MotoGP on the tv

[doozy]

Look, guys... it's not worth getting upset about. Sky suck balls, always have, always will... get it from the Racing Underground... HD720p, only a couple of hours delay whilst someone encodes and ups it... better than Sky, better than getting it from motogp.com... better by far!

Whilst you're there, do yourself a favour, check out all the other cool bike racing they have too

Yeah I get races from there as well as I usually like to watch them 3 or 4 times, they also have heaps of old stuff, it took a while to get it but the 2003 p island race, rossi penalised 10 seconds then wins by 12 or 15 or whatever it was ... dam its a good watch

[TOTO]

I've been watching all MotoGP races this year and have a few questions about the things they do ....


1. Why is Qualifying tyre more sticky than a Race tyre and why do they use them since the race is on race tyres anyway...?

2. Why does a qualifying tyre last only two laps at most...?

3. why is the gearbox inverted compared to normal road bike - i.e push down to shift to higher gear ?

4. Whats the difference between a "works bike" and a "customer bike" - is customer bike same as we can buy in the shops (I doubt it) ?

Clear the mystery for me plese...

[Devil]

1. To get the best spot on the grid.

2. Cos it's sticky. Wears much faster

3. Ground clearance. So they can change up gears while leant right over. Means they dont have to try and get their foot under the lever when there's no room.

4. Works = modified, or factory modified. Go fast bits that the manufacturer has done from the factory. Instead of standard stock, off the shelf bike.

[TOTO]

1. To get the best spot on the grid.

2. Cos it's sticky. Wears much faster

3. Ground clearance. So they can change up gears while leant right over. Means they dont have to try and get their foot under the lever when there's no room.

4. Works = modified, or factory modified. Go fast bits that the manufacturer has done from the factory. Instead of standard stock, off the shelf bike.

thanks Devil.


What is a "customer bike" in that case ?

[Cajun]

note there will be no qualifying tyres next year, according to the new rules.

many bikes you can change to 'gp shift' patten in a space of a few mins, many people love it many don't.

pretty much factory team is that, factory sponser them, and they get all the best parts. Often the sattlite/customer teams, get the previous years bikes, or the parts they are given are 6 months behind the factory team.

Sometimes the customer bikes, are all engine work done by the factory, but some other teams do there own inhouse development on some parts to give them a bit of an edge

[Oscar]

1. To get the best spot on the grid.

2. Cos it's sticky. Wears much faster

3. Ground clearance. So they can change up gears while leant right over. Means they dont have to try and get their foot under the lever when there's no room.

4. Works = modified, or factory modified. Go fast bits that the manufacturer has done from the factory. Instead of standard stock, off the shelf bike.

I see some guys in the MotoGP field are using the standard shift pattern.

All bikes in MotoGP have to be "prototypes" - no production parts are allowed. Peter Clifford tried to run R1 based bikes a few years ago and got banned.

[Warr]

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All bikes in MotoGP have to be "prototypes" - no production parts are allowed. Peter Clifford tried to run R1 based bikes a few years ago and got banned.

Wow...... Didnt realise that

Will be interesting next year with there being no qualifying tyres.

Tis 12.20 Tuesday. I'm planted in front of TV to catch the SkySports1 MotoGP highlights. All at no cost as I have no TV just a tuner card in the PC which happens to have the 'correct' chip-set so I can decode Sky analogue channels.
So thanks Sky for running the highlights on an analogue channel
But no-thanks for stuffing the scheduling around so I couldnt watch it live up at TA's place !!

[Devil]

I see some guys in the MotoGP field are using the standard shift pattern.
.

Really? Are you sure? Cant say i've seen one still in standard shift...

[Oscar]

Really? Are you sure? Cant say i've seen one still in standard shift...

I coulda sworn I saw Chris Vermullen using a standard pattern on Sunday.

[Badjelly]

I coulda sworn I saw Chris Vermuelen using a standard pattern on Sunday.

That's very observant of you. Yes, I read somewhere that Chris uses a standard (which for MotoGP racing is very non-standard) shift pattern. I wonder where.

Edit:

http://sundaymorningrides.com/motorc...he-gsv-r.shtml

[k14]

Really? Are you sure? Cant say i've seen one still in standard shift...

Yep if you watched the race the other day you would have seen a close up of Vermin using road pattern. There are others that use it (one of the front runners in WSBK but can't remember) largely it is personal preference.

I have used race pattern ever since starting racing and most of the time it is good. However on most NZ tracks it can sometimes be a hindrance. Going into a left hander where you want to change down on turn in but can't get your foot under the lever can cause some problems sometimes. The GP guys don't care though, they just throw it in and let the bike rev up to 15000rpm.

[Oscar]

That's very observant of you. Yes, I read somewhere that Chris uses a standard (which for MotoGP racing is very non-standard) shift pattern. I wonder where.

Edit:

http://sundaymorningrides.com/motorc...he-gsv-r.shtml

Phew.
I was starting to doubt my own eyes...

I did get a close look at Loris' bike in Italy, but the girlies were distracting me...