Page 44 of 53 FirstFirst ... 344243444546 ... LastLast
Results 646 to 660 of 786

Thread: MotoGP 2020

  1. #646
    Join Date
    21st January 2007 - 20:10
    Bike
    Nowt any more
    Location
    Wellywood
    Posts
    1,820
    Possibility that the final rounds will be canned, I suppose.
    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John Ono Lennon.

    "If you have never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame." Counting Crows

    "The girls were in tight dresses, just like sweets in cellophane" Joe Jackson

  2. #647
    Join Date
    12th September 2004 - 17:40
    Bike
    09 GSX1400.
    Location
    Horowhenua NZ
    Posts
    3,779
    Maybe Michelin should take a good hard look at themselves after 2020.

    I watched a bit of Prac 2 last night, forgot it was on this weekend.
    Only Prac 2 but all the Ducs well down . Go Yams !!!

    will they call a holt to this year, I wonder.

    You'd never go hungry with Nigella Gaz.
    If it weren't for flashbacks...I'd have no memory at all..

  3. #648
    Join Date
    16th January 2010 - 17:09
    Bike
    VFR400, Frankenbucket
    Location
    Otorohanga
    Posts
    2,663
    Quote Originally Posted by roogazza View Post
    Maybe Michelin should take a good hard look at themselves after 2020.

    I watched a bit of Prac 2 last night, forgot it was on this weekend.
    Only Prac 2 but all the Ducs well down . Go Yams !!!

    will they call a holt to this year, I wonder.
    They're building tyres to work in a certain temp range. Its almost impossible to make a tyre soft enough to give the grip that isn't torn apart by the HP the modern bikes are putting out without that operating window I'd say.

    Makes for an interesting championship though

    Sent from my SM-A730F using Tapatalk

  4. #649
    Join Date
    30th June 2011 - 14:30
    Bike
    2007 Triumph Tiger 1050
    Location
    Pokeno, New Zealand
    Posts
    1,130
    Blog Entries
    2
    Quote Originally Posted by roogazza View Post
    Maybe Michelin should take a good hard look at themselves after 2020.
    I guess no one really likes that big a variable, the supercars guys didnt either.. but I reckon they'd be in the same boat with another manufacturer, having to learn how to manage the rubber etc..

    I like it myself, it adds a bit more intrigue to the race..
    "If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing" - Anatole France
    ZRXOA #9170

  5. #650
    Join Date
    8th January 2005 - 15:05
    Bike
    Triumph Speed Triple
    Location
    New Plymouth
    Posts
    10,073
    Blog Entries
    1
    Quote Originally Posted by iYRe View Post
    I guess no one really likes that big a variable, the supercars guys didnt either.. but I reckon they'd be in the same boat with another manufacturer, having to learn how to manage the rubber etc..

    I like it myself, it adds a bit more intrigue to the race..
    The manufacturers can get caught out when the spec tyre changes. Yamaha took a long time to adapt to the Michelins IIRC. I guess as Michelin refines their specs each year the new hoops suit some teams better than others. Presumably the bikes are designed without knowing how they will react to the new tyres.

    One comment I saw on Twitter suggested that Ducati make four bikes for testing, and they are the bikes that will be raced that season. Honda (and Yamaha?) have test bikes, they then build new bikes for the season incorporating whatever showed up in testing. Maybe I'll ask Alex Briggs at the end of the season? He's worked for them all.
    There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop

  6. #651
    Join Date
    25th March 2004 - 17:22
    Bike
    RZ496/Street 765RS/GasGas/ etc etc
    Location
    Wellington. . ok the hutt
    Posts
    20,485
    Blog Entries
    2
    Bah.

    If they were real men the rules would be 1000cc anything goes. Real engineering Brucey . Not just diesels.
    Don't you look at my accountant.
    He's the only one I've got.

  7. #652
    Join Date
    2nd March 2018 - 15:32
    Bike
    1998 Yamaha R1
    Location
    Auckland
    Posts
    1,163
    I've been catching up on the first race at Aragon after watching Bathurst last weekend.

    Just wanted to check I hadn't watched the race in a parallel universe where Rins didn't crash while leading and A Marquez finished 2nd after out cornering every bike on the track.

    But then I saw who's on pole this weekend so it must be true.

    What a crazy season.

    Sent from my SM-G980F using Tapatalk

  8. #653
    Join Date
    14th June 2007 - 22:39
    Bike
    Obsolete ones.
    Location
    Pigs back.
    Posts
    5,393
    Quote Originally Posted by SaferRides View Post
    I've been catching up on the first race at Aragon after watching Bathurst last weekend.

    Just wanted to check I hadn't watched the race in a parallel universe where Rins didn't crash while leading and A Marquez finished 2nd after out cornering every bike on the track.

    But then I saw who's on pole this weekend so it must be true.

    What a crazy season.

    Sent from my SM-G980F using Tapatalk
    It's not just me, then.
    Manopausal.

  9. #654
    Join Date
    2nd March 2018 - 15:32
    Bike
    1998 Yamaha R1
    Location
    Auckland
    Posts
    1,163
    Has there been a season when every team has won a race? Might be a big ask for Aprilia without PI on the calendar.

    Sent from my SM-G980F using Tapatalk

  10. #655
    Join Date
    16th January 2010 - 17:09
    Bike
    VFR400, Frankenbucket
    Location
    Otorohanga
    Posts
    2,663
    Quote Originally Posted by SaferRides View Post
    Has there been a season when every team has won a race? Might be a big ask for Aprilia without PI on the calendar.

    Sent from my SM-G980F using Tapatalk
    Aleix put a CRT on the podium in the wet once...
    Don't rule anything out!

    Taka has been improving steadily every season he's been on that bike, great to see him crack the code finally.
    I'll be cheering him on for the win this evening

    Sent from my SM-A730F using Tapatalk

  11. #656
    Join Date
    10th June 2008 - 15:44
    Bike
    ES XTZ
    Location
    CH-CH
    Posts
    1,363
    Quote Originally Posted by Autech View Post

    Taka has been improving steadily every season he's been on that bike, great to see him crack the code finally.
    I'll be cheering him on for the win this evening

    Sent from my SM-A730F using Tapatalk
    Taka even represents himself at the negotiating table as he is his own manager , did good in getting a factory bike and a longer contract.

  12. #657
    Join Date
    24th April 2016 - 19:07
    Bike
    2001 zx9
    Location
    bop
    Posts
    242
    strayed into the TAB today - if zarco wins i wont need to work for a couple of weeks, if marquez wins i can afford to take tuesday morning off ...

  13. #658
    Join Date
    17th August 2005 - 11:00
    Bike
    22"Z900rsSE, Z1R, FZR1000, KTM 2 smoker
    Location
    East Auckland
    Posts
    4,365
    Tell you what they are learning fast as
    If MM isnt 100% and Pol doesn't get his head around the Honda quick those boys might make em look bad LOL
    On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!

    'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '

  14. #659
    Join Date
    4th October 2008 - 16:35
    Bike
    R100GSPD
    Location
    Wellington
    Posts
    10,033
    i reckon we wont see MM ride in anger this season

  15. #660
    Join Date
    30th June 2011 - 14:30
    Bike
    2007 Triumph Tiger 1050
    Location
    Pokeno, New Zealand
    Posts
    1,130
    Blog Entries
    2
    Quote Originally Posted by BMWST? View Post
    i reckon we wont see MM ride in anger this season
    If I was him, I wouldnt.. cept maybe for the last race..
    "If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing" - Anatole France
    ZRXOA #9170

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •