A few pics from Casey's two day test session.
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/e207421975ec98a39679501e9eb06605.jpg)
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/995c7aa264f0afe98852315b71ea13e9.jpg)
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/83335bfb2db3bcbdea80287cad3e73cf.jpg)
Just testing or preparing to return?
Quote from: koko64 on October 30, 2014, 09:01:17 PM
Just testing or preparing to return?
http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/210325/1/stoner-completes-twoday-honda-test-at-motegi.html (http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/210325/1/stoner-completes-twoday-honda-test-at-motegi.html)
What a tease.
Word is, he volunteered to do it too since the last tests got rained out and he felt he "owed" Honda something...
Quote from: ZILBERT on October 31, 2014, 07:34:32 AM
Word is, he volunteered to do it too since the last tests got rained out and he felt he "owed" Honda something...
Like when he felt he owed Ducati something?
Quote from: OT on October 31, 2014, 10:06:48 PM
Like when he felt he owed Ducati something?
When exactly did he owe them anything? They owed him a good bike to ride!
Bah. Not sure the meaning of all his tests.
Maliciously reminds me the card player who's waiting the positively winning hand to play [evil]
My guess is HRC likes him to test their bikes because he is faster than their regular test riders, so finds things that they can't. I've read where that can be a problem...GP riders discovering things that the test riders couldn't.
Quote from: Triple J on November 01, 2014, 08:59:33 AM
When exactly did he owe them anything? They owed him a good bike to ride!
Pretty sure there was a boat load of sarcasm in OT's post.
Quote from: Triple J on November 01, 2014, 01:03:16 PM
My guess is HRC likes him to test their bikes because he is faster than their regular test riders, so finds things that they can't. I've read where that can be a problem...GP riders discovering things that the test riders couldn't.
He was fast on the under powered bike they sold this year. I'm sure a few of the teams thought that they were going to be competing against the Ducs after those tests.
Quote from: duccarlos on November 02, 2014, 05:06:22 PM
He was fast on the under powered bike they sold this year. I'm sure a few of the teams thought that they were going to be competing against the Ducs after those tests.
The question is whether the bike he tested was actually what they delivered to the teams, or if Stoner proved t to be too fast so they slowed it down before delivery.
Quote from: Triple J on November 02, 2014, 07:05:09 PM
The question is whether the bike he tested was actually what they delivered to the teams, or if Stoner proved t to be too fast so they slowed it down before delivery.
As I recall, the final redux on that was that the lap time deficit of the production bikes was with a test rider on board.
Rather than with Stoner on board, which was strongly implied by the statements.
New News that Stoner has signed a new HRC contract
Quote from: Needle99 on January 14, 2015, 04:17:06 PM
New News that Stoner has signed a new HRC contract
http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/HRC%20renews%20relationship%20with%20Casey%20Stoner (http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/HRC%20renews%20relationship%20with%20Casey%20Stoner)
Took all the fun out of it ;)
:D
My Moto GP subscription ran out.
You guys that still have it. Are you able to watch the tests with Stoner?
Not that I can find.
It's an HRC specific test, not one of the official Dorna tests. I wonder if he's still has what it takes to be bat shit fast.
Quote from: duccarlos on January 15, 2015, 09:20:01 AM
It's an HRC specific test, not one of the official Dorna tests. I wonder if he's still has what it takes to be bat shit fast.
well.... yes he could be but.....
Test rider is a nice career, for a family man like Casey.
Burn