Ouch.
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2010/Jan/100114-21.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2010/Jan/100114-21.htm)
What's that saying about 'you can never go home...'?
nice to have some form of confirmation of what was previously alluded to...
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=33153.msg579556#msg579556 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=33153.msg579556#msg579556)
Maybe the pace/safety car will keep him from getting injured.
Quote from: desmoquattro on January 14, 2010, 09:34:34 AM
Maybe the pace/safety car will keep him from getting injured.
[laugh] [clap] [cheeky]
It's not a safety car, it's a safety bike! Hey, wait a minute... Buell's out of business. Guess they have to go back to the safety car. Probably will be a Yugo with Edmondson driving. [bang] [laugh] Hope Hopper stays out of it's way. [moto]
You want irony? I watched Faster again the other day. Remember when John Ulrich says that John Hopkins might be the second coming of Kevin Schwantz??
[roll]
I wonder if he never got a chance to really shine (injuries, uncompetitive rides, etc.), or if he's just not alien material?
Quote from: Cider on January 14, 2010, 04:02:35 PM
I wonder if he never got a chance to really shine (injuries, uncompetitive rides, etc.), or if he's just not alien material?
he's earthly...
no alien there.
Quote from: ducpainter on January 14, 2010, 04:15:14 PM
he's earthly...
no alien there.
You've seen him smile. You're sure those things are made of this Earth?
Quote from: superjohn on January 14, 2010, 05:04:37 PM
You've seen him smile. You're sure those things are made of this Earth?
;D
If only his riding ability were as special.
Has anyone here beat him in a race? [popcorn]
Quote from: kopfjäger on January 14, 2010, 11:30:09 PM
Has anyone here beat him in a race? [popcorn]
Nope...
he's a professional rider.
I'm an amateur keyboard jockey.
He still will
never beat the fab four...that's all this bs is about...not whether we can keep up with him.
Quote from: ducpainter on January 15, 2010, 01:25:30 AM
Nope...
he's a professional rider.
Exactly. He is a professional. ;)
Quote from: kopfjäger on January 14, 2010, 11:30:09 PM
Has anyone here beat him in a race? [popcorn]
I did once, I cut underneath him at Goddards and pipped him by wheel at the line. Then I woke up and ate a hearty breakfast. [coffee]
Quote from: kopfjäger on January 14, 2010, 11:30:09 PM
Has anyone here beat him in a race? [popcorn]
Have you ever beaten Johnny Rock Page? Me either ;D
Come on, racing needs armchair opinions--its part of the fan experience ;D. After all, I can't cook, but I have all kinds of opinions about food. I can't sing better than Celine Dion, but I don't like her music. I couldn't beat Hopkins in a hundred lifetimes, but I can still consider whether he lived up to the hype from the Faster movie.
Quote from: Cider on January 15, 2010, 05:20:16 AM
I couldn't beat Hopkins in a hundred lifetimes, but I can still consider whether he lived up to the hype from the Faster movie.
let's see. crashed a lot... lots of injuries... yup, just like schwantz!
I just want to see him go head to head with Mladin....that's the litmus test for me...but since Mladin ain't coming back...
Quote from: kopfjäger on January 14, 2010, 11:30:09 PM
Has anyone here beat him in a race? [popcorn]
Of course. I lapped him.
Quote from: Spidey on January 15, 2010, 07:06:05 AM
Of course. I lapped him.
On the other hand...if he was riding a Buell...
ok, so where do you guys think hopper is gonna place in superbike next year...
anybody care to wager some money?
Who is running in superbike next year?!?
let's see.. presumably: blake, tommy, josh, bboz, hopper. uhh.. chris ulrich. yates? jrp?
not many.
he'll definitely be within the top ten.
you're assuming he finishes the season at all.
huh?
http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/17/fb_corse_reaffirms_hopkins_will_be_ridin.html (http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/17/fb_corse_reaffirms_hopkins_will_be_ridin.html)
;D
Quote from: derby on January 17, 2010, 07:54:36 AM
huh?
http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/17/fb_corse_reaffirms_hopkins_will_be_ridin.html (http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/17/fb_corse_reaffirms_hopkins_will_be_ridin.html)
;D
The main team the American has been associated with is the brand new FB Corse project, which is to field a three-cylinder 800cc bike designed by Oral EngineeringDoes that mean the bike and the rider will suck?
Quote from: derby on January 17, 2010, 07:54:36 AM
huh?
http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/17/fb_corse_reaffirms_hopkins_will_be_ridin.html (http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/17/fb_corse_reaffirms_hopkins_will_be_ridin.html)
;D
..not like there's
that many AMA events... ;)
http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/26/hopkins_announces_intention_to_race_in_a.html (http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/26/hopkins_announces_intention_to_race_in_a.html)
Quote from: Spidey on January 26, 2010, 02:50:02 PM
http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/26/hopkins_announces_intention_to_race_in_a.html (http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/26/hopkins_announces_intention_to_race_in_a.html)
For at the Anaheim Supercross round on Sunday, John Hopkins announced to the assembled crowd...Quote from: gm2 on December 29, 2009, 08:23:20 AM
…he's got that slightly knuckleheaded lifted 4x4 neon sunglasses shirtless at the supercross air about him...
[cheeky]
<:: in Jedi mindtrick fashion::> Hopper must subscribe the the GM2 philosophy of himself and fulfill his destiny as sayeth by GM2.
Very Benjamin Buttonesque. Daytona Sportbikes next?
Quote from: tufty on January 27, 2010, 05:34:02 AM
Very Benjamin Buttonesque. Daytona Sportbikes next?
I'm thinking MotoGP Rookies Cup ;D
apparently nothing has been signed yet since the guy he's "going to be racing for" is only reporting the heresay:
http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=39238 (http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=39238)