MotoGP 2015

[Erelyes]

$5 on Rossi and $5 on Dovi, each for a top 3 finish, paying $1.90 and $3.25 respectively...

What a race!!! This season is gonna kick ass. The hondas are not THAT far off the pace (and they have a wizard riding one of their bikes). The Dukes are proper fast. Rossi is in fantabulous form. And like everyone was saying, a second between the top 12 in qualifying. Just... nuts!!!

[Autech]

Lots of weird happenings, Pedrosa's arm pump, Lorenzo's helmet liner and Marquez screwing up turn 1.

Moto3 was awe inspiring.

Fucking Pedrosa, backing him for a title for so many years, we may need to break up soon! 2nd on the grid ahead of the golden boy and he drops like a stone.

Speaking of Moto3, how good is that young French kid, 15 fucking years old!

Call me sceptical (a keyboard does that to someone). Pedrosa is experiencing arm pump. A range of Doctor's can't find anything wrong. Some Doctor(s) had a try a couple of times to operate after having cash thrown at them and a patient desperate for a particular answer. The fact that the operations made no difference suggests to me the Doctor(s) didn't understand what was wrong in the first place, as the solution didn't resolve the problem.

Could it be that nothing is physically wrong with Pedrosa?

See above for the resident Pedrosa fan's response.

As for the Ducati's, are they still allowed the extra gasoline? Massive straight line speed but something dickhead Harris forgot to miss was that the top two speeds at the end of the day were the Honda boys. Here's hoping that they can keep up the challenge, how cool would it be for a 6 way battle for the championship? Providing Dani pulls his finger out of his orifice of course and matches his performances from a few years back.

Speaking of Harris, how nice that Iannone could "hang on to the three top motogp riders in the world with the exception of Marquez, of course" (Rossi, Lorenzo and Dovi). God that guy is even worse this year. .

And Rossi, what a legend to fall back like that, bridge the gap then still have enough tyre left to seal the deal.

[trev]

Once Ducati win, they don't get to run supersoft rubber and their engine allocation gets chopped. As well as there being a development hold put on them...Did Dovi back off to the line?

From Motomatters
" The two podiums today put the total to three, meaning that Ducati will lose 2 liters of fuel, their allowance cut from 24 to 22 for both the factory Ducati team, and for Pramac Ducati.
Three more dry wins, and Ducati lose the soft rear tire, but even that will not put much of a dent in their performance. The real benefit which Ducati have had from the concessions granted to them has come from the unlimited testing, and not being subject to the engine freeze. That is what has allowed them to make so much progress all throughout last year, and what will allow them to refine their bike throughout this year. Ducati cannot lose those concessions this year, though they may be subject to an engine freeze if they win enough races this year."

I would imagine by the time they've won enough races for the engine freeze it will be "job done" anyway.

[pritch]

Could it be that nothing is physically wrong with Pedrosa?

Only in so far as nothing is impossible? Arm pump is not an uncommon problem for the riders and it isn't just Pedrosa that suffers. The sports medical people know what it is, and they know how to deal with it. Pedrosa though has already had the surgery twice and the doctors think a third attempt may cause more problems than it solves. My completely unqualified guess is that if they did try a third time scar tissue may become problematical, if that isn't the problem already.

Pedrosa has not lost his speed, he was very fast in practice and qualifying. It is working at that intensity for longer periods that causes the problem.

I sympathise with Pedrosa because when I was a jogger I would sometimes have pain down the side of my lower leg "lateral compartment syndrome". Same problem, different place. It was very uncomfortable but it didn't make me lose feeling in my hands, I wasn't trying to wrestle a 250bhp plus bike around a track at warp speed, and it wasn't affecting my job.

Pedrosa has never looked a likely champion to me, I have always considered him a step below the other "aliens", but he has my complete sympathy for his current predicament. It's a shame that this has occurred after he got out from under the influence of his "Uncle Albert" and became a nice guy.

[Oscar]

Call me sceptical (a keyboard does that to someone). Pedrosa is experiencing arm pump. A range of Doctor's can't find anything wrong. Some Doctor(s) had a try a couple of times to operate after having cash thrown at them and a patient desperate for a particular answer. The fact that the operations made no difference suggests to me the Doctor(s) didn't understand what was wrong in the first place, as the solution didn't resolve the problem.

Could it be that nothing is physically wrong with Pedrosa?

