Page 8 of 46 FirstFirst ... 67891018 ... LastLast
Results 106 to 120 of 677

Thread: MotoGP 2023

  1. #106
    Join Date
    30th June 2011 - 14:30
    Bike
    2007 Triumph Tiger 1050
    Location
    Pokeno, New Zealand
    Posts
    1,413
    Blog Entries
    2
    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    Miller used to joke about being a Kiwi.

    After that Sprint race this weekend's Safety Commission might be better attended than is usual?
    Start from the pits is what i have heard. Crafar said Honda need so sort their shite out. MM is always going to try and perform miracles to win, and the bike is being ridden at 110%. That's gonna end up bad... sucks for everyone really.
    "If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France
    "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't." - Anatole France
    ZRXOA #9170

  2. #107
    Join Date
    24th April 2016 - 19:07
    Bike
    2001 zx9
    Location
    bop
    Posts
    319
    easy to figure out who wins Dick of the weekend ... he's always been on that fine line but on this occasion he needs a serious reality check

  3. #108
    Join Date
    8th January 2005 - 15:05
    Bike
    Triumph Speed Triple
    Location
    New Plymouth
    Posts
    10,252
    Blog Entries
    1
    Quote Originally Posted by iYRe View Post
    Start from the pits is what i have heard. Crafar said Honda need so sort their shite out. MM is always going to try and perform miracles to win, and the bike is being ridden at 110%. That's gonna end up bad... sucks for everyone really.
    Two long laps. Marquez' says his front brake locked the wheel so he let go the brake and bam! It's not totally stupid but there was an accident so there has to be a penalty.
    That and a suspected broken finger.

    https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2023/...ncident/450930
    There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop

  4. #109
    Join Date
    16th January 2010 - 17:09
    Bike
    VFR400, Frankenbucket
    Location
    Otorohanga
    Posts
    2,689
    Sprint race: Kinda good viewing but already have 1 rider out because of a crash caused by someone else. This is just the beginning, we'll be losing riders to injury every weekend. I didn't watch qualifying as there was a race to watch, so they got the same amount of viewing from me.

    GP: Marquez, greatest rider ever etc etc... Fuckwit. Pretty good viewing though overall, just soured by MM being a bit ambitious once again. Miguel was on for a good result The scary thing to take away is I think Bagniaia had more in the tank, the doocatis gunna be even harder to beat this year.

  5. #110
    Join Date
    17th August 2005 - 11:00
    Bike
    22"Z900rsSE, Z1R, FZR1000, KTM 2 smoker
    Location
    East Auckland
    Posts
    4,476
    Damn good viewing basically increased it to two days viewing for me rather than the Q sessions and the race.

    Bags looked too good in both races he is going to be hard to beat.
    Really good racing with a heck of a lot of guys in the mix Aprilia etc and ones we didn't expect like the KTM's.
    With some riders still very fresh to their new bikes.
    I think that was one of the best MotoGP weekends I have seen in a while.

    One thing I have really missed when with Sparksport is the rider conferences and the Q&A after.
    This one a MUST Watch if you have a subscription. https://www.motogp.com/en/videos/202...ference/450924
    Some really good rider opinions on MM, that corner and the weekend as a whole. Impressed again how Bagnia handled himself in this environment as well.

    How the hell can we fit watching Moto2 and 3 in on top?? I got bikes to work on Jeepers? Track day on Thursday


    UPdate: Marquez to miss Argentina GP
    After surgery to repair the broken first metacarpal in his right hand, Marc Marquez will miss the second round.
    Tags MotoGP, 2023, GRAN PREMIO MICHELIN® DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA, Marc Marquez
    Upon returning to Spain for further checks, Marc Marquez was diagnosed with a displaced intrarticular fracture of the base of the first metacarpal of the thumb of the right hand. The #93 immediately underwent surgery at the Ruber Internacional Hospital in Madrid with Dr. Ignacio Roger de Oña leading a team consisting of Dr. Samuel Antuña and Dr. Andrea Garcia Villanueva.
    On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!

    'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '

  6. #111
    Join Date
    8th January 2005 - 15:05
    Bike
    Triumph Speed Triple
    Location
    New Plymouth
    Posts
    10,252
    Blog Entries
    1
    Quote Originally Posted by Reckless View Post

    UPdate: Marquez to miss Argentina GP
    After surgery to repair the broken first metacarpal in his right hand, Marc Marquez will miss the second round.
    Tags MotoGP, 2023, GRAN PREMIO MICHELIN® DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA, Marc Marquez
    Upon returning to Spain for further checks, Marc Marquez was diagnosed with a displaced intrarticular fracture of the base of the first metacarpal of the thumb of the right hand. The #93 immediately underwent surgery at the Ruber Internacional Hospital in Madrid with Dr. Ignacio Roger de Oña leading a team consisting of Dr. Samuel Antuña and Dr. Andrea Garcia Villanueva.
    And since his double long lap penalty specifically mentioned Argentina, that would appear to be that.
    There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop

  7. #112
    Join Date
    30th June 2011 - 14:30
    Bike
    2007 Triumph Tiger 1050
    Location
    Pokeno, New Zealand
    Posts
    1,413
    Blog Entries
    2
    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    And since his double long lap penalty specifically mentioned Argentina, that would appear to be that.
    Not as silly as he looks then, lol
    "If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France
    "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't." - Anatole France
    ZRXOA #9170

