In Mike Sinclair's book he quotes working with Biaggi at one circuit where it wasn't going well and Max wanted changes - NOW. Mike basically told him to wait and the track would come to him as the meeting went on - and he wasn't going to change a thing.
When on race day it was as Mike predicted - and Max threw it away when in a position to win....
Sometimes these prima donna's need sitting down and given a reality check.
Honda looks shit and the Yamaha looks better than it ever has, with the 2 most determined riders on the grid piloting it.
Also if MM ruins his front tyre braking like a loony. Looking back the closest finish to MM was DP in 2013 at 1.5secs, Dovi has also finished 2secs off MM, though you can't always trust that as he may have slowed to do a sick wheelie on his final lap.
MV has had a 2nd, 1st and then went on to Motogp, his best MGP result was 4th last year which was probably helped by DP slamming AD off the track.
Hard call to make but I'd be wagering on MM, MV or AD for winning it.
I just relooked at the advert and it has no carbs included or forks
Still 55K US is still a steal for a near complete works Cagiva
In this case though you are 100% right as that particular year had the lowly TM Mikuni carb. Likely only a few thousand.
Rather than the 25K plus Mag and Ti Keihin tool room specials the later ones had.
I can't remember the exact price of the Keihins but recall Patton inquired about them and were told either 25K or 100K (I can't remember which)and they clearly couldn't afford such frivolity so they stuck with what they had.
A week later a complete set of Keihin works carbs miraculously appeared in their pit, courtesy of tooth fairy (the works Honda squad) They had heard what had happened and just gave them some.
Incidentally from about that period to the last models of Cagiva a lot of internals are interchangeable with YZR500.
I can look up the cost of their cranks but they were pretty pricey even back in the mid nineties.
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Mr Emmett is on to it, I have read other negative comments about CoTA, in that it doesn't promote good racing it's too fiddly.
He may have missed a flip with his comment about Rossi and his problem the front tyre though. Rossi has said that he initially thought his problem was caused by the softer carcase in the current front tyre, but then he had the same problem when he was on wets, so now he suspects it's the bike itself rather than the tyre. Anyway the next test should hopefully provide an answer.
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Mv
ad
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The missus has spoken. Check out 4th etc
MM
MV
VR
JZ
CC
AD
AI
I will stop right there. Oh, Lozenge 9th.
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Ok, caveat, she thought it was Assen. Neverthless my love is unquenched and she stands by her pick..
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