Apparently MM regularly spends much time with the team, dining, chatting, where a lot of the riders are in a corner with their manager.
For an Alien Android, he goes out if his way to seem quite human.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Apparently MM regularly spends much time with the team, dining, chatting, where a lot of the riders are in a corner with their manager.
For an Alien Android, he goes out if his way to seem quite human.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Forum whore
yep, that's my experience. In the Trophy Hunter doco, people seemed to think all the stuff about him having his team over for a BBQ and stuff was staged. I am less inclined to think that now...Originally Posted by F5 Dave
"If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France
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ZRXOA #9170
2 smoke lover
I was half watching a pommie murder mystery the other night, set at a motorbike race and they had a actor being a race steward who I think they were trying to have come cross as very mean n' grouchy and I just thought he was doing a very toned down and relaxed Ray Shearman.
Compare Pornography now to 50 years ago.
Then extrapolate 50 years into the future.
. . . That shit's Nasty.
Low personal B.M.E.P.
I'd watched Ray since I was a kid. He was the end product of working under Ian Ward then old Tom McCleary.
Both very stern and knowledgeable Senior Stewards.
The ad on TV where an old duck wins at Housie and marches up to the front is an old one. She walks past a guy who looks like Ray -but with white hair.
He only died 2015 - I don't know if the ad is that old.
Anorak
They all knew that we weren't racing for sheep stations.....
When did riders reps first come about, that must have filtered out a lot of time wasting and improved the stewards mood
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
Low personal B.M.E.P.
Good question. I first saw them used at Nationals mid 80's. The Classic Register meetings I'd been doing prior to that didn't have them
Also it depended how much of a "rules mechanic" the rep was. Many Stewards then didn't know the book very well.
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Sucks to be JM...first of the leading group to come in for a bike swap and no one from that lot follows.
Good win for MM while Pecco used his head to be ok with 2nd and take it a bit easier (if theres such a thing) for his sore bod.
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In his interview Pecco said that even if he had been healthy he might have been able to challenge, and that the gap would have been less, but I think since MM was pulling away even before Pecco gave up I suspect the gap being less means he might have been closer if MM had made a mistake.
How MM snuck through that big group of bikes when it got wet then buggered off was masterful. Binder and Miller too, if it had stayed a bit wet it might have been a MM - Binder - Miller finish.
I dont think I can recall a race where 5 bikes were a lap down.. that must be some kind of record.
Martin looked to be crying into his wheaties at the end.
"If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France
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ZRXOA #9170
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Wow Just Wow LOL
Someone got a stirring spoon and gave the whole damn outfit a big stir up or the rain did
JM let his emotions get the better of his head unfortunately. I do feel for him.
Soooo MM 53 points behind I dare you to bet against him with the upcoming track Like Phillip Island and the unpredictable conditions there, plus a few countries with thunderstorms that can roll in.
Isn't it two weekends in a row that Pecco says he didn't quite have the pace?? MM seems to have that Ducati worked out that's for sure.
As much as I am not really an MM fan you gotta admit he is bloody impressive. I wouldn't bet the house on it but 7 rounds to go Lads
On a personal note, whole damn weekend in the garage and had my engine builder here today. Filled the no1 bike up with running in oil, water etc. and got her fired up after a big rebuild. We run it in on the dyno next Monday, but I think the bloody thing is still going to scare the shit outa me every time I twist it. Sounds crisp as.
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!!
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I dont get it. Surely JM has to track Bagnaia .He should have just followed him. Thats what MM said, Pecco and Enea are locals,I just follow what they didWow Just Wow LOL
Someone got a stirring spoon and gave the whole damn outfit a big stir up or the rain did
JM let his emotions get the better of his head unfortunately. I do feel for him.
Soooo MM 53 points behind I dare you to bet against him with the upcoming track Like Phillip Island and the unpredictable conditions there, plus a few countries with thunderstorms that can roll in.
Isn't it two weekends in a row that Pecco says he didn't quite have the pace?? MM seems to have that Ducati worked out that's for sure.
As much as I am not really an MM fan you gotta admit he is bloody impressive. I wouldn't bet the house on it but 7 rounds to go Lads
On a personal note, whole damn weekend in the garage and had my engine builder here today. Filled the no1 bike up with running in oil, water etc. and got her fired up after a big rebuild. We run it in on the dyno next Monday, but I think the bloody thing is still going to scare the shit outa me every time I twist it. Sounds crisp as.
Enigma
I just fast forward it ! Rain can spoil motorbike racing.
WSB in France got the same treatment , it was crap.
You'd never go hungry with Nigella Gaz.
If it weren't for flashbacks...I'd have no memory at all..
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the rain makes it more equal imho,you can see the guys who have that extra special feeling,throttle control etcI just fast forward it ! Rain can spoil motorbike racing.
WSB in France got the same treatment , it was crap.
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Because JM is a fire cracker, it's what makes him fast in qually, he knows that now, but you can't change nature in the moment.
We have seen big changes in him but in that situation, nature took over.
Interesting sport Aye
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!! '
Enigma
Yeah mate agree, as you say it equals everything out.
Funny enough even at my low level in local racing, in the early days I quite liked it wet mainly because I got good results.
But my pref is for dry, everyone the same .
Not some coming in for wets and others staying in the hope of a drying track? Then there's penalties and all this tyre pressure requirement level.Pitstops etc.
The WSB in France was pissing with rain and after losing some of the normal front guys to crashing and pit stops it looked like a second tier race. I found it hard to maintain an interest !
Thats the game tho I guess ?
You'd never go hungry with Nigella Gaz.
If it weren't for flashbacks...I'd have no memory at all..
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
JM looked like he had a moment and it probably made him think it was all changing very quickly.
It all makes the championship a bit more equal. I can't see MM catching up (a mate is calling it) but 3 way would be interesting. Hmm hard to write that without connotations. . .
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