  8. #113
    Join Date
    8th January 2005 - 15:05
    Bike
    Triumph Speed Triple
    Location
    New Plymouth
    Posts
    10,252
    Blog Entries
    1
    Quote Originally Posted by iYRe View Post
    Not as silly as he looks then, lol
    Some are questioning the ability of the FIM stewards. "Incompetent" was one verdict.
    There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop

  9. #114
    Join Date
    30th June 2011 - 14:30
    Bike
    2007 Triumph Tiger 1050
    Location
    Pokeno, New Zealand
    Posts
    1,413
    Blog Entries
    2
    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    Some are questioning the ability of the FIM stewards. "Incompetent" was one verdict.
    Maybe it will give honda a chance to do something with the bike so he isnt riding at 150% all the time.. only some of the time.
    "If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France
    "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't." - Anatole France
    ZRXOA #9170

  10. #115
    Join Date
    16th January 2010 - 17:09
    Bike
    VFR400, Frankenbucket
    Location
    Otorohanga
    Posts
    2,689
    Really don't understand how Nakagami got a race ban and Marquez not?

    Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk

  11. #116
    Join Date
    30th June 2011 - 14:30
    Bike
    2007 Triumph Tiger 1050
    Location
    Pokeno, New Zealand
    Posts
    1,413
    Blog Entries
    2
    Quote Originally Posted by Autech View Post
    Really don't understand how Nakagami got a race ban and Marquez not?

    Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk

    He claims, and so I expect that there must be evidence of, his front wheel locking up so he had to release. That might be the mitigating factor... who knows?
    "If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France
    "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't." - Anatole France
    ZRXOA #9170

  12. #117
    Join Date
    25th October 2002 - 17:30
    Bike
    GSXR1000
    Location
    Christchurch
    Posts
    9,291
    Quote Originally Posted by Autech View Post
    Sprint race: Kinda good viewing but already have 1 rider out because of a crash caused by someone else. This is just the beginning, we'll be losing riders to injury every weekend. I didn't watch qualifying as there was a race to watch, so they got the same amount of viewing from me.

    GP: Marquez, greatest rider ever etc etc... Fuckwit. Pretty good viewing though overall, just soured by MM being a bit ambitious once again. Miguel was on for a good result The scary thing to take away is I think Bagniaia had more in the tank, the doocatis gunna be even harder to beat this year.
    If we take MM at his word, he says he wasn't even going for a move on Martin, that the front momentarily locked. If that's the case, and we have no evidence to the contrary, then how does a mistake make him a fuckwit?

  13. #118
    Join Date
    17th August 2005 - 11:00
    Bike
    22"Z900rsSE, Z1R, FZR1000, KTM 2 smoker
    Location
    East Auckland
    Posts
    4,476
    Quote Originally Posted by onearmedbandit View Post
    If we take MM at his word, he says he wasn't even going for a move on Martin, that the front momentarily locked. If that's the case, and we have no evidence to the contrary, then how does a mistake make him a fuckwit?
    Vinales said in his post-race I posted above he saw them going in to hot and backed off to leave himself room to go up the inside, so he already saw it from behind.
    Locking the front means you were in way to hot in the first place then having to release and skittle two riders.
    I guess if you do it and regain yourself it's a mistake, if you knock over two riders, you're a fuckwit LOL.
    The day before he's a hero for passing two bikes one corner next day a fuckwit because he knocks two out.


    We all know as racers who we are a little afraid of because the red mist when the visor comes down makes them unpredictable.
    I guess that might be a way they look at MM.

    Update: Doesn't say what the injury is? Leg?
    Injury forces Miguel Oliveira to sit out Argentina GP
    The Portuguese rider won't appear in Termas after his clash with Marc Marquez in Portimao
    Tags MotoGP, 2023, GRAN PREMIO MICHELIN® DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA, Miguel Oliveira
    Local hero and MotoGP™ rider Miguel Oliveira will not be participating in the upcoming Argentina Grand Prix due to a recent injury. Following his crash at the Portuguese Grand Prix, Oliveira underwent further testing in his hometown where further damage have been revealed, which doesn’t allow him to start the second GP of the season.
    On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!

    'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '

  14. #119
    Join Date
    30th June 2011 - 14:30
    Bike
    2007 Triumph Tiger 1050
    Location
    Pokeno, New Zealand
    Posts
    1,413
    Blog Entries
    2
    I thought it was an injury to the arm/shoulder area - they were knee down on the inside.
    "If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France
    "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't." - Anatole France
    ZRXOA #9170

  15. #120
    Join Date
    16th January 2010 - 17:09
    Bike
    VFR400, Frankenbucket
    Location
    Otorohanga
    Posts
    2,689
    Quote Originally Posted by onearmedbandit View Post
    If we take MM at his word, he says he wasn't even going for a move on Martin, that the front momentarily locked. If that's the case, and we have no evidence to the contrary, then how does a mistake make him a fuckwit?
    Because he's been doing it for years, I remember them talking about him not leaving a margin on brakes for riders in front back in 2013. Basically he brakes in exactly the same spot regardless of traffic. If his front wheel locked I guess he wasn't leaving a margin for safety? Hence, fuckwit.

    Same old Marquez unfortunately, they really need to punish him properly at some stage.

    Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •