Ant West retires. Can't get sponsorship.

**Mental Trousers** · 2nd February 2012, 16:28

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

And has already dipped under the 2 min bracket. Now 1.5 secs ahead of Spies.

Honda will be wanting to not fuck it up this time like they did with the move to 800's. They didn't win a Championship until the last year.

**Crasherfromwayback** · 2nd February 2012, 17:18

Originally Posted by Mental Trousers

Honda will be wanting to not fuck it up this time like they did with the move to 800's. They didn't win a Championship until the last year.

I'm willing to bet that barring injury the title belongs to Stoner.

**Robert Taylor** · 2nd February 2012, 17:29

Originally Posted by RobGassit

Poor Whore hey is lost now he's run out of ideas for Rossi victory lap impersonations. His last little pool jump was a real belly flop.

Thats because he has had quite a few victory laps and many more to come. He has got more class than that crass Aussie whinger

**scott411** · 2nd February 2012, 19:10

Originally Posted by Robert Taylor

Thats easy, Lorenzo is a better rider

dont think Lorenzo would have won a race on a ducati, let alone a championship

**RobGassit** · 3rd February 2012, 06:16

Originally Posted by scott411

dont think Lorenzo would have won a race on a ducati, let alone a championship

Damn straight, and would have been alot slower learning how to peddle the Yamaha if he hadn't stolen all Rossi's setup info. No wonder Rossi had a wall put up between them. Whore Hey wants to be Rossi. His problem is,,there already is one.

**gixerracer** · 3rd February 2012, 09:56

Originally Posted by RobGassit

Damn straight, and would have been alot slower learning how to peddle the Yamaha if he hadn't stolen all Rossi's setup info. No wonder Rossi had a wall put up between them. Whore Hey wants to be Rossi. His problem is,,there already is one.

What a load of horse shit

**RobGassit** · 3rd February 2012, 10:34

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqkjYYP_5CQ

**gixerracer** · 3rd February 2012, 11:17

Originally Posted by RobGassit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqkjYYP_5CQ

I mean load of shit Jorge couldnt have set the thing up! Bollocks he won plenty after the wall went up and O look now they have a brand new motorcycle with no Rossi ideas in it and look Jorge is 2nd.

**RobGassit** · 3rd February 2012, 16:29

Originally Posted by gixerracer

I mean load of shit Jorge couldnt have set the thing up! Bollocks he won plenty after the wall went up and O look now they have a brand new motorcycle with no Rossi ideas in it and look Jorge is 2nd.

Exactly! AFTER the wall went up! Rossi wasn't happy about the sharing of info, it's no secret that the wall went up when Vale realised all his testing was being fed to Jorge. Hey the guy can ride, and set up a bike. I'm simply stating that when Rossi finally twigged he was being used, Jorge was up to speed. I'm sure he would have gotten there eventually. As for the after race flag planting and big leaps off the podium, it all says try hard to me..

**gixerracer** · 3rd February 2012, 18:42

Originally Posted by RobGassit

Exactly! AFTER the wall went up! Rossi wasn't happy about the sharing of info, it's no secret that the wall went up when Vale realised all his testing was being fed to Jorge. Hey the guy can ride, and set up a bike. I'm simply stating that when Rossi finally twigged he was being used, Jorge was up to speed. I'm sure he would have gotten there eventually. As for the after race flag planting and big leaps off the podium, it all says try hard to me..

Really? Why? It says to me Man Im so fucken excited and overwhelmed with joy that I just beat all the best riders in the world. Good on him. But hey each to there own

**Mental Trousers** · 3rd February 2012, 19:25

I think it's pretty safe to say he's not pinching setup info now. The Yamaha will be quite a bit different with the litre engine in it.

**Mental Trousers** · 8th February 2012, 20:24

From Twitter @MotoGPJules

@antwest13 After talking with some teams in UK I'm really impressed with the standard & commitment they put into racing.BSB could be the place for me!

**gav** · 8th February 2012, 22:18

But wait, theres more ! http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/Feb/120207c.htm

I don't think Ant West really did enough in Moto2 for me. He has had some impressive rides especially in the wet, but somehow never seemed to fire a shot in Moto2. Maybe the bike was that bad? I don't think he's any great loss to MotoGP though, Matti Pasini is probably a better bet for a CRT team. Seems Yonny Henandaz may be losing his ride for the same reason, unable to bring in any decent $$$ himself.

**steveyb** · 9th February 2012, 09:18

The bike was pretty bad, maybe not so bad, but combine that with the team, which was very certainly substandard, and the lack of funding for new parts and all the rest of it, then he was on a hiding to nothing. Just look at the improvement in results in very short time when Willing came on board with the team. No one can win anything if they bring a pony to a thoroughbred race.

He may be a bogan, he may not be very sophisticated nor have big money supporters as a result, but West really is one of the best motorbike racers around and brings some colour to the paddock. Especially when his old man gets drunk and then gets arrested for fighting and when he brings his bogan mates and their bogana chicks to the paddock. Classic.

His personality and lifestyle has militated against him getting better rides in better teams and he rubs people up the wrong way (I know, I chatted with him and his chief mechanic (separately) when he was in 250 in 2006 and that's what he said), but if he can land a good ride in BSB and pull his head in and perform, then the same route that Hopper has taken is open to him.

Good luck to him I say.