MotoGP 2018

[Grumph]

I like the sound of this "Lawson" of which you speak. Sounds like a MM tactic for sure.

Eddie of that tribe - and enough world titles to be taken seriously.....

If MM is doing it without falling he's copying.

[husaberg]

Lawson was apparently scary to watch in practise sessions as he practised losing the front regularly....without crashing.

He'd do it where he could be seen - to put the shits up the opposition.

Lawson used to win championships with consistency, he actually raced as slow as he could away with.
Shae Rainey was known to flash her norks on occasion to put off some during qualifying.
Phil Read used to walk around the pits asking if people thought a certain part of the track was actually too dangerous to race on.
He tried that on Hailwood at the IOM TT Mike just laughed when he tried it on him told him to F off.
Mike decided to turn up the screws on Phil but I cant remember what he did. Although beating him was one way.
Kevin Swantze actually turned up at Rainey parents place where Wayne still lived one day during the off season and when questioned what he was doing there he said I am taking your sister water sking Wayne supposedly went Ape shit but Kevin still took his sister out for the day.
Someone also arranged for a mechanic to sleep with a certain Works Honda racers girlfriend then made sure he found out about it.

[jasonu]

I like the sound of this "Lawson" of which you speak. Sounds like a MM tactic for sure.

Are you 12?

[carbonhed]

Are you 12?

It was a joke you fucking pinhead.

This isn't... FYI.

FYI means "for your information".

Information means... stuff.

Have we covered all possible points for the guy on the short bus yet?

[jasonu]

It was a joke you fucking pinhead.

This isn't... FYI.

FYI means "for your information".

Information means... stuff.

Have we covered all possible points for the guy on the short bus yet?

Whatever you say mate.

[carbonhed]

Whatever you say mate.

Darned tootin cracker.

[Autech]

It was a joke you fucking pinhead.

This isn't... FYI.

FYI means "for your information".

Information means... stuff.

Have we covered all possible points for the guy on the short bus yet?

You must spread more reputation around.........

Meanwhile looks like it's see ya see ya later, it's time for you to go.... for young Bradders

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/89...makes-no-sense

Either that or him Herve and Pit will have a big scrap over who wears the fucking pants in this relationship

[sugilite:Me]

You must spread more reputation around.........

Meanwhile looks like it's see ya see ya later, it's time for you to go.... for young Bradders

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/89...makes-no-sense

Either that or him Herve and Pit will have a big scrap over who wears the fucking pants in this relationship

So much for parity for tech 3 with the Works team - poor old Herve looks to be getting offered sloppy seconds hand me downs and he has not even picked up the first bikes yet.

[Autech]

So much for parity for tech 3 with the Works team - poor old Herve looks to be getting offered sloppy seconds hand me downs and he has not even picked up the first bikes yet.

Especially a ginger hand me down that he already got rid of once...

[pritch]

Either that or him Herve and Pit will have a big scrap over who wears the fucking pants in this relationship

Yeah. I can see why KTM might want Smith because of his knowledge, and his experience with their bike. I can also see why Poncharal would be surprised at the change in his role as he sees it. An asnwer should be forthcoming soonish. Especially if Poncharal signs somebody else?

[Autech]

Yeah. I can see why KTM might want Smith because of his knowledge, and his experience with their bike. I can also see why Poncharal would be surprised at the change in his role as he sees it. An asnwer should be forthcoming soonish. Especially if Poncharal signs somebody else?

The way I see it is he's in a tug of war between two parties with strong interests:

KTM want him to take Smith to continue the development
The Malaysians want Syarin to continue (so does Herve too I think)
KTM from one thing I read aren't too keen on Syarin and I must say I share their concern, he's not exactly set the world on fire in the lower classes in the dry but is doing well on the GP bike, just not Folger/Zarco well just yet.
Motogp is a business though and having a Malaysian on the grid will bring pressure from Dorna too.

[sugilite:Me]

What I'm wondering about the KTM bike, is not the reason why Ducati went from a tubular frame to a alloy one (after discarding the carbon fiber one) because they could not make two tubular frames alike that behaved identically to each other? It must make development crazy hard at this level if that is really the case? Is it that modern motors are just too powerful for steel tube frames now?

[pritch]

Is it that modern motors are just too powerful for steel tube frames now?

At the time Ducati dropped the trellis frame the problem was said to be the number of welds. With so many welds the frames couldn't be identical. I'm assuming they would be stress relieving the frames otherwise things would be seriously random.

With two bikes for each rider KTM will have eight non-identical bikes providing data. Interesting job for someone.


Still, KTM do have a reputation for winning.

[Drew]

At the time Ducati dropped the trellis frame the problem was said to be the number of welds. With so many welds the frames couldn't be identical. I'm assuming they would be stress relieving the frames otherwise things would be seriously random.

With two bikes for each rider KTM will have eight non-identical bikes providing data. Interesting job for someone.


Still, KTM do have a reputation for winning.

Kawasaki have as much chance of winning a title as KTM in the big class.

[pritch]

Kawasaki have as much chance of winning a title as KTM in the big class.

That's not very logical Drew. KTM are in the class, Kawasaki are not. On that basis alone KTM must have a better chance. They might be pkeased to read that, they need all the encouragement they can get.