MotoGP 2014

[Autech]

Pedrosa on motogp.com

“It was great to have the chance to be here in Melbourne and ride alongside the Yarra River,” Pedrosa commented. “The hardest part was getting the bike to actually stand up straight, as we obviously couldn’t ride at the kind of speed you see at Phillip Island! Riding in the city was a special way to arrive in Australia.”

LOL!

[roogazza]

That's clearly a myth - think about the staring grid .. Pedrosa MUST be able to put his feet on the ground to hold up the bike before the start .. See .. like this .. Both Honda riders have feet on the ground ..

I had/have a mate that tiny, A. Hughson,(think about 7st5lbs in old days measurements.
He had the trick of sliding his scrawny little arse over to one side of the seat,so that he could tippy toe one foot on the ground !!!
Bloody great for speed tho ,being that weight.

[roogazza]

Ditto for me with Miller, Gaz, not convinced...

We'll see against Crutchlow , guess I'd have to support him then lol,

[HenryDorsetCase]

You can call him a NZer if it helps. Born in NZ and his mum and dad are Kiwis too.

I did not know that. thanks for the info!

[Shaun Harris]

You can call him a NZer if it helps. Born in NZ and his mum and dad are Kiwis too.

According to Google

Jack Peter Miller[1] (born 18 January 1995 in Townsville, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle racer. I had also been told he was born in New Zealand. His Father is a Kiwi though

[MacPedro]

I didn't realise Townsville was in NZ

Correction: A family member who told me Jack was born in Dannevirke now tells me he made a mistake. Was his older brother born in NZ and Jack was born in Townsville ... so an Aussie he is.

[steveyb]

Correction: A family member who told me Jack was born in Dannevirke now tells me he made a mistake. Was his older brother born in NZ and Jack was born in Townsville ... so an Aussie he is.

Ah, that would clear that up then. But surely if the convicts want to claim Phar Lap, Lorde and (ok, they can have him) Russell Crowe, then given that he has Kiwi parent(s), we can claim at least an influence, some where???
Maybe the typical Kiwi Fall over at the final hurdle, bit?

Ohhhh, too harsh?

[Reckless]

Ah, that would clear that up then. But surely if the convicts want to claim Phar Lap, Lorde and (ok, they can have him) Russell Crowe, then given that he has Kiwi parent(s), we can claim at least an influence, some where???
Maybe the typical Kiwi Fall over at the final hurdle, bit?

Ohhhh, too harsh?

I'm supporting Miller because he's from down these ways but maybe we shouldn't do the claiming thing until we see how is big jump to GP goes

[pritch]

Ah, that would clear that up then. But surely if the convicts want to claim Phar Lap, Lorde and (ok, they can have him) Russell Crowe, then given that he has Kiwi parent(s), we can claim at least an influence, some where???
Maybe the typical Kiwi Fall over at the final hurdle, bit?

Well, there's a hot talent in the Spanish championship, the CEV or whatever, who is described as French because he has one French parent. Even Dorna consider the GP ranks to have enough Spanish riders apparently.

So it would seem reasonable for us to take quiet satisfaction in at least some of Miller's parentage, and he has joked that he is a kiwi. Tragically that's about as close as we can get to having a rider in GPs at the moment and MNZ do not inspire confidence that they have a plan to change that anytime soon.

Unlike some here, I'm a Miller fan. Where were you guys last year? Miller was the only guy on a totally out classed Honda taking it to the KTMs (and the Mahindra) race after race. OK he may have only finished fifth because if he lost the tow he couldn't get back to the front, but if a rider is regularly finishing fifth and nobody else on the same machinery is higher than about fifteenth he will attract the right sort of attention. That's why he got the ride vacated by last year's champion. Unfortunately for him Honda pulled their finger out over the off-season and once again he is having to ride the wheels off a bike to overcome a power deficit.

I wish him well, but it's a strange feeling supporting an Australian.

[Shaun Harris]

I wish him well, but it's a strange feeling supporting an Australian.

That it is mate, but if we had as much patriotism as they do, NZ would be a much better place

[Autech]

Well, there's a hot talent in the Spanish championship, the CEV or whatever, who is described as French because he has one French parent. Even Dorna consider the GP ranks to have enough Spanish riders apparently.

So it would seem reasonable for us to take quiet satisfaction in at least some of Miller's parentage, and he has joked that he is a kiwi. Tragically that's about as close as we can get to having a rider in GPs at the moment and MNZ do not inspire confidence that they have a plan to change that anytime soon.

Unlike some here, I'm a Miller fan. Where were you guys last year? Miller was the only guy on a totally out classed Honda taking it to the KTMs (and the Mahindra) race after race. OK he may have only finished fifth because if he lost the tow he couldn't get back to the front, but if a rider is regularly fininishing fifth and nobody else on the same machinery is higher than about fifteenth he will attract the right sort of attention. That's why he got the ride vacated by last years champion. Unfortunately for him Honda pulled their finger out over the off-season and once again he is having to ride the wheels off a bike to overcome a power deficit.

I wish him well, but it's a strange feeling supporting an Australian.

I totally agree. He sure knows how to enter a corner on the limit of the bike's brakes and close up the engine gap. Still feels strange to support an Aussie, but there is far to many Spaniards kicking arse in Motogp/2/3.

[Billy]

So it would seem reasonable for us to take quiet satisfaction in at least some of Miller's parentage, and he has joked that he is a kiwi. Tragically that's about as close as we can get to having a rider in GPs at the moment and MNZ do not inspire confidence that they have a plan to change that anytime soon.

Hahahahahaha,

But they DO have over a million dollars in the bank, Not sure how thats going to promote motorcycle racing??? Also if they don't support their own championship, Why would anybody expect them to foster anything else, Clearly the only way the sport is going to gain any exposure is with internationals attending here and a competitor in the world championship would boost it signifcantly, Still the President knows all this as he was involved during the golden years, Pity he didn't learn anything, Hopefully the new board members can incite some change, Don't forget theres an election at AGM and the presidency is up for grabs, Make your vote count for change.

[pritch]

We'll see against Crutchlow , guess I'd have to support him then lol,

Not much of a comparison there Gaz, oranges and lemons. Miller will be on the production racer, Crutchlow on a factory spec RCV - IIRC.
Be interesting to watch Miller's progress, just to see how a fairly radical experiment turns out.

Apparently there was a story that Jeremy Burgess had been approached to crew chief for Miller next year, but in an interview JB said he had not spoken to anybody from Miiller's camp. He did say though that he had been approached by Redding's people but had declined.

[roogazza]

Not much of a comparison there Gaz, oranges and lemons. Miller will be on the production racer, Crutchlow on a factory spec RCV - IIRC.
Be interesting to watch Miller's progress, just to see how a fairly radical experiment turns out.

Crutchlow had better perform then. I read something about the 2015 production racer being much better than Hayden has this year ? So we'll see.

[steveyb]

Speaking of Redding, I noticed that Pete B was not listed as his crew chief for next year.
I wonder what the story is there.
Maybe Pete has had enough of the pressure of MotoGP class.