MotoGP 2014

[Shaun Harris]

I love Shaun's commentary on motogp. As someone who has clearly been involved in running a highly successful grand prix team I think his contribution to this thread is outstanding.

What are these 'electronics and bullshit' that are such a integral part of the tyre?




Ummmmmmm the anti wheel spin for a part that saves the tyre doing the work the riders used to have to controll with there right hand

Why is it so much more difficult to plan for two tyre brands than just one? And why does this mean the budget has to be discarded?

Never grunted it was hard to plan for 2 tyres, what I was implying is it is hard for Yamaha or as happened to Honda last year to build a chassis that works for tyres NOT yet invented, then when they do get thm they have to change pre built and tested chassis to work with the new tyres, that is how it blows the budget out of the window




Making any more sense now Dave

[Shaun Harris]

agreed , but Ducati have to move the crank forward , and get the COG in line , or slightly above of the axial plane ( ie in the right place ) and get those electrics sorted

and that aint goint to happen with a trad duke layout or the team they have

bin the fkin thing and go 750 v4 2t 60 odd degree layout

Stephen

IMHO

and get MM to ride it , or some one with balls

Yea, and they already have Carl C with balls man

[Drew]

Yea, and they already have Carl C with balls man

It's not doing them any good though. Dovi is the better rider of those two I reckon, and will be ahead of Crutchlow at the end of the season I'm picking.

[pritch]

It's not doing them any good though. Dovi is the better rider of those two I reckon, and will be ahead of Crutchlow at the end of the season I'm picking.

They were pretty closely matched last time they were team mates. Dovi has more experience on the Duc, which may or may or may not be a good thing.
A few races in and they could be back to scrapping with each other regularly - and hopefully with some of the other teams too?

Most people thought the advantages for Ducati of going "open" were too significant to ignore. Dorna will be loving it. Might take their mind off the tax fraud inquiry.

I'm going for a ride...

[Shaun Harris]

It's not doing them any good though. Dovi is the better rider of those two I reckon, and will be ahead of Crutchlow at the end of the season I'm picking.

each to there own man. Carl will deff find the limits sooner ( And go beyond them haha) so this level of commitment is required to go forward fast. Dovi is extremelly consistent, so he sure will get more total points than Carl

[BMWST?]

No questioning Cal’s dedication...

Hasnt he heard of meths?

[BMWST?]

yea, and they already have carl c with balls man

it's cal cruthlow

[Shaun Harris]

Hasnt he heard of meths?

Urine does work better and faster than meths mate

[Shaun Harris]

it's cal cruthlow

lucky it was close enough for you to figure out his name then

[BMWST?]

Urine does work better and faster than meths mate

Meths was fine when I used to row,i will take your word for it!

[Shaun Harris]

Meths was fine when I used to row,i will take your word for it!

I used meths for years for blisters untill trying Urine in Japan years ago when I also was rowing, and it really surprised me how quickly it works

[Bender]

Ducati confirms it's going Open class

[Reckless]

Pretty good round up!

Pedro and Rossi Tied, Lorenzo and Cal improving, the whole bunch still .466 secs off MM's last years times.

Ducati to go OPEN

http://www.nzsuperbike.com/2014/03/m....html?spref=fb

[raziel1983]

That Gigi is a clever man, isn’t he? (Hint: fourth paragraph...)

Primer: Factory versus Open class definitions...

[Brian d marge]

I used meths for years for blisters untill trying Urine in Japan years ago when I also was rowing, and it really surprised me how quickly it works

Me to
Though thunderbird wine is the same price and tastes better

Back to bikes

Would love to see the duke pull out another radical design and stick it the pointy end


Living in hope


Stephen


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