MotoGP 2014

[Crasherfromwayback]

I would be in gear when the red flag Man runs off

Yep, engage gear as the red flag walks with a we let out of the clutch to ensure first is home and dry

Fucking oath!

[Mental Trousers]

Shit, half the time I sit on the grid with the bike in gear the whole time. One less thing to have a problem with as I've been caught before.

[Badjelly]

The factories are being all cooperative and sharing

http://motomatters.com/news/2014/04/..._developm.html

I like this bit

From that point on, the factories in the MSMA will concentrate their attention on the collaborative effort to develop the standard software to be used by all of the MotoGP bikes from 2016 onwards. Development is to be done via a common portal under the control of Dorna, with all of the factories contributing functionality and code for everyone to review and use.

Hmmm.

if complicated_conditional_that_only_Honda_understands:
   increase_power_by_20_percent

[jasonu]

Seemed to me jlo went when the red lights came on,not off.At the end of the day they are human,he has just reminded us that he is too

Except he is a human that is paid a shit load to not make rookie fuck ups.

[Oscar]

Except he is a human that is paid a shit load to not make rookie fuck ups.

Yeah. it wasn't a small fuck up.
It wasn't a jump start that they have to analyse with the high speed video.
It was a fuck up of galactic proportions...

[Crasherfromwayback]

It was a fuck up of galactic proportions...

Yeah I don't think I can recall ever seeing a worse one or one that bad even.

[Oscar]

Yeah I don't think I can recall ever seeing a worse one or one that bad even.

I used to be the starter for the Hamilton M/Cycle Club.
I never saw owt like that..

[Crasherfromwayback]

I used to be the starter for the Hamilton M/Cycle Club.
I never saw owt like that..

Lol. Me jumping the start of the world superbikes 250 support race on my KR1 was the next worse I've seen...

[Oscar]

Lol. Me jumping the start of the world superbikes 250 support race on my KR1 was the next worse I've seen...

I was starting a MX race and got hit by the rubber band once (it snapped).
OUCH!!!

[Crasherfromwayback]

I was starting a MX race and got hit by the rubber band once (it snapped).
OUCH!!!

Lol. Yep. They can be well nasty! My hammy snapped like one of them racing VMX last weekend. Fun.

[BMWST?]

Repeat of at least motogp on Sommet tonight

[Badjelly]

Repeat of at least motogp on Sommet tonight

Moto2 & Moto3 were last night.

[carbonhed]

It was a fuck up of galactic proportions...

OK a consensus has emerged.

Maybe Smith was making a racer "in joke" about how early Jorge went.

[pritch]

Maybe Smith was making a racer "in joke" about how early Jorge went.

Quite possibly, it did seem very late. First gear doesn't always just snick in, sometimes it plays hard to get. It'd be seriously embarrassing to be stuck on the grid kicking at the lever increasingly frantically while everyone else took off.

Lorenzo came out with some strange explanations, he complained that the red light came on suddenly instead of being on all the time as happened everywhere else.
This statement was greeted with a collective WTF? He has waited for enough sets of lights to know how they work, and the rules governing them.

After he commented that mosquitos on his visor were the cause of his problem, one of the journos commented that it was lucky he missed the fish in turn one.

Marquez is starting to play head games with Lorenzo and had a couple of verbal shots at him in Texas. After the race MM told the Spanish TV that he made a good start, but not as good as Lorenzo.

[speights_bud]

Quite possibly, it did seem very late. First gear doesn't always just snick in, sometimes it plays hard to get. It'd be seriously embarrassing to be stuck on the grid kicking at the lever increasingly frantically while everyone else took off.

That was me 2 years ago at Paeroa... front group of the classic class (split start). Fucking piece of shit standard Norton 4 speed box, ended up kicking it into second and raping the clutch. Caused me to crash at the hairpin in the 1st race, wouldn't select 1st there either....