MotoGP 2013

[bartshumandad]

Cheers for that. Richmond was a hard charger for sure. Very clean racer though.

Hard he was, he rode from Hamilton to the South Island rounds, that is, fitted the lights and plate back on, packed his gear in a back pack, and toured it. No nancy trailers or vans required.

Now resides in Spain, he did some racing last year or 2, but i beleive he has re-retired after a heavy crash.

[Drew]

Looks like the stunning ride by JL has left us all speechless.

I didn't get to see it till last night.

Boring race, unfortunately.

Keh? Danni and Marc were great to watch. Haven't seen aggression like that from Danni, since last year when he battled Jorge at...hmmm, my memory is letting me down. The round that was on recently this season...Nope, complete brain fart.

Anyhoo, it's been said a lot that the little bugger can't scrap. He clearly can. I wonder if he holds back, what with his memory of being taken out by scrappers once or twice?

[roogazza]

Hard he was, he rode from Hamilton to the South Island rounds, that is, fitted the lights and plate back on, packed his gear in a back pack, and toured it. No nancy trailers or vans required.

That's 'old school', laughed when I heard that! Was still living in Aus around that time so lost touch with NZ racing, hadn't heard his name before this.
Had a mate in the 70's who did that sort of thing in Aus , making a name for himself.
Rode to the first Aussie 6 hr,changed his bars and bloody near won it.

[roogazza]

I didn't get to see it till last night.

Keh? Danni and Marc were great to watch. Haven't seen aggression like that from Danni, since last year when he battled Jorge at...hmmm, my memory is letting me down. The round that was on recently this season...Nope, complete brain fart.

Anyhoo, it's been said a lot that the little bugger can't scrap. He clearly can. I wonder if he holds back, what with his memory of being taken out by scrappers once or twice?

Me too, happened to catch it on this Sommet Sports at a hotel in Taupo! Pleasant surprise and the coverage was good too with slow mos etc.
DP seemed to fight back a bit on MM who just seems to go up a level. Horhay just great. Rossi disappointing for me, I had hoped.

[pritch]

Not the greatest race but the championship points situation tightened a bit. Similar situation in Moto 2.
I haven't watched Moto 3 yet but understsnd we won't see much of Valentino Rossi's little brother since he highsided in turn 1?

Best race of the weekend was WSS. (If I may mention that in this thread?)

[denill]

Best race of the weekend was WSS. (If I may mention that in this thread?)

I reckon you may mention that WSS race in this thread, as I would expect one, if not both the Lowes twins to feature in MotoGP racing, sooner or later.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Hard he was, he rode from Hamilton to the South Island rounds, that is, fitted the lights and plate back on, packed his gear in a back pack, and toured it. No nancy trailers or vans required.

Now resides in Spain, he did some racing last year or 2, but i beleive he has re-retired after a heavy crash.

Yeah I saw on FB he'd had a nasty biff and banged himself up quite badly. Was doing endurance races on classic japanese bikes I think?

[husaberg]

Hard he was, he rode from Hamilton to the South Island rounds, that is, fitted the lights and plate back on, packed his gear in a back pack, and toured it. No nancy trailers or vans required.

Now resides in Spain, he did some racing last year or 2, but i beleive he has re-retired after a heavy crash.

That's 'old school', laughed when I heard that! Was still living in Aus around that time so lost touch with NZ racing, hadn't heard his name before this.
Had a mate in the 70's who did that sort of thing in Aus , making a name for himself.
Rode to the first Aussie 6 hr,changed his bars and bloody near won it.

I think the mag said he was living in AUS at the time of the Sporty racing so he was dedicated.
I will post the report when i can be arsed..

Oyster (on KB)was hard as he used to ride up from invercargil to GM street races on his 1930"S Dunlet take off the lights race it in the classics and go back again after the racing......

[DidJit]

What it would take for CS27 to come back to MotoGP...

[steveyb]

Zee Germans are zo zerious zat zey vill tak ziss bullshit zeriously.

[Oscar]

CS is winding them up, surely?

Those formulas would see the winner being the last man standing.

[slowpoke]

CS is winding them up, surely?

Those formulas would see the winner being the last man standing.

He's in dreamland but I gotta say I like his attitude better than Lorenzo's. Trouble is Lorenzo's vision is far more likely than Stoner's. I don't like Stoner but I'd rather watch him doing solo laps than a race full of Lorenzo's.

[Badjelly]

CS is winding them up, surely? Those formulas would see the winner being the last man standing.

I don't like Stoner but I'd rather watch him doing solo laps than a race full of Lorenzo's.

Solo laps, exactly. All the problems Casey has ever had with MotoGP derive from one thing: the fact that there are other people involved.

Edit: Mind you, I'd pay to see Casey doing solo laps on a full-noise two-stroke 750.

[roogazza]

CS is winding them up, surely?

You'd think so huh Oscar ? I'm reading Rossi's AutoB for the second time at the mo. He mentioned how he gets miss quoted all the time and his battles with the Italian media. Journos looking for a story and making up stuff.

[Badjelly]

You'd think so huh Oscar ? I'm reading Rossi's AutoB for the second time at the mo. He mentioned how he gets miss quoted all the time and his battles with the Italian media. Journos looking for a story and making up stuff.

Fair point.