MotoGP 2013

[Mental Trousers]

If someone directs me to or re-posts the article ( or whatever it was ) as Im too incapable of finding it, but am intrigued.

Paging Dr. Bob... (to translate JB’s hints on the M1 front end tweaks).

Try that.

[Robert Taylor]

Try that.

Thanks. Yes its actually quite easy to achieve what Rossi wanted. Will post about it later in the day

[tail_end_charlie]

Glad I didn't take up that bet with Crasher about Bradley Smith never making the top five. The kid qualified 7th ahead of Bautista and Dovi (although behind a CRT still, LOL).

Someone may end up owing a box of piss after tonight................................maybe.

[Mental Trousers]

Glad I didn't take up that bet with Crasher about Bradley Smith never making the top five. The kid qualified 7th ahead of Bautista and Dovi (although behind a CRT still, LOL).

Someone may end up owing a box of piss after tonight................................maybe.

Good thing I'm thirsty eh .........

[Crasherfromwayback]

Glad I didn't take up that bet with Crasher about Bradley Smith never making the top five. The kid qualified 7th ahead of Bautista and Dovi (although behind a CRT still, LOL).

Someone may end up owing a box of piss after tonight................................maybe.

Good thing I'm thirsty eh .........

I'm having a Steinie right now. And there'll be more coming my way. I'm more worried about my bet with OAB.

[steveyb]

I find it somewhat interesting that most of the talk on here is about the premier class, yet at NZSBK whenever the thought of rationalising classes is bought up there are howls of protest. Yet, those same howls seem less interested in classes other than premier classes.

Anyway, just watched the Moto2 QP, wow. How hot was that. Simeon going from 15th or something to 1st in one lap, awesome.
That third sector is a real bastard for most of the riders eh?

[Crasherfromwayback]

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That third sector is a real bastard for most of the riders eh?

I reckon it's actually a cool lil track. Be fun to ride I reckon. Think it was there that I remember KR Jnr pulling a great (but pretty hard) move on Barros I think it was. But yeah...the first right hander after all those lefts is catching a shitload of them out. Bit like *Splash* at Manfeild. God know's I've eaten tarmac there plenty of times by being too keen.

[pritch]

Thanks. Yes its actually quite easy to achieve what Rossi wanted. Will post about it later in the day

I await your comments with interest.

On the unusually competitive Espagaro: the tight nature of the "go-kart" track is such that the extra power of the factory bikes is minimised.
The CRT tyres are also seen as advantageous.

On the crashes: some riders, even those who haven't crashed, say the track is dangerous. There are ten left turns but just three right, most crashes have been at turns four and eleven where the direction changes from l to r. A (130mph) crash at 11 usually means a trip to the Clinica Mobile. A quick(ish) fix is thought to be asymmetric tyres. Shame they didn't think of that earlier?

[Crasherfromwayback]

. A (130mph) crash at 11 usually means a trip to the Clinica Mobile. A quick(ish) fix is thought to be asymmetric tyres. Shame they didn't think of that earlier?

Remember Stoner going over the bubble there in practice last year? Nasty. But the track is not dangerous. It's like how they call certain roads in NZ dangerous. They're not. Not if you driveon them accordingly. Same goes for turn 11 at this track.

[tail_end_charlie]

....................A quick(ish) fix is thought to be asymmetric tyres. Shame they didn't think of that earlier?

From what I have seen/heard/read Bstone have brought asymmetric to Germany. In fact, the rubber on the right side of the tyre is two grades softer than that on the left so as to warm up quickly enough to grip on the right handers. But it seems that it takes about two laps to get the proper temp into the tyres to get optimum grip from them (most of the riders set their fastest lap on the third or fourth lap of each outing during Q2).

[Mental Trousers]

With 13 left handers and 3 right handers Bridgestone would be insane not to take asymetric tyres to the Sachsenring.

[Drew]

With 13 left handers and 3 right handers Bridgestone would be insane not to take asymetric tyres to the Sachsenring.

Have they put some cones in the front straight or summat?

[Mental Trousers]

Have they put some cones in the front straight or summat?

I can't count - should've been 10 & 4

[tail_end_charlie]

........A quick(ish) fix is thought to be asymmetric tyres. Shame they didn't think of that earlier?

Sorry pritch, were you talking about a asymmetrical front or rear tyre? The rear is an asymmetric, and David Emmett goes into detail on the reasoning behind there not being any asymmetrical front tyres from Bridgestone.

[haydes55]

Sorry pritch, were you talking about a asymmetrical front or rear tyre? The rear is an asymmetric, and David Emmett goes into detail on the reasoning behind there not being any asymmetrical front tyres from Bridgestone.

Which is a shame because the right hand crashes were predominantly front ends tucking in.