MotoGP 2016

**EJK** · 7th April 2016, 10:33

Just curious, what happens to MotoGP bikes after a crash? Say a rider had a bike-write-off accident during FP4, do they glue the pieces back together overnight? If not, then how many spare bikes do each team have?

**Doppleganger** · 7th April 2016, 10:33

Originally Posted by Drew

It posed fuck all threat, he had to change bikes anyway, and it wasn't his fault it was hanging off.

Tell that to the F1 dude that got a small bolt in the head numb nuts.
That Camera would make a mess if you hit it a 220+ regardless.

**Erelyes** · 7th April 2016, 10:43

Originally Posted by Doppleganger

Tell that to the F1 dude that got a small bolt in the head numb nuts.
That Camera would make a mess if you hit it a 220+ regardless.

Watching the replay footage it was still working (transmitting) after the clash at the first corner. It took a little while for it to fall off its mount, at which point it was dangling by its cord.

If the cord isn't damaged, you could ride around for days on end and it wouldn't fall off.

The chances of it posing any danger were somewhere between 'next to nowt' and 'fuck all'.

**Doppleganger** · 7th April 2016, 10:46

Originally Posted by Erelyes

Watching the replay footage it was still working (transmitting) after the clash at the first corner. It took a little while for it to fall off its mount, at which point it was dangling by its cord.

If the cord isn't damaged, you could ride around for days on end and it wouldn't fall off.

The chances of it posing any danger were somewhere between 'next to nowt' and 'fuck all'.

It did fall off, it wasn't dangling when he came in to change bikes .....it wasn't there at all.

**Drew** · 7th April 2016, 11:01

Originally Posted by Doppleganger

Tell that to the F1 dude that got a small bolt in the head numb nuts.
That Camera would make a mess if you hit it a 220+ regardless.

"Numb nuts"?

Guess you didn't get sex for breakfast.

**Doppleganger** · 7th April 2016, 11:03

Originally Posted by Drew

"Numb nuts"?

Guess you didn't get sex for breakfast.

Sex at any time of day would be great

**george formby** · 7th April 2016, 18:29

Originally Posted by Drew

"Numb nuts"?

Guess you didn't get sex for breakfast.

Breakfast of champions apparently. Might be something else to consider when picking contenders. Who's the early riser?

**Crasherfromwayback** · 7th April 2016, 18:31

Going for the correct top three two weeks in a row...

MM

Crazy Joe

Dovi

Lorenzo

Rossi

**Dadpole** · 7th April 2016, 18:45

With my recent form, I will pick after the race. Probably get them wrong then too.

As an aside:
I "obtained" a copy of the recent doco on Lozenge. 'Jorge Lorenzo Guererro'
Interesting view of his 2015 season and it was nice to see something different from the usual robotic Lorenzo. I believe it was made by (or in association with) Dorma so it would have been carefully edited to show what they wanted.

Good viewing but.

**carbonhed** · 7th April 2016, 18:48

I think the Ducati's may just be the ones to beat.

Iannone

MM

Dovi

Crazy Joe will be extra special hyper dingbat motivated... and eventually he will stay upright.... who he will leave on the ground is anybody's guess.

**pritch** · 8th April 2016, 08:06

About when the early risers here were getting up this morning the last stragglers made it to Texas after 68 hours in buses and planes. Hardly ideal preparation.

The flight boxes were delivered in time. Apart from the journalists caught up in the mess there were riders, incl Miller and Rabat, mechanics, and at least one crew chief: Pete Benson.

Crutchlow called in yesterday to advise that he was stuck in Miami. Some had to use a flight which went from Argentina to Texas via London. London ffs!

This has been a major fuck up and while details of the travellers' travails have been reported, I've yet to see an explanation of the cause.

Apparently this is not the first time there has been such a shambles, there was a previous incident following Laguna Seca.

Hopefully everybody is on deck - and actually awake - for the start of practice.

**Autech** · 8th April 2016, 08:39

Scott Redding on Miller: "He was riding like a f**cking out of control lunatic and then he crashes again."

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/229...th-miller.html

**Crasherfromwayback** · 8th April 2016, 09:01

Originally Posted by Autech

Scott Redding on Miller: "He was riding like a f**cking out of control lunatic and then he crashes again."

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/229...th-miller.html

But...but...he's going to be the next big thing! Always said he's a total fuckwit.

**pritch** · 8th April 2016, 09:24

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

But...but...he's going to be the next big thing! Always said he's a total fuckwit.

Well, as always, there's another way to look at that. Redding was pissed off because someone actually wanted to race him? Reality check required.

Since neither of them is Spanish I'll be happy if either or both succeed. I have nothing against the Spanish but they're like opossums. Individually they may all be very nice, but there's just too many of them.

And BSB starts on SKY this weekend.