Wow, your keyboard is helping you jump to a few conclusions.

I suffered from arm pump as a kid racing off road (as did lots and lots of my compatriats), and I can tell you it was real and very painful.

[Reckless]

Once Ducati win, they don't get to run supersoft rubber and their engine allocation gets chopped. As well as there being a development hold put on them...Did Dovi back off to the line?

I don't think so, we where discussing that a few laps before the end. Watching it closely, He needed the start line to be further away from the corner to make the pass.

Secondly the Ducs were not on the soft, they where on the same Tyre as the others, except Rossi. Thats a really good sign for the Ducati.

Jeepers chuck Marquez and Stoner (for Crasher) in with that lot, and wow?

[Crasherfromwayback]

I suffered from arm pump as a kid racing off road (as did lots and lots of my compatriats), and I can tell you it was real and very painful.

Cunt of a thing.

[BuzzardNZ]

I suffered from arm pump as a kid racing off road (as did lots and lots of my compatriats), and I can tell you it was real and very painful.

Also known as wankers cramp?

[Oscar]

Also known as wankers cramp?

Do I know you, Dickwad?

[Reckless]

I suffered from arm pump as a kid racing off road (as did lots and lots of my compatriats), and I can tell you it was real and very painful.

Me too, luckily it was something as simple as my forearm pressure suit straps where to tight. But its bloody hard to ride when your arms turn to jelly.
Had a mate ( fit guy to) couldn't get it sorted and sold his dirt bikes

[swarfie]

Me too, luckily it was something as simple as my forearm pressure suit straps where to tight. But its bloody hard to ride when your arms turn to jelly.
Had a mate ( fit guy to) couldn't get it sorted and sold his dirt bikes

I marked out and ran the Roger White Trailrides for 15 years for the RMCC and rode every weekend in the winter time in the bush . Considered myself bloody riding fit. Never had any problems with arm pump until I rode a mates CR250...instant arm pump. Again when I rode an FE410 Husaburg. Suspension too hard for the job is what I put it down to. They say the solution is to release your grip on the bars but that's bloody hard to do when you're hanging on for grim death

[Oscar]

Me too, luckily it was something as simple as my forearm pressure suit straps where to tight. But its bloody hard to ride when your arms turn to jelly.
Had a mate ( fit guy to) couldn't get it sorted and sold his dirt bikes

Yeah, I think everyone suffers from it at the beginning, but most of the time it goes away with a bit of ride fitness.
I have met a couple of guys who always suffered from it though...

[Oscar]

I marked out and ran the Roger White Trailrides for 15 years for the RMCC and rode every weekend in the winter time in the bush .

Did you really?
I loved that ride!
Must have ridden 50 or more.
When I was 19 or so, the first couple we did - we rode down from Hamilton, rode one lap and rode home covered in crap.
Real he-man stuff...it would kill me now

[Reckless]

arm pump until I rode a mates CR250...instant arm pump. Again when I rode an FE410 Husaburg. Suspension too hard for the job is what I put it down to. They say the solution is to release your grip on the bars but that's bloody hard to do when you're hanging on for grim death

Mine was on my 01 Cr250 as well but a little on the KTM as well till I sussed it.
What most people don't tell guys who they tell to release their grip on the bars, is to grip (more of a hug pressure actually) with the knees so you still have control.

Anyway thread jack back on topic LOL

[vifferman]

I marked out and ran the Roger White Trailrides for 15 years for the RMCC

Hey, that's kewl! I did one of those (at least, IIRC it was one of those) back in 1976(?) on my MT250 Elsinore. Two things stood out: I was doing well, until I missed a marker, so did a loop twice and there was a river crossing that I went across twice because I enjoyed it so much. Only after I got home did I discover I had a large crack in the crankcase cover, presumably caused by a rock on one of the logging roads flicking up from the front tyre and whacking it. I was lucky it didn't suck water in, and had to go to a specialist welder in Rotorua to get it fixed.

I must say I enjoyed the MotoGP last night (and at lunchtime); it's great having a subscription and being able to watch it on-demand for the first time. A lot of the picture was fuzzy from time to time though, and I hadn't quite sussed the "spoiler free" option so when I went to log in, found out the result before I'd watched anything. Oops... No such trouble at lunchtime today. The two fluffies joined us last night (because the vifferbabe was watching), and Barney left a large dribble patch on the couch. Luckily it was only my son's one in the basement....