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Thread: Rossi accepts Cliffhanger Challenge

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    An interesting thread Clive... a true diamond in the rough these KB days.

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    Shouldn't this be in the jokes and humour section . G.

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    Both J and Drew said they could have gone faster, being this is the thread this is you would have to consider rossi would be doing it at 100%. It took me a good 5 runs to start getting any idea but id imagine a couple of runs and he would be away! He would do a 1.05!

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    (IF) he accepted & (IF) you could afford him.

    He would check out

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    Methinks he'd obliterate us. We might be fast, and others might think we're stupid, but Rossi has a gift for riding the wheels off his bike.

    Even on the bike I rode, he'd smoke us!

    If he'd ride, and we can certainly say, he wouldn't.

    Were this kinda thing his bag, he'd be cleaning up the Isle of Man field yearly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    Methinks he'd obliterate us. We might be fast, and others might think we're stupid, but Rossi has a gift for riding the wheels off his bike.

    Even on the bike I rode, he'd smoke us!

    If he'd ride, and we can certainly say, he wouldn't.

    Were this kinda thing his bag, he'd be cleaning up the Isle of Man field yearly.
    Yarp. That's what I think too. I'm less confident about the IOMTT. That event is off the map with the size of the course and subtleties to learn. There seems to be another layer of skill required as well as the usual racing skills.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    Were this kinda thing his bag, he'd be cleaning up the Isle of Man field yearly.
    Hmmmm, dunno 'bout that one, I'm not disagreeing, i'm just not convinced.
    It's one thing getting familar with 6 odd (and I do mean "odd") k's of road, it's another learning 50-ish k's. I look at guys like Dave Jefferies and Joey Dunlop in his later years, neither of them were capable of running at the front at a BSB event yet they were stellar on The Isle. Sheer outright speed is blunted when you are tipping into a series of blind corners.
    Given a couple of years he might but first up I can't see it.
    Without an FIM approved run-off area in sight the IOM is a test of nerve as much as skill so it would be interesting to see.

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    It'd be pretty cool to be able to say that you once raced against Rossi!
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    Quote Originally Posted by slowpoke View Post
    Hmmmm, dunno 'bout that one, I'm not disagreeing, i'm just not convinced.
    It's one thing getting familar with 6 odd (and I do mean "odd") k's of road, it's another learning 50-ish k's. I look at guys like Dave Jefferies and Joey Dunlop in his later years, neither of them were capable of running at the front at a BSB event yet they were stellar on The Isle. Sheer outright speed is blunted when you are tipping into a series of blind corners.
    Given a couple of years he might but first up I can't see it.
    Without an FIM approved run-off area in sight the IOM is a test of nerve as much as skill so it would be interesting to see.

    I reckon guys that can make a good living at the sharp end on a circuit probably dont want to risk themselves by pushing 100% on a road circuit. Theres no way in my mind if you were to put rossi etc with a 100% commited mind set in to race the IOM no one would beat him. Theres prob lots to learn and differences on a road coarse but you cant beat that sort of ability

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    I can't believe people think local lads would beat the worlds greatest ever motorcycle racer up that hill... What are you people on????!! Have you been out of your province and seen world level riders race?
    What, somehow our boys have the biggest balls or something? What a joke - No one wants to die - racers tend to find their limit and ride to it. Anyone noticed Rossi's limit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by svr View Post
    I can't believe people think local lads would beat the worlds greatest ever motorcycle racer up that hill... What are you people on????!! Have you been out of your province and seen world level riders race?
    What, somehow our boys have the biggest balls or something? What a joke - No one wants to die - racers tend to find their limit and ride to it. Anyone noticed Rossi's limit?
    Ah, SVR , logical posts , I'd forgotten ! cheers Gaz.

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    Rossi might do it for fun, he came out here and drove a rally car for fun !
    The cliff hanger is GREAT FUN !!! I've done a couple ( so slow that Jay and Drew would have almost passed me if I'd started in front of them :-) The top times were posted by racers and as far as I am aware the crashes were by non racers ( the first time I did it I almost crashed, I've done 1 race in clubman's B so I should be OK now :-)
    The fast guys have a good idea of the limits and push them more on the track (where the consequences are less severe) than on the hill. I suspect Rossi would be the same but his limits would be a little further. He can get an F1 car to lap within a second of Schumacher, he is a handy rally driver and was go-cart champ as a kid, he's the only person to win back to back GP's on bikes from different manufacturers, he's won 90 Grand Pix races - like Super Gran "aye, there's nothin he canna doo"
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    Quote Originally Posted by svr View Post
    I can't believe people think local lads would beat the worlds greatest ever motorcycle racer up that hill... What are you people on????!! Have you been out of your province and seen world level riders race?
    What, somehow our boys have the biggest balls or something? What a joke - No one wants to die - racers tend to find their limit and ride to it. Anyone noticed Rossi's limit?
    Well yeah it is a joke - but a more interesting thread than most on KB
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    Quote Originally Posted by slowpoke View Post
    Hmmmm, dunno 'bout that one, I'm not disagreeing, i'm just not convinced.
    It's one thing getting familar with 6 odd (and I do mean "odd") k's of road, it's another learning 50-ish k's. I look at guys like Dave Jefferies and Joey Dunlop in his later years, neither of them were capable of running at the front at a BSB event yet they were stellar on The Isle. Sheer outright speed is blunted when you are tipping into a series of blind corners.
    Given a couple of years he might but first up I can't see it.
    Without an FIM approved run-off area in sight the IOM is a test of nerve as much as skill so it would be interesting to see.
    Drew won it the first time he entered ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by wharfy View Post
    Drew won it the first time he entered ?
    He's refering to the IOM there bro, and I sure as shit aint won that.

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