MotoGP 2014

[Crasherfromwayback]

freaks for me since starting to watch the big boys are

Spencer
Lawson
Doohan
Rossi
Stoner
Mar Kez or how ever its spelt

lots a bloody good ones as well, but 6 have really stood out.

Lorenzo showed a freak nature towards the end of last year, will be interesting to see if it continues

Agree with that list but would add Rainey and Schwantz and def Lorenzo.

[Shaun Harris]

Agree with that list but would add Rainey and Schwantz and def Lorenzo.

Agreed, some things up with us agreeing pete

[Crasherfromwayback]

Agreed, some things up with us agreeing pete

Lol. Never ever had a prob agreeing with anyone if I actually do!

[husaberg]

I would have added in Schwantz and Rainey.

Biggest ever waste of Huge natural talent list
Kokinski
Gobert
Abe
Mamola
Marcellino Lucchi

[Shaun Harris]

I would have added in Schwantz and Rainey.

Biggest ever waste of Huge natural talent list
Kokinski
Gobert
Abe
Mamola
Marcellino Lucchi

I understand Gobert being on there man with his drug issue's , but where did the others go wrong?

[husaberg]

I understand Gobert being on there man with his drug issue's , but where did the others go wrong?

Gobert had many issues but super talented........
Abe god knows Kenny?? he had huge talent and fizzled out...his old man was still a Jap pro speedway rider probably went back there for more money.
Kokinski OCD SMS and Narasist or just bloody short attention span not sure but he was sacked so often, still won 250GP title and WSB but could have done so much more.
Mamola not sure..... lack of drive and a overactive sense of humour?
Marcellino Lucchi i think lack of breaks,, was Aprillia test rider and dustman wild card always at the itailian GP for year career went about 24 years.
could out-qualify biaigi on the same bike when biagi was at his peak, and he was wrong side of 40 and used to knock off work to test for Aprilia (Dustman)

[Shaun Harris]

Gobert had many issues but super talented........
Abe god knows Kenny?? he had huge talent and fizzled out...his old man was still a Jap pro speedway rider probably went back there for more money.
Kokinski OCD SMS and Narasist or just bloody short attention span not sure but he was sacked so often, still won 250GP title and WSB but could have done so much more.
Mamola not sure..... lack of drive and a overactive sense of humour?
Marcellino Lucchi i think lack of breaks,, was Aprillia test rider and dustman wild card always at the itailian GP for year career went about 24 years.
could out-qualify biaigi on the same bike when biagi was at his peak, and he was wrong side of 40 and used to knock off work to test for Aprilia (Dustman)

Fair enough

[BMWST?]

elbows down goes back way further back than that.One of the Sarron brothers used to drag his elbow

[Crasherfromwayback]

I would have added in Schwantz and Rainey.

Biggest ever waste of Huge natural talent list
Kokinski
Gobert
Abe
Mamola
Marcellino Lucchi

Only my take on these cats of course...

Kosinski: Not at all a waste of natural talent. Just not handled in the way he perhaps should've been.

Gobert: A total waste of natural talent but who fucking cares as he was a total asshole from a very early age.

Abe: I very nearly wet my pants when he came on the scene at Suzuka in 96 (was it?) on his Mr Donut Honda NSR500 on Dunlops! I thought he'd be THE first Jappa to go on to win the 500cc title. But...he...like all of the Japanese 500cc racers before him...failed to kick on. Aweome to watch when he was on...but it didn't happen nearly often enough. RIP Abe.

Mamola: Awesome skills...no doubt about it. But was he too busy trying to win the crowds over to actually win titles?

Marcellino Lucchie: I know nothing of him. No comment.

[GD66]

elbows down goes back way further back than that.One of the Sarron brothers used to drag his elbow

It was Christian Sarron's team-mate Jean-Philippe Ruggia.

[denill]

Colin Edwards' "You're only as good as your programmer"

The rest is a pretty good read.

[roogazza]

Kosinski: Not at all a waste of natural talent. Just not handled in the way he perhaps should've been.

Gobert: A total waste of natural talent but who fucking cares as he was a total asshole from a very early age.

Abe: I very nearly wet my pants when he came on the scene at Suzuka in 96 (was it?) on his Mr Donut Honda NSR500 on Dunlops! I thought he'd be THE first Jappa to go on to win the 500cc title. But...he...like all of the Japanese 500cc racers before him...failed to kick on. Aweome to watch when he was on...but it didn't happen nearly often enough. RIP Abe.

Mamola: Awesome skills...no doubt about it. But was he too busy trying to win the crowds over to actually win titles?

Yeah bud, Abe was a bit of a pop star too wasn't he ? Had that freaky sort of Doohan sitting style,was good at 'home'.
Mamola,first saw him here as a young fella,maybe 15? in the Marlboro Series.
2nd a few times but just didn't get the stars to align for him to make No, 1.

It was Christian Sarron's team-mate Jean-Philippe Ruggia.

That's the man Glen, on 250s.

[Oscar]

Abe: I very nearly wet my pants when he came on the scene at Suzuka in 96 (was it?) on his Mr Donut Honda NSR500 on Dunlops! I thought he'd be THE first Jappa to go on to win the 500cc title. But...he...like all of the Japanese 500cc racers before him...failed to kick on. Aweome to watch when he was on...but it didn't happen nearly often enough. RIP Abe.

I met him.
Really quiet gentle guy.
Received a broken collar bone crashing a scooter on a suburban street, dies in hospital...medical misadventure.

Tragic.

[Shaun Harris]

I met him.
Really quiet gentle guy.
Received a broken collar bone crashing a scooter on a suburban street, dies in hospital...medical misadventure.

Tragic.

have gotten drunk with Abe many a time in Japan, one of his good mates was a good mate of mine

[Crasherfromwayback]

I met him.
Really quiet gentle guy.
Received a broken collar bone crashing a scooter on a suburban street, dies in hospital...medical misadventure.

Tragic.

Yeah everything I've ever read about him says the same thing about the guy! Such a crying shame eh! And I didn't know it was medical misadventure mate!!! Fuck...knew about the street crash...but thought that was what killed the poor bugger. What a waste/fuckup.