clear one a i like to see everything, - The trick was that you had to make doubly sure you looked well ahead of where you were going, and i used to tell myself at every entry to get off the brake earlier than you 'think' you can, this made the load onto both wheels more even through the turn giving really good pitch control and consistent grip.
Once you get your rolling mid corner speed up i found using a higher gear in some turns handy also.

When you watched Rossi closely through the quick transition left / right turns at Silverstone - He had a fantastically smooth transition. He also 'bailed out' of retaining a tight exit line if he muffed up his entry/apex which is a very good risk management decision in the wet. Better to survive for the next corner rather than turn the bike too hard too early.

Like shaun said - some days you wondered why everybody was going so slow in the wet, but they were no doubt all trying damm hard in their own way, its just easier to ride fast in the wet once you get your head around the dynamics. And when you have done that - you become smooth, and with smoothness comes speed.

I have seen a polar oposite to this method though, Kyonari ? - i think on the Hanspree Fireblade at Donnington in the wet in qualifying. He was loose AND fast.

[Crasherfromwayback]

- you become smooth, and with smoothness comes speed.

I have seen a polar oposite to this method though, Kyonari ? - i think on the Hanspree Fireblade at Donnington in the wet in qualifying. He was loose AND fast.

Best display of wet weather dominance I've ever seen was Stoner at Silverstone. He simply blew everyone well and truly into the weeds. It was so wet and cold, I think everyone else had no heat into the tyres. He was so fast, I think his tyres maintained better grip levels.

[Laava]

Schwantz was bloody good in the wet too but he was one of those guys that crashed a lot as well.

[husaberg]

Schwantz was bloody good in the wet too but he was one of those guys that crashed a lot as well.

I don't know whether it was on the Rainey/Schwantz video or in an interview but I remember him saying early on beating them wasn't enough to win he wanted to destroy them.
Hence worse than just crashing, he actually crashed a lot while in podium positions.
He said he used to look at the pitboards and it would say 1 or three seconds and he would still push on even harder. It wasn't until later he realised that 3 second was half the length of some straights.
Best I have ever seen under brakes he could do the near impossible.


That same year he nearly pulled off a last corner repeat at a following GP from miles back.

bugger it it will be here I guess