2005 MotoGP tests

[merv]

I know stroud got a go on the 500's sometime, but i think it was later than 89 (maybe 93). He had only just started racing for britten then (or started around that year).

Although what do I know, I have only watched motorbike racing for less than a year.

Stroud rode for years before his Britten days - on the Yammy's with Shanton sponsorship and Super Angel from Aussie wasn't it back when he was a young fellah and I had more hair.

Where's Lynda, she'd have all this stuff recorded in her memory banks?

I certainly didn't remember Robert Holden on the 500 but do remember him riding Honda RC30s.

[Sensei]

Meet Robert Holden at Ducati Night here in NP . Excellent dude signed a shirt for me & talked about his race bike. A true Champion in everyway
Such a loss . SENSEI

[gav]

-- Sepang Tests Day 3 --

Capirossi 2m00.52s

Gibernau 2m01.29s

Rossi 2m01.35s

Hayden 2m01.74s

Biaggi 2m01.88s

Edwards 2m01.93s

Barros 2m01.98s

Melandri 2m02.20s

Bayliss 2m02.69s

Nakano 2m02.74s

Tamada 2m02.96s

Elias 2m02.98s

Hofmann 2m03.70s

Xaus 2m04.04s


That's apparently 1.3 seconds under the pole record for Capirossi. Fark me!

So where are the Suzuki boys? All broken down again??

[gav]

Stroud rode for years before his Britten days - on the Yammy's with Shanton sponsorship and Super Angel from Aussie wasn't it back when he was a young fellah and I had more hair.

Where's Lynda, she'd have all this stuff recorded in her memory banks?

I certainly didn't remember Robert Holden on the 500 but do remember him riding Honda RC30s.

Super Angel is a top privateer Japanese team, Stroud, Crafer, Slight, Doohan all rode for them. Andrew Stroud raced 500's on a Shell Harris Yamaha, teammate to Sean Emmett, think he had a few other privateer rides as well, "highlight" was a huge crash at Laguna Seca that smashed his bike to smithereens, similiar to the crash on the OW01 at Philip Island he had.

[gav]

Meet Robert Holden at Ducati Night here in NP . Excellent dude signed a shirt for me & talked about his race bike. A true Champion in everyway
Such a loss . SENSEI

Agree with you there, dude. Met Robert when we promoted the first of the Port Nelson races and Robert was star attraction. Came down in a van with a couple of bikes and mates and was so unassuming and went out of his way to help us out. Met him again at Sound of Thunder racing and at the Ruapuna speedway, again, just such a great down to earth. Agree, such a loss and such a talent, his ability to ride anything fast was just outstanding.

[loosebruce]

At least sbk starts up soonish, cure the itch until MotoGP starts, anyone got any news on who might be covering motogp this year?

[k14]

Stroud rode for years before his Britten days - on the Yammy's with Shanton sponsorship and Super Angel from Aussie wasn't it back when he was a young fellah and I had more hair.

Where's Lynda, she'd have all this stuff recorded in her memory banks?

I certainly didn't remember Robert Holden on the 500 but do remember him riding Honda RC30s.

Ok, sorry there. Thought that stroud went straight from national racing onto the britten. Obviously not.

[mikey]

so im like going to be famous in 3 years then awesome!@!!!!

[Skunk]

At least sbk starts up soonish, cure the itch until MotoGP starts, anyone got any news on who might be covering motogp this year?

Prime TV has it.

[loosebruce]

Prime TV has it.

Prime has got have they
I had heard that half wya through the motogp season they sell the rights to screening it cheaper hence why Prime started coverage, so i was in doubt as to weather they would pick up full coverage this year. But glad to be wrong.

Big Ups to Prime, maybe i wont get SKY installed for SBK then, maybe not tis gonna be a good season, as much as i dont wana give SKY me money.

[Sensei]

so im like going to be famous in 3 years then awesome!@!!!!

Your aready Famous Mikey
SENSEI

[gav]

Prime has got have they
I had heard that half wya through the motogp season they sell the rights to screening it cheaper hence why Prime started coverage, so i was in doubt as to weather they would pick up full coverage this year. But glad to be wrong.

Big Ups to Prime, maybe i wont get SKY installed for SBK then, maybe not tis gonna be a good season, as much as i dont wana give SKY me money.

I wouldn't be writing off WSBK just yet, I'm picking this season could be the best for quite some time and certainly the most even. MotoGP could well be another Valentino Rossi benefit with everyone racing for second place.

[Skunk]

I wouldn't be writing off WSBK just yet, I'm picking this season could be the best for quite some time and certainly the most even. MotoGP could well be another Valentino Rossi benefit with everyone racing for second place.

You could be right. I'll wait for the first few rounds before coughing up for LOTS of rugby and a little WSBK.

[Yokai]

Is it me or is there something wrong with the Yamaha? They've got a bike stand holding it up - OH! No wait - Its that they know that Edwards and Rossi are likely to drop it at less than 50k!

(Ok - look it was funny to me at the time, but then I'm a newbie - what can I say)