Quote from: ducpainter on April 03, 2017, 04:50:43 PM
Yes.

That's why Johnny is on a Kwak.

Honda make the beast with two backsed him over by not giving him a GP ride after he did a couple of wild card rides, and performed admirably I'd say. In SBK on the Tenkate bike, which was a dog (and still is), he still won races.

I doubt he'd ever consider a Honda again.

If he were on a Tech3 bike, he would likely win a few races. The guy is ridiculous.

Quote from: duccarlos on April 03, 2017, 05:49:44 PM
If he were on a Tech3 bike, he would likely win a few races. The guy is ridiculous.

If he were on Jack's, or Tito's, bike he'd likely win some too.

Quote from: ducpainter on April 04, 2017, 03:15:18 AM
If he were on Jack's, or Tito's, bike he'd likely win some too.

Well, he did manage to win a few on the  shitty blade. It's probable that he could win on the RC213

See some familiar names on top?

Scroll long and hard for Hayden...

Assen FP2


1 1 J. REA GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'35.383 28 171,427 286,9
2 7 C. DAVIES GBR Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale R 1'35.495 0.112 0.112 24 171,226 285,8
3 66 T. SYKES GBR Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'35.532 0.149 0.037 19 171,159 285,0
4 81 J. TORRES ESP Althea BMW Racing Team BMW S 1000 RR 1'35.812 0.429 0.280 26 170,659 282,4
5 32 L. SAVADORI ITA Milwaukee Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 1'35.938 0.555 0.126 24 170,435 283,1
6 2 L. CAMIER GBR MV Agusta Reparto Corse MV Agusta 1000 F4 1'36.095 0.712 0.157 20 170,157 279,4
7 50 E. LAVERTY IRL Milwaukee Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 RF 1'36.150 0.767 0.055 20 170,059 286,9
8 22 A. LOWES GBR Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 1'36.226 0.843 0.076 6 169,925 285,8
9 33 M. MELANDRI ITA Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale R 1'36.270 0.887 0.044 21 169,847 287,7
10 88 R. KRUMMENACHER SUI Kawasaki Puccetti Racing Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'36.292 0.909 0.022 23 169,808 279,1
11 60 M. VAN DER MARK NED Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team Yamaha YZF R1 1'36.400 1.017 0.108 22 169,618 282,7
12 6 S. BRADL GER Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1'36.459 1.076 0.059 22 169,515 282,0
13 15 A. DE ANGELIS RSM Pedercini Racing SC-Project Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'37.058 1.675 0.599 18 168,468 282,7
14 12 X. FORÉS ESP BARNI Racing Team Ducati Panigale R 1'37.072 1.689 0.014 6 168,444 279,4
15 35 R. DE ROSA ITA Althea BMW Racing Team BMW S 1000 RR 1'37.148 1.765 0.076 18 168,312 275,5
16 40 R. RAMOS ESP Team Kawasaki Go Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'37.252 1.869 0.104 20 168,132 279,8
17 36 L. MERCADO ARG IODARacing Aprilia RSV4 RF 1'37.591 2.208 0.339 4 167,548 284,2
18 69 N. HAYDEN USA Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team Honda CBR1000RR 1'37.920 2.537 0.329 8 166,985 278,7
19 37 O. JEZEK CZE Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'38.507 3.124 0.587 15 165,990 274,5
20 84 R. RUSSO ITA Guandalini Racing Yamaha YZF R1 1'38.584 3.201 0.077 4 165,861 273,8
21 86 A. BADOVINI ITA Grillini Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1'38.704 3.321 0.120 17 165,659 275,5

Drama at Assen...

Race 2... not so much 

Quote from: stopintime on April 30, 2017, 05:05:22 AM
Race 2... not so much 

Yawn...a snoozer.

Quote from: ducpainter on April 30, 2017, 02:40:55 PM
Yawn...a snoozer.

So much that they showed quite a lot of what was happening further back. I guess that's positive...

Rea is in a league of his own

Quote from: duccarlos on April 30, 2017, 02:49:55 PM
Rea is in a league of his own

Yup...Honda screwed up not giving him a shot in GP after his walk on fill in performances, IMO.

He would have out performed Tito, Bradl, Jack, and maybe Cal.

GP is very political, and money driven. He likely didn't have a sponsor that would put up enough cake.

MotoGP always wants to be called "diverse", even though they have a slew of Spanish and Italian riders. Jack, Bradl and Cal are tokens. Once Folger came in, they got rid of Bradl. Tito comes with money. Like you mentioned, Rea has no political capital.

Quote from: duccarlos on April 30, 2017, 04:26:12 PM
MotoGP always wants to be called "diverse", even though they have a slew of Spanish and Italian riders. Jack, Bradl and Cal are tokens. Once Folger came in, they got rid of Bradl. Tito comes with money. Like you mentioned, Rea has no political capital.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXE_n2q08Yw

Money talks and bullshit walks. Always has, always will. 

Quote from: kopfjäger on April 30, 2017, 05:08:04 PM
Money talks and bullshit walks. Always has, always will. 

Doesn't mean I have to like it.

You worked all your life for Sug. There's money there?

You bullshit?

It's just a question.

Well of course we don't have to like it. It's just the way it is. Pretty sure we can't change it, so just suck it up or stop watching. I like racing too much to stop. Not just 2 wheels, all of it, and it's all changed and will continue long after my dumb ass is gone.