MotoGP 2017

[Dadpole]

Wealthy sods like you can afford to drop $100 now and again. Tightarse idiots like me must decide if I should risk 10 or 20 - so I don't blow my whole wad before the season is halfway...

Good luck anyway.

[EJK]

Quite poss to my detriment, I've gone $100 on MV @ 2.75 and $100 on MM @ $3.25. Rossi @ 3.5 was a temptation as he's soooo good round there...but not this year I feel.

Good on ya. I'm gonna drop $2 on MV. I'm a high rolla too yo.

[Autech]

Good on ya. I'm gonna drop $2 on MV. I'm a high rolla too yo.

Str8 ballin.

I'm looking to DP's high odds again... Such a fanboi


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[pritch]

This afternoon I received a message from a woman I used to work with. She was in hysterics reading the latest "Dear George" Facebook page, a letter to George from the yellow puta. It's written in such a way that you can almost hear Rossi saying the words.

If it's not against your religion it's worth a look.

[Autech]

This afternoon I received a message from a woman I used to work with. She was in hysterics reading the latest "Dear George" Facebook page, a letter to George from the yellow puta. It's written in such a way that you can almost hear Rossi saying the words.

If it's not against your religion it's worth a look.

I laughed for the first half of it, I'll give them that.

[speights_bud]

https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/ne...osophy-898644/

[EJK]

I laughed for the first half of it, I'll give them that.

Not enough "eehhh" or "eeeeingg" or "aeuhhh bouut"

[Autech]

https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/ne...osophy-898644/

He's got a good point though, Yamaha has been the fastest satellite bikes on the grid for many many years, you want to look at how good a bike is I say look to the guys on the Sats rather than the aliens on the factory bikes who can ride around issues. Yamaha spend less than Honda and Ducati yet they're currently top of the championship... Apparently MM is still on his 2014 chassis... Makes ya think eh?

[malcy25]

He's got a good point though, Yamaha has been the fastest satellite bikes on the grid for many many years, you want to look at how good a bike is I say look to the guys on the Sats rather than the aliens on the factory bikes who can ride around issues. Yamaha spend less than Honda and Ducati yet they're currently top of the championship... Apparently MM is still on his 2014 chassis... Makes ya think eh?

I think Rossi went down that path anyway - That's why Ducati got an alloy beam frame a little while after he landed there. To my mind there's some other stuff going on with the correlation of swing arm pivot, rear traction, weight bias etc.

[Autech]

I think Rossi went down that path anyway - That's why Ducati got an alloy beam frame a little while after he landed there. To my mind there's some other stuff going on with the correlation of swing arm pivot, rear traction, weight bias etc.

Yeah it was interesting how JL said it needs lots of rear brake to turn, which to my mind tells me lots of the geometry is rearward. He moves his seat up 5mm (or what ever it is) and suddenly the bike clicks and he's faster than Dovi for a bit.
She's a funny wee sport, it's very apparent at this level that no team can fluke going fast, you need to hammer out the hard yards and pour over the data to have any hope of winning, all the while you need to keep your riders on the bike for the entire race and uninjured...

Can you imagine the team brief:
Ok Jorge, we need you to go out and be fast, but don't crash, we're sorry the bike wont turn well but hey you can get them on the straights if you want? But don't accelerate too hard or you will tear up your rear tyre. That's why they're paid millions and we sit on couches.

[pritch]

Apparently MM is still on his 2014 chassis... Makes ya think eh?

Not sure, Pedro and MM both tried a new frame in testing but neither liked it. Crutchlow was asked to persevere with it. Last I read both he and Jack Miller are using that frame.

[Autech]

Not sure, Pedro and MM both tried a new frame in testing but neither liked it. Crutchlow was asked to persevere with it. Last I read both he and Jack Miller are using that frame.

Yeah Crutchlow said he was (MM 2014 chassis) in a recent interview and basically said Honda spend too much time on the engine and need to fix the chassis as it can't handle bumps, and that if the chassis was better it would give them the traction they needed.

[Luckylegs]

They reckoned george was at the press conference but i only saw a reasonably affable ducati rider and he wasnt italian so it werent dovi WTF

[pritch]

The rain in Spain falls mainly at Jerez.

[Dadpole]

Good news everyone. Sylvain Guintoli will stand in for Rins at Le Mans.

Also, it looks like Danny Kent may get a KTM for Moto3 there. Perhaps Kent has been thrown a lifeline by the Ajo Team, If so, he better grab it with both hands as the comments from his old team would get him the closed door treatment from most teams.