Troy Corser's the man! Yukio aint bad either.

[merv]

You're not confusing Nori haga getting bashed by the bird in 2003 the year after troy moved on when they were racing for aprilia are ya?

Nah we are talking 1996.

Colin Edwards was another got sconed by a bird when he was riding the Yammy.

[DEATH_INC.]

Go the Zookies!!!!and Haga.....
Be good to see a non-duc win again...

[gav]

Damn, there are some great teams lining up, huh?
How about Ben Bostrom back on a CBR1000RRRRR?
Frankie Chili on a 'onda?
Chris Walker back on green ZX10R?
Norifumi Abe and Sebastion Gimbert (the French wildcard from LeMans last year) on Yamahas?
Andrew Pitt and Nori Haga on R1's?
One of the 250 hotshots, is it Rolfo? moving to World Supers on a Ducati.
Garry McCoy and Steve Martin on the Foggy?
Vermeulan has a team mate, Karl Muggeridge.
Man, WSBK could well be a better show this year, than MotoGP is anyone likely to beat Rossi? Can't see it myself, but this lot, on the same rubber , woohoo, bring it on!!

[Deano]

Im still backing Vermeulan....just my two cents worth. How much you want to put on it WT?

[White trash]

Im still backing Vermeulan....just my two cents worth. How much you want to put on it WT?

Put $50 on Corser finnishing ahead of Vermeulan in the points.

Keen......?

[Big Dave]

Put $50 on Corser finnishing ahead of Vermeulan in the points.

Keen......?

I'll back the Aussie.

bd

[Deano]

Put $50 on Corser finnishing ahead of Vermeulan in the points.

Keen......?

Hey man - ITS ONLY A FRIENDLY !!

Sound familiar ?

How about $20 - I do have a mortgage you know......

[betti]

Yukio will take some stoppin, was at Oulton Park last year for bsb and seein him ride up the inside of J.R. at full tilt had me fillin me pants, my money'z on him!

[Skunk]

I'll back the Aussie.

There's always one

[TwoSeven]

Does anyone know if the races are going to be on TV. Hopefully sky sport will pick them up again, but I've not seen any info. Only a few weeks away now.


I prefer SBK and SS over MotoGP simply because I know more about the bikes, riders, technology etc and have a closer afinity (SS more so). I like looking to see what bits are bolted on to the machines and all that.

MotoGP seems to sanitised for my liking, there is no real racing - its just boring technique and they never show the racing down in the field where things are actually happening.

One thing I would like to see on both this year would be rider telemetry (listening to the riders talking to the pits as they race). That would be good. I think they tried it with motoGP but not sure if they will do it or not - even F1 does it now.

[Sensei]

- gotta miss the aaron slight days![/QUOTE]


Yea right the guy was a soft cock!! Honda made 3 new bikes for him as they wern't good enough still couldn't win the Superbike's Yet his team mate's would beat him all the time & Colin Edwards Won on the bike ?? He was all ways going to be a No 2 rider as his results proved . Told him this to when he was here at a bike shop . I'm sure if some of the top rider's in NZ had the chance he did they would have done heap's better !
SENSEI

[scroter]

The Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki team, comprising of 1996 World Champion Troy Corser and Japanese star Yukio Kagayama, gave the 2005 GSX-R1000 an excellent debut during a three-day test at Phillip Island.

In the favourable weather conditions of an Australian summer Corser and Kagayama pushed to the limit at the awesome seaside circuit, Corser setting a best of 1m34.2s and Kagayama a 1m34.8s. This combined pace, after just one test, compares favourably with the best lap time of the 2004 race weekend, set by Garry McCoy (Ducati), at 1m34.5s.

:

correct me if im wrong but a magazine i was reading late last year indicated troy corser had already tested the gixxer then and out of all those that had tested he was fastest(cant remember where). Also in the same publication it indicated that along with steve martin, Garry McCoy would be riding at petronas. maybe things have changed.

[scroter]

sorry didnt read that properly missed the 2004 part about mcCoy

[k14]

Yea right the guy was a soft cock!! Honda made 3 new bikes for him as they wern't good enough still couldn't win the Superbike's Yet his team mate's would beat him all the time & Colin Edwards Won on the bike ?? He was all ways going to be a No 2 rider as his results proved . Told him this to when he was here at a bike shop . I'm sure if some of the top rider's in NZ had the chance he did they would have done heap's better !
SENSEI

well shows how much you know. edwards won on the vtr1000 in the year after slight left superbikes. the 1st year of the vtr they both did average, slight missed the first 3 or 4 meetings cause of his brain op.

yeah he did finish 2nd to his team mates a few times, but he was not a softcock. you ever had all the skin off the back of your hand ground off?? how about a brain operation and then get back on the bike 6 weeks later. what about the year that fogarty (the best rider ever ) switched to honda. slight kicked his arse, then he went back to ducati and won the champs another 3 times.

he did stuff it up for himself a few times, but it was also the lack of relibality that let him down.

[Kickaha]

Yea right the guy was a soft cock!! Honda made 3 new bikes for him as they wern't good enough still couldn't win the Superbike's Yet his team mate's would beat him all the time & Colin Edwards Won on the bike ?? He was all ways going to be a No 2 rider as his results proved . Told him this to when he was here at a bike shop . I'm sure if some of the top rider's in NZ had the chance he did they would have done heap's better !
SENSEI

Like what other top riders? Simon Crafar tried and failed so did Andrew Stroud although he didn't have the budget or the bike,I guess given the chance you could have done it seeing as you're such a hard man and not a softcock like Slight

No other NZ rider in recent years has done as well as he did on the international scene,and if he's a softcock that must mean every other rider who has competed in and not won the WSB is a softcock